Las Palmeras*** Playa el Agua

... the north-east point whilst Playa Caribe is a fantastic curve of white sand a bit further along. <br><br>Juan Griego is a town on the North-west coast which you pass through to get to &#8216;La Restinga&#8217;. This is a 22km sandbar of broken seashells that join the Eastern and Western parts of Margarita. Behind the restinga is a national park of a large wetland area of mango swamps, running down to the beach, where over 100 species of birds live. We took the ...

... without any trouble! There&#8217;s also a lot of &#8220;hello lady, you want massage?&#8221;, which I&#8217;ve not heard since I was last in Thailand, only here it sounds less like it&#8217;s coming from a cat trapped in a blender. I&#8217;ve also been approached by what can only be described as a tangerine granny who keeps trying to sell me lotions and potions to use to get a tan like hers, but so far I&#8217;ve politely declined. Since I ...

... I am so glad, it is imense!! (to follow).<br><br>My Spanish is coming along nicely. I was speaking with the cleaner of Tita in the morning of leaving and wanted her to slow down, so I did......."muy desayuno, por favor", she must think he is crazy asking for very breakfast! I will not forget now how to say "mas despacio"!!!! But this was fun tambien. <br>

... br> Esperamos mais umas horas fomos até Caracas e o voô... estava atrasado... neste caso esperamos mais de horas, pois nosso avião que a companhia aérea alugou!!!!!! estava em manutenção a ainda ia para Trinidad e Tobago para depois ir a Caracas e aí sim ir a Curação. De lá íamos pegar outro para Aruba! Pobre é foda, né?! Neste meio tempo foi uma impaciencia só onde um nao aguentava mais ninguem. A Dani ligando ...

Zo daar zit ik dan op Isla Margarita... het was lastig genoeg om er te komen dat wel; Op schiphol aangekomen was er gelijk al een vertraging van 2u, Arke Fly ¨kost niks, maar dan heb je ook niks¨... 9u, 2 kleffe maaltijden en geen onboard entertainment (moest los voor betaald worden) later kwam de captain met de mededeling dat het weer boven Isla Margarita te slecht was om te landen en dat we 1st naar Curacao zouden vliegen... Ah nee he, geen Curacao!!!! Dus toch naar curacao ...

Hola a todos! I'm in Venezuela since the 22nd, and it is a huge change since Miami! Ben arrived one day later that me because he missed his flight in France, so my first night in Caracas was kind of hectic! What a mission to find a hotel there, something not too expensive but not too dangerous either... Thanks God people here are really nice, so I finally found a place to sleep much better than under a bridge! :-) Caracas is ...

... the Old Patagonian Express and I am reading Inca Kola, as it seems fitting to get into the swing of things by reading about South America. At dinner it turns out our host Mic, was a Chef with a resturant in Villefranche Sur Mer. Her food is amazing and all well within our budget... Wonderful stuff. We chat to Luc who tell us that if we follow the horsetrails we can take a lovley walk into the hills, and since it is overcast decide to set off at 2 pm, unluckily forgetiing ...

I have been in Margarita for the last 4 days, trying to find my bearings, adjusting to the island life and looking for a place to live for the next couple of months. The island itself is full of contrast...High rise buildings, urban complexes and apartment blocks built for tourists, international settlers and richer Venezuelans...American and global stores, chains and restaurants...numerous crowded beaches....notoriously corrupt anti-Chavez ...

... were the Caipirinhas. I think stronger stuff, I have never drunk! I had made a new friend at the bar, Svenja from Germany, but once she had to go, I was up for some jammin' - testing the Margaritan nightlife this time! So I got up from my bar chair, walked to my room and found some clothes. I had to take a quick shower because I was sweaty from the heat earlier in the day. But I was totally wasted. I looked at my bed, and thought - Hell, I'm ...

... we had recently swapped. We also set about looking for a tour which would take us snorkling. We booked one to some smaller islands nearby called Los Frailes. We were picked up at 8:30am and by 9am we were sinking our first beer on the boat but finding it a little hard to drink as the boat had all three outboard motors going and the sea was pretty choppy. I´m not entirely convinced that beer and snorkling are a good combo though. It was a full boat with 18 people from all ...