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Paramaribo to Georgetown

By James Smith @onlybyland

Paramaribo to Georgetown

Paramaribo, Suriname

Suriname is the only Dutch speaking country in South America.  The picture above could be somewhere in Holland, it's downtown Paramaribo.  While there's not much to do in Paramaribo, there are plenty of shops, markets, restaurants, bars and nightclubs.  This makes Paramaribo the perfect stopover whilst traveling between the 3 Giuanas.

Paramaribo to Georgetown

Shared minivan from Suriname to Georgetown, 100 Suriname dollars

Like in Kourou, French Guiana, I organised the hotel to call the share taxi for Georgetown.  The share taxi again came to the hotel to pick me up early in the morning.  The taxi took me to the border, where I was stamped out of Suriname.  I then took the boat over to Guyana, was stamped into Guyana and found my share taxi to Georgetown.  This is easy to do, just follow, or ask the others in your share taxi.

Paramaribo to Georgetown

The connection to Georgetown from the border is included in the price

The other passengers in the taxi were very friendly and offered me the front seat of this one.  In Guyana they speak English, I guess it takes a bit of time to get used to the accent though!

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