Advice for a small big adventure; Surinam - Manaus - Macapa - Surinam
Hi,
been a while since i've been on a proper adventure but something might just've come up. For work I will go to Paramaribo, Surinam in march. Roughly 3 weeks of work and then approx. 3 to 4 weeks of vacation is possible. Then work again.
I would love to do something wild & crazy, and knowledge or experience isn't stopping me now.
So. When in Paramaribo I'd thought of traveling overland to Manaus, with some sightseeing in the Roraima's. Then, it would be really cool if it is possible to sail down the river to Macapa. Not with a big ferry but with a dinghy you can rent or something. A small fisherman's boat. NEVER done anything like that before and I do want to live. No intention for a nightly drowning by moonlight.. So .. Would that be anyway possible - river wise? Pirates? Waterfalls and other problems that might occur. And then getting my hands on a boat?
Arriving in Macapa, sell/return the small boat, get the bike out of the boat. And ride back to Paramaribo.
Loads and loads of issues here at the moment, the largest being my wife thinking i'm nuts (well, that started a long time ago already...) and she thinks is impossible. But hey, when you don't research, you never go anywhere. Second problem is time. I propably have around 3 to 4 weeks, and it's still a vacation. So.. you know. Slow and relaxed is the tempo.
Anyone that can chip in is very welcome to do so. If not all possible (in the timeframe) - I might just stay in Surinam. If I do that, the wife will also fly in and we might just do jungle tours there. Currently I can't find a lot about it. If there are great roads/trips there, also very welcome to share these with me!
Kind regards
Blommetje
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