Le Flamboyant Hotel Playa el Agua

... to hire a &#8216;Lanchas&#8217; (small boats) out into the lagoon and surrounding mango-groves where we saw loads of pelicans, couple of Fish Eagles, and a starfish (that the boatman pulled out of the water). This wasn&#8217;t very much given the area is also home to dolphins, marine turtles seahorses and oysters but we thoroughly enjoyed pottering around on the water.<br><br>Being a Sunday today we could have gone to the beach, done some more sight ...

... ve been here and told people that I am from England there has been an unusual lack of &#8220;David Beckham&#8221; conversation&#8230; here they seem more keen to talk about the Beatles, it&#8217;s a real step back in time to come here. The beach itself is beautiful and the sea is the perfect temperature. A great place to relax with a cocada in one hand and a book in the other.<br> <br> In the night time I have stayed in the hotel to drink my ...

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 ...

... avisar no hotel de Aruba que íamos atrasar. Tentou falar inglês, espanhol e até francês e no final deu certo. Curioso foi percebermos quando chegamos a Aruba que a menina do telefone era portuguesa!!!! hehhe!!!<br> Continuando em Caracas....enfim saímos de dessa cidade as 21hrs e chegando em Curaçao o vôo estava..... longe.... já tinha ido a muito tempo para Aruba, afinal tínhamos chegado ao primeiro mundo, né?!<br><br>

... Aldaar 1,5 gewacht waarna we alsnog naar Porlamar konden vliegen. Ik had inmiddels uitgerekend dat het 1u locale tijd zou zijn bij aankomst (ipv 17:00)... Op zich geen probleem ware het niet dat ik nog geen slaapplaats had... godver!! Al mijn medepassagiers hadden een vooraf geboekte vakantie en werden bij aankomst dan ook keurig opgehaald. Sta je dan... 1u ´s nachts op een vliegveld in een land waar je de taal niet spreekt... godver!! Reste mij niets anders dan een taxi ...

... most of the capitals: big, populated, noisy, polluted  and dangerous. I didn't really like it so much, there's not a lot of things to see or visit. We made an attempt in going up the Avila mount, but we got caught in a huge storm, so the teleferico stopped and we waited more than 2 hours... to eventually give up! Some parts of the city are quite nice though... we went to las Mercedes on the 23rd at night, which is almost ...

... Venzuelan rule- rain at 3pm every single afternoon, even in the desert. We are on a ridge when the thunder, lightning and rain begins. This explains why so many cacti are in full flower. The bridle path soon becomes very sticky clay and by the time we arrive back, 2.5 hours later we are 4 inches taller. Travellers tips: Views on People in Venezuela: Most of the experiences we have had here so far are that people are very friendly and hospitable and helpful and interested in strangers.

... drug money...illegitimate businesses. And then there is the entire Macanao pensinsula (about half of the island) populated with small fishing villages and lacking any infrastructure...small ranchos/substandard housing in the cities of Porlamar and Pampatar.....more traditional and typical villages dotted around the coasts and hills of the main peninsula. The relaxed laws make it easy for property developers to ignore building ...

... take a quick nap so that I'll last through the night. So I layed down, without even locking my front door, closed my eyes and within seconds, I was deep in the dreamlands - and stayed there until late the next morning!<br><br>So, I really had to get something done. I went out in search of a decent, and low-ish priced diving company. I guess the price was more important than the quality but I got quite lucky. I went with Margarita Divers to ...

... Europe. As usual we were the only brits present. I noticed that one of the German guys was wearing long tracksuit bottoms which although went along fine with his droopy moustache and eighties style mullet hairdo was still a bit unusual in the 35°C heat. Me being my normal nosey self asked him how come he came to be wearing warm clothing when it was so scorchio hot. As he was in the shade he lifted his trouser leg lightly to reveal hideous second degree burns to his legs. He ...