Paramaribo

Beautiful wooden city with a Dutch flavour

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July 10th 2007
We travelled to Paramaribo from Georgetown, Guyana, deciding to go overland. We had a not-too-comfy minibus pick us up at 3:30 am. Only 10 or so people on board. It took a couple of hours to get to Rosignol and we didn't have to wait long for the short 6:30 am crossing on a rickety old ferry to New Amsterdam. Passing through we could see that New Amsterdam and Berbice were quite pretty. A couple o ... read more

South America » Suriname

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Independence from the Netherlands was granted in 1975. Five years later the civilian government was replaced by a military regime that soon declared a socialist republic. It continued to rule through a succession of nominally civilian administrations... ... read more