2015 The road To BGM 2015 in SurinaMe General information about Suriname Suriname, officially known as the Republic of Suriname, is a country on the north eastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, and Brazil to the south. Suriname was colonized by the English and the Dutch in the 17th century. In 1667 it was captured by the Dutch, who governed Suriname as Dutch Guiana until 1954. At that time it was designated as one of the constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, next to the Netherlands and the Netherlands Antilles (dissolved in 2010). On 25 November 1975, the country of Suriname left the Kingdom of the Netherlands to become independent. As a member of CARICOM, it is frequently considered a Caribbean country and has had frequent trade and cultural exchange with the Caribbean nations. At just under 165,000 km2 (64,000 sq mi), Suriname is the smallest sovereign state in South America. (French Guiana, while less extensive and populous, is an overseas department of France.) Suriname has a population of approximately 566,000, most of who live on the country's north coast, where the capital Paramaribo is located. Suriname is a mostly Dutch speaking country; Sranan, an English-based creole language, is a widely used lingua franca. Due to the multi-cultural aspect of Suriname there are also approximately 20 other languages spoken, some of which are native languages spoken by native inhabitants of rural parts of the country. Suriname is the only independent entity in the Americas where Dutch is spoken. The denomination is the Suriname Dollar (SRD) and the USD exchange rate is 3.35SRD for 1.00USD
Hotel accomodation
Roomrates: Standard single/double: US$. 140.00 Per night
Roomrates: Executive single/double: US$ 140.00 per night Standard single/double: US$ 130.00 per night Executive triple: US$ 160.00 per night
Roomrates: Riverside single/double US$ 96.00 per night Standard room single/double: US$ 86.00 per night Room rates are based on prices per night per room and not per person Room availability is based on the occupancy of the hotel Airlines options and tickets
NOTE: These are airlines ticket prizes checked six months in advance to give an estimate of tickets prices from various destinations with various airlines to Suriname. The prices are in US$ and for a roundtrip.
Trinidad – Suriname: $348.70 (6-13 apr ‘14) Guayana – Suriname: $268.80 (5-12 apr ‘14) Miami – Suriname: $681.90 (5-12 apr ‘14) Curacao – Suriname: $342.00 (6-13 apr ‘14)
Antigua – Suriname: $698.60 (6-13 April 2014) Barbados – Suriname: $643.00 (6-13 April 2014) Jamaica – Suriname: $696.18 (6-13 April 2014) Miami – Suriname: $642.90 (6-13 April 2014) Bahamas – Suriname: $906.68 (6-14 April 2014) Would have to spend 1 night in Trinidad both ways St. Lucia – Suriname: $555.80 (6-13 April 2014) Saint Martin – Suriname: $669.91 (6-13 April 2014) Grenada – Trinidad: $329.52(6-14 April 2014) Would have to spend 1 night in Trinidad both ways Trinidad – Suriname: $370.90 (6-13 April 2014)
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Curacao – Suriname: $348.00 (6-13 April 2014) Jamaica – Suriname: $624.18 (3-14 April 2014) Miami – Suriname: $626.30 (6-13 April 2014) St. Maarten – Suriname: $564.31 (6-13 April 2014)