Hotel El Paseo Caracas
Avenida Paseo Los Ilustres Caracas, Central Venezuela, 1040, Venezuela
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Jacobs Cream Caracas
... money on the black market. We heard it was possible to get 10 B.F.'s and had been casually offered 9.5 on the street.
At 7:30pm it started to get dark so we retired to our room. Doors locked and we were in a nice, safe place for the night. A refuge from the reportedly dangerous streets on Caracas.
Thursday 4th August
Got up early and got some washing done! We took all our stuff to a chap near by and hoped we wouldn't have to do another wash until ...
The City of Love (Motels)
... I soon find the 'love' motel! It's one of those places where some people can pay by the hour to have a quick nap I guess??? I arrive, every door in Caracas has a buzzer system to get you in. At first I thought the lady was asking if I wanted the room for one hour......what by myself?? Then I thought she said it will be ready in an hour, but eventually I caught on that the room will be ready at 1pm, oh man, it was only 9am!! I was ...
The most stressful 3 days of our lives!
... doctor explained it was probably an allergic reaction to the malaria tablets (doxycycline) aggravated by sunburn, and prescribed an anti-histamine / steroid combo which did the trick after 2 days. That afternoon we realised money was low (we hadnīt brought enough dollars to change, and overspent in Bonaire) and set about trying to get cash from an ATM. However, none of them would take our cards and we were concerned about the ...
Stats, Facts and the South American Car Pageant
... hot ground corn stuffed with cheese and covered in honey (Quimbaya, Colombia)
Plantain in any form.
Coconut rice.... Colombia coast.
Least favourite food: Sancocho.... soup with great lumps of meat and vegetables... it filled me up too much for the rest of my dinner!
Weight of my back pack in January: 10 kilos.
Weight of my back pack in July: 17 kilos. All those presents! You lucky lot....
One big special 'Thank-you' to: Alice ...
Paranoid in Caracas # 1
... in which he pulled some metallic ones out from the boot area. I wasn't really impressed, but got in. Didn't really have a choice but to use a taxi service!!! The taxi journey was okay. The windows were open, which I didn't mind, however most cars in Venezuela are pollution machines, so the gunk coming into the windows wasn't the best! I had no idea where I was going, plus usually try to follow directions by looking for the 'centro' direction signs, however wasn't ...


