Costa Linda Beach Playa el Agua

... 8220;hola”; although to start with I thought he was saying “cola” (Spanish for queue), which I found quite entertaining considering that here in Venezuela there is a mammoth queue for just about everything.

I’ve spent most of my time here on the beach, sunbathing and striking up conversations with the beach vendors to try and learn some new words and improve my language skills. Despite the large number of ...

... I am so glad, it is imense!! (to follow).

My Spanish is coming along nicely. I was speaking with the cleaner of Tita in the morning of leaving and wanted her to slow down, so I did......."muy desayuno, por favor", she must think he is crazy asking for very breakfast! I will not forget now how to say "mas despacio"!!!! But this was fun tambien.

Após a assustada chegada a Caracas, onde fomos abordados por "trocadores"de grana loucos pelos nossos poucos dólares e pelo assombroso hotel que passamos a noite, fomos na manhã seguinte para a interessante Isla Margarita. O tempo nã estava bom mais o clima o melhor possível. Estava eu, minha esposa, primo e prima, cunhado e cunhada! Chegamos ao hotel Lagunamar e nos deparamos com um espaço imenso e um bom hotel ...

Zo daar zit ik dan op Isla Margarita... het was lastig genoeg om er te komen dat wel; Op schiphol aangekomen was er gelijk al een vertraging van 2u, Arke Fly ¨kost niks, maar dan heb je ook niks¨... 9u, 2 kleffe maaltijden en geen onboard entertainment (moest los voor betaald worden) later kwam de captain met de mededeling dat het weer boven Isla Margarita te slecht was om te landen en dat we 1st naar Curacao zouden vliegen... Ah nee he, geen Curacao!!!! Dus toch naar curacao ...

... most of the capitals: big, populated, noisy, polluted  and dangerous. I didn't really like it so much, there's not a lot of things to see or visit. We made an attempt in going up the Avila mount, but we got caught in a huge storm, so the teleferico stopped and we waited more than 2 hours... to eventually give up! Some parts of the city are quite nice though... we went to las Mercedes on the 23rd at night, which is almost ...

... have sprouted just so that they can cash in on this arbitrage. What this also means is that business becomes a question of who can get in on the dollar game. For example, should a local Venezuelan want to start making clothes to sell to his local market, the business would have to compete with artificially low prices imposed by rival Venezuelan importers who now have a stash of extra profit from the "dollar game" to fund price discounts and kill their competion. So what ...

... were the Caipirinhas. I think stronger stuff, I have never drunk! I had made a new friend at the bar, Svenja from Germany, but once she had to go, I was up for some jammin' - testing the Margaritan nightlife this time! So I got up from my bar chair, walked to my room and found some clothes. I had to take a quick shower because I was sweaty from the heat earlier in the day. But I was totally wasted. I looked at my bed, and thought - Hell, I'm ...

Hej Alle. Tja så var jeg jo ellers kommet hjem fra Cypern, og havde planlagt at nu skulle guidelivet for mig være slut! Jeg havde fået lejlighed i Næstved og havde søgt forskellige jobs. Men der gik jo ikke længe inden jeg kom til at kede mig og længes ud igen... Landede i danmark efter en ca. 5 timers flyforsinkelse og under 24 timer efter, var det allerede begyndt, at trække i mig at komme ud igen ...

... occasions. Having taken our money, after considerable debate between me and Andy, I watched avidly for signs to indicate whether or not we had brought about insult and for a second I was just about to put my hand in my pocket and grab a few more notes, that is until he tried to give us another one for free. Pleased with our first souvenir purchase and safe in the knowledge that our meagre 1GBP hadn't offended him we declined the free CD and left to get some rather extortionately priced ...