Country Info
- Caracas
- Capital
- Bolivar (VEB)
- Currency
- 23,916,810
- Population
- VE
- Country Code
Caracas Slideshow
Caracas
Travel Blogs from Caracas, Venezuela
ANGEL IN CARACAS
This is a top pick! ... always be a funny, friendly, music-playing guy to be around. From Fedora, I´d learned to smile big and love your friends. In Caracas, I didn´t exactly have any friends yet. But - woowee! - was I excited. I´d been set up to meet Angy. Angy, who ...
First day
It is Tuesday and it is the first day of our journey. We are waiting to be picked up at the airport. After few minutes our friend ¨Paul¨ picks us up and drives us to a local restaurant close to the airport. The locals call it ¨Kelseys. We shared a ...
Danger Danger!!
When we arrived in Venezuela we had decided to give Caracas a miss as we heard it didn´t have that much to offer. After meeting a German girl who works there we definitely didn´t want to go there. Apparently its a dangerous city. She spoke about slowing ...
Bus ride into the clouds and then into hell!
... be cronically drunk or like pouches around the stomach. Don´t get me wrong, there are good looking women in Venezuela, I just can´t see any in Caracas. They are all plagued with some sort of bowel disease where the stomach protrudes 2 inches from the ...
First real day
... and followed him into his unmarked broken down Tercel. Engaged in some very interesting conversation with Pacco during the drive to Caracas. Interesting mostly because neither of us speak a word of Spanish. Passed by some interesting sites on the hwy, ...
meeting up with the others
... have natural hot springs which were really nice! Then the french and I were headed to the bus station, I took the night bus to Caracas (the buses are incredibly nice and comfortable!). Jose, a really nice guy from Merida sat next to me, his english was ...
Caracas day 2
... table and sells individual cigarettes. So you walk up, pay for a 5 minute call and get a smoke. Service with a smile in Caracas. Lunch was a very excellent Italian restaurant for some Spaghetti and pasta with ¨chicken¨. another 15,000 Bs. We spent the ...
With the Broughers
... close friend formerly working in Colombia] Bob Brougher met me and we were here to the house at 12 midnight. Venezuela is only ½ hour ahead of Colombia. Today we have an 11-1 meeting with Christian Missionary and Alliance and other ...
80 deg difference
... , who had spent our vacation babysitting our gerbils and plants, was there to meet us. I don't think our normal shuttle home would have been open at that hour. So, that ends our Venezuela adventure. Back to work, to start saving for the next ...
12 hours at Caracas Airport
... were on strike! We were advised to head to the airport as soon as possible. So after a 12 hour bus journey from Merida to Caracas (no sleep for either of us due to very bad suspension on the bus) we headed straight to the airport arriving at 10am in the ...
Homesick in Caracus
... we still go today? Her: Yes Us: But there is also a flight tomorrow? Her: Yes Us: Is the flight tomorrow direct to Caracas? Her: No. At that point we all gave up and she processed our flights for us as though there had been no ...
arbeiten, hopp, hopp!
... nette her am schalter, dass die steuern ohnehin schon bezahlt waeren. wir sind etwas griegraemig, und wandern offiziell aus venezuela aus, vorher wollen wir aber unser bargeld loswerden, da es fuer bolivares keinen international markt gibt, wir das geld ...
Concluding Comments
... as well!) Dependancy on Oil It was while I was traveling back from Puerto Columbia to Caracas that I thought of the title for the Venezuela blog - land of underutilised mangos. There are thousands of mango trees in Venezuela everywhere but the mango ...
Wat een mooie kamer...
In Nederland is de nationale sport belasting ontduiken, in Venezuela is dat toeristje oplichten. Cambio? Cambio? Laat me met rust man. Cambio? Cambio? Rot op, ik hoef niet te wisselen. Cambio? Cambio? Godver, waarom pakt die vent in uniform onze tassen ...
Caracas - Bekanntschaft mit dem Flughafen
... vor 04:00 ging`s dann endlich los und nach fast drei Stunden Flugzeit mit TAM kam ich am Sonntag (17.2.08) fruehmorgens in CARACAS - am Flughafen "Simón Bolívar", auch Maiquetía genannt - an. Ich beruehrte zum ersten Mal im Leben ...
Viaje desde San Felipe/Moron/ Tucaca/Chichiriviche
Hoy en la mañana nos fuimos desde San Felipe a Chichiriviche, un pueblo de pescadores donde se ncuentran los cayos(pequeñas islitas no habitadas. ...
back to Caracas
... board, as another couple, flying to Quito in Equador, were frantically running up and down the gates to find their plane! Oh Caracas we love you! And amazingly enough, despite not being a particularly cheap flight, you had to buy the lardy food! Safe to ...
From Rags to Riches
... on the field, but for either Manual Rosales (the right-wing opposition) or Chaves (the fairly famous Communist leader of Venezuela for the last 8 years). And when we left the game, Louisa (Rosales supporter) and her friend Jeraldo (Chaves supporter), ...
From Caracas Police to Santa Fe Security
... importance of our roots to the land. There were also sculptures and visual displays, some Picasso and Monet. The Bad Caracas has a population of 6 million, and is extremely noisy. We had difficulties sleeping in even the nice hotels, and the more ...
El Autobus, Las Playas, y Un Amigo Especial
... , cultural experiences, natural beauty... all gifts from God. Ive been to meditations, to the beaches of the northern coast of Venezuela, and well perhaps the most notable occurrence is that an amazingly special person has crossed my path... and yes, for ...
South American Face Off
... plane, dune buggying, dune boarding. Round 4 to Peru, the dune boarding definately seals it. Round 5: Places we went Venezuela - Caracas, Merida, Los Llanos, Puerto Colombia Peru - Lima, Cusco, Manu, Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Nasca, ...
Venezuela - The land of underutilised mangos!
... place and is used by corrupt politicians such as the kind that hang out with Chavez! I didn´t meet a single person in Venezuela who supported Chavez. But there are a few factors to consider before drawing any conclusions from this statement. I ...
Going Crackers in Caracas
... finale to our exploration of the three Guyanas, so it was time to move on. The logical next destination was Venezuela, but unfortunately an ongoing border dispute with Guyana means there is no official land crossing between the two countries, ...
Los Roques - Sun, Sun, Sun
Was debating whether to head to Angel Falls (highest in the world)- Dry season in Venezuela meant it would not be as impressive as it might be at other times. The second highest cascading waterfall in the world (according to our guide in Santa Elena) is ...
feeling out Caracas...
... was born in Caracas and educated during the enlightenment period in Europe. He led the fight for independence not only in Venezuela, but Columbia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana and other countries. He had a vision of a United South America, but died before ...
Arrival in Venezuela, but what about the bikes?
01 July 2009 Hotel Catimar, Maquetia, Caracas, Venezuela Air con is on but if it were up to me it wouldn't be Firstly, I must explain and apologise about the lack of capitals you will experience reading this blog. our little ASUS has ...