Hotel Windsurf Paradise Playa el Agua

... that are here, all of the locals seem to be amazed by my blue eyes. I would mention something here about Hitler and his ideals, but I’m not meant to be mentioning the war so I shall leave that…

Anyway, back to the beach and its vendors… they are all very friendly, and seem to be quite quick to propose marriage. At least now I know that if I find myself lonely and considering buying a cat I can come here and find a ...

I am here in Ciudad Bolivar trying to catch up with the blog entry that I have missed over the last few days. This was just a small trip to Isla de Margarita and I never knew that there was such a place, nothing happens and everything is happening. There is so much development here but the transport to the Island is appalling, at least the one we were on ...

Após a assustada chegada a Caracas, onde fomos abordados por "trocadores"de grana loucos pelos nossos poucos dólares e pelo assombroso hotel que passamos a noite, fomos na manhã seguinte para a interessante Isla Margarita. O tempo nã estava bom mais o clima o melhor possível. Estava eu, minha esposa, primo e prima, cunhado e cunhada! Chegamos ao hotel Lagunamar e nos deparamos com um espaço imenso e um bom hotel ...

... van het dorp, en lekker lezen in de schaduw. Om 18u ingestort en na een nacht van 14u ben ik vandaag weer helemaal fit geloof ik. Ik denk dat ik nog even wacht op de wind (schijnt morgen weer aanwezig te zijn) want ik wil eigenlijk toch wel een paar uurtjes op een plank staan hier. Maar ik denk dat ik morgen of overmorgen toch wel een boot pak naar het vaste land. Hopelijk zijn daar wat meer backpackers en zijn de prijzen wat lager. Groeten vanuit El Yaque, Venezuela

... t seem like the express ferry at all !?!) but we made it to the island eventually! The area is nice, though you need to get out of the city to actually enjoy the landscape. Today, we took a small bus to the other side of the island, in a place called Playa Parguito, next to playa de Agua. Really nice place, with white sand, cool waves and little stands to buy food and drinks on the beach. This is what I call vacation!!! ;-) 

Heute war es wieder mal soweit.. keine frischen kleider mehr zum anziehen.. uhh... leztes mal brauchten wir 3h... im vergleich zu heute war das blizschnell.. wir sind nun seit 5.5h im Wasch-Salon. so en seich do zum waesche!

Felipe, the father of the family I am living with is originally from Eastern Colombia, a region severely affected by the drugs war going on in the country. I had an interesting conversation with him a few nights ago, after watching CNN, which severely criticized Chavez´s stance on the FARC... He told me that he agreed with the way Chavez is approaching this problem, and as the release of the recent hostages showed, you need to communicate with ...

... I left Isla de Margarita on a Friday, with a plane, because I had to get away, out of the country ASAP because of the voting about the new Hugo Chavez communist constitution - things were expected to get quite insane and borders to anywhere and everywhere closed.

So I opted for a 30 minutes taxi drive from Playa El Agua to Porlamar Airport, where I fortunately listened to my new German friend, Svenja, who I had met in the hotel's bar a few ...

... spændene, men selvfølgelig også en lille udfordring for mig. Men gennerelt er det søde kolegaer jeg har her, selvom vi alle er vidt forskellige. Dette tror jeg dog blot gør os stærkere! I dag har jeg været ude at se øturen, som jeg også var på da jeg for ca. 11 år siden var hernede på ferie. Og den har faktisk ikke ændret sig så meget, så det var jo sjovt at kunne genkende meget af det. Men ø-turen ...

... only just) to suppress my shopaholic side, possibly owing to the fact that I can only carry my backpack for 5 minutes in this heat before passing out on the floor. Sitting at the bar that night we met Sam who was travelling for 6 months with her 8 year old son, Herbie, and some English guys also staying at the hotel. Top of the conversation, as with all backpackers, are the trails and tribulations of travelling. As Andy did his quick man on fire impression and Sam explained how only ...