Portofino Hotel Playa el Agua

... particularly on the Northern coastline that are much quieter. Oddly enough the capital, La Asuncion, only serves as the municipal town from which Government works, whilst Porlamar is the commercial centre. As a result La Asuncion has only 2 high rise blocks for council workers while the rest of the town remains resolutely old style, single storey colonial buildings mostly in bright Caribbean colours and with narrow roads. There is one square that is ...

Thongs ahoy! I’m in Margarita Island off the north coast of Venezuela and it seems there is a competition to wear the smallest bikinis possible… even the pregnant women are in on the action, and the men aren’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’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>

... Em um hotel com bebidas liberadas imaginem o que seria o primeiro dia! Uma bebedeira! Muitas tequilas no bar do Roberto no centro da piscina do hotel! Quase todos voltaram garotos para o quarto! Com exceção da Mari que deixaria a surpresa pra mais a frente na viagem. Todos os dias neste hotel foi assim. Piscina e bebidas pela manhã e jantares com bebidas pela noite. Tem um restaurante mexicano neste hotel que ...

... een windsurfparadijs wat in feite niet veel meer is dan een lange straat, een strand en een aantal hotels, hostels en barretjes. Aangezien het laagseizoen zijn er niet al teveel mensen. Er is mij verzekerd dat het hier normaal een drukte van belang is, maar nu dus niet. Daarbij heeft de storm alle wind opgeslokt dus ipv een strakke, stabiele windkracht 5/6, staat er nu maar een zuchtje. Mooi is dat, ben ik hier staat er geen wind!! Gister een beetje doorgebracht met het ...

... living in Venezuela for 8 years, so he could give us some good advice! From Puerto la Cruz, we took a boat to a small remote beach called Puinare, on the Parque Nacional Mochima. The landscape was really awesome and we managed to eat a huge and delicious grilled fish on the beach! From Puerto la Cruz, we took the ferry to Isla de Margarita, where we are now. 5 hours of transportation in a super noisy ferry (hum indeed, it ...

... now? Well, as usual eager to impress and please I launched first and was too cocky to wait for instructor that I tried to control a 9 meter kite, in the choppy open water, with the gusty wind, wearing a helmet that was too big for me so kept slipping over my eyes making me blind, using a board attached to me with a leash! Ha, piece of **** I thought, for don`t they know I`m SUPER MAY!!!? Well, I am not super May, at least I wasn`t that morning, instead I was battered May as the ...

... www.fundefir.org.ve) He has an apartment in Playa El Angel, part of the urban complex sprawl between Pampatar and Porlamar. A modern apartment block, complete with AC and a swimming pool....he was able to buy this apartment thanks to a social housing program funded by state. Several years ago, the government decided to give out cheap credit to help young people buy housing. The repayment terms are really light..with the interest rate below ...

... but when it feels threatened, it "puffs" out, turning into a ball, literally, with hundreds of spikes!<br><br>Venezuela is super cheap if you change dollars in the black market. One day I made a pathetic intent to spend money, since I had way too many Bolivars and you get next to nothing for them if you change it back. So I went to a pretty nice restaurant, ordered a chicken Cordon Bleu and two Cuba Libre coctails, all in all around $6 USD.<br ...

... the sea" again. They then called us back for lunch which was thankfully on dry land under the shelter of some shade and consisted of roast fish and chicken with some rice and salad and as much as we could drink. Then it was back on the boat to another part of the island for some more snorkling. This time when we first got off the boat we were surrounded by shoals of very small fish who were obviously expecting a feeding. It was slightly unnerving at first being almost ...