Golden Paradise*** Playa el Agua

... and pearls. The place is worth a fortune but more alarmingly are the number of body parts presented in gold, suggesting that an awful lot of people suffer from leg injuries &#8211; must be something to do with the appalling driving on the island. <br><br>Cars on the Island tend to be either old or new. New because they can now be bought tax free as Porlamar is designated a free port and savings can be as much as 30%. Old because many of the cars are very ...

... this one includes all food and drink up to 11pm &#8211; 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&#8217;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 so glad, it is imense!! (to follow).<br><br>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. <br>

... De resto a comida é meia bomba e com o mesmo gosto, principalmente no café da manhã, onde o pão tem gosto de maçã, a maçã tem gosto de queijo, este com gosto de geléia, e assim por diante...<br> Fora do hotel fomos em algumas feiras, shoppings e apenas em mais uma praia (Playa el Agua), pois o tempo estava caído. O bom mesmo foi aproveitar a praia do hotel nas belas cabaninhas com colchões, bebendo cerveja ...

... pakken en de naam van het hostel (wie ik dus wel vantevoren had opgezocht in mijn boek) op een zo Spaans mogelijke manier uit te spreken en te hopen dat de chauffeur dit zou begrijpen en mij hier zonder al teveel omwegen naar toe zou brengen. Dit ging wonderbaarlijk goed moet ik zeggen. Nadat ik op 2 manieren was afgezet, stond ik dan eindelijk bij het hostel. Eigenaar (duitser) uit bed gebeld en om 2u in een heerlijk bed gerold (24 nadat ik was opgestaan). Ik zit dus in El ...

... an american area, with luxurious malls, bars and restaurants. Altamira is also a cool area, so is the Centro during the day, where we can find nice buildings and original architecture. We left Caracas on the 24th to go to Puerto la Cruz, a mid-size city right on the water. Nothing exceptional about it, but we met a super nice guy in the bus (5 hours of transportation... we had time to meet people!). He's from Iceland but has ...

... narrow walkway with 2000 or so other people and trucks and cars all trying to get to the island proper. If this is the "quiet time" I am really happy with the sharp descion that we made to come here now rather than on Saturday. The island is quite big with about 300 thousand peole or so but gets alot busier over the holidays, the main one of which is this weekend in the middle of August. We have booked at a posada which is out west which is very barren and looks like the ...

... fishing village until the rain eased. Sure enough, the clouds disappeared and we returned to the park. We then enjoyed the motorboat trip through the narrow mangrove channels from the embarkation pier. The wildlife was amazing as we watched an eagle, pelicans, parrots, osprey, cormorants and many more unusual creatures. We could see thousands of Oysters growing on the roots of the mangroves and bright orange starfish in abundance. After an exhilarating ride we returned ...

... 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 ...

Upon leaving the hotel and strapping on our backpacks once again Lea decided that we should walk the few blocks down the main street to the bus terminal so that we could find transport to Playa El Agua which we had heard was the main tourist beach on the island. Lea's plan to walk fully loaded to the terminal evaporated like the sweat on our brows in the near midday heat. Within 5 minutes we hailed a taxi and asked how much to Playa El Agua and since the price was more than ...