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- Caracas
- Capital
- Bolivar (VEB)
- Currency
- 23,916,810
- Population
- VE
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Merida Slideshow
Merida
Travel Blogs from Merida, Venezuela
Merida again
So, after my little excursion out into the wildlife areas of Venezuela, I'm back with the more domestic life in Merida. I had intended to travel on to Coro for a couple of days and fly into Caracas from there and then on to Peru. But in the end I ...
Merida
Merida is a wonderful city, the best in Venezuela. There is no feeling of impending tçdeath here at night and there are many activities to do. The climate is cool and the mountainous scenary around is stunning. We went canyoning here - a day trip full ...
Mellow Merida
Ahhh feeling very chilled out and Caracas feels like a bad dream now. This is our Third day in Merida and the initial good vibes that we experienced on our first day haven´t diminished. After arriving we popped out to a nearby pizza place whose walls ...
Take my breathe away.
We awake at 7.30 and head to the Arassari office for 9.00am to collect the stuff needed for the next 4 days, whilst we hike up Pico Humbolt, Venezuela´s 2nd highest peak (4924m). Ice axes, helmets, harnesses, crampons, tents, stoves, food - ...
Like a bat out of Caracas
We have finally arrived in Merida, a small mountain town half a day away from Caracas and it already feels like another world away from all of the hectic hustle and bustle of the capital city. The taxi driver dropped us off at Las Banderas bus terminal ...
Merida
Merida again! We are just passing through though. Come back from the tour, we are heading off tonight to Colombia via Maricaibo. Should be a fun packed bus ...
Up Where the Air is Clear
... views of the valleys below on the journey were spectacular. An icy breeze greeted us as we stepped off onto the roof of Venezuela, and icicles hung down from the railings. We took some photos, and some video footage for our round the world documentary. ...
Another Merida
... an inch. Dom alone is an Evel Kenevel in traffic but when both of us are driving we fit right in. Merida brings to a close our breathless trip through Venezuela. No other country has awed us in such contrasting ways, wanting more and wanting to ...
The Alps of Venezuela
... and it was heavily raining. So I made a deal with myself: my guidebook says that it is basically impossible to get into Venezuela without a Tourist Visa via a land border (this would have been the first time during my travels in South America). Since I ...
I believe i can fly!
... and we have booked our flights out of Merida to take us to Lima in Peru. 5 days later than planned and lucky for us we were not there earlier as a massive earthquake 7.9 hit 4 days ago. We leave Merida a little apprehensive as to what we will arrive ...
Into the Mountains of Merida
... rest after taking just a few steps and eventually we decided to relax on a couch. This is definitely a highlight of Venezuela and I would recommend it to anyone traveling through South America. Later that afternoon we finally found the ice cream shop. ...
One small step and it all became true
... day so the view from above would not have been half as exciting as standing on the top of a ferry watching the coastline of Venezuela gradually get bigger and bigger as we got nearer and nearer. I had to keep pinching myself to remind myself that it was ...
Merida once more
... . At last we were going to get to the coast for some Caribbean Sea action and the main reason why we started this trip in Venezuela as Lea wanted to get in some serious sunbathing because she did not want to meet my family in Chile without the benefit of ...
Merida
... rod at a building site next door. After a couple of hours again it was all systems go and off we set for the town of Merida once again. Surprise, we actually made it today and managed to park in front of the tourist office. Here we got more good news; ...
Merida
... ...about 20 hours in total. The view from Barinas to Merida was really amazing, heading up windy roads into the Andes. Merida has the highest and longest cable car in the world but unfortunetly the bloomin thing is closed this week for maintenance. So ...
Back to the Andes!
Quite a pretty town (near San Cristobal on the adjacent map) nestled in a valley amongst more of the amazing Andes...I went out with the 2 Venezuelan lads that I shared the trip from Maracaibo with, gotta love 25 cent beers in a night club! Met up ...
Merida and Barinas
... down the river - another brilliant day! I also realise dit was the 6th of May and none of us knows who won the UK Election. I´m guessing labour from Charlie´s email?! So that´s it for Merida and Barinas and the Andes - onto the Plains of Los ...
A week in Merida
... three jugs of sangria and shot of Tequila later we managed to roll up to the bar in fine form just in time to watch Venezuela being skillfully taken apart by Brazil 3-0 and found out we had missed the Chile game which was nil all anyway which meant that ...
Merida, my last South American destination....
... buses to Merida are at night from Maracaibo. First one at 9pm. otherwise you are stuck there all day!! (2) Military checkpoints from Venezuela border - must have passed at least 15, nothing to worry about, they just ask for ID but becomes tiresome! Add ...
The City of Merida
This morning we went with friends to the main market in Merida. We met another english guy today who had been para gliding. It was great and cost him 30 Euros for 45 minutes. This afternoon we visited to Zoo. It rates amongst the ...
Level 2
beunos tardes well im well into my 2nd week of classes now and into slighlty more complex stuff like future and pasts tenses. my routines fairly well routine up at 645 breaki at 7 leave flat at 720 walk into town for class 8 to 10 im on my own now in ...
Canyoning down 3 waterfalls and leaving Merida
... with 900 flavours)...and then on to a couple of local bars/clubs with her friends and a couple of local friends I had made in Merida during my time here. After a night of salsa, rock and reggae....and minimal sleep, again....we headed off by car away from ...
Mucho Sicko
hey guys just to let you know been out of action since thursday morning, been pretty ill, sever headache sweats dodgy tummy nightmares ect, Flor even called the doc during the night cause cause she was worred i had a fever but i didnt aparanlty, she ...
Paragliding in the Sierra Nevada, Merida
Arrived in Merida yesterday...after a stunning trip up through the Andes, passing through quaint mountain villages. Merida is really beautiful, not to mention refreshingly cooler.The city is large, but surrounded by towering green mountains. It has a ...
Week 23 - Bogota (Colombia) to Merida (Venezuela)
... catch at 7pm. Wandered around a bit and chatted to the backpackers. It seems 90% of travellers go south via Ecuador...avoiding Venezuela deliberately. I'll see if their wrong to do that or not. Caught night bus to Cucuta (7pm...arrived Cucuta at 5am). ...
Beunos Tardes Chicos!
hola chicos well not much to report the last few days just been boring school routine, up at 6.30 flor cooks me breakfast for 7 walk to class 7.20, start class 8-11, then walk home for hUGE lunch aparantly over here lunch is like the big meal of the day ...
Gettin High All Day
Mérida is another town worth taking a teleférico up to a nice look out point. But the teleférico in Mérida is, I think, the highest one in South America. The lift takes you up in four stages and at the top you are at 4765 m (15,633 ...