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  • The Lost World It made a nice change to be part of a group where everybody else was from Venezuela (apart from one Brazilian). They were all very jolly and excited to be on holiday, and to be visiting their country´s most famous Posted by MattAnneka in Burritos y Mojitos | Oct 17, 2009
  • Divine Intervention The road to Los Llanos, the vast area of Savannah and swamp land to the south of Merida, had been closed after a landslide, so we had to take a monumental detour that lasted the entire day. The grumpy, surly Posted by MattAnneka in Burritos y Mojitos | Oct 3, 2009
  • El Presidente Chavez It´s hard enough always changing currencies and having to figure out what´s woth what, without Snr Chavez complicating matters. Venezuela recently changed its currency from the Bolivar, knocked off three zeros and renamed it the Bolivar Feurte. Not that a Posted by MattAnneka in Burritos y Mojitos | Sep 30, 2009
  • Survive the Roraima It's been definetely a while since my last entry, but it's also been a while from civilization and then when I had connection I was not capable of typing, but'll write everything in it's own time. So I think I'll Posted by TatianaN in Travelling aroung Americas | Sep 17, 2009
  • The three cheapest things you can find in Venezuela In general the prices are not that low here, but there are three things which are the cheapest in the world. The first one, and I've already mentioned it, are fake breasts. I was told (not that I was reasearching) Posted by TatianaN in Travelling aroung Americas | Aug 16, 2009
  • Gone with the wind in Isla Margarita Now I know that an expression "Zdat y moria pogody" has a very straight meaning, especially when you are kiting or windsurfing. Because that's what I have been doing to the last four days, sitting on the beach and waiting Posted by TatianaN in Travelling aroung Americas | Aug 12, 2009
  • Some interesting facts about Venezuela Dollar: First of all, if you ever plan to travel to Venezuela bring only cash, because the situation here with dollars and exchange rate is the same as it was in Soviet Union. No dollars can be accesible in the Posted by TatianaN in Travelling aroung Americas | Aug 9, 2009
  • Me finding allergic to something that I don't know Just, running a bit ahead before finishing my story about the visit to Caracas, today when I woke up in Puerta La Cruz on my way to Isla Margarit and looked at my self in the mirrow I got really Posted by TatianaN in Travelling aroung Americas | Aug 5, 2009
  • going to Venezuela Hi, Does anyone know a cheap way to travel from Belize Mexico to Venezuela by boat? Posted by Loni11 in Need travel info | Nov 30, 2008
  • Roraima trek Roraima is one of the most interesting treks in South America and one that Eden has wanted to do since last year. It is the highest of the table-top mountains in southern Venezuela, and was the inspiration for Arthur Posted by edenjosh in Eden and Josh | Nov 22, 2008
  • Pirate Bus Attacks Coast Towns!!! A lot went on this last week and now after writing everbody separate emails, I'm not sure I have the fortitude and will to pull a humpty-dumpty and put it all together again. Basically, we hijacked a Volkswagon WW on Posted by axisofpete in Syd and Petes Excellent Adventure | Oct 22, 2008
  • Syd is learning how to <<blog . . . Hello Everyone! This is my first time. Just an update. We have been mainly doing the beach-tourist thing so far, which has been quite wonderful. Trying to adjust to the lack of schedule is about all we do all day . Posted by axisofpete in Syd and Petes Excellent Adventure | Oct 22, 2008
  • Very Venezuela -Beaches, jungle and waterfalls From Quito, we took a flight to Caracas, Venezuela. It was our first non-surface travel but was necessary because time is ticking away and there was a big ol' Colombia in our way. We had planned to leave Posted by edenjosh in Eden and Josh | Oct 17, 2008
  • Living on Empanadas We´ve been living on empanadas (Ham, cheese or some kind of beef wrapped in fried dough) from street vendors since we got here. Maybe we´ve been just a little too hesitant about going to a sit down restaurant since I Posted by axisofpete in Syd and Petes Excellent Adventure | Oct 15, 2008
  • Where the sendero ends... Sideways and thruwards, Forwards and onwards There were jungles, beaches, and leaf-cutter ants, Sand in my ears, backpack, and pants Sunburns on my chest in the forms of Picasso, This pace - our minds- we cannot slow We drank the juice from a Posted by Sabrosa684 in Mother H | Aug 25, 2008
  • Venezuela The bus journey took 2 hours longer than planned because it broke down, but we eventually made it over the border and into Venezuela. We got a cab from the bus station into Santa Elena and then found out Posted by Steve-Kay in Our looooooooong Honeymoon! | Aug 13, 2008
  • Santa Elena & Chiricayen Tepui The next day was a drive through the La Gran Sabana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Gran_Sabana) on our way to the border town of Santa Elena de Uairén (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Elena_de_Uairen). We passed 2 waterfalls on o Posted by dee d in South America | Aug 10, 2008
  • Ciudad Bolívar and Angel Falls Ciudad Bolívar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Bol%C3%ADvar) is a bit of a nothing town and the only reason we visit here is that it is the starting point for our optional Angel Falls trip. The price had risen from US$280 to US$400, but so f Posted by oharridge in South America | Aug 8, 2008
  • Orinoco Delta After our few days relaxing at the ranch it was time to head back into the sweaty wet jungle. This time we were staying in a lodge a good 2hr from town so as we waited for our boat transport Posted by dee d in South America | Aug 7, 2008
  • Ranch San Andres We didn't know what to expect at this old Venezuelan cattle ranch that has converted into a tourist ranch. We were given printouts about how Chávez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Ch%C3%A1vez) is trying to give some of the land back to the peo Posted by oharridge in South America | Aug 6, 2008
  • The Oil Bird Cave So we left the idilic Playa Colorada, our last beach, to head inland to Venezuela. We had a long drive day that day with a lovely bush camp to look forward to so we stopped at Caripe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caripe) to pick up lunch Posted by dee d in South America | Aug 5, 2008
  • Playa Colorada We drove along the coast, passing many beaches and beach towns. Whenever the truck stopped and the air stopped circulating, the heat was unbearable. Our posada didn't have air conditioning, only dorms with mosquito nets over the beds. The evenings Posted by oharridge in South America | Aug 4, 2008
  • Caracas Back to Caracas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracas) and the end of another leg. We arrived at Caracas in rush hour which was a big mistake. Noel took a wrong turning so decided to go round the block. 2 hours later we were passing the Posted by oharridge in South America | Aug 3, 2008
  • Puerto Colombia It was such a nice feeling setting off to drive to the beach after being in the sweaty mosquito infestation of Los Llanos. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed Los Llanos, but I enjoy sand, sea, sun and hotel beds Posted by dee d in South America | Aug 2, 2008
  • Barinas and Los Llanos 6am start and we were on the truck heading into the Los Llanos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Llanos) region of Venezuela. This region is similar to the Pampas in Argentina in that it has many huge cattle ranches and real cowboys with real cow Posted by oharridge in South America | Aug 1, 2008
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