RE: The Khmerican Family Abroad | #3 - The Great Ecuador Exodus Pt. 2
What a greulling journey to take with two young girls, I read the first finding it on #travelfeed [Source](https://steemit.com/contest/@invisusmundi/travelfeed-io-travel-writing-contest-no2) followed on to second round to read the outcome.
After 5 star treatment, gorging/emjoying yourselves (on a well deserved break from airports), glad you reached your destination, now able to settle and enjoy life once again. Nice to know the airlines took care of you, finding money you don't have due to circumstance/requirements not made evident, that was actually a lucky break!
Reading your comments I see you mention Belgium speakers, we speak what is called "kitchen Dutch" in South Africa better known as Afrikaans, when traveling in the late 1970's we could converse. Durban the area I live in has the second highest number of Indian's outside of India, Hindi is one of the dialects still spoken, you refer to a mish mash of languages we have 13 official languages, so crossing over happens regularly.…
Thanks for entertaining read @justinparke
Yeah we made out really lucky considering the circumstances. Thanks for reading. We are safe and sound in Suriname. I’ve wondered how much Afrikaans I could understand if I can speak someday speak Dutch properly. There are some interesting creoles. I’ve heard Aruban Papiamento spoken a few times and it sounds much more creolized than the Dutch here.
They differentiate between Taki Taki, the creole, and Surinaams Nederlands here. Apparently the Hindi here is also a dialect, called Sarnami Hindustani. Spice names here seem to be most commonly known in Hindi. Suriname is an interesting place.
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Some words help sometimes... My husband brought up speaking Dutch in the home with his mother born in Holland did not understand a words of it when there. Certain parts of Belgium we got by, when in France not able to speak French we switched to Afrikaans, they then reverted to English, quirky things you do to be understood.
We need to think about the spice names used in some parts of the world since most are typically related to Indian names here.
Welcome to the Steem blockchain, hope you find many happy hours blogging here, enjoy living in Surname never heard much of this region so look forward to your posts.
Big thanks to @invisusmundi for hosting this contest, and big thanks to all the folks at https://travelfeed.io/. I have been on TravelFeed/Steemit for two years but have only recently written my first few posts, and I have been overjoyed with the results and feedback from all the readers. I am fully encouraged to continue blogging and keep producing some content. I got Dtube up and going, but made a few mistakes in how I posted the video. It's a work in progress, but I'm loving this platform, and it's been a lifeline for us in here in Suriname.