Destination: Venezuela
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Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By bagen | Views [1958]

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 >
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By edsonlg | Views [1721] | Scholarship Entry
Over 40,000 bolts ripped across the night sky. I sat up in the hammock, hugged my knees, and awed at the relentless lightning cracking like a whip from cloud to cloud. No rain followed. The indigenous people here call it “rib-a-ba,” or “river fire in ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Fri, 14 Sep 2007 | By pepeven | Views [1478] | 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
Thu, 5 Jun 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [1161]

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 north to Cabo De La Vela and she returned to Barranquilla, my decision to go to Cabo ... Read more >
Sun, 17 May 2009 | By megan_skinner | Views [946] | 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 >
Wed, 14 Feb 2007 | By john-leianne | Views [863]
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
Tue, 10 Feb 2009 | By pekollo | Views [703] | 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 >
Wed, 26 Sep 2012 | By francheskacr | Views [662] | Video

I made this video in park of the east in the capital of venezuela, I get inspired in the beauty of life passing through and you can recibe I litle bit of that magic here, for our country this place always had been magic because give´s the rest ... Read more >
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 | By tobyontour | Views [547]
Hi everyone ;) This was a smooth start, flights were on time, the backpack also made the journey to Venezuela and the most important thing: Henry, mi hermamno venezuelano, picked me up at the airport and served my pretty exhausted body beer (6%) and ... Read more >
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [543] | Scholarship Entry
Slippery when wet. That’s an understatement when you’re going through the waterfalls, rivers and trails of the Gran Sabana. I learned that mostly by chance; when a cousin told me her son didn’t want to go on a family trip to, in my opinion, one of the ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By | Views [468] | Scholarship Entry
Knock! Knock! Knock! I heard on my door. “Yes? Who is it?”, I cried. No reply was heard, so I went to the door and opened it. In front of me was a beautiful golden, brownish, black-eyed little panare girl aged 5 or 6 with another girl in her teens who ... Read more >
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Wed, 13 Aug 2003 | By kellywouter | Views [405]
Voor beiden een eerste transatlantische en ook verre vlucht. Zo ver van huis waren we nog niet eerder, spannend. We hadden een leuk all-inclusive hotelletje geboekt aan Playa el Agua. De vlucht ging zonder problemen en het hotelletje was leuk. Het strand ... Read more >
Tue, 13 May 2014 | By edsonlg | Photo Gallery
At a village on Lake Maracaibo to experience the Catatumbo lightning phenomenon.
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Sat, 16 Oct 2010 | By edualarcon | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
About the photos:
An ordinary life. Away from the red and yellow lights glowing in the traffic. Without big fancy phones. Never getting late, no need to. This is "La Sabana", a little beach town, a few miles from the city of La Guaira, in ...
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Thu, 22 Feb 2007 | By john-leianne | Photo Gallery
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