Mount Carmelo Cabins Merida

... police officers! The place is quite touristy, as it's the outlet to Los Llanos (the plains), the centre of ecotourism adventures, the starting point for hikes, and home of the longest teleferico in the world (indefinitely the longest non-working teleferico in the world). Subsequently, it feels relatively safe here, and we are comfortable straying out to certain locations after dark. Food is easy to find, and we have enjoyed food off of the streets ...

... city, there´s lots of unfinished buildings around, as well as lots of garbage like i have never seen that before, the stench of pee and god now´s what els. we spent 1 day in a haft in Caracas, and as we got to know the city,i discovery that there was tow side´s to it, there was a very wealthy side and very poor side, witch is were we were staying at. I have to be aw nest when i say, Caracas was not my favorite. On the 28th at ...

... prices. In Venezuela prices rivaled the US (a banana was 70 cents! How? they grow everywhere?) except the gas which ran about 50 liters for less than a dollar (13 cents a US gallon)! Once again the border officials were relatively kind to me after a few Bush cracks (they were merely in jest though, no hostility) and I was on my way to Santa Marta. Chavez at his finest "you are a donkey Mr danger" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLf08O3D _f0

... money...anti-credit...and had the view that extreme poverty doesn´t exist...Spiritual happiness is there for anyone who wants it. It was impressive the way she lived...and her family seemed very satisfied and happy. But I guess not everyone in the world has access to a plot of land to cultivate and live off from....and not everyone wants to achieve satisfaction through spiritual means. Shortly afterwards her husband joined us in the porch...and ...

... to Maracaibo is interesting in itself and we stopped off at couple of places along the way. The most interesting of all was the vulture hang-out, on the cliff above the river where they perch in bad taste on someone's shrine (not actually a grave but it looks like one), and where we had a great view of them wheeling around below and above us. Also present was a road-side hawk with red wings. One interesting aspect of this fairly damp area, where the ...

... asi 20 stredoskolakov te da ticha nebola, ale  aspon cesta ubiehala rychlejsie. Rano okolo 9:00 sme vystupili na Autobusovej stanici v Meride, kde sa nas ujal anglicky hovoriaci (velka vzacnost) chlapik, ktory nas taxikom zobral so Posady pre ktoru pracoval oko sprievodca. Posada Alemania (http://www.posada-alemania.co m/ingles/index.html) bola vyborna volba, prijemne prostredie, prijemni ludia, spravili nam tam hned po prichode ranajky za ...

We jump in a cab outside the bus station and ask to be taken to the hostel we had picked out of the LP. We hadn´t booked in advance, thinking it wouldn´t be that busy.. However school boy error made once again as upon arrival we were told that they were full. We wandered around the corner to a couple of other hostels, again to be told "No Hay Habitación" - or no rooms at the inn.. ****.. What were we going to do. We dumped the bags and Rachel ...

... to do it right back, I mean, it could´ve went on forever, or at least until the sun rose I guess. Anyway, that´s what the stilted house in front of Omar´s reminded me of. Say you`re Omar, your great-great-great grandfather built a house with prime lightning viewing location and then someone rolls into the neighbourhood and builds their house right in front of yours. You`re looking on, powerless, as this stilted house ...

... svinger man derefter frem og tilbage under broen som et pendule. Det var en vild oplevelse som gav et ordenligt kick! Mit hjertet bankede paa hoejtryk, da jeg stod paa kanten lige inden hoppet og kiggede ned paa sten, traeer, klippe og en lille flod. Torsdag var vi ude og ride paa nogle bjergponyer. Det var helt ufatteligt at ponyerne kunne holde balancen i bjegteraenet med os paa ryggen. Bjergene var til tider vildt stejle, men ponyerne kom baade op og ned. Vi red ...

... that the prices here are even sillier than Caracas. Bottles of beer for about 18 pence and a nice bottle of rum for less than 2 pounds!!! You could get cheaper but I think rotgut would be too kind a term for them. Back at the Posada we settled into the hammocks on the roof terrace. I had a book to read and Lea was updating her diary. At first some gentle rain began to fall which quickly got harder and was joined by some thunder and lightning. The ...