Nidal de nubes Merida

... well, more or less- we suffer the odd bout of food poisoning. There are also a number of neat little food places, including an icecream vendor that has set world records for the number of different flavours (mas o menos 900 flavours). We saw flavours such as tuna, meat, and sardines (just because it exists doesn't mean you have to try it). Friendly locals offered us a taste of plantain and maize and coconut rice. I'm not going to lie to you; the ...

... 1pm we got on the truck and haded over to the next town cald Chichitiviche. Its a beach town, still very dirty, but better the ocean is just tree steps away from are hostel,and are hostel was very small and we were tree people in it, but we were never there anyway, you can tell that town was totally ruining off tourist, it Had lots of little shoppes with you name it they had it, and lots of touristic things to do, i really ...

My first Spanish lesson starts with a long lecture on how Chavez is running this country into the ground. My teacher, wonderful Mere, has just had her second child 2 months ago. She is feeling uncertain what the future holds for this country and her life, which happened to take place in here. I know where she's coming from. The situation in Venezuela, based on my observations of Merida and Caracas is more unstable than I imagined. It is in fact ...

... her son came by on his mule. All wrapped up warm in multiple layers we continued to talk. It got very cold...to about 5 degree celcius! After the neighbours left....we gazed up at the stars, listened to music and made poncha crema with rum, condensed milk and flan under candle light. After a cold, cold night......I woke up early to search for mules back at the town, to take me up to the teleferico stop about 5 hrs away.... The journey was long...but ...

... are covered in cloud forest, is that part way down the valley you enter a micro-climate that is actually desert - very dry hills, serious erosion and no large plants to speak of other than cactus. Either side of it the hills are covered in ferns and decent sized trees. Industry We had brief stops at a sugar factory and coffee plantation. The sugar factory is pretty basic but more advanced than the mezcal factory we saw in Oaxaca where the grinding ...

... sme bim boli velmi vdacni, syr, salama, cerstve pecivo, ovocie, kava, caj, no boli vazne super :) Popri posade tam funguje turisticka kancelaria olibri tours, kde sme si kupili tandemovy paraglidin zoskok v Andach.., mimochodom nadhera, asi 3/4 hodinovy let na uboci and, pod nami behali divoke osly a kozy, pfakt pekny let. Kupili sme aj 3 dnovy vylet do Los Llanos, ale boli sme len dvaja tak sme cakali 3 dni kym sa prihlasil parik nemcov ...

... off to have a look at another hostel, which we eventually find a space in, and we drop the bags in order to see what Merida has to offer, later finding out that it is the holiday season for Venezuelans, thus why the place is so busy!. We spend the afternoon looking at a number of different tour companies, trying to decide what to do. Kev is up for "EXTREME" stuff whilst Rachel is a little more wary. Finally we arrive at Arassari Tours, and are met ...

... is being erected right in front of you. "Hey Omar, I´m thinking about putting in a second garage," or "Yo, Omar, do you think these stilts will support a third floor?" After chatting a bit longer, we eventually give up, retiring to our hammocks for the night. But we were both pretty silent the next day. Sara craved the lightning bolts we saw pictured at the tour agency and I couldn´t stop thinking about El Congo. Do they have a ...

... til en bjergsoe hvor vi skulle fiske vores aftensmad. Desvaerre var det kun Kristian, som fangede en fisk. Saa vi blev noed til at koere ned og koebe noget mere mad. Fredag var vi igen ude at ride, men denne gang paa nogle lidt stoerre ponyer og i nogle mere flade omgivelser. Jeg har aldrig redet saa staerkt i galop foer. Helt fantastisk! Efter planen skulle vi tilbage til Chichi efter rideturen, men stoerstedelen af gruppen valgte at blive i Merida for weekenden ...

... bit was when suddenly everything went brilliant white and less than a second later the thunder clap went off right above our heads! Then the lights went out. This made me enormously happy and I rushed down to get my rather large two triple D battery Maglite from my room. I didn´t expect to have my heavy choice of portable lighting to be justified so soon. Result! Whilst the road outside turned into a river, which was quite impressive to watch, inside ...