Visiting The Green House
This weekend's freewrite, I decided to go a different route.
Since we are celebrating Christiaan's birthday, we decided to go out of the city and spend a weekend in one of the districts. Most trips, we tend to go South of Paramaribo, where all the popular weekend spots are. When I describe green, I usually focus on Suriname being the most forested country in the world, as our country still has over 90% forest (Yes, I mentioned this before :)...). However, there is no award for having the highest percentage of forest and currently, we are working quite hard on losing this position through gold mining and deforestation :(.
On a more positive note, we did find a new spot, The Green House, located in the district of Commewijne, which is owned by a company that specializes in gardening. So, I decided to take some pictures (and a short video) and share them with you.
The entrance. On the left the apartments that are available for rent. We booked one for one night.
A very creative way to hide the outside unit of the airconditioning.
The apartment wasn't spectacular, but had everything needed. Yes, I know, the airconditioning takes a bit away from the green concept, but, trust me, it is sometimes needed, probably more against mosquitoes than for the temperature. I might elaborate on that in a future post.
The greeting area of the event center. The place gets pretty busy with people visiting during the day.
I wonder why they call it the Green House...
The teaser shot I posted yesterday. The landscaping was really beautiful.
The pool was a little busy when we got there, but the advantage of staying over was apparent when we had the pool to ourselves the next morning.
There was a pathway in the back to view the rest of the garden. We decided to take some fun pictures. Elynn posing with a Heliconia (called Palulu in Surinamese, known as Lobster-claws in English)
The birthday boy going out for a swim :).
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What a beautiful spot. I'm sure this was relaxing for you all. I love the shot of your son in the pool. It reminds me of swimming with mine at that age. Lucky you :)
Thanks! Yes. It was a great spot to relax. However relaxing with two small children remains difficult 😅.
Swimming was a lot of fun.
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