Hotel El Parque Merida

Merida 2004 Merida, Andes, 2004, Venezuela

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Mérida, Venezuela

A travel blog entry by michelrenggli

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... wieder chli besser gfühlt. S'Abseile bim Zwüscheabschtieg isch sehr guet gange, aber wo's denn uf dr andere Site wieder ufe isch, het sich mini Situation vo Minute zu Minute verschlächteret, bis i schliesslich atemlos mit Chopfweh, Schwindel und Übelkeit ha müesse kapituliere. Zum Glück hän mer perfekti Wätterbedingige gha, und so han i eifach allei wieder es Stückli abe chönne ...

Merida Madness!!

A travel blog entry by thomasandannie

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... red shots to 'settle our tummy', I necked it and it felt like molten lava going down!! we then drove up 1000 metres up a mountain and hung around at the top for another hour waiting to take off. The view from up there was amazing and it was a beautiful view. We then took off in time to watch the sunset behind the Andes mountain. It was a stunning trip, we were in the air for about 40 minutes, just as we were going to land, my pilot ...

After the "Gripe"

A travel blog entry by celticewan

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... but generally things are returning back to normal. The last two weeks have been strange, as a decree was announced to help curb the spread of swine flu by closing all the evening establishments in the city (but not shops, businesses and general mixing of the population during the day). The result was the all the bars, cinemas (including the student film night), the cultural centre (including my planned first Salsa class) and more were all closed for two weeks. ...

Living the good life

A travel blog entry by ellieberg

... and vaccination measures. Good thing I already got my vaccine in the U.S. :) But the classes I'm taking are Environmental Ecology, Vegetative Ecology, and Plant Ecophysiology. My profesor for Environmental is suuuuuper great! He really knows his stuff and I really like the outline of the class. The best part is that for each class we will have an extended field trip at the end of the semester. One is to Los Llanos and the others are still TBA. ...

Trout - trucha - Forelle

A travel blog entry by riege

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... There is a typical drink that I didn't try and check out why: bulls eyes, fish eggs, milk powder, milk, honey, brandy, rum, Maria's secrets and some more ingredients!
Afterwards we drove uphill to visit a former, well still is but its peak years have gone, coffee plantation from the family Monzun. It's a great hacienda but unfortunately not as it used to be in earlier days. As the sun is so strong close to the equator and due to the ...