Hotel Descanso Tropical Juan Griego

... for its fort, up on the hill. It’s an odd place for a fort, given the surrounding hills are even higher and, therefore, hard to defend from our perspective. The fort is famous for its 'bottle’ dungeon where errant individuals where pushed through a small square hatch into a ‘bottle’ shaped cell. The hatch would be duly shut and not re-opened until the persons had died from dehydration and/or starvation. Charming.

The fort was ...

... 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!

... albeit an experience. We bought the pemier substandard tickets (I do not know either!) although not taking full advantage of the "Pemier" style up the stairs behind the Canteen on the lower decks!!! (see why we were fooled) Look at the pic. It was not too bad but daunting nonetheless. As for Margarita I did not stay long, wanting to get to Salto Angel ...

... 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...
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 ...

... it was found ! Joyous moments are rare and this was like finding a fourleaf clover ! Over the moon, and running 15 minutes late we left the beach posada and walked, no make that ran, into town to the bus station (the long (safe) route), this took us 10 minutes longer than expected. We arrived just in time to get on the Por Puesto that was jammed to capacity, we found space right at the back when two people scrunched up to make space. I was sweating like a banshee. Our bags ...

... the members share in the bank´s profit, which comes from the interest they charge. The simplicity and self-sufficiency of the bank comes from the fact that all the funds are internal to the community. Also, the bank members themselves decide exactly on the governing structure, the interest rate they charge etc. They need two treasurers and a president, who maintain very simple accounts. They just report to Fundefir their monthly transactions.... The ...

... friendly people, told me about all the things I could to in the area, invited me to whole bunch of beer throughout the whole journey and then they just happened to be headed to the same town as me - Juangriego - so they invited me to drive with them, as they had a car, saving me some 30-40.000 bolivares for the taxi there. But that wasn't even all - they invited me even to dinner as well! What gentlemen! Then they also offered to share a hotel ...

... at lykke. At side paa ladet af en bil og suse afsted til et ukendt sted er simpelhen livet! Naa men igaar og idag har vaeret stranddage. Lidt for meget sol, saa jeg er rigtig dansk i roede og hvide farver. Maerkelig nok, jeg foeler at vi i de her dage er taget paa ferie, fra vores normale liv i Venezuela. Men jeg har jo vaeret paa ferie i snart 4 maaneder. Allerede i overmogen er det videre paa farten. Ditte tager hjem ...

... Mais ça va être amusant. La météo n'est pas la meilleure, malheureusement. La Guadeloupe est sous les nuages et je ne verrai pas grand-chose de ce morceau de mon pays d'origine que je ne connais pas encore. Je ne résiste pas à l'envie d'appeler maman. A 4000 mètres d'altitude au-dessus du sol français, j'ai un signal. Ça va me coûte la peau de tout le corps, mais qu'est-ce que c'est en comparaison du bonheur d'une mère. Et voici Marie-Galante. Une autre célèbre île française ...

... night bar.....and by that time we were all friends......boy that was madness anbd sadness in one. meeting that english couple and they hadn't even glimpsed this other world.....showing them the parallel world that exists and seeing them gasp at the difference. and all to get a visa and to write a cheerful little tale