We had to go to the police to extend our permits to stay in Suriname. That was what iOverlander told us and they were dead right as it turns out. Let me be clear: I have no idea how to say this so you can give it a go for yourself.
I call them the “polite police” as in Dutch the word police is “politie” and in this case they were very accommodating. We gave them our passports and showed them our e-visas and ten minutes later we had stamps in our passports allowing us to stay until Christmas. No money changed hands except we had to buy Covid type masks for 25 cents each.
Up next we drove across town to the port and went to see customs to extend GANNET2’s Temporary Import Permit. This required some explanation and I told them about our time at the hospital and they gave us 30 days from yesterday extending our van permit to November 8th. Why they were so chintzy I have no idea, but we plan to leave for French Guyana November 1st so we were good.
I read that gold has passed $4,000 an ounce which is a first and doesn’t bode well for the US economy and I notice the greenback keeps slipping against local currencies. Annoying but not fatal.
It was time for lunch and as Layne is gaining strength she decided it was dim sum day.
It’s called Dim Sum restaurant so it was easy to locate on Google maps and the food was good.
We over ordered so it was dim sum for dinner with left overs of course but I’ll tell you that ordering was…complicated. 
Kip is chicken and soep is soup. And that is your helpful Dutch hint for the day. 
The English translations are kind of random so it made ordering a bit of a treasure hunt. 
We got one dud dish but it was a good lunch and we’ll be back. Oh and I asked what this was. 
Turns out it was sweet tea and would have tasted just fine in an Alabama diner. I tasted it but Layne wanted it so I got the Coke but I really like the hot tea they bring in Chinese restaurants. 
I really enjoy this kind of thing trying to figure out what’s going on. Plus we haven’t had dim sum since Panama more than a year ago. Check out the piles of slippery tapioca type pancakes below; not Layne’s favorite.
We were early as the paperwork part of the morning flashed by and there were only a couple of diners besides us.
Time for a selfie. I look pretty grim as I struggle to concentrate on the photo.
And so back to the apartment. Layne got an email announcing her blood work came back normal in all respects so she is healed and it’s time for us to start being tourists. She isn’t at full strength yet so half a day on the streets is plenty and we like to get back to Rusty snoozing happily in the cool air. 
We’ve had some rain so temperatures have been a little cooler and Friday is a national holiday so we may go downtown and see what’s happening. Our landlord told us about a Chinese market and Indonesian market Sunday mornings so it’s time to be tourists again before I go to Scotland in ten days.
