Hotel El Paseo Caracas

... Spike, Christy and I paid for our collective breakfast and lunch as well as for the fuel. That was the cheapest way we'd ever get to see Angel Falls and Kavák, so when Alex offered to fly us there we instantly took him up on it. No hesitation whatsoever. We knew a solid deal when offered one. The flight south from Caracas took about two and a half smooth and uneventful hours at about 12,000 feet. Spike and I pointed out several landmarks to the girls we recognized from our ...

... m off now for a short 8 hour stop in Madrid and then ill be back to Sunny Sunny Ireland Lovely!!!! Conclusion Venezuela : 3.5/10 Prob rise to 5 if i saw Angel falls plus The Red River Highlights : The girls are beautiful (Won most Miss Worlds). Nice Beaches (not amazing tho) Lowlights Most unfriendly people , No manners - Did ...

... Unexpectedly, we stop again at a liquor store to have a few cervezas, including our already intoxicated leader. After chatting a bit we went back to the car. Jamie and our driver are sipping beers as we make our way up. And at this point, I was too tired to even care. We make it to El Junquito and Jamie drops me off at the bus stop. I made it to Colonia Tovar after another 30-minute bus ride. But to my dismay, it was ...

Last impressions of Venezuela I started this log pretty despondently after a confusing and frustrating arrival in the country. It has certainly improved on closer acquaintance and Caracas itself seemed busy and energetic on our last day, rather than alien and threatening. Everything I read about the place presents a grim picture - galloping inflation, rampant corruption, social inequalities apparently greater than when ...

... me to. Unfortunately the videos are too large to upload now, but I will put them up soon. I spoke to the former education minister, Aristobulo Isturiz, who is worshiped here. He seemed pretty convinced about the victory. I also spoke to some students and a woman who works for a community radio...and specifically wanted to know whether they would be voting more for Chavez or for the reforms. They admitted that partly it was for Chavez, because they trust him ...

... long drive in traffic to Homero's place, dumped our bags and headed straight out for beers and food. Homero took us to a fantastic Venezuelan restaurant where we filled our boots on typical Venezuelan food and some lovely beers to wash it down. We indulged in a mixed combo of arepas, cachapas (corn pancakes), beans, rice, cheese and then after all this they brought out half a cow. It is safe to say Garvo and Homero certainly had ...

... is also the best dancer and kept salsaing with all the hottest chicks, then theres Gerardo the bad boy, Jordi(can you ****ing beleive I found another Jordi!)who reminds me of a Venezuelan Russo and who has his eyes on Luisa, Ujer the oldest of the bunch who usually wears suits and whose aunt owns a baseball team as well as Willi, a couple of others whose names I forget and finally Corina the only other girl, they are all law students and end up being my surrogate crew for most of my time in ...

... Ant and S the new ones and ozzies, Swede and other Brit staying with us. Fingers crossed will enjoy rest of day in Caracas as much as have done so far! Next stage of trip is a lot more camping and wildernessy as we have been spoilt with quite posh accom (for us) and flights on this section. Fingers crossed will be ok. Have a few days in Playa Colorado before head south towards the Amazon - exciting stuff! Ciao for now.

... to be photographed, passports copied and fingerprinted!!!!! but at least we know no one can falsely get their hands on our money. Then we went off to the bus station and got our ticket to Canama - we head out at 10pm this evening - so have spent the day checking out the centre of Caracas and then sitting in a cafe playing cards! So as you can tell all is well, though we are both very much looking forward to hitting the beach. Tara

... it, it w*s just THAT good. After lunch we went to Mount Avil* which is * r*ther touristy pl*ce. You t*ke * c*ble-c*r/gondol* up to the top *nd the view of C*r*c*s *nd the v*lley is simply *m*zing. You c*n see *lmost *ll of C*r*c*s *s it stretches off in the v*lley for miles *nd miles *nd miles. The r*inforest underne*th the gondol*s w*s dense, d*rk *nd be*utiful *s it rippled in the wind *nd there w*s the oc*ssion*l w*terf*ll tossed in for good me*sure. The steepness of the mount ...