Schwetzingen: I'm back!

This is the fake mosque built in Schwetzingen Garten. The brief history: The king built different types of garten in his castle area including English, Turkish and Greek Garten. You will need a minimum of 2 hrs to walk around his garten. Imagine that!

Suriname

Ever heard of a country called Suriname?


I was reading a book today for tomorrow's discussion in class and in a countries-survey, i came aross the word Suriname. I never heard of it actually so i googled it just to find out about it's location. Here are 10 quick facts about Suriname:

1. Located in northern Southern America.
2. Gained independance from the Netherland on 25. November 1975.
   
3. The smallest sovereign state in terms of area and population (around 440,000) in South America.
4. Used to be under the Dutch Colony.
5. Used to have a system of slave labor until 1863. After the abolishment, labourers were imported from the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) and India.
   
6. The country is made up of 10 districts (Brunei only 4).
7. Economy - mainly denominated by the bauxite industry (aluminium ore) which accounts for more than 15% of the GDP and 70% of export earnings.
8. Demographics - its population is made up of several ethnics group including East Indians, Javanese, Africans, Chinese including Europeans.
9. Religion - Hindu, Islam, Christian.
10. Language - official language is Dutch, own language is Sranan Tongo.

Here are some photos of Suriname:






If you are interested to read more (i do mean Suriname and not the image on the left), please click this link: Wikipedia - Suriname or Here

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