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Merida Slideshow
Merida
Travel Blogs from Merida, Venezuela
Ven, a country devoid of backpackers
... joke, and maybe 5-10 of them turned out well…quite difficult to catch a lightening strike! We decided we'd seen enough of Venezuela and got the bus to the Colombian border the next day. Verdict... All in all I’d have to rate our experience ...
Riots and Michelin star burgers.
So just a quick one to tell you about the riots in Merida. Chavez (the president of Venezuela) has shut down a television channel ( apparently unlawfully) and has also been turning the electricity off when ever he feels like to save on resources which has ...
Sports! ..?
Meridaaaaa!!! finalmente una cittá con onde positive in Venezuela!!Dalla partenza del bus, conoscendo gente, fino all' arrivo dove conosco Carolina, la prima persona che incontro... visto che lavora alle informazioni turistiche, bé rimaniamo daccordo di ...
VENEZUELA
... meenemen) naar Valencia (10u)om vanuit daar de bus naar Morrocoy NP te nemen en nog even van zon, zee en strand ( naar t schijnt het mooiste stukje kustlijn in Venezuela) te genieten voor ik op de bus stap richting Manaus in het amazonegebied in ...
fuck you john!
last night in merida.. i woke up at about 9am met with harry potter and the 3 brits + swede who where going canyoning that day.. i got cleaned up, updated some blogs and kicked it > spending the day relaxing>>> plans changed and i decided to ...
Smer Andy, Merida
16.10. 2007, utorok, cesta Puerto Colombia-Maracay-Merida V utorok doobeda sme este polenosili na Playa Grande, ja som prisiel vo vlnach o potapacske okuliare, G stratila svoju oblubenu motorolu V3 a poobede sme nasadli na miestny autobus do Maracay. ...
Up in the Andes
... who had already been there a couple of weeks and a Brit/Aussie couple). Pretty quiet but hopefully learn more Spanish in smaller groups. Merida seems pretty cool - perched in the Andes without the colonial architecture of Coro but certainly more ...
Bolts from the blue
... and dogs marooned on the houses but looking happy enough. It's a nice little village and it is villages like this that got Venezuela its name (little Venice). People get around in boats and by any other material that floats. We saw one lady paddling ...
Wooosh!
... wish I had the guts to actually pull my hair out. It's probably the most boring class ever. Whatever, I'm in Venezuela. This weekend in HUGE. It's Carnaval!! The weekend consists of Thursday night, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, ...
After the "Gripe"
The last few weeks I¨ve ben gretting pretty bad at keeping things updated: the result is two weeks of stuff that I¨m not even going to try and fully cover, however a few things are worth mentioning. I´ve also been woeful at taking photo´s, I ...
Death cycling!
26th October 2007 - Day 137 Up early for our bike trip around the area we were introduced to our guide and then waited for then to load up the van with our antiquated looking bikes. We started off the day with a spot of bird watching in the ...
Venezuela
... --but you gotta do what you gotta do. We had quite a journey ahead of us as we were intending on heading to Merida, the first major city in Venezuela. We caught a bus from Bogota to the border town of Cucuta (14 hours), then caught a taxi which brought us ...
Near death experience
Arranged to have my lessons in the afternoon so I could go paragliding in the morning when the weather is usually better. Wasn´t a clear day but wasn´t raining. Had a near death experience which heightened the adrenalin somewhat - my flight was in ...
It's kinda been too long since I've written
Wow. To say one word to describe Mérida would be an insult. The mountains surround the city. It's just gorgeous. And the weather is soooo nice. In the morning it's pretty chilly, whichis pretty nice. And once you ...
Venezuela...new and challenging
... night bus to Merida, a more refreshing city in Venezulas portion of the Northern Andes Mountains. Let me say that Venezuela looks very much like other latin american countries I have visited, but economically works on a completely different ...
In Merida
... here. But the small plane flew right past the Andes giving us a good view of Pico Bolivar just before landing a difficult uphill landing in Merida. Air is nice and cool here and the Arassari office has a great view from their balcony overhanging a ...
My Name is Juan
... out here as it was in the middle of the "feria del Sol" (festival of the sun), one of the biggest festivals in Venezuela. The night started in a pretty cool bar with some good conversation (in Spanish) with various chicos y chicas, followed by a rock bar ...
Venezuela: Random Nuggets Of Information
... 's history. And the fact that we don't seem to be taught these things in school. In December 2007, Chávez, Venezuela's socialist leader changed the clocks from GMT-4 to GMT-4:30 and no one seems to know why although being as different as possible ...
Choroni, the wedding, El Yaque and Merida
So far there are just some pics and no travelogue. if i have time, i will also write something ...
Merida, Paragliding
Afternoon of 29th we went Paragliding to the south of Merida. Very gentle glass-off conditions made it feel really ...
