Golden Paradise*** Playa el Agua

... but thanks to Andrea’s “cola” weaving skills and Armando buying our tickets for the bus we even managed to get some arepas to eat before we left. Once we arrived Tita took us to get some empanadas for breakfast, which were very tasty. Then onto her swimming pool for the perfect antidote to our tiring journey.

My time in Margarita is now drawing to a close, it has been a great place to relax before the hard work starts!

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 ...

... avisar no hotel de Aruba que íamos atrasar. Tentou falar inglês, espanhol e até francês e no final deu certo. Curioso foi percebermos quando chegamos a Aruba que a menina do telefone era portuguesa!!!! hehhe!!!
Continuando em Caracas....enfim saímos de dessa cidade as 21hrs e chegando em Curaçao o vôo estava..... longe.... já tinha ido a muito tempo para Aruba, afinal tínhamos chegado ao primeiro mundo, né?!

... een windsurfparadijs wat in feite niet veel meer is dan een lange straat, een strand en een aantal hotels, hostels en barretjes. Aangezien het laagseizoen zijn er niet al teveel mensen. Er is mij verzekerd dat het hier normaal een drukte van belang is, maar nu dus niet. Daarbij heeft de storm alle wind opgeslokt dus ipv een strakke, stabiele windkracht 5/6, staat er nu maar een zuchtje. Mooi is dat, ben ik hier staat er geen wind!! Gister een beetje doorgebracht met het ...

... living in Venezuela for 8 years, so he could give us some good advice! From Puerto la Cruz, we took a boat to a small remote beach called Puinare, on the Parque Nacional Mochima. The landscape was really awesome and we managed to eat a huge and delicious grilled fish on the beach! From Puerto la Cruz, we took the ferry to Isla de Margarita, where we are now. 5 hours of transportation in a super noisy ferry (hum indeed, it ...

Heute war es wieder mal soweit.. keine frischen kleider mehr zum anziehen.. uhh... leztes mal brauchten wir 3h... im vergleich zu heute war das blizschnell.. wir sind nun seit 5.5h im Wasch-Salon. so en seich do zum waesche!

... Are their exchange-rate gains large enough to offset the damage to smaller producers? Some day the foreign exchange rate will have to re-equilibrate, but until then the corrupt "dollar-game" will act as a barrier to productive small businesses. Chavez is trying to crack down on this kind of corruption. We will have to see how far he can get in his reforms. Some people are saying that the new-corrupt-bureaucratic and business elite will be the ones that bring him down.......

... but when it feels threatened, it "puffs" out, turning into a ball, literally, with hundreds of spikes!

Venezuela is super cheap if you change dollars in the black market. One day I made a pathetic intent to spend money, since I had way too many Bolivars and you get next to nothing for them if you change it back. So I went to a pretty nice restaurant, ordered a chicken Cordon Bleu and two Cuba Libre coctails, all in all around $6 USD.
Porlamar, Coastal Islands, Venezuela thrudur

... jeg jo i sydamerika nu!! Og her fungere tingene på sin helt egen måde, hvis det da overhovet kan kaldes at fungere!!! Hehe men pyt, det er jo spændene og jeg får udfordringer, og det er jo hvad jeg søger. Min stilling som supervicor gør at jeg stort set ikke skal have træf eller udflugter men har en masse kontor arbejde, dette passer mig også ganske fint. Nu er jeg jo kommet i et stort team, hvilket et ...

... Thinking the Bible was never wrong (haha) we went to bed wondering if perhaps our imaginations had yet again run away with us. Isla Margarita was always a big draw for me, not only is it renown for its beautiful beaches but also its duty free prices. So the following morning was spent soaking up the sun on Porlamar´s beach whilst the afternoon was spent shopping. Surprisingly it was Andy who made the first clothing purchase of this trip, a long sleeved top from Diesel costing only 15GBP. I ...