SURINAME - Western coast -
Coronie and Nickerie districts -
Groningen
Groningen is one of the first settlement (1845) of Dutch farmers, now functioning as the chief town of the District of Saramacca. Coronie, also called the “coconut district, and Nickerie displays old wooden houses (not always maintained) and churches with the very charming original dutch architecture.
Coronie and Nickerie districts, as with most of Suriname, relies mostly upon agriculture for both its income and its food supply with many coconut and rice plantations mostly gained on rainforest in the last years.
BEST TIME to VISIT SURINAME
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to CORONIE
From September to November
memorial to the first dutch arrieved in Groningen by ship
old church
old house in poor condition
white house
old wooden church
old house
old wooden houses - well maintained
old house in poor condition
house
old wooden house in poor condition
old wooden house
house
old house in poor condition
old wooden house
tiny house
beautiful old wooden house
old house
old wooden houses
old house
market
old house
house
old house in poor condition
Bridge on the road to Paramaribo
most surnamese men have a bid in a cage and they carry the cage everywhere all day long
fisherman's pirogue with fishes
fisherman fishing in a shallow lake with a net
indian temple near New-Nickerie
indian temple near New-Nickerie
indian temple near New-Nickerie
cattle - few years again it was a thick rainforest
cattle grazing
imposing ricefields of Henarpolder - Few years ago it was the rainforest
lake with overwater bungalow for tourists
at low tide, fishermen have to push their pirogue to reach the river
small river