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Originally Posted by Travelbug
I agree.
The only pain is organising the Suriname visa (which I did in advance).
Other than that: good roads. Very safe to reasonably safe (Georgetown). Well developed and civilized in the cities. And of course exotic landscapes.
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For the most part, the roads are decent enough, but be aware that road conditions can change drastically from day to day, depending on the rains.
The dirt road in Guyana from Linden to the Brazil border at Lethem was in spectacularly poor shape with meter deep holes filled with water and some water crossings (more like huge deep puddles across the road) that almost drowned my bike.
In addition, to get into French Guiana from the south, BR-156 in Amapa, Brazil had a dozen or so roughly knee deep mud pits ranging from 50 to 300 meters in length. Some of these muddy section were on a pretty steep incline.
There were two washed out bridges on the route from Albina to Paramaribo that involved lengthy detours through lots of mud and clay as well.
Last edited by crashmaster; 2 May 2011 at 14:44.
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