Took a 3-hour walk late one night and thought, wouldn’t it be great to live by a canal?
So, last day of my stay I checked out of the hotel (I was there for a conference) jumped on AirBnB, found Jillis & Cristina’s place, booked it, and got a response within 30 minutes. Within a few hours I was all checked in! Very response and excellent turnaround time!
Honestly surprised by the size of the room. Living in London, we’re used to relatively small – super expensive apartments. However, the room is quite large, and the photo is accurate (No it’s not a special lens to make the room appear larger!). It’s clean, well-organised, with a very secure entrance.
Best of all I got what I wanted, a canal apartment, far enough away from the red light district and tourist areas to live like a local in relative quiet, but close enough to all the good stuff so you can walk / cycle. Brilliant! :)
PS Jillis can also drop you off at the airport: very, very handy considering the early morning flight!
PPS There is a Surinamese take-away place in the area, begins with “Swiete…” (I can’t find the photo I took of the store sign!) Excellent, excellent food!