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Wednesday, January 21st, 2026 Coronie, Suriname   Hiking westbound beyond municipal lights on the road through jungle was risky, but Glen and I took that chance, but it was Shantipriya who had the idea to drive his van at walking pace with headlights on in case we would run into predators. It was the first time in my marathon walking years (which is 30 this year) that I had my support guy right behind me. During this period, the rain came. Glen and I pulled out our umbrellas

Tuesday, January 20th, 2026 Coronie, Suriname     I am serious about this walk in Suriname which I hope to complete over several visits to the country.  At 4:20 AM, Shantipriya and Glen support me in this effort today. Shantipriya majored in archaeology and has had numerous assignments in the wild bush where Glen spent twelve years in the jungle, fairly alone, in a hut. I have the right people with me in a wild but beautiful country.   We were fortunate to have some street li

Monday, January 19th, 2026 Paramaribo, Suriname   Matt Holmes is quite the world traveler who hails from Los Angeles. He is a visitor to Suriname, like myself, and we were on the same plane landing at Paramaribo. I hit it on with him right off the bat. We brought him to the Krishna temple, let him have a taste of a Krishna meal, and drove him to the hostel downtown.   I made more friends at the temple including Anita who was awarded the Sanskrit name Advika, which means ‘Eart

Sunday, January 17th, 2026 Las Cuevas, Trinidad     Las Cuevas, which means ‘the caves’, are found on the north shore of Trinidad. It is one of the favourite beaches in the country and becomes a regular spot for our devotee community. It is here Vaishnavas meet for fun, sun, sand, and water sports. Coconuts are plenty. The best part – each other. That special bonding is what all great spiritualists speak about. Sangha is the word.   After water sports, we ate, took to the ‘Do

Friday, January 16th, 2026 Longdenville, Trinidad   Dronacharya is a professional barber, and he took some time out from his work to do my first time ever shave all around the head (except for a faint shika  at the back). A straight razor it was and a clean job indeed. It is the look that our guru , Prabhupada, preferred for his students.   Anyways, I was preparing for an afternoon ceremony, an initiation for six people, their first diksha  and one person, Sriya, accepting he

Thursday, January 15th, 2026 Longdenville, Trinidad The storm that challenged our flight’s movement didn’t really get behind us. It was a six-hour nature’s ordeal, which is surely humbling. Moving closer and closer to the Caribbean, and finally Trinidad and Tobago, was relieving. The sky was the most scarlet red that I’ve ever seen. It was a sign that everything is going to be okay. It does, however, cross my mind on every flight I take, especially when the aircraft shakes, “