Dear Folks, Although I thought I had written as much as I could to cover my Suriname Adventure, I realized today that it was only the tip of the iceberg. I realized that I need to listen to all of the tape recordings I had made at the time. I transcribed what Jytte had told us about the extreme cruelty of the slave masters (especially the women) and what Aaron Yarick had told us about how the slaves managed to escape and make their way through the jungle with the help of their Kramanti spirits. Aaron also told us about his experience in tapping the rubber trees and ending up with balata, raw rubber. His grandparents were slaves. This evening I listened to another tape when we were in a village and where Jytte explained how the Bush Negro women made oil out of Mauritia palm nuts. They pounded them and boiled them in water and after three days they ended up with 1-1/2 liters of oil. In the background we could hear the women pounding the nuts. Very primitive. Frankly, it's very ponderous to listen to the tapes because of on and on listening to the roar of the rapids we were going through and that it's difficult to make out what Jytte is saying what with her heavy Danish accent. Nonetheless, I have an idea that my going through all of those 90 minute tapes, I'll have a better understanding of what I had experienced. Every day and every day, I feel that I'm still back on the Marowjine River and going through the same exciting adventures I had over 30 years ago. It's a wonderful feeling and memory. vee