Suriname is worlds apart for sure, we originally left pre-COVID because Cambodian wouldn't allow us a legal marriage because of a new law requiring me to have $2,000 USD+ per month salary. We went to Ecuador to get married and also because of the easy 90-day visa for Cambodians, but our lawyer conned us, took the money and never fulfilled any promises, allowing us to approach the day of our visas expiring.

To avoid overstaying, we chose Suriname as the other country we could get a visa too and which we could afford to fly to and potentially survive in and/or finally get married. COVID closed the borders not long after our arrival and it took us nearly 2 1/2 years to get married in Suriname, and three years to escape it. I still can't believe we lost three years of our lives, and I will never forgive the USA and Cambodian governments for doing less than nothing to help us.

But now that we're back, we're trying to build a life again, and it is very satisfying.

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