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Peter writes:
Kaieteur Falls seemed a fitting finale to our exploration of the three Guyanas, so it was time to move on. The logical next destination was Venezuela, but unfortunately an ongoing border dispute with Guyana means there is no official land crossing between the two countries, so we ended up flying there via Trinidad. As with Geor...

In Nederland is de nationale sport belasting ontduiken, in Venezuela is dat toeristje oplichten. Cambio? Cambio? Laat me met rust man. Cambio? Cambio? Rot op, ik hoef niet te wisselen. Cambio? Cambio? Godver, waarom pakt die vent in uniform onze tassen op, legt ze op een karretje en begint ermee weg te rijden. Cambio? Cambio? Jezus, zelfs die ve...

My eyes sprung open as if wound down by springs and i was instantly awake. I said "uuuuhhhrrrrgmmm, uhhh haaa urf mmmmmgrrrr" and then i got up for a shower, it was 6:00am on Friday morning, i was exited, anxious and only partly sober.. Today i was due to fly to Venezuela and finally follow through with one of my liefs ambitions to travel throug...

Hola Yáll, I am in Cartagena, Colombia enjoying the vibrations of this amazing Caribbean town. I will tell you more later. But for now, I leave you with another Caracas experience: On my second day in Caracas, I planned a trip to Colonia Tovar, a German village two hours from Caracas. But once again, this trip was more about the journey than the...

It felt good to hit mainland again after Margarita...not just tierra firma but straight to the heartland of the capital. Greeted in Caracas by two manifestations going on in the centre - one anti Exxon protest, and the other by former CANTV (state owned telecommunications company) employees demanding adequate compensation. This time I decided to...

I have been stuck in Caracas for the last couple of days, waiting for my money to transfer through. Aside from wandering around the "nice" parts of the city by metro invaded by huge shopping malls complete with designer-label-clad youths and middle classes, I have been observing the huge number of barrios/slums that cover the mountains - visible...

No matter how early you arrive in Caracas, there´s no need for a cup of coffee. Just emerge from the Capitolio metro station downtown and walk a few blocks. Taking into account the cars that wouldn´t slow down even for a troope of nuns, the tangled mass of people that all seem to be racing somewhere and willing to push to get there, and the air ...

Hola, Buenos Noches, Well, it's been since saturday that I last blogged. We have been keeping very busy. Apperently Sunday no one does anything here and nothing is open so therefor we did the same, nada. Friday night was a ton of fun. Went in to the city of Porlomar and hit senior frogs and a few other recomendations a guy named Ali I met on the...

So we said goodbye to Peru and to be honest with you, I was actually glad of leaving and arriving in Caracas. Was actually looking forward to being surrounded by local people of the country and having to talk in Spanish again. For some strange reason we had not booked a place to stay. We thought we would be in the city by late evening and find a...

hola otra vez! well, it has been a while, but we wanted to let everyone know that we have arrived safely on the island of margarita and we are writing to all of you from the gorgeous and the largest beach of the island, se llama El Agua Playa.....si es tan bonita pero hay mucha gente gringa aqui...lots of foreigners....so kinda touristey and exp...