Morichal Largo Margarita Island

... br><br>In a place called Valle del Espiritu Santo the Virgin of the Valley resides. What is unusual with this Virgin are the gifts that are made to her for blessings on health, wealth and success. A museum is now dedicated to the numerous gifts that are donated in &#8216;thanks&#8217; for having wishes granted. There are numerous paintings, items of church robes all beautifully decorated and hand-stitched, boats, military regalia and jewellery including ...

Thongs ahoy! I&#8217;m in Margarita Island off the north coast of Venezuela and it seems there is a competition to wear the smallest bikinis possible&#8230; even the pregnant women are in on the action, and the men aren&#8217;t shying away as there are also speedos aplenty. Although I think that the most likely explanation for the speedos on Playa El Agua is the large number of German tourists that flock here. I should&#8217;ve realised as soon ...

... 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>

... 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>

... by the main buildings. There was a large hurricane that struck the area in 1795 and sent a tidal wave into the lagoon destroying the salt beds, as a result the Spanish decided to give up getting the salt and decided to blow up the fort. It had been so well built that in the main it resisted their best efforts and so still stands today, although it is suffering now from erosion of blocks in the walls. 10th - We used the moped to drive around the ...

... to the hospital to kind of get oriented to everything and everyone. I imagine we won´t have much to write about until we return from Los Roques. The days are all pretty much the same here- beach every day and Spanish lessons some days. Lots of time to read and think about what we want to do for the rest of our lives and how we need to change our rank list around to accomodate that. So very interesting! We miss you all!!

... What it does Currently, the NGO helps local villages set up their own communal banks. These are really simple informal lending and saving institutions, which are meant to target the poor and unbankable. The bank can start off with as few as 12 members, who each deposit a minimum of 10BsF ($2), which gives them a share in the bank. The members can save more money by buying more shares, or they can borrow up to 5 times the amount they have invested ...

... back, but she had told me to go to the airport, get my ticket there and pay in Bolivares. Boy, did that pay off, because I got the ticket for the 35 minutes flight to Caracas for only $20 USD, since I had changed into Bolivares on the black market! The Check-in and Security was super fast, got into the plane and off it went. A great flight, besides the fact that my stomach was feeling like ****, probably from something I had eaten the day before.<br>

... at lykke. At side paa ladet af en bil og suse afsted til et ukendt sted er simpelhen livet! Naa men igaar og idag har vaeret stranddage. Lidt for meget sol, saa jeg er rigtig dansk i roede og hvide farver. Maerkelig nok, jeg foeler at vi i de her dage er taget paa ferie, fra vores normale liv i Venezuela. Men jeg har jo vaeret paa ferie i snart 4 maaneder. Allerede i overmogen er det videre paa farten. Ditte tager hjem ...

... elle trouve. Tant mieux pour elle. Encore plus pour nous! Je ne veux aller nulle part ailleurs que dans cet hôtel en ce moment. Ne me demandez pas pourquoi, je ne pourrais vous répondre. C'est comme ça. Une de ces choses qu'on doit faire. Sans raison. Je me précipite dans ma chambre. Celle avec une jolie vue sur l'océan. Je saute dans mon maillot de bain. Celui dont je vous ai parlé ces deux derniers jours. Et me précipite sur la ...