Hotel Rasil Puerto Ordaz Ciudad Guayana

... sie w autobusie a na naszych zarezerwowanych miejscach siedzi dwoch ´lokalnych´. Dogadac sie nie mozemy, ze to nasze miejsca, ale znajduja sie 2 inne, nawet lepsze. Z miejsca przycinamy komara i nie tak jak to jest przewidziane - po 12h, ale po 10h jestesmy w Santa Elena. W miedzy czasie byla kintrola paszportow, na szczescie dopuscili sobie bagaze...

... Santa Elena przy granicy z Brazylia. Plany sie jednak zmieniaja. - w hostelu poznajemy dwoch Austryjakow i dwoch Szwajcarow, ktorzy wlasnie wrocili z tej samej wycieczki co my, tylko byli w innej grupie. Okazuje sie, ze Szwajcarzy jada na Pn, a plany Austryjakow na najblizszy tydzien pokrywaja sie z naszymi. Jeden z nich mowi bardzo dobrze po hiszpansku, takze postanawiamy, ze od tej pory ...

... mynnir svolítid á Sovétríkin, fólk hefur ekki mikid frelsi hér og ef eitthvad slaemt er sagt um Kallinn er sá hinum sama stungid í steininn eda e-d vidlíka. Á sama tíma og allt thetta á sér stad hefur Chávez hinsvegar gert margt gott. Venezuelabúar eru thannig ein haest launada thjód rómönsku Ameríku og flestir hafa vinnu en áródurinn er mikill og máttur peninganna líka. Hann hefur thannig keypt sér herinn, lögregluna, sjónvarpstödvar, fólk, pólítikusa og fleira ...

English No picture for this chapter because clever as I am, I went on the trip with my camera out of battery ... to do short, we have arrived this morning at ciudad guayana at 5am after 4h of waiting at Madrid airport, 9h of flight, 1 hour of taxi and 10 hours of bus !! 1st observation about venezuelian transports: they over use the ...

I saw someone die today. It was only the 2nd person I have watched die (the first being my father). I was sitting on a balcony 2 stories up, watching the cars zoom by on the expressway below. I thought to myself "geez, it's my 2nd to the last night, of this whole trip around the world, and I'm stuck in this s-thole". I was in a city called Puerto Ordaz in Venezuela, staying over one night before my flight to ...

... Stadt Pu**to Ordaz. Die Stadt (bzw. Staedte) liegt am südlichen Uf** des Orinoco, am Zusammenfluss mit dem Río Caroní. (D** Orinoco ist mit ueb** 2100 km uebrigens ein** d** laengsten Fluesse Suedam**ikas) Am Nachmittag ging´s gleich in den "Club Italo Venezolano de Guayana" (eine Art Freizeitpark, wo man alle moeglichen Sportarten betreiben kann und sich mit Freunden trifft). Dort assen wir Fisch aus dem Río Caroní, was sehr gut schmeckte. Es ...

After the Roraima trek, I stayed in San Francisco for a couple days, and had chance to venture into Brazil for a day...Then took a 12 hour overnight bus to Ciudad Bolivar, where I got some relaxation by the Hotel La Cumbre poolside. The same day I flew back to Caracas and ended this stay in Venezuela at Machuto Beach, in Hotel Santiago.

... of our tour group at the airport (2 Venezuelans, 2 Germans, an American girl and her boyfriend, a fellow Irish citizen from Clonakilty). We got to fly in a nice little 8 seater (including the pilot´s seat) propeller plane to Canaima (the area in which Angels Falls is situated), as flying is the only way to reach Canaima. The place is pretty remote, with jungle as far as the eye can see in some directions. On arrival in Canaima we travelled by ...

... local (voir photo). Visite du delta de l´Orénoque en lancha afin d'y admirer dauphins d'eau douce, bébés caďmans (babas), martin-pęcheurs et surtout... piranhas. Heureusement qu'Alix était lŕ pour ramener le repas du soir. 2 superbes piranhas qui fris ŕ la poële nous ont ravis.

... and our plane to Puerto Ordaz left quite early, so it was a quick night in the hotel. Turns out because of the long, slow line at the airport, we missed our flight to Puerto Ordaz, but learned that another airline left in 30min, so got two tickets on that one. Unlike the US, you can go to the airport and buy a ticket for the flight in an hour. Very handy, and not really more expensive then getting it over the internet. We were met by Wolfgang in Puerto Ordaz, also set up by VPF ...