Going again to the hospital was a ache within the ass however Layne needed to examine in to get a blood take a look at. To begin with we couldn’t discover wherever to park and that’s a primary in Paramaribo. The encircling streets have been packed so we drove house and referred to as a taxi on an app Layne discovered. In a rustic with out bank cards there’s no Uber. I’ll wager you hadn’t considered that, so a money financial system actually is crappy. Effectively at the least bitches gage disadvantages.
The hospital expertise was crap in fact, with a lot of standing in line. The nurse above began swearing when Layne mentioned she didn’t converse Dutch, the same old rubbish, as she took her vitals. The physician mentioned Suriname is in disaster with folks fleeing the nation as wages are too low, everyone seems to be drained and even nurses have to carry second jobs. But the physician, a younger white girl from the Netherlands has settled right here as a result of she hates the chilly however extra critically as a result of she says doctoring is rather more fascinating and difficult. Suriname is such a conundrum and I can’t determine it out. I wish to prefer it but it surely received’t like me again. I feel it might be undignified to beg to be favored by a complete nation.
I forgot to inform the parking drama story from final week when I discovered a spot to park GANNET2 outdoors the identical hospital after I needed to pay Layne’s invoice, US $3,600 in $12 payments, as the most important invoice the nation produces is 500 Suriname {dollars} (US$12).
Have a look, it sounded completely bogus to me, making the foreigner transfer his van as avenue parking isn’t allowed on this avenue:
After I went inside and paid the invoice I got here out and look what I discovered:
I watched them choose up the parked vehicles one after the other and I believed to myself the grumpy cop saved me getting towed, so I owed him. Particularly when in an alien surroundings assuming the worst might be silly and that’s what I did. Lesson realized. Once more.