Hotel President Caracas

... Pepsi and Nestle logos visible from miles away. We met a couple of young women who arrived one morning and left the same evening. They were from London and found Caracas too overwhelming, expensive and hostile. The Ugly Although your more affordable options can be found in the center, it also not as safe. We were warned by more than one local to watch our papers and beware of the police. We were happy that we had to be buzzed into our hotel: the more security the ...

... with the 21 hours of our youth spent in Caracas airport, never to be regained. We did feel we found part of ourselves there though, so every cloud..... Note to mum: Caracas Airport is safe, even at night. We checked with lots of people. lots of love and BBBB Penny xxxxxxxx Nothing to add. Found part of ourselves somewhere between the 3rd and 4th coffee, possibly during an extended game of slam. Have the bracelet to prove it.

... Ab** es lief dann alles ok und wir kamen kurz nach Mittag an. Vom Flughafen, ca. 30 km nördlich d** Stadt gelegen, nahm ich einen Bus (kostet schlappe 13 Bolivares, ca. 7 CHF) Richtung Zentrum. Bei "Gato Negro" stieg ich aus und nahm die U-Bahn Richtung Stadteil "Altamira", wo mein Hotel lag. (Ich hatte uebrigens nur mit Glueck ein Zimm** **gatt**n koennen. Wir hatten etwa 6 Hotels ang**ufen, bis wir etwas fanden.) D** Stadtteil Altamira wurde mir von ein ...

Well, we´re in Caracas now all packed up and ready to go. All we have to do is get on the right plane tomorrow and that´s it. Chile here we come! Ahora estamos a punto de salir. Todo está enpacado, incluyendo las bicicletas (lo cual ha sido toda una aventura). Nos van a cobrar bastante sobrepeso en el avión!!!! Pero solo faltan algunas horas para estar en esta aventura... Sigan acompañándonos y esperamos sus comentarios. Frances y Edgard

... seems so simple out there...in fact, around most of Brazil and Venezuela it seems simple. I am saddened to see all the americanization going on in both countries - there is unlicensed american products being sold on the streets everywhere! Anyway, best go. If I don´t post anything more before I go home, I will still try to write an update detailing more of the trip. Take care all.... Robyn

... continued contact and now meeting up in Australia for New Years Eve together.... Cant complain too much as Europe now awaits me again followed by Asia before heading home in January. Will update this more when i have more time, the last few weeks have been far too fast for my liking. Looking forward to 2 weeks in my mums sleepy village to catch up on email and much needed sleep. Bye South America.... time to live another dream.....

... too tight and they certainly looked very uncomfortable. Maybe I wasn´t used to it coming from India and never would be. But there was something mandatory about the tightness and skimpiness of the clothes, every single woman had to wear them regardless of age, race or religion. And they looked at me funny walking around in my baggy fab india sleeveless tops. For whose benefit do they dress like that, their own or anothers? More on that later. I´m exhausted of typing and my beer awaits me.

... way to Tottenham Crt Rd.) After a while the police sent me on my way with a stamped and signed document printed out on old amstrad cpc dot matrix printer that confirmed that I was a careless idiot who shouldn´t be trusted to get the milk from his local corner shop let alone wander the streets of Caracas with plastic money. We made it back to the Hilton without taking the senic route past the gangs and crack *****s in about ten mins flat. Good job I wasn´t paying for that Taxi ride ...

... telefrico (cable car). This ride provided an amazing view of Caracas and how immense it is. The summit of the mountain has areas to walk, an abandoned hotel built in the 70's(?) and a massive Venezuelan flag. Families from the city see this place as an escape and come here to enjoy leisure time. The old hotel is currently being converted into a resort casino. It was lunch time after descending Mt. Avila, and the bus took us to a very nice Venezuelan ...