At 1:30 AM when the plane landed, I was in ecstasy. In heightened anticipation I thought to myself, Within minutes I’m on the Kwatta Road where I’ll be taking my second leg of my Suriname cross country walk!
“I only have what is there. I was not told.”
“They gave you a boarding pass without a visa?”
That’s where the fun began. I went to the supervisor. Not very helpful. Eventually, I hit that road, Kwatta, going with intention to add on to my stretch from last year. A more helpful Shantipriya became my assistant with his van. And a two-part walk for the day allowed a 5 ½ hour feat on the road, with companions on the second leg, to reach 35,000 steps as a goal. Nothing huge, really. All was done in the dark, yet people noticed me and my ten companions.
Two of them were Dutch boys at 70 years. They were the tallest, as Dutch males are, on average. One of them, Janakinath, pointed out the school where he taught, “I was teaching arts and crafts in secondary school. At that time, I met Krishna devotees and became sold on the philosophy. I, in turn, influenced some of my students. Amongst them, some also became Krishna conscious. That part two of the walk was good – challenging at times with uneven terrain. I got to learn the term fawaka, which in slang is, “Hi there!”
Source https://www.thewalkingmonk.net/post/suriname-steps
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