Miranda Cumberland Coro

We just got to Coro from Chichiriviche! Coro is an old colonial town that is really pretty, quaint, and easy to manuver by foot. Unlike Chichiriviche, there are the basic city necessities, accessible Internet, and cheaper food/hostels. We have discovered the fact that Venezuelan ATMs don´t really work and when they do, they discriminate against foreign check cards. Fun! However, we were told to bring US$ to trade on the black market, which we did ...

One of the most awesome days in an awesome week - we went up to the nearby mountains to this old trail built by slaves under the spaniards in the 1500s. The por puesta (a form of transportation like a shared taxi, only it mostly refers to 1970s Renaults with 5 or 6 people or pickups with bench seats in the back) dropped us off at the trail. We started walking down a little concrete path in a rural mountain setting, which turned to cobblestone, then to mud. We were trying to ...

This will be a brief entry since it is freezing in this cafe, but basically, we are now in Coro, a old colonial town that is just gorgeous. Many of the old buildings are in great shape, and its nice to stroll along cobblestone streets and find all of the things we need, without having a big0city feel. There are many art galleries inthe old restored ...

After our mammoth traveling day from Columbia, we got to Coro in Northwest Venezuela quite late Sunday night. Another very pretty, colonial town. The following day we therefore had a thoroughly deserved lie in and just ambled about the town in the afternoon. In the night we went to a small bar where apparently Che Guevara's mate used to drink. This was a very local yokel bar so people almost peed themselves with excitement when six gringos walked in (for the ...

When asked 'Whats your favourite place in South America', every single traveller I have met has said Columbia, so it was with some sadness that we were leaving so quickly; just as we were starting to get to know each other!<br><br>After a 2 hour bus journey to the border, we met our new friend who was to be our taxi driver for the next 16 hours. It may sound a bit lavish taking a cab on such a long cab ride, but this is how they do it out here and its suprisingly one of the ...

Hello all, Here we currently are, in Coro. It is a hot city with a centre that has been declared a UNESCO heritage site due to the colonial structures constructed back in the 1500s when the Spaniards first began to settle in Venezuela. Our posada is within the centre, so it's pleasant to drink our morning coffee in the squares. There are old churches and buildings and cobblestone streets. The first thing we noticed as we drove in ...

Carried on again today, we are passing the main oil centre of Venezuela, although most wells are in the lake which we cannot really see, we are passing hundreds of nodding donkeys, some of them so close that there are four in the space of 50 sq. metres; no wonder the oil is so cheap. Anyway we are making much better time now that we are basically down at sea level and managed to get to the town of Coro in the early afternoon. Here it was suggested ...

Na een vlucht van ongeveer 1 uur in een veel te klein vliegtuigje met wat misselijkheid als gevolg ben ik aan gekomen in een boerengat Las Piedras in Venezuela. Een vriendelijke Mexicaan heeft me geholpen want mijn spaans is NADA spijtig genoeg, had ik nu die cursus Spaans maar is bekeken, had goed van pas gekomen.... Direct een taxi genomen ...

Charming and relaxed little city. Venezuela is quite dangerous in general but this is one the safer places around, more relaxed than Maracaibo, Valencia, Caracas, San Cristobal etc. Story and photos on Coro

Writing this from Coro, which is further west along the coast, in the "falcon state". Its bigger and busier than Puerto Colombia and supposed to be good for walking and visits to the sand dunes. Hopefully tomorrow we will go off on "el camino español" which is supposed to be a really nice breezy 3 hour walk throught the country side. We arrived here very early yesterday morning (4.30 am!) after taking a night bus from Maracay. The night buses ...