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Caracas, Venezuela
... und Wächselstube, aber die verrächne eim e staatlich verordnete, extra schlächt ghaltene Wächselkurs. Drum mues me uf em Schwarzmärt wächsle, wo eim zum Teil schummrigi Gschtalte an Busterminals bis dopplet soviel Gäld gäbe für sini Dollars und Euros. Sunscht würdi s'Reise do schlicht dopplet so tüür wärde. Und es isch nid ganz eifach, die Lüt z'finde wo eim zum guete Kurs wächsle. Und denn mues me ufpasse, dass me nid ...
In and out of Caracas
... a 45 minute ride to the terminal. This was a significant savings from the price of a taxi to the airport (150 bolivars).
At the terminal, we quickly found the Chapi Air tiny office and confirmed the price for the day we wanted to travel. The airport is one of the places you can exchange money, so we found a nice guy willing to give us the price we wanted and quickly traded our dollars for bolivars to pay for the plane tickets. Guide books warn against exchanging at ...
Dramatikk i Venezuela
... delen av byen. Vi ble "shanghaiet" av en taxi, hvor ingenting virket og ble kjørt til et airport-hotell. Vi fikk en god natts søvn. Ingen av oss hadde noe spesielt ønske om å oppleve en av verdens farligste byer “by night”. Caracas er den byen i verden hvor det er flest drap / vold og ran. Til tross for en dag som skar seg i henhold til reiseruta vår er vi i godt humør - ingen sure miner - og vi ser frem til den videre reisen.
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Peaceful World From The Skies
... this airport I would have a 9 hour lay over before boarding into my next flight to the capital city of Lima, Peru.
Once you get off the plane, you can ask the local authority to direct you towards the next gate. If they don't understand english, show them your boarding pass and they will look up the scheduled gate for you. Don't worry, the screen near each gate switch between English and Spanish. If ...
Caracas explored and time to move on
... families do on Christmas day with loads of them decamping to the park for a day of soaking up the sun, playing with the kids and the improvised games of baseball and the odd football game going on as well.
After that I hit the metro and went up to the centre and parque central to explore. Being Christmas day it was relatively quiet but there were still plenty people relaxing in Plaza Bolivar and it ...