Pestana Caracas Hotel & Suites

... and sat down on my pack, pulled out a piece of paper and started taking the name of the officer that did not seem too comfortable with the situation. I asked the one who was harrassing us for his papers so I could take note of who I was talking with. At this point the friendlier officer took the papers and called in our passeport numbers to head office. Everything came out clean and they gave us our papers. We walked straight to the hotel (a minute a way) and took a ...

... football field, communal laundry which is broken so hand washing only, many fruit trees such as bananas, enough mangos to feed a few armies (they´re good to) they eat the skin and everything here straight of the ground, limes, oranges, avocados, cucumbers, corn, cheeries, peppers......, 5 dogs. There are no cows or anything like that so not a ranch...... There is Jose and Matir Whom are parents in one house to 7 boys. There is Carlos and Avida whom are ...

... gelebt hatte und deshalb ein recht gutes Englisch sprach. Im Zentrum bewegten wir uns dann zu Fuss und besuchten u.a. das Geburtshaus von Simón Bolívar, die Plaza Bolívar und direkt daneben das sehr schoene Gebaeude des Bürg**meist**amtes. In den Praesidentenpalast (Palacio de Miraflores) durfte ich nicht rein, weil ich Shorts trug. D** Guide war dann recht sau** auf Chávez´ Leute und fluest**te mir zu, dass "this kind of ****" seine Arbeit als Guide massiv ...

... But my Spanish isn't up for that anyway. The problem we face is that Spanish speakers seem unable to speak slowly or use simple constructions. The airline lady had asked if we spoke Spanish first, but when we had said only a little, that was a green light for her and she began blabbering as though we were fluent. It has been a real eye-opener for me and I aim to do better when speaking to people who do not know English well from now on. So, the recipe is to slow ...

... make the exchange while you have a coffee. bring enough US dollars for your trip. if you have travellers cheques you can only get the official exchange rate of around $1:2000b. it doesn´t appear to be possible to swap $ travellers cheques for $ notes. a minibus to caracas will cost 13,000b if you ask one of the official looking guys in blue shirts to help you (this side of the xray machines). when you arrive in caracas at parque central, get a taxi the ...

... across from the base in Caracas and it is hovering over a giant garbage pit - words can´t describe the juxtaposition. Anyway, not much time. Just the minor details. So don´t expect pics....and hope to post again soon - we are supposed to take the bus tonight, but there is no guarantee..... take care all....and hope to write again soon!! love Robyn

... of cell phones tied to the table and sells individual cigarettes. So you walk up, pay for a 5 minute call and get a smoke. Service with a smile in Caracas. Lunch was a very excellent Italian restaurant for some Spaghetti and pasta with ¨chicken¨. another 15,000 Bs. We spent the rest of the afternoon wandering around the main parts of Caracas, seeing old churches, more markets, enjoyed a great coffee for 1500Bs and found this Internet Caffee for ...

... plants and it's tropical animals. We then rest and relax at the bottom of Angel falls and tan, take some great photographs, or take a dip in the pool in the base of Angel Falls. When we get back from Angel Falls, we'll be served with indian BBQ made by Pemon Hosts.then take a rest for the night. Day 8:We'll take a boat back to Canaima Camp. At 11 a.m., we'll pick up our luggages and travel to Campamento Hortuvensa( superior jungle lodge). We'll relax on the shore of ...

... it back to the hotel without further incident and picked up Lea. Checked out without any problems and decided to pop out for some food leaving our bags with the ever reliable Hilton until our return to go by Taxi to the bus station. All went well and we felt quite confident when we walked back early to the lobby of the hotel at 5:30 to wait for our 6pm Taxi that we had pre-ordered... Of course I should have realised that things simply aren´t that easy for us in Caracas... As we were ...

... competition! About ten young guys took turn after turn, one after the other attempting tricks off of a set of stairs and a wood box that was set up. Cheers would go up for any trick that was landed. The skaters would fall...hard...and always pop back up and try again too proud to show any feelings of pain. The skaters were oozing Latin Machismo. I watched for about 20 minutes before meeting some students to go have dinner before heading back to La Guiara.