Destination: Venezuela
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Sat, 14 Jun 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [786] | Comments [2]
June 9 - June 13, 2008 It has been a great time in Merida. I spent three nights at couchsurfer Leri´s and her boyfriends place that was a pretty small place (June 9-11), but a good experience like always. I had my first Cachapa with them which is like ... Read more >
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [784]
June 14 - June 15 2008 The bus ride to Maracay ended up being longer than I expected. It ended up taking us about 12 hours because the bus stopped at quite a few different cities along the way. Once we arrived Maracay we then had to take a shared taxi ... Read more >
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [497]
June 3 - June 8
After spending a night in the bus terminal and things not going so well with the atm machine not working at the terminal, I ended up getting a hold of Paola the following morning and she met me at the bus terminal and then we went ... Read more >
Sun, 14 Dec 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [336]
From dead dogs on the sides of the roads, to Iguanas and monkeys in trees, to long conversations with crazy people in the streets, I can say that my time in Venezuela has been quite interesting. I spent about four days in Puerto Ordaz- Cuidad Guayana ... Read more >
Tags: crazy, venezuela, bus, monkeys, interesting
Fri, 31 Oct 2008 | By shaz | Views [336]
I’ve just come back from Venezuela for my half term break. A good trip slightly similar to some of my other South American visits except that I ended up being the only person on the tour...which was great, tailor-made trip but without the extra ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Jun 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [313]
Sunday, June 1 - Monday,June 2, 2008 So after spending a week in Taganga, and Melina meeting me there for the weekend to hang out one last time before I continued on north to Cabo De La Vela and she went back to Barranquilla, my decision to go to Cabo ... Read more >
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By bagen | Views [276]
After leaving lovely Colombia we were pretty much slapped in the face Venezuelan style right from the check point. A dodgy hole in the wall check point for our passport stamp amid a dusty, potholed road and having to pay 10 Bolivars each to avoid having ... Read more >
Tue, 16 Dec 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [499]
I met with Manfred Mönnighoff in a café in Santa Elena. He drove me with his 6 year old daughter Nilaya, twenty minutes up a bumpy dirt road, through some beautiful emerald hills, to Foundation Peace Villages. It was a short but fantastic trip, full ... Read more >
Wed, 3 Dec 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [265]
It´s really just hit me how politically intense and dangerous this country really is. As I was leaving San Cristobal on the bus, while being video´d in my seat (as they do here and in many other Latin American countries for security reasons), everybody ... Read more >
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [211]
Cumana was a great place to visit, as it
was full of life and had some pretty nice beaches. I spent 60 Bolivares and
about 8 hours getting there. I was very surprised… happy, when the taxi driver stopped
on the way to my friend Milagros` (her name ... Read more >
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [196]
I arrived in San Cristobal and was picked up by Rodolfo, a young university student. After arriving at his house and meeting his mother, father, sister, and other family members (and given my own room with a private bathroom). Rodolfo showed me around ... Read more >
Fri, 14 Sep 2007 | By pepeven | Views [490] | Comments [3]
Uno de los lugares que mas recomiendo para ir a la playa cerca de Caracas es Choroní. Un pueblo a 3 horas de Caracas que mezcla el cacao, playas, la selva, el sonido de los tambores y el sabor de la parchita. A solo 20 minutos en peñero está Chuao, ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Thu, 22 Feb 2007 | By john-leianne | Views [390] | Comments [1]
Ironic-can´t get a decent margarita on this island so far. We stayed three nights at a place on the beach that was at one time very nice but has not been kept up. Nothing works right. So we splurged and are now at the Hilton for three nights. Back to ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Fri, 14 Sep 2007 | By pepeven | Views [347] | Comments [1]
Venimos de regreso de nuestro fin de semana en la playa para recibir el año nuevo. Escuchamos una canción de la Opera Carmen versionada por Huascar Barradas con una cantante lírica venezolana y el rap de Mermelada Bunch. Mi mámá comenta: "Que sabrosas ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Wed, 14 Feb 2007 | By john-leianne | Views [345]
Los Roques is listed as one of the places to see before you die. It is in the Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela and is 45 min. out. It is very hot and white sand everywhere. Tomorrow we are going on a quick trip to one of the other islands (there are ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Sun, 22 Apr 2007 | By ferkel | Views [332]
So this is the rough plan for our whistle-stop tour of Venezeula as provided and devised by our tour planner!(Ben from www.ospreyvenezuela.com ) April 23rd Arrival in Venezuela. Flight to Barinas, Conviasa Airlines VO 2033 Llanos
wildlife ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
Sun, 15 Apr 2007 | By 40somethings | Views [237]
Some photos from the trip.
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Mon, 24 Sep 2007 | By natalieraeched | Views [236]
Last night I slept like a rotisserie chiken, turning slowly and constantly, head spinning faster than body in an air conditioned oven. The hotel, cool marble lobby, sparkling well-proportioned room, could be anywhere. But it´s in Caracas. What a thrill.... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 | By natalieraeched | Views [234]
Last night we had dinner at La Feria again, sampling the traditional Pabellon of roast shredded meat with rice, beans and plantain. Super tasty! The six of us, Esther, Vivienne, Bex, Isabelle, Eleanor and I, wandered a block and found a large and empty ... Read more >
Tags: adventures
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 | By natalieraeched | Views [232]
Only a couple of days in- barely 48 hours since we arrived and a slightly worrying feeling of comfort is creeping in. Of course the rug will be whipped from under my feet at the end of the week, but until then, it's still fairly effortless. Little wanderings ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Sun, 7 Dec 2008 | By pekollo | Views [174] | Comments [2]
so after a long silence im going to try and update from way back. its lucky ive been keeping notes or i would be completely lost trying to write this. so i want to expand a bit about the cooperative that i visited as i think its an important aspect of ... Read more >
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 | By pekollo | Views [163]
so after a long boring flight where sleep composed of short 2 hour kips. and various transfers that i was sure would be missed or somehow would not work out as smoothely as they did i arrived in humid hot caracas. it took a while to find jim mcclloy who ... Read more >
Thu, 7 Aug 2008 | By oogs_mich | Views [154]
We had a good time in Venezuela with no hassles which was great! We also met some great people to do things with along the way and had a fast track experience of learning the basics of Spanish!! We are getting by with the main things so thats good! Hard ... Read more >
Sun, 5 Jul 2009 | By lcmansfield | Views [154] | 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 >
Thu, 18 Dec 2008 | By pekollo | Views [147] | Comments [2]
so im here again writing about the brigade. its been a bit haphazard but im sure everyone will cope. so on the second day of the brigade we visited one of the barrios in caracas. this barrio is considered a very revolutionary barrio and has been since ... Read more >
