Deadliest Roads | Suriname | Free Documentary

Deadliest Roads 🇸🇷 Did you know.... 1. that Suriname is the only sovereign nation outside Europe where Dutch is the official language? Yep. It used to be a Dutch colony. And of course, sadly, as with all colonies I know of, slave labor was the force behind the riches for the colonists. 2. Sranan Tongo, a English-based creole language is the lingua Franca. 3. Suriname is one of the few countries in the world where a synagogue is located next to a mosque. Now, I find that a nice optimistic bit of trivia that isn’t trivial at all. It shows we can live side by side. Peacefully. 4. Suriname's forest covers 90.2% of the land, the highest of any nation in the world. That’s a lot of forest. 5. Suriname is the least populated country of the Americas: under 600,000. Most live in or near the capital Paramaribo 6. There aren’t many roads. One uses rivers to get around. Canoes are the school buses of Suriname. Well, not in Paramaribo obviously but in everywhere else. 7. Suriname has a hot, wet tropical climate. Temperatures do not vary much throughout the year. Average relative humidity is between 80% and 90%. Its average temperature ranges from 29 to 34 degrees Celsius (84 to 93 degrees Fahrenheit). (Yeah, that’s a no for me. I don’t do well in hot humid climates unfortunately. I can nearly stand a NYC summer) 7. Suriname has significant oil and gold reserves. And it’s in the gold mines our two heroes Pedro and Francesca travel to. 8. Our documentary accompanies Pedro and Francesca to the gold mines where they work at least two months out of the year. The journey is unbelievably tough. I mean, like constantly loading and unloading months of supplies from those canoes into other canoes between the waterfalls that hinder a smooth one stop travel upriver to the mining camps. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Watch. You will see. It is unbelievably tough. Like shouldering barrels of gasoline and engines while walking through the jungle to the next set of canoes. Nevertheless, they say: we decide what we do. We are our own bosses. 10. We hope the forests of Suriname 🇸🇷 thrive for centuries to come. As well as Pedro and Francesca. May their gold mining be fruitful. And they return home safe. Available worldwide

Once you start watching these documentaries it's hard to stop, they're too good.

Who else just started randomly watching this during lockdown and is now addicted

I'm really addicted to these documentaries and the narrator too. He is so good and funny.!!

You people always have the utmost difficult locations for filming but the results are as always spectacularly entertaining. Hats off to you guys, two thumbs up, salutes. Keep it up. I know you will.

Amazing! This is my country. 🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷 Love to see my people and friends. This is how they struggle, but still happy. Thank you Al Jazeera

First time learning about this country, had to Google more about it. Honestly didn't want this episode to end 😢

I pray for such a supportive wife.

Pedro and wife are a dream couple in this life..

Sranan 🇸🇷 Big up. Make our country known and uplift Surinam ☀️ It's the true treasure of the world!

Dear Free Documentary, You guys are doing some of the greatest favors to the mankind, by making these documentaries and making them available Worldwide! Thank you.

This is my country Suriname🇸🇷🇸🇷. Thanks for making this documantary of my country. The most diverse country in the world where everybody lives in peace.❤ i'm a city boy myself but the jungle is beautifull.

I can't imagine the danger and pain these guys have to go through for just a documentary that will be uploaded on YouTube. Thanks for the hard work!

Excellent doc. Hard working people who never give up. Respect to all of them. 💘

As a dutch person, I can tell you people from Suriname are the kindest people on earth. they always have a smile ready!

What a patient and loving wife Francesca is… She never lost her patience when the bike broke down and constantly soothed her husband to be calm instead of aggravating the situation further! ❤️❤️❤️

Can't believe how underrated these shows are.. I just randomly clicked on one pessimistically and the oral narration and translation kept me watching and listening bc one of my biggest pet peeves is subtitle language translation. Often Im cooking or doing some boring task where I cant just sit and keep my eyes glued the entire time reading the translation. It's understandable in a movie without the high tech cost of voice dubbing.. But it's amazing how many documentaries or long investigative news pieces like Vice, BBC, and Corporations.. do not orally translate.. Anyways Awesome Show! They Better Get Nominated For Some Prestigious Award.. but most likely they will go unnoticed..

It is amazing to see so many different race and religion of people living in harmony. We got a lot to learn from Suriname.

Watching from Kenya🇰🇪🇰🇪These documentaries are very,Addictive educative and inspiring💯Alot to Learn from Them...

In life you need a wife like Francesca,she believes in her man's dreams and sh'e calm ,patient and focused!!