Paramaribo: The Coolest City You've Never Heard Of 🇸🇷 (#108)

If you look at a map of South America very carefully, you'll notice a little country called Suriname in the top right corner. They don't speak Spanish there. They surprisingly speak Dutch, along with a ton of other languages. Gone are the Latin influences, instead you find touches of Indonesia, India, China, Holland and West Africa. It's a fascinating place, and I was going to start with the capital, Paramaribo, to get a better understanding of it.

Thankfully, there was plenty of food and Parbo beer waiting for me. But first, I had to learn Dutch - a sentence I never thought would escape my mouth.

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#sabbatical #suriname #latinamerica

[SabbaticalTommy]

My hair has never looked better. Hope you enjoyed this tour of Paramaribo as much as I did. If you're Surinamese/Dutch, I hope you also enjoyed me butchering your language. I'll try Sranan Tongo next 😉

PS. I made a mistake writing the price of the water bottle in the Chinese supermarket. It was supposed to be $0.70 if I remember correctly. I've gotten like 100 comments mentioning this so I just wanted to say, don't worry, they didn't scam me!

[rih]

When i was young i lived in Holland and had a Surinamese friend and his mother used to cook for me all the time. I was the only white kid in their house and they thought it was really funny that i was so obsessed with Surinamese food. Now i live in Eastern Europe and i still sometimes think about surinamese food...broodje pom, saoto soep, bloedworst, broodje bakkeljauw, and zoutvlees with bami were my favorite.

[dutchrookie]

Surinamese are really warm hearted people. Loyal, polite & their accent when they talk Dutch is priceless! Their hospitality is unreal as well.

[DroneInternational]

Tommy, your Dutch is very understandable for someone who just started learning (and that's what speaking languages is all about imo)! If one day you find yourself in South Africa you'll see the big similarities

[thelone_traveller]

I am from India (Bihar) and most of the people who were duped by the colonial British and were sent to Suriname were from my state or neighboring states. The Roti with chicken is a very famous cuisine here. in the northern part of India, people prefer Roti over Rice. It's my dream to visit Suriname and meet people who still carry our tradition even after a lot of Exploitation.

[gavintjoktotaroeno]

I am from suriname and im glad you met mister Eddie at the chinese "consulate". He is one of the if not the most genuine surinamer you will ever meet.

[marjoriesantos]

I love Suriname, went there many times and never had a problem. The people there are so nice, the food, everything, just a lovely country. ❤

[charlmorton]

I'm an Afrikaans speaker and I could understand Tommy's Dutch. Great episode!

[tmmy]

Oh man, as a dutch person, this episode was so good. I completely lost it when you cut to your confused face and the translator thing saying "vaak" in dutch :D Really impressive how fast your learn languages! Honestly all dutch you spoke in this episode I could understand

[gracedelprado]

So cool to see my country being shared so well on YouTube😍

[benjismith]

Suriname seems chill. Plus much safer. Food looks amazing! Plus everyone seems to speaks English. Videos like this are invaluable.

[maureenalder]

What an interesting and diverse country...Loving Suriname 🇸🇷..you pick great countries Tommy ❤ 🇬🇧

[InmyWorld_Marcia]

What an experience. It’s so refreshing to see how friendly and polite the people are. Definitely going to include Suriname visit on my next trip to my homeland Guyana.

[WhereJodyAt]

Your Dutch is solid and with a funny accent! I love it. I spent 4 years in Amsterdam during grad school and met so many Surinamese - the more I heard about the country the more I was utterly fascinated. So glad you travelled here and uploaded this!

[melitabogor]

You know how long I've been waiting for this video?! 😆😃 As a proud surinamese, I'm very happy to see you put Suriname on the international map!! Recommending it to the rest of the world is just 👏🏽👏🏽
I know both of the Javanese guys you've met. One we call Moentje and the other one Lié 😄
I hope to run into you someday 🤞🏽
Your vlog always amazes me 🙏🏽
Thank you for another great vlog my brother!! I know for sure you'll have a wonderful time in sweet Suriname 🇸🇷

[chrisoreilly]

This has now become one of my favorite channels, especially because you're exploring countries not alot of people are familiar with. But I am one who reads about all these wonderful countries, especially Suriname. Respect my man, visit South Africa soon... LOL you should hit the ABC's next though

[robertjleter]

Thanks for bringing such a positive impression of Suriname to the world

[luanregato]

Love how consistent you are on delivering us very unique and fascinating content. Big up man like Sabbatical! Interesting fact is that Suriname is also known for producing some top talent to the football World. Was lucky enough to watch Clarence Seedorf play a few times at the Maracanã here in Rio de Janeiro

[bwooodstar]

I love how you actually research & learn about the countries you visit. Most travel you tubers don’t take the time to do so. Makes your videos even better ❤️

[Raldaddy]

I lived two years in Suriname, I met a lot of good people there, watching this video brought back a lot of memories, and the food 🤤😋 WOW