Family, I am in Suriname. And I have just finished my first two bowls of peanut soup. It was delicious! I have already had my first Surinamese beer and my first Surinamese soft drink. And I am hanging out with members of the local Creole community. So it is an experience! Many blessings sisters and brothers. In a few hours, and hopefully a good, albeit short, rest I head into the interior to meet with the Maroons. I am told that I will sleep in a hammock! What a life!