Posada Casa Sol Merida

... are much better during dinner than as a dessert. However, we have enjoyed coffee, rose, ginger and orange blossom. We also found a chocolate con churros place! The hot chocolate is a thick, melted dark chocolate, and churros are a doughnut-like pastry... mmmm perfect for breakfast. However, we've been spending quite a bit of time outside of the city. Our first trip (backpacking) was to Pico Humboldt, a 30 km(ish) roundtrip where we gained ...

... it there, it was very cosy and coint. we arived there after supper, had pizza and some drink´s to get to know eachather. I very lucky that are group so fare is awesome to say the leas, we are alto of deferent personality´s but we all accept eachather for what we are witch is great!, got to bed pretty lait that night but had a good time. The fallowing day are tour leader took us for a tour on the ocean, we saw cave´s and ...

... up. The latest official number for inflation is 19%, which means that real inflation is probably much higher. Prices are ridiculous, even for a foreigner. After the initial shock of paying $70 for a taxi from the airport, I discovered that the prices in Venezuela (based on the official exchange rate of 2.2bolivares=$1) are indeed higher than in the US. But wait, there is a black market. Unfortunately, for me, the value of the $ in the ...

... done by a donkey. Here the sugar cane is crushed by a machine and the extracted liquid then boiled down to a gluggy consistency in a series of open vats fired from the crushed cane. The steam from these vats makes the place look like it is on fire. The final mixture is then scooped into blocks and left to dry. It doesn't much resemble sugar at this stage but rather enormous lumps of fudge. The coffee operation seemed higher tech. There is a machine for ...

... Don, a guy from New Zealand who is running the show with his Wife, whilst the owners are away on their hols for a year or so. We spend the next hour taking about the tours and excusions they have on offer and after wandering off for a think and a beer book the following trips. 1 - 1 day Canyoning, 2 - the following day, a 4 day trek up Venezuela´s second highest peak, Pico Humbolt (4926 meter). 3 - after a days rest, 2 days rafting. We agree on ...

... police officers, how about a local coffee shop where everyone gossips about who banged who last night. Leaf Rapids had one of those. ¨I have to see this village,¨ I told Sara. ¨I haven´t even been there and I have enough material write a book!¨ Sara: ¨I´m sure it´s not as glamourous as it sounds.¨ Me: ¨You know, I could move there for a year, immerse myself in their lives and voila, my first novel, Walking on Water by Steve ...

... Var paa druk og paa bytur om aftenen. Loerdag plejede vi toemmermaendene det meste af dagen. Jeg og to andre piger ville lige have en adventureoplevelse mere, inden vi skulle forlade Merida, saa vi tog ud for at paraglide. Ogsaa en vild fed oplevelse. At loebe ud fra et Andesbjerg med en slags "faldskaerm" paa ryggen (+ en pilot til at styre den) og svaeve ned er fantastisk. Efter vores flyvetur blev vi sat af paa bus terminalen, og vi alle tog natbussen hjem til Chichi.

... the courtyard was swiftly turning into a large pool. The little old lady who lives at the posada asked me to clear the drain cover so as to let the water escape quicker (another use for the multitool). Luckily the rain lightened up as quickly as it began and no big damage was done. Still in darkness I took off the top bit of my torch and stood it on the table and ta da! Instant lamp. We settled in with some of the other travellers on the covered part ...