Confortel Tamarindo Cuacuco Margarita Island

We took an early flight out of Gran Roque to the Island of Margarita. The island is the country's main Caribbean holiday destination, larger than Los Roque, is about 40km off the coast on Venezuela, where the Andes meets the Caribbean, and a much larger island than we thought. It is popular with both Venezuelans and foreign visitors so is far more commercialized; the airport is set up for charter flights from Europe and North America (not that we saw much ...

... this one includes all food and drink up to 11pm – fantastic, my first all inclusive experience whilst backpacking! I even have a hairdryer and a fridge in my room, so it is very luxurious. They don’t speak any English here (but do know a little German), so somehow I am managing to get by on my amazing Spanish skills :s I think my most in-depth conversation has been with Guaco the parrot that sits by reception and can only ...

I am here in Ciudad Bolivar trying to catch up with the blog entry that I have missed over the last few days. This was just a small trip to Isla de Margarita and I never knew that there was such a place, nothing happens and everything is happening. There is so much development here but the transport to the Island is appalling, at least the one we were on ...

... br> Esperamos mais umas horas fomos até Caracas e o voô... estava atrasado... neste caso esperamos mais de horas, pois nosso avião que a companhia aérea alugou!!!!!! estava em manutenção a ainda ia para Trinidad e Tobago para depois ir a Caracas e aí sim ir a Curação. De lá íamos pegar outro para Aruba! Pobre é foda, né?! Neste meio tempo foi uma impaciencia só onde um nao aguentava mais ninguem. A Dani ligando ...

... there were just several images that we will take away that we don´t necessarily want to discuss here. I feel so lucky sometimes to be in the states, and John and I agreed that it would be truly awful to have to go into that hospital with an actual problem. I guess that today was good for us, but we think we like the beach better. Hope all is well back home! We will write once again when we return from Los Roques (we really are going this time)!

... Will it make it more difficult for them to keep an eye on their boats at night, where frequent boat and motor thefts occur? Will these people know how to take care of their new concrete houses after decades of living in a different type of housing? Will they feel incentives or have the know-how to fix problems? Or even feel some kind of ownership over them, given that they had constructed the previous houses with their own hands? Nonetheless ...

... they knew about a cheap-ish and nice place, and I'd only pay my half instead of the full price. I felt the whole time like there was something on the hook.... So I was careful. But nothing. They never ever asked for anything back, and none of my things disappeared. They were just some happy, friendly people who wanted to share. The next day they left, and me too, but to a different place - to Playa el Agua, as Juangriego wasn't quite as much ...

... Andy and I did back in Hiroshima, a nice little place in downtown Porlamar (the main city on the Island) that charges $23 a night or if you so incline $8 an hour. Saturday morning I got up with a mission to do 2 things: 1 - buy an airline ticket for my return to Caracas (45 minute flight); 2 - find a place in a better location. No problem accomplishing the first mission. The second was more like mission impossible as the only ...

... really kind. We are the only Americans at our hotel. Most are eurpopean and some south americans. No one speaks english real well, or not everyone speaks spanish either. How we all communicate is something to appreciate. Cathy and I connected with a Swedish couple, "ousie" and Clarence. We decided not to go out with Dan and Alica last night and head to bed early, that was until the drink at the hotel ran dry and ousie ...

... famous French island. Maybe just because of a song. Looks nice. One day maybe I'll stop by. And we're in the clouds again. Martinique is under steady rain. As the rest of the islands until Tobago and Trinidad. We come out of the clouds at last just before starting our descent over the island of Margarita. There's something different in the air. I don't know what. But all of the sudden I'm in a hurry to be on the ground. It's very urgent! And it's not what you think. I need to ...