In our quest (unsuccessful) to get criminal background checks from the Suriname Police, we ended up stuck downtown during a rainstorm, but we discovered a few cool pieces of street art in the process.
🚊 CCC's Street Art Contest #17 🖼️
🛡️🗡️ Lightly Armed Multicultural Trekker 🎒🥾
The quest to get criminal police checks didn't work out, and was a hot mess actually, but this post is about the street art we accidentally found. We found ourselves in downtown and with time to burn, so we decided to explore a newly developed canal and promenade complete with several small kiosk businesses.
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another artwork next to the cafe's door
A friend had previously told us there was a vegan cafe operating from one of the kiosks, so we looked for the hippest external artwork, which I have now dubbed "Lightly Armed Multicultural Trekker," and this led us right to the vegan cafe.
The cafe wasn't open, so we peeked through the windows and were able to see the expected high prices on the menu board. Because they were closed I wasn't able to ask any questions about the artworks.
No sooner than we admired the public artworks, a rainstorm let loose and we found ourselves trapped near a bridge under one of the kiosk's awnings. It was here we discovered that the bridge was beautified with some art of its own.
](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/justinparke/75b2S1QJ-bridge.JPG)There was a break in the rain, and an unlicensed and unmarked taxi (aka random guy with a car) gave us a price to get home we couldn't resist, so we cut our losses and headed home with 5 coconuts I stole from a tree in the Palm Garden, giving one to our driver upon safe arrival at our rental room.
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Return from Waterkant Street Art 🖌️ Paramaribo, Suriname 🎨 CCC's Street Art Contest #17 to Justin Parke's Web3 Blog
