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birgade update

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 >

PEACE VILLAGES FOUNDATION (FUNDACION ALDEAS DE PAZ)

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 >

LOCA WOMAN IN SANTA ELENA

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

the mountain city

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 | By pekollo | Views [129]

so after not writing anything for ages here i am. ill write more about the brigade later as theres so much to write there and im a little hungover. so another time. im in merida which is a city in the west of the country in the andes. so theres high ... Read more >

CHAVEZ SPEAKS WHILE KIDS DIE OF CANCER

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [210]

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 >

the 2nd installation

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 >

LIVING WITH A HITCH-HIKER

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 >

UNI´S VIEWS, AND POLITICAL FIESTAS

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 >

Arrival in the revolutionary heartland

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 >

Venezuela

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 >

Angel Falls

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By bagen | Views [275]

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 >

Venezuela news

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 >

La guía de Caracas

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 | By pepeven | Views [128]

Les anexo el link a la guía de Caracas. La capital de Venezuela. http://laguiadecaracas.blogspot.com/

Tags: caracas, venezuela, guide

Como se llega a Chuao

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 | By pepeven | Views [134]

Mas información de Chuao en las costas del Caribe Venezolano

Tags: chuao, caribeann beach, jungle

The couchsurfing outing in Choroni, Venezuela

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 >

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