Destination: Venezuela
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Venezuela is epic in proportion: it boasts South America's largest lake and third-longest river, the highest waterfall in the world, the longest of all snakes, and some of the most spectacular landscapes you'll ever see.
There are the snowcapped peaks of the Andes in the west; steamy Amazonian jungles in the south; the hauntingly beautiful Gran Sabana plateau, with its strange flat-topped mountains, in the east; and miles of white-sand beaches fringed with coconut palms on the Caribbean coast.
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Mon, 27 Jul 2009 | By lcmansfield | Views [60]
So I'm in the Orinoco Delta.
And it's crazy.
I'm living in a cabana - a small hut in the middle of the jungle that sits on stilts next to the delta water. Now, I come from a small town, but this is literally the middle of nowhere. It's a 45 ... Read more >
Sat, 18 Jul 2009 | By lcmansfield | Views [67]
PDVSA is of course a main focus of my research. Since petroleum was nationalized, it is in control of all oil exports. And yesterday (my 21st birthday) I had my first encounter with the company. My spanish teacher and now a good friend, Maria, accompanied ... Read more >
Wed, 15 Jul 2009 | By lcmansfield | Views [61]
The Culture. Even though I have only spent maybe 3 weeks here, I´ve been able to emerge myself in a lot of the cultural activities in Venezuela. From bus rides to restaurants and dance clubs to protests, I´ve wound up learning more than I expected around ... Read more >
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 | By lcmansfield | Views [78]
One minute I´m loving life, being thankful for all of the opportunites i have in life. The next I am praying to all that is holy that I make it home alive. It´s a rollercoaster ride. This past week I spent three days in Canaima where there are the most ... Read more >
Sun, 5 Jul 2009 | By lcmansfield | Views [139] | Comments [1]
What is the most important thing in the world? Money. American Money. The exchange rate here in Venezuela is insane. The National rate you can get at a bank or an atm is 2 Bolivars for every Dollar. Yet, on the black market you can get a rate that ... Read more >
Fri, 3 Jul 2009 | By lcmansfield | Views [65]
It has been one crazy week. Three airplanes,a ferry, a bus, and many taxis later...I´ve made it to my first destination in Venezuela after travelling from the airport in Trinidad. I saved a bunch of money by flying to Trinidad, but boy was it complicated.... Read more >
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 | By lcmansfield | Views [55]
So, I learned the first of many lessons. My mom calls it persistence, a quality I get from my father. I pretty much give my success to an emotional breakdown. I drive to DC wednesday afternoon and spend thursday and friday mornings frantically playing ... Read more >
Tue, 2 Jun 2009 | By megan_skinner | Views [65] | Comments [2]
Sunday morning Alfredo and I went down to the bus station in Merida to check out the bus situation to Trujillo and it turned out that buses only go there three times a day and take 6 hours. Sooo I took a taxi with a few others instead. It worked ... Read more >
Sat, 30 May 2009 | By megan_skinner | Views [101] | Comments [1]
I have been seeing a lot of pro-Chávez propanga and the title is an example of a really common one: With Chávez, the people are the government. Most people I have talked to roll their eyes and sigh when they see this... After returning from my Los Llanos ... Read more >
Thu, 28 May 2009 | By megan_skinner | Views [86] | Comments [1]
As you may have guessed from the title of this entry, I saw river
dolphins. It was incredible and seriously one of the coolest things
I've ever seen. I talk about this more later... Also, this is a
really long entry. Sorry if you get discouraged.... Read more >
Tue, 26 May 2009 | By lockers | Views [54]
March 27th – April 1st Jungle Trip (Iguana Tours), Day One I stupidly forgot to change the time on my camera, which was also serving as my alarm clock, when we arrived in Manaus from Belem so it sounded at 5.30am, frustratingly early for ... Read more >
Fri, 22 May 2009 | By megan_skinner | Views [102] | Comments [1]
When we arrived in Coro on Tuesday night, we had some trouble finding a room as the top recommended hostel was closed for good and the second recommended one was full. We ended up staying in a fairly expensive hotel, but it had air conditioning so we ... Read more >
Wed, 20 May 2009 | By megan_skinner | Views [90]
On Sunday, I headed out of Caracas for the Caribbean coast. I had to transfer buses in Valencia which was a bit hectic and confusing for a non-Spanish speaker, but I figured it out and caught the right bus to Chichiriviche. Chichiriviche is a town ... Read more >
Sun, 17 May 2009 | By megan_skinner | Views [117] | Comments [1]
I arrived in Caracas bright and early at 4:30am on Thursday morning! As we descended to the airport I saw the lights of the coastal towns and realized, yep, I´m going to Venezuela. Much to my dismay, my debit card didn´t work in any of the 6 ATMs ... Read more >
Tue, 10 Feb 2009 | By pekollo | Views [139] | Comments [1]
so this is a wee story about when i was back in venezuela, i met some
people who managed to get a tour farily cheap and managed to get the
same deal. the tour was to a place called los llanos, home of coyboys
and flat landscape, chavez's home state ... Read more >
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