El Hidalgo
Travel Blogs from Porlamar
Laid back on Zaragoza beach (Venezuela)
... to the right, a few small boats anchored just off
shore, ...
They want shade but none want to plant the tree
... ourselves away in the beautiful El Yaque in Motion private apartments, with our own pool and hideaway location.
Overall, I just couldn't recommend Margarita though, not until something drastic changes like direct flights are back, or the mindset of the locals becomes more community and less 'me' focused. There's too much corruption - we know of at least one local with dodgy money dealing via the army - and an undercurrent that is palpable.
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Beaches, Beaches And beaches.
... we stayed at was run by a Oliver Reed stylee, northern irish man, in his mid 50´s. with his substantially younger Venezualan wife, and there 2 year old kid. It was a nice, relaxed hostal, with an intriguing talking parrot, who never refused to yield excessent wolf whistles every morning.
We stayed 3 days at this hostal, using it as a base to travel a few Km´s to the local beaches and fishing villages. ...
Faul am Strand - oder - eine kurze Pause
Heute gönnen wir uns eine kleine Pause. Direkt neben dem Pier gibt es einen kleinen aber schönen Sandstrand. Für 12 US$ zwei Liegen mit Sonnenschutz. Zum ersten mal baden wir in der karibischen See. Auf Sight seeing haben wir verzichtet.
Der Abend endet heute für uns Früh (so gegen 21.15 Uhr). Wir sind beide vom Nichts tun müde und schlafen wie die ...
Porlamar & Pampatar
... maksuvaba piirkond, kohalikud käivad siin nädalavahetuseti suuremaid sisseoste tegemas. Margaritale saamiseks tuleb seetõttu ka tasuda sissesõitmismaks, mis on lausa 2 bolivari (3 krooni).
Pampatear asustati 1530. aastal ning ka siin on säilinud vana kindlus. Külastasime Castillo de San Carlos Borromed, mis on kõige paremini säilinud hispaanlaste aegne ehitis saarel. Kindluse vastas asus kaunis kirik, ehitatud ...