Punta Blanca Hotel Margarita Island

... and pearls. The place is worth a fortune but more alarmingly are the number of body parts presented in gold, suggesting that an awful lot of people suffer from leg injuries – must be something to do with the appalling driving on the island.

Cars on the Island tend to be either old or new. New because they can now be bought tax free as Porlamar is designated a free port and savings can be as much as 30%. Old because many of the cars are very ...

... I saw all those towels laid out on the sunbeds in the morning…

The hotel I am staying in here is right by the beach and is called “Hotel Miramar Village”. Despite the fact that from the name it sounds like somewhere you might find in Benidorm, it is actually very nice. There are lots of hotels up the same road getting progressively further from the beach, but I thought it was worth the extra £1 per night to stay here ...

I am here in Ciudad Bolivar trying to catch up with the blog entry that I have missed over the last few days. This was just a small trip to Isla de Margarita and I never knew that there was such a place, nothing happens and everything is happening. There is so much development here but the transport to the Island is appalling, at least the one we were on ...

Após a assustada chegada a Caracas, onde fomos abordados por "trocadores"de grana loucos pelos nossos poucos dólares e pelo assombroso hotel que passamos a noite, fomos na manhã seguinte para a interessante Isla Margarita. O tempo nã estava bom mais o clima o melhor possível. Estava eu, minha esposa, primo e prima, cunhado e cunhada! Chegamos ao hotel Lagunamar e nos deparamos com um espaço imenso e um bom hotel ...

... to look more in detail at the salt pans. These were supposed to be on the north side of the town and so off we went, but all they consist of now are just the sand ramparts that keep the water in. It would seem that the pans are not in use today, we did not find out why not, even though to us they seemed to be alright. They cover an area of about 3 kms square, but not one was in use. This meant the only salt pans we saw were the ones we saw on arrival.

Well, things are finally underway here! We have been here for almost 4 days now, but it really does seem like we have settled into a routine. We began classes at the school on Tuesday, and have found it to be very enjoyable. I think that if we could do his for the rest of our lives, we probably would. Each morning we wake up around 7 to random birds (one sounds like a woman screaming, which is quite unnerving ...

... the members share in the bank´s profit, which comes from the interest they charge. The simplicity and self-sufficiency of the bank comes from the fact that all the funds are internal to the community. Also, the bank members themselves decide exactly on the governing structure, the interest rate they charge etc. They need two treasurers and a president, who maintain very simple accounts. They just report to Fundefir their monthly transactions.... The ...

After Canaima National Park and Angel Falls, I was headed to the famous Isla de Margarita, an island in northern Venezuela, in the Caribbean Ocean.

I got there with a ferry from Puerto La Cruz, which was just about the most classy ferry I've ever stepped on board on. It was more like how I'd imagine the cruise ships to look like - but then they must look even better. On the ferry I got to know a few Venezuelans who shared a table with me ...

... DK snoft snoeft. Der er 8 andre som ogsaa tager hjem i de her dage saa nu er vi 5 fra gruppen tilbage. 2 piger rejser rundt i Agentina eller maaske i Bolivia eller Chile??? 1 pige rejser stadig rundt med sin kaereste, Niels Christian er igang med frivillig arbejde med at undervise i engelsk for ungdomsforbrydere i et faengsel. Og saa er der mig. Jeg tager tilbage til deltaet, men hvad jeg skal lave der er ikke helt sikkert.

... Attention, ça glisse! L'escalier qui y descend, pas la plage. Gens de peu de foi! Ça y est. Mes orteils en éventails dans l'eau, je sais maintenant ce qu'était l'urgence. L'appel de la mer. Vous ne pouvez comprendre si vous n'avez pas grandi au bord de l'eau. La fraîcheur de l'eau, mélangée avec le sable qui se glisse entre les orteils, en particulier les deux petits, il n'y a rien de mieux. C'est comme lorsque votre chien se ...