Hotel Terepaima Caracas

Avenidas Fuerzas Armaddas, La Candelaria Caracas, Central Venezuela, 1010, Venezuela

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A hop, skip and a run part 1 and 2

A travel blog entry by kimtashbigtrip

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... learnt that to leave this black market ridden country we had to pay an astounding $45!!! Money we did not have and before I knew it I was handing over my credit card and passport…lets hope this escapade does not reappear in a later entry. Rushing through security and towards the gate we wondered what all the fuss was about, something we kept asking until two hours after our plane was 'apparently' due to ...

Cliche Traveller?

A travel blog entry by syrena

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... it as their own!! Still with the Hilton standards- it was amazing!!

Checked in and met the wonderful Said. I was slightly concerned about going around town as all the reviews pointed out that Caracas is not the safest of towns. Angel Said helpfully pointed out the highlights from the hotel windows and the safe zones!!

Spent the next few days with Angel Said after his shifts and explored the town. Amazingly he knew a ...

Fire Caracas

A travel blog entry by leehakner

... around later at night. Itīs easy to get nervous about violent crime statistics when you ignore the context (mostly poor-on-poor and convergent on specific areas). Rather than this, I found my problem with the city was with a general lack of attractions and with unpredictable opening hours. An example of the latter is that the city has a contemporary art museum with a reputation for being the best in South America but it was closed or closing ...

Wowser!

A travel blog entry by lexysiepel

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Up at 7.30am Tuesday, drive to airport (thanks to the lovely rob) at 2am. 6am fly to Porto, 11am fly to Caracas, arrive 8.30pm Wednesday - 3pm local time. 9pm local time drinks Joanna, in bed 2am Thursday. Pretty shattered.

Arrived at Caracas airport, really mental, was quite scared as kept thinking about all the horror stories of getting robbed or questioned by immigration. No one spoke english and I think I was the ...

Goodbye Dublin, Hello Caracas!!!

A travel blog entry by ownio

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... strange Dutch guy, who’s girlfriend is Venezuelan. Lucky guy! When the conversation got on to how he doesn’t wear underpants cos it’s so warm, we were glad when customs called us through! Lucky girl.

Out in the airport lobby, it wasn’t the feeding frenzy of tourists, or the hotbed of petty crime that we were led to believe. We kept our wits about us while I used my fledgling, heretofore ...