when was it that you visited?? the bridges were build in 1999...

PRAISE GOD FOR IMPROVEMENT FOR TRANSPORT BETWEEN GUYANA AND SURINAME. THANKS FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO.

The bridge you cross about the surinam Rivera is called Wijdenbosch bridge. Name is from the president at Thatcher time Who build this bridge. Very nice video. ❤❤❤

It was only red dirt and sometimes there was mud and now they fixed it

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Thanks. Tried to show the things to expect when traveling from guyana to Paramaribo and back.. my family wasn't aware of what to expect when traveling there

Coming from England, going to Suriname, have to get a visa makes no sense.

It looks taller because of how it was built. It's a shorter bridge in length than the verrazano or the George Washington Bridges which are higher, so they had to angle it up to get the draft clearance for the ships. Most American Bridges are higher than this bridge.

Yes brother its indeed a long trip.. but the roads are good.. and it was manageable..

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@@ejuman indian descendents?

@@iamaformerhistorystudent yes im Guyanese indian. However I now resides in the 🇺🇸. But travel the world very often

When the boat take off from one dock to the other dock in the water. The traveling time is approximately 45 mins. However from the time of check in and check out with immigration and waiting etc. It can be approximately 3 to 4 hours depending on if you get there a little early for check in and get to the back of the line to clear immigration

Long trip. Went to my friend home family time

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@@silvercoder6513 the ferry leaves around 9am. You just have to be a little earlier if you want to catch it as a passenger. If you are crossing a car. It's a long line

That's right, it is taught in schools ..Guyana only owns the Berbice, Demerara and Essequibo rivers but lately Murdo wants to claim one of them...he can keep trying, not going to get one drop of it.😉😉😉

It is my opinion, that a river that divides 2 countries should have been owned or shared equally between the 2 countries. But for some reason this river is owned exclusively by Suriname. But I wonder why and about the history behind it.

​@@josephwinslow7613Time for Mr Google.

What people in Guyana and also Suriname tend to forget is that Suriname and Guyana( Berbice, Demerara , Pomeroon/Essequibo) used to be part of Dutch Guiana. The Dutch established Stabroek nowadays Georgetown in 1616 while the first permanent settlement in Suriname was established in 1650 by the British governor of Barbados, lord Francis Willoughby. In 1652 British Jews settled at the upper Suriname river where they joined Jews from Italy who had earlier settled at Cassipora creek. In 1664 The French conquered Cayenne on the Dutch and later moved the border towards the Marowijne river or how the French call it the Maroni. The Dutch and Jews living in Cayenne and other parts of "French Guiana" were driven out towards Suriname, where there was already a small Dutch settlement at the Commewijne river. In 1667 "Willoughby land" was conquered by the Dutch and renamed Surinam. By treaty of Breda ( the Netherlands) later that year an exchange took place between Holland and Britain. England received the Dutch Settlements in the "New Netherlands" nowadays New York and Staten Island U S.A. while the Dutch received Suriname. A lot of British plantation owners in Suriname didn't want to stay under Dutch rule so they took their belongings, slaves and livestock and left for Jamaica. This is also the reason why a lot of Jamaican Creole words are similar to words spoken in the Surinamese Creole, Sranan Tongo. In 1784 the capital of Demerara was named by the Dutch after the president commissioner of the Dutch West Indian Company, Nicolaas Geelvink de Stabroek. In 1812 the capital Stabroek was renamed by the British after King George of England "Georgetown" In 1789 the French Revolution took place in France. In 1791 Haiti started its independence war, abolished slavery while later France ( Napoleon) sold the Mississippi to the USA. In 1793 France declared war against England and the Netherlands. In 1795 a revolution broke out in the Netherlands and the Batavian Republic was declared. The French ruler Napoleon Bonaparte installed his brother Lodewijck Napoleon as ruler of the Bavarian Republic. The Dutch ruler William who had close ties with the British Kings and Royals fled to England. In 1795 England declared war against the Batavian Republic. In 1796 Demerara was occupied by British troops who remained until 1814. In 1799 Suriname was also occupied by British troops. Because of problems how far the influence of the governors reached the border between Berbice and Suriname was settled by the two Dutch governors Van Battenburg from Berbice and Frederici of Suriname. The border first was a then known creek by the name of Devil's creek. Because this gave problems the border was later moved to the Corantynriver. In 1802 after the Peace of Amiens France England returned Suriname to the Dutch. In 1804 England reconquered Suriname and kept it until 1816. The British didn't want to give back Suriname because a lot of British farmers had settled and invested in Nickerie and Colony now called Coronie.(There for almost all places situated in Nickerie and the Creole and Amer Indian people of Nickerie have English names) England kept the former Dutch colonies Demerara Pomeroon Essequibo Berbice and changed the Dutch writing form of the name Guiana into the better pronounced Guyana. The Brits and the Dutch exploited the both colonies similarly and brought in indentured workers from Portugal, China and India. The only difference is that the Dutch also brought in Javanese from Indonesia and allowed all those groups to keep their languages.

@@josephwinslow7613 - bad deal at the time.

It took approximately 4 hours from Nikeri to Paramaribo. With a bus. The bus will take you straight to your destination in Suriname. It's $5000 guyana dollar for the bus fare to get there from nikeri to Paramaribo. And it's $4180 dollar to cross the ferry return. Tickets.

@@ejuman -- $5000 per person or to hire to whole bus...?? tnks

@@nom5205 $5000 guyana dollar per person with the bus.. it cost us $20k guyana dollar for four of us with the bus from nikeri to Paramaribo

I went with a minibus it's $9200 guyana dollar, a car might be slightly less than a minibus but im going to imagine not too much less. However the boat is small and you might have to be there early to get in line to go over

That's what I was made it understand from the customs and borders.. however camera usage in the check out is prohibited 🚫 there could not record.. guyana yes us license is working in guyana

I do not know about the guyana license. But my assumption is yes seen that Guyanese do not need a visa.. however check with your insurance carrier.. I used Assuria insurance

If you are Guyanese and have a guyana passport. You don't need a visa. If you are American they want their $25 dollar for a visa..

You just need a passport and yellow fever vacine card to show the border to cross

American need a vaccine too? Or is it just Guyanese?

Any citizens need the yellow fever vacine. It kind of crazy but yes Americans need the yellow card to cross

Ok, thank you for the info. I appreciate it. Will be traveling there soon, that's why I ask.

There is a little section on the lower floor for passenger to sit on..

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​@@SureshSingh-oc9eu what his number

Good morning yes in my video I video his name and buisness card for viewers to contact him. He is a super nice guy. Great service he offered

not appealing at all