Country Info
- Caracas
- Capital
- Bolivar (VEB)
- Currency
- 23,916,810
- Population
- VE
- Country Code
Caracas Slideshow
Caracas
Travel Blogs from Caracas, Venezuela
Caracas, otra vez...
... di nuovo qui, tornati dopo un avventuroso !!! viaggio su un cargo...e una passeggiatina notturna nel porto cargo di Caracas...un esperienza quantomeno interessante... poi...le foto non sono granche perche non capiamo bene come funziona, non ce molto ...
Arrival in Caracas
... exchange rate of 2000Bs per dollar, I am finding everything expensive! I made the mistake of arriving without dollars in Venezuela...where the official fixed exchange rate is seriously overvalued. In fact over 3 times overvalued, as in the black market ...
Santa Elena To Caracas
Greetings from Venezuela, Just back from the lost world of Roraima, and was very good, weather was not all that good, with quite a lot of rain the day we made it to the top, but other than that was OK. The last day on top was the best, with the view ...
Crackhouse, Venezuela
Okay, so I don't think that it is mere coincidence that Caracas sounds an awful lot like Crackhouse, but at least we mainly stayed in the nicer portion of the city. Our main task for Caracas was to pick up the new passengers, and that we did. Here ...
Rozlouceni,privitani a hekticky Caracas
... zavazadla navic...Pak jsme zase cekali kvuli tomu, ze nas blokoval jiny autobus a nevedelo se, kde je ridic...hruuza...nakonec se nam poradne ulevilo, kdyz se konecne autobus rozjel,nechali jsme konecne Caracas za zady a mirili dale smerem do ...
Stats, Facts and the South American Car Pageant
... nbsp;passed through Caracas en route to the UK from Colombia, originally planning to spend some time in Venezuela I booked my flight home from Caracas in August 2009! Having caught the 'Love Bug' and staying in Colombia, passing through ...
Fingerprints and waterfalls
... us 4 hours in a canoe and one hour trekking through the jungle to reach the Angel Falls and it was worth it! New experiences in Venezuela... - finger printing and mug shots to change $50 - having to show passports to buy muesli bars - we're now avid ...
CARACAS!!!!
... i soldi, chiamarci il taxi ecc.. ma siamo riusciti a scappare! Poi abbiamo scoperto che fare il bancomat in Venezuela e' difficilissimo.La meta´ delle macchinette ti concede 10 secondi per finire tutto l'operazione.Praticamente`devi battere tutto piu´ ...
Ciao Venezuela
... back to Rosa´s house. Was great to see her, Mariana and the whole family. They were quite worried about the fate of Venezuela and Chavez...sensing that there is a lot of manipulation going on...and this time a more gradual type of coup. People creating ...
So long South America
... hoped on a bus to Venezuela, only 25 hours. For all those who were worried about our safety have no fear Colombia and Venezuela both had the largest military presence we have seen in South America. Our bus was stopped over 3 times to make sure everything ...
Chavezovo mesto
Po ctyrech hodinach polospanku a utraceni vsech zbylych penez za bagetu jsem se odbavil a za hodinu pote jiz sedel v letadle do Sao Paulo. Tam jsem se snazil vymenit nejake dolary (ve Venezuele plati oficialni kurz na vsechny cizi meny, ktery je velmi ...
Nightmare
... still alive!but have experienced a nightmare few days! My flights etc were all fine Germany was ok etc. I met a very nice couple from Venezuela on the plane, who are dentists, who were worried about me being on my one so took me to my hotel in Caracas ...
first steps
Alright, everyone. We´re a few days in and we´ve already done a fair bit of travelling. We spent the first night in Caracas and moved on the next day as expected. Its not a particularly nice city and the less time spent there the better. We tipped ...
Back in the barrios.... well I could see it anyway
... you can achieve when you put your mind to it ;)..... I was soon outa there and back in time for my connection into Caracas. The woman on her own card is really useful... you get things carried, people willingly escort your from place to place and always ...
Finally I´m at my first stop... sort of!!
I bet you´re all bored to death with my entries already (?). Anyway, first official stop: Caracas, Venezuela. Extremely glad to have arrived into Caracas, after 2 fairly long and mundane flights (I had to go via Houston.... ooh prob need to show that on ...
hello civilisation
Hello again, we´re just back from the backarse of the backarse of nowhere. We were in Los Llanos (´The Plains´) in southern venezuala, without electricity and about 40 miles away from the nearest town. But more of that later. We headed to Isle De ...
Puerta la Cruz
... ) at least we spoke a few times on the bus.. the bad idea was his of walking to find a hotel. With what I have heard about Venezuela and deserted streets at night I didn´t fancy the idea, but did it anyway as it was supposed to be near. We saw 2 ...
Time to plan and freshen up for the beaches
... short trips for me. I am going to Margarita Island for 3 nights / four days tomorrow to Friday. I will return to Caracas Friday night and then Saturday morning, I leave for Los Roques Island 2 nights / 3 days and return to Caracas Monday ...
A new journey in Caracas, Venezuela
Hello everyone. I just wanted to let you know that I arrived safe and sound in Caracas, Venezuela on Friday night. I am staying with Ana, a friend my mom and I made 2 years ago when we went on our European vacation for my 40th ...
Touring Around Caracas
... . At least for a little while. It is difficult to get internet access in the places that I am staying at in Venezuela. But, I have a few updates for you all. Saturday was a day of touring around Caracas with Ana and her friend. We ...
A drive along the coast
... to walk all the way up the hill to their homes. These houses are primarily occupied by the working poor. Once we left Caracas, we were able to drive miles along the coast. The beaches were filled with locals who were out with their families for the ...
Caracas - Chichiriviche - Merida
... Caracas as I could finally hug my boyfriend again. Que emocion after 2 months of distance!! In Caracas we had a 3 day hard-core induction into Venezuela culture between Shopping in the Centro de artesania Hansi, enjoying Ceviche on the roof bar of the ...
Caracas, casi saliendo / Caracas, about to leave
Well, we´re in Caracas now all packed up and ready to go. All we have to do is get on the right plane tomorrow and that´s it. Chile here we come! Ahora estamos a punto de salir. Todo está enpacado, incluyendo las bicicletas (lo cual ha sido toda una ...
It's enough to drive you Caracas......
... we came to check in for our flight. Our journey from Caracas to Quito required a change in Lima. Unfortunately, our flight from Caracas to Lima was delayed, meaning we would miss our intended flight to Quito. Eventually, around 3 hours late, our flight ...
Answers on a postcard
What did I say to Gary when he said "My clothes are all creased, you've made a right mess of my ...
First couple of days on the boat
... just passing by Cuba we will be to Venezuela our first stop on Saturday morning. I haven't decided exactly what I will be doing in Venezuela. A few of us I think want to go to Margarita Island or I may decide to stay in Caracas with a few people. I have ...
ab nach Venezuela...
... schoene paar Wuche ide Karibik parat gsi zum ois verabschiede und daenn haet doch de scheiss flueger, wo ois hetti soell uf Caracas, Venezuela bringe scho wieder verspoetig gha... Noed wieder 15stund wie s'letscht mal, aber au 11stund sind au noed ...