Paramaribo: The Coolest City You've Never Heard Of 🇸🇷 (
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มี.ค. 2022
- 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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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!
By all means try it! Sranan has tons of similarities to the pidgins and creoles of the Atlantic world... including West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria). It'll be fun.
Look up also the Dutch Antilles (Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius), good places to travel and Dutch speaking too; the Surinamese "conveniently" never mention them lol
Het gaat je goed af, you doing it well speaking Dutch. Een fijne avond!
Enjoyed the vlog. Just wanted to rectify, that Suriname was a dutch colony till 25 of november 1975. The slavery ended on the 1 July 1862, and after that all the labour contracors followed India, Indonesia and China. Funny thing is in Suriname we have black people with chinese names. Overall it was a pleasure meeting you and I hope you enjoy the rest of your visit.
Loved it. Especially the ending.
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.
It's amazing food that's why. So tasty!
Wow, your memory is great. All those foods you mentioned, except bloedworst, were some of my favorites, especially bami and pom. It took me about a year to start liking pom but I love it now and even try making it here in Florida, where pom tayer cost me $14 per kg.
@@patrickdaly1393 im happy to see that you like some of my home country food❤🇸🇷
@@joraisasibendie6227 I am from Jamaica, lived in 5 countries on 3 continents (N. and S. America and Europe). Without a doubt, Suriname was my best food experience. Even better than my homeland of Jamaica, and my European and N. American food experiences.
@@joraisasibendie6227 in Jamaica my favorite food was 'stew peas and rice' (BB met R or bruine bonen met rijst). When I lived in Guyana as a college student, I never saw it there. On my first visit to Suriname my future mother in law cooked that on the second day I visited. At that point I said yes, I will marry her daughter. Still married, but my Suriname wife is somehow more open to American low-cal, constant dieting cuisine. Fortunately for me I cook and my mother in law still gives me her recipes.
With everything going on in the world right now it makes me smile that we are all here united by our love for all things Sabbatical.
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I’m still waiting for this man to reach 1million subscribers!
My number 1 TH-camr.
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
Has Sabbatical ever explained how he learns languages? I'd love for him to do a video on how he studied Swahili and Spanish.
Afrikaans
@@myhatmygandhi6217 He does have a video about it, on his channel
It’s been proven that dutch is the closest language linguistically to English
Scots, frisian, afrikaan: am i a joke to ye?
Suriname seems waaaaay chill. Plus much safer. Food looks amazing! Plus everyone seems to speaks English. Videos like this are invaluable.
Yes. Most Surinamese speak a little bit of english. Basic. Because we watch english movies here from childhood.
@@oltonrenwick9175 Uhmm... we get englisch at school😑
@@oltonrenwick9175 Engels is ook een vak op school boi 🤣🤣
Voordat bepaalde vn ons ht op school kregen konden we al engels prtn door films/tekenfilms
So he isn't wrong🤷🏾♂️
@@mlcg1500 A no Alasma sang e tak wang mofo ingrisitongo doro MULO . Onze introductie in de Engelse taal is en blijft de media. Muziek en film.
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. ❤
Where did you visit from
God bless the Surinamese the Dutch realm wouldn't be the same without them.
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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
😂😂😂 when he said "whachu call me, i thought he was gonna punch that screen
like english with a v
Vaak.....😂🤣😅😆😁🤭
As a gay that part killed me 😂
Netherlands, Flanders (Belgium), Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba all speak Dutch
And South Africa
Also old people in Indonesia.
Im not entirely sure to what extent the rest of the Dutch Caribbean speak the language, but it seems as if other languages are a lot more prevalent there.
@@theblackryvius6613 defenitely not
I'm not sure if you can scale South Africa among Dutch speaking countries. Afrikaans is certainly derived from Dutch, but has since grown into a separate standard language
Surinamese are really warm hearted people. Loyal, polite & their accent when they talk Dutch is priceless! Their hospitality is unreal as well.
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.
Glad to know we still share one similar foods, by the way I'm a 5th generation son of indenture labour my fore parent came from Rampur, UP
Arkatiya's (indian recruiters hired by the dutch/english) told the indians from your state that the land is called Shri Rama, the promised land of rama, and yes this is how most of them got duped into traveling to Surinam. But when they arrived they soon realized that they are scammed, but they made the best of it still, they are very nice and intelligent people.
@@ganeshsookram4287 since my teenage time, I was very curious about girmityas. i have read my books and watched many documentaries. i promised myself that one day I will visit this country and meet the awesome people there. And that day would come very soon maybe this or next year.
@@pootytangnl many Indian has been migrated during British rule but I this only Suriname has been saving the culture and heritage. Thank you for that.i am so happy that people are doing good and have their own identity there. Hope to meet you guys soon
@@thelone_traveller3754 awesome u will enjoy Suriname or Guyana
I live in the USA now but I have to explain to Indian people here from India how we get to Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad, sometimes it’s mind blowing how little some of these Indian people know about us
Such a fascinating country, a little bit of everything from all over the world.
I hope they get along
We do get along
@@sabrinaakodjo9069 that’s nice to know
We get along of course, I am proud to be a Surinamese from Java roots (Indonesia).
I'm an Afrikaans speaker and I could understand Tommy's Dutch. Great episode!
Indeed. Afrikaans is a bitueafull language.
Yup In SouthAfrica they speak a Dutch Dialect because of the Dutch in the Past.
Grew up in Pretoria...so you know the drill 🤣🤣🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
@@SgidlaWaar haha. So true
And Belgium speak Dutch
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.
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.
He was just in Guyana. He only had one good experience when he went to Berbice
You should definitely visit here!! And you should try out the food
I will be coming to Guyana but sadly for only a week or even less cos its just for my Immigration interview that I have at the US embassy there
Thanks for bringing such a positive impression of Suriname to the world
What an interesting and diverse country...Loving Suriname 🇸🇷..you pick great countries Tommy ❤ 🇬🇧
So cool to see my country being shared so well on TH-cam😍
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 🇸🇷
This country is now on my travel list! Way laid back!
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@@benjismith593 . You're always welcome in Suriname. 🇸🇷
@@nojorene thank you!
your country is so interesting wow! all the best from germany
For those of you that have never heard of New Amsterdam, it's the old name for a little city named New York 14:44
Wall street, brooklyn, harlem, new york yankees, all trails of a Dutch past
@@arthurverbraak2500 Which, in turn, was named after the German taler or thaler.
Thanks, but I have. Utrecht? and other Dutch words there? It is a clue. They lost it to the British.
...changed to N.Y. in 1729.
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!
you picked up Dutch very quick, its very good for being few days in Surinam. Good pronounciation, you sound like a Dutchman, I could understand you mostly. You should definitely try out Bara, Baka Bana, Pom. The pepper is very popular in our cuisine, it has a unique taste
Greetings from Belgium, we try to speak dutch over here as well...
Lol
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We know that our language isn't the easiest one, so we forgive the people from Belgium if they make some mistakes 🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣 best comment
België mag er ook zijn hoor, maar Nederland is toch altijd beter😁😂
Can't say it enough , thank you !! Always entertaining and highly informative. Love it
I've been interested in going to Suriname for a few years. I'm already pretty sure I could live there.
This is a good one. I love their architecture and cleanliness
Ha ha, that was funny
did you see the cleanliness guy urinating? 17:24
@@rerunplaya532 same in Europe and USA come and see for yourself
Cleanliness? lol who's gonna tell em :)
Sabbatical keep doing your thing man! Your inspiring us youth! Best channel on YT 💎!!!
Here is a crazy thing; Recently since August of 2021, I have been dreaming of this place or a place like it, that I am visiting for the first time. I am from Puerto Rico but Covid restrictions and crime rate make Puerto Rico kind of difficult to visit right now, so I am dreaming of another Caribbean place to see and enjoy since I can not return home right now. One day when I dreamed I was visiting some locals in this strange non Puerto Rican yet Caribbean place, I saw mostly African people and some mixed of East Indian like Trinidad and Tobago. I woke up with the name of the country Suriname, Suriname.. Very strange because I have never heard of this little Country until I dream about it.. What is God trying to tell here?
God says GO!
You probably have family ties with this country that connects to your bloodline that happens to me a lot too I dream about many different places and sometimes it repeats God is telling you to
That's God guiding you to new places. Go!
God's way of telling u to go visit Paradise
Why do you think God has something to do with it?! Its your subconscious.
Since you're in the area, you should visit Curaçao next--they speak Dutch, Spanish, English and Papiamento. I'm curious to see what your impression will be.
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 ❤️
These uploads give me life! Thank you for sharing your experiences. One love ❤️!
So cool to hear u speak dutch cause as a german i can understand like 40-60% of it
What a nice vibe , I feel when you have a mix of people , you get the best people. Keep up the good work Tommy, gives me hope for the future.
Forks are for foreigners...lol. You are always smiling bro which makes your videos more pleasant. I am Guyanese but never went to Suriname. Thanks for this video !
7:35 Coming from a Dutchman, that is the least Dutch-looking church I've ever seen. But your Dutch is actually pretty good considering you haven't been learning that long!
Welcom to Suriname my friend🇸🇷. Enjoy our Country and make sure to go to the deep forest.. Binnenland♥️
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
15:06 you almost entered the president's house😂💗
Lmao 🤣 it's not the president house
It's the presidents office.
Love your videos man. Especially when you give you a little tours and do a little education on the people and the cultures I really appreciate that😎👍🏾
Thanks Sabbatical, you're doing a great job giving Suriname a positive exposure. Dank u wel!
Good job Tommy! Always look forward to seeing your videos.
this was such a peaceful and interesting vlog, i enjoyed it a lot, thanks for sharing!
looks like a country i'd visit!
One of the first best ,most interesting and detailed vlog of this unknown country and beautiful country I have seen . thanks a lot Tommy❤️
Seems to be a lot of people in a place thats unknown.
Tommy, your travels make me so happy man. Thank you and never stop traveling 🧳 Sir!
This video is absolutely amazing, thank you for it!
This whole episode felt like a fever dream. What a unique and interesting place!
How cool ... Tommy's back.... this is a treat... and in countries.... I'd never seen or had a tour .... I'm as excited as you are Tommy.
Great video bro!! Thank you for showing us the real people and the real life in these places you visit! keep it up!
Tommy, this was a wonderful experience. Thank you for your historical insights and for being wholesome.
Amazing, I wouldn't think about visiting Suriname but you have open my eyes to a new place which has always been there. When we are from the English speaking colonies we go mainly to English or Spanish speaking countries but it's seems the people speak English as well. I would love to visit. Please, continue exploring this place.
Most of us can speak English and Spanish because those are two languages that are taught in schools in Suriname.
I'm excited by your content again. You look in your element, learning a new language and meeting a diverse friendly population and without a security guard. Can't wait to see their villages.
I watch a lot of travel vlogs. This guy is just next level. Incredible content.
Your videos are very nice man! Thanks for making them.
So nice that you saw that man again haha, that are nice moments
Such an amusing and interesting video Tommy. You've got the right formula. Thanks.
Thank you for sharing🙏🏼❤️🇸🇷
Running into that dude again is peak sabbatical content. Really enjoyed this video man, can't wait for what's next.
Thanks for today's lesson on Suriname, looking forward to the next one.
So amazing to learn about different countries ty🙏🤗
Wow, Suriname looks really nice and tidy! Also much cheaper than its two neighboring countries.
PS hopefully one day you'll go to French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe!
PPS Great video Tommy!
Bro suriname is beautifull just the government is ruining everything
One of the chinese lady fucked him over tho
He paid srd 75.($3.60) for a bottle of water. It,s around srd 10. Hate people trying to take advantage of people that don't know the country.
@@gioamad5012 Exactly, like every other country in Central and South America
@@JOSWAY787 africa*
😐 it's not cheap in Suriname
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
Yo, I always look forward to your videos. Thanks for providing us all with an alternative escape from the humdrum.
Ive always loved your content, the came quality and the angles
I was not feeling well today, stuck in bed. But your videos are uplifting and so interesting. You bring out the best in everybody.
I can sit for the whole day and watch your channel, love it very much.
What's it been, 4 days since your last post and you're speaking Dutch already ? 😳 Why am I not surprised ? Another great video introducing us to places and friendly people many of us will only see and meet through your travels and efforts Tommy. Thanks !
Thanks Sabbatical, you never fail to surprise us all with your contents, selection of country and places within, the languages you speak, the culture and their way of life. Thanks 🙏
Adorable haircut. I really admire your posts. It's like a 30 minute therapy session where it switches my mental state into traveling.
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
@majinboo Don't write off Seedorf, he's definitely up there
Thanks for the great video. Suriname looks like a very interesting country and I hope that you show us more of this country.
Try to check out a Javanese bird singing competition! It's a big thing here with Javanese men here in Java, and I heard in Suriname as well. It's always quite a trip, with tons of guys bringing their songbirds to battle to see who has the prettiest song.
Sunday's in Suriname is the Day for that
@@oltonrenwick9175 p.l
🤷🏾♂️🤣 this is why I love surinam haha we love our birds, and nature haha and eachother mostly no matter what religion or race..we are crazy asf but one the same line haha not even a million people everyone knows everyone..
What a nice vid, very relax to watch. You cool friendly guy.
Enjoyed this very much. Thank you 👍🏼
What a great blend of cultures, the Dutch language is lovely to listen to. I am very jealous of your ability to pick up languages with such ease. Your videos never fail to disappoint, such a natural at mingling with the locals and providing great content.
Man, you're probably my new favorite travel vlogger. You've got a much better personality than Bald and Bankrupt and even more variety. Loving Suriname, keep it up!
Your Dutch is pretty good actually. It made me laugh so hard when you said “Dankjewel mijn vriend” and the guy looked back at you so confused hahaha
Doin a great job with the vids Tom!👍
Your Dutch pronounciation is really good.
Oh man, this time I laughed so hard for each second of this video. Thank you, Tommy. Stay safe.
mann i love ur learning the local languages where you go!! your pronunciation in dutch is near perfect! sure u need some practice but the basis is there! and your chinese sounds great too, though i dont speak too much
its so fun seeing you go up to the locals and speaking their languages... i was watching alot of (and even working) alot with laoshu5050000 and it wouldve been so cool to see him travel.
its honestly amazing seeing you interact with the locals it reminded me of my time with moses. thank you for that
The only TH-camr I don’t skip, can’t miss a single second of it, keep it up bro! Safe travels
Tom, you're a super interesting dude, thanks for taking us along on your adventures of discovery.
Awesome video....I love the diversity of the country. The food seems to be tasty and fresh!
I love that you had a great experince with my people😊
Man you speak so many languages, you're a genius dude. Respect and keep on the great job !
I live in suriname and my country has every culture ( ik woon in suriname en it heeft alle culturen ) 🇸🇷❤😘
Thanks Tommy. This is the first time i am seeing Suriname and i am pleased. Looks like somewhere i could stay for a long time. Peace and Tranquility.
The way you talked dutch cracked me up man😂😂 I love your videos !!
Thanks mate. You are quickly becoming my favourite vlogger. See you next time. Enjoy your trip in the bush.
Sabbatical, you are allover the place. I first started following you when you were in Uganda, my birth country. Now, watching in a country where my spouse comes from gives me goose bumps. Among other things, I love the calm and quiet of that country. Enjoy mate ✌🤞💪💪
Looks a lot more relaxing than the other cities you have been. Becareful out there. Respect from Long Island
You really do your homework on the history of our country. Thank you. Nice to see how you easily speak so many different languages.
Nice dude. Thanks for making me feel like just a normal guy traveling and experiencing new places.
Thank you for sharing
All big travel vloggers and huge subs yet none achieved what Sabbatical is doing efortlessly : connect with the audience.
Also it's a nice touch telling a bit of history , maybe a couple of interesting things.
A very fresh travel vlogging style .
What a frigging cool place. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Man I love this channel I smile the whole time. You are leading a blessed life my friend. From Virginia
Nice...I enjoyed that vlog. I personally know mr "djoe" as he called himself :P I am glad that we (surinamese) treat you well here on your project. Make it worth it, you will enjoy the hospitality, food and jungle. I got to warn you, "Do not get addicted with the food" and the jungle. Tourists gets addicted on their next visit mostly on the food and the jungle and get overweight with joy and wonderful experience- hahaha. Can't wait for the next vlog...Jungle.
nice !! if been there a few times ! nice to see again in your video
Great video! Thank you! ☺♥
Funny and informative.
Thank you for visiting this country!