Unlike other parts of the interior, Apoera is a village with electricity,
running water and paved roads

Warung Waridjan is the local restaurant, bar and dancehall

At the riverside (Corantijn)

Enjoying a "pingo" (dicotyles pecari) meal underneath a house

Railroad leading to nowhere

Crossing the Suriname river (Leonsberg - Nieuw Amsterdam)

In 1872 Fort Nieuw Amsterdam was transformed into a prison;
it was closed down in 1982

The exterior

Powerhouse (built in 1740) of the former fort