Country Info
- Paramaribo
- Capital
- Suriname Guilder (SRG)
- Currency
- 433,998
- Population
- SR
- Country Code
Suriname Slideshow
Top Hotels in Suriname
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Best Western Elegance Hotel Paramaribo
9 reviews -
The Golden Truly Hotel & Casino Paramaribo
4 reviews
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Torarica & Casino Paramaribo
32 reviews
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Zeelandia Suites Paramaribo
2 reviews
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Awarradam Paramaribo
2 reviews
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Danpaati River Lodge Paramaribo
1 review
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De Lelie Hills Hotel and Casino Paramaribo
2 reviews -
Downtown Inn Paramaribo
8 reviews
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Krasnapolsky Paramaribo
16 reviews
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Hotel La Petite Maison Paramaribo
22 reviews -
Hotel Paramuru Paramaribo
4 reviews
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Hotel Residence Inn Paramaribo
8 reviews
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Suriname Tulip Hotel Paramaribo
6 reviews
Suriname
Travel Blogs from Suriname
Ye Olde Dutch Guiana
... and how at some points, your morale becomes low, and you feel like you can't move on or you've just had enough. I'm in Suriname, a place where few have visited, a place that used to be Dutch Guiana, but I'm just not feeling the travel excitement that I ...
This is a top pick! 
eh, what language are we speaking now?
... dominant language is called taki taki, which has its roots in english, french, portuguese, spanish, african and creole influences. Suriname has a rich history, which i admittedly neglected in lieu of its also famous nightlife, so it demands another ...
Rain, Rain Go Away...
...And come back another day because I have a city to explore! A tropical deluge has just exploded water all over the city today but that is ok. For one it keeps some of the mosquitos away that my Good Knight mosquito cream can't seem to ...
Bigi Pan
... blog readers, 'innit' is derived from 'isn't it' and used whether or not it is appropriate, particularly by British Asians). Dus Suriname is een tof land, toch? (So Suriname is a great country, innit?) Joint haiku: Birds, water, snakes, fish Dry ...
Illegal aliens in Paramaribo
... in an incomprehensible Creole language, although all spoke Dutch too. Despite our very cramped positions, we enjoyed the ride. Suriname looks absolutely gorgeous with very lush vegetation. It is clearly more densely populated than French Guyana with ...
Mosquitos, Mosques, and Michael Jackson
... stands out more than another. Who ever would have thought such a fascinating city sprawls along the banks of the Suriname River here on a continent that one would normally associate with all things Spanish. Curiously enough, about the only ...
Its Here!
Hello Everyone! I am off to Florida tomorrow, and friday I take off for Suriname. I have had a wonderful month spending time with you all and getting ready to leave. I dont have much to say now, but by this time next week am sure to have ...
Journeys into the interior of Suriname (2)
Coesewijne, or Swimming with Caiman Peter writes: Gunsi was delightful, but hopeless for seeing wildlife, so we decided to take a tour to the uninhabited interior of the country. These tours are quite expensive, but since uninhabited areas are not well ...
Pancakes, canals and dykes in the tropics
... to the waterfront to sample some of the famous Suriname cuisine, finding a series of Asian-influenced food stalls overlooking the Suriname river, and passed a few hours in the company of some delicous spring rolls, and in conversation with some locals and ...
Trip to New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam is East along the coast from Georgetown. Our project works at the hospitals and clinics there and I went with Alam to get acquainted with hospitals and staff. It was an interesting car ride along a decent paved road, but the drivers are ...
Op avontuur in de bush
... niet te bereiken of konden geen mening vormen over hun vergoeding. Waarschijnlijk door onenigheid van de bestuurders. 1 van hen woont in Suriname en wist uiteindelijk beslag te leggen op de rekening van de stichting. Hij stopte de aankoop van goederen en ...
Prada, Polo and Juicy Couture
... light for cash, and finally, after a long hunt, I was 100 Euros richer. After a full day of navigating the Suriname shopping scene, we were ready to just kick back so I found us some Chinese food and Parbo beer. ...
Reading at the Waterland Gallery
(Broeke in Waterland, Sunday, April 15, 2007)-Just outside of Amsterdam and further out into the countryside one can find all kinds of interesting little arts installations located in tiny towns and diverse rural settings. Paintings, photography, ...
The Joys of Travel
... fields are orderly. In Guyana street work was done with manual labor and simple tools, but in Suriname actual heavy equipment like tractors and dumptrucks was everywhere. What a difference a 25 minute ferry passage ...
Jungle Adrenaline
... with everyone, and never have I been so glad to be finished with an activity. Next up two hours of kayaking along the Suriname River and through the rainforest held more promise, and when I saw the little red kayaks I knew this would be my ...
Trips into the interior of Suriname (1): Gunsi
... including a double bed and a large wardrobe! This is because the river is the only form of transport into most of Suriname's interior, where only a small proportion of the country's half a million inhabitants live. We were engaged in conversation by one ...
Party, party, party
... on Monday morning. We still need to meet with Pepsur and Maxi Linder next week to identify their needs. So I have been in Suriname for one of my eight weeks and things are going well so far. We have run into some communications problems here and ...
Birth Day!!!!
So it is September 20th - and I am celebrating my 45th birthday in Suriname! So sorry for not sending a message sooner but life as been hectic settling in to say the least. I arrived Saturday morning at 1:10 a.m. but did not arrive at my host family ...
The Peace Corps Life
... granite boulder on the shore of the Tapanahoni River, about three kilometers from the Amerindian village of Palumeu in southern Suriname. There's a large freshly caught piranha roasting over a simple fire. I'm reflecting on how Glenn caught the fish, ...
Suriname Binnenland
... truly had the experience of a life time! Mary (a CCI collegue of mine) and I travelled to the binneland (interior of Suriname)and stayed in a tradional Maroon village for three days followed by two days to the Nature Reserve and hikes through the rain ...
Een beetje thuis in de tropen
... gaat dat echt heel wat effectiever. Ook herinneren we een onderwerp op de wereldomroep. Een Connection woordvoerder vertelde dat zij Suriname gingen steunen. Niet met materieel maar met kennis. Ook kwam een passagier aan het woord: "Je wwweet nooit als ...
Pictures and more
So I will try to give you a little more detail about things here in Suriname. The weather is hot and humid but no body ever knows the temperature. It is like Kay said about India - why talk about it because it is always hot. I did however see a ...
Maroon Village
... is collected in large black tanks that collect water off the roofs and eaves troughing systems. There is litter everywhere in Suriname including the roadside to the Villages. They do not recycle plastic and you see it thrown everywhere or burning in ...
Political Protests
... with other action. Perhaps a bit of a history lesson will help put the politics in perspective. I will quote from the book Suriname Switi Sranan: "The National Party of Suriname (NPS) made a strong case for independence that was backed by the Dutch ...
To Border with Suriname
We set of this morning to go along the East Coast; this area was a bit different although well built up. Some areas were very clean and modern whilst others were very dirty and run down. We had to fight on the road to get some space along with the cows, ...
Cross the border
First thing today is to go to the Police office to book out the vehicle, it opens at 8 am but we had to wait until 8.30 before he had finished getting dressed. Once he opened it was just a case of copying the vehicle details into a ledger and then we ...
More turtles
Time to move on a bit and so we have travelled about 70 kms to the beach at Les Hattes, this is another famous turtle beach which is directly opposite the Galibi Beach. This is the one for the Giant Leatherbacks; these can grow upto 750 kgs in weight, ...
Gregory
Deze en volgende dagen houden we het rustig... Lang uitslapen en nog even de stad in, ontmoeting met onze nieuwe CS host: Gregory. Dit betekent alweer onze spullen verzamelen, sleutels oppikken en verkassen. Gregory woont in een totaal andere wijk van ...
Salsa in Paramaribo
Vandaag is het hoogtepunt van de dag een Salsaoptreden in theatergebouw (in het kader van het Surisalsa-festival), waarna we tot 2am naar salsafeestje gaan op het dak van een van de sjiekste hotels van Paramaribo en waar ook de artiesten zelf aanwezig ...