Stauffer Hotel Valencia

... the morning while watching a little green toucan preen, yawn, scratch itself, and take a drink of water from the plant growing on the branch (Pierre's note: this happens to be a grooved-billed toucanet. Not only is it an endemic species found only in Venezuela but also fairly difficult to find anywhere but where Cory was crunching away). There were birds in all colours, the most prevalent (the Swallow tanager) the same ...

... Cayo Sal overgevaren, een waar paradijsje, Bahama style was het niet dat het er op een zondag vol locale mensen zat en bijgevolg (zowat overal het probleem in Venezuela) veel afval lag; Het verwonderde me dat met zo veel volk het eiland niet zonk! :-) De dag erna transfer met boot naar Cayo Muero, niet zo mooi als Sal maar het was maandag dus bijna het hele eiland voor mij alleen! Zo hebben we het graag. Met de driver van de boot afgesproken om 12u me op te pikken want ik moest ...

... was it pitch black outside, there were no lights on the bus . How vain can you get!! Anyways i managed to get through the annoying journey and we arrived at the beach town around 7. I was tough too get a decent priced accommodation we just went off the main strip and the prices changed dramatically (more then half) I had what i thought would be just a small problem , I was real low on diniro - Of course there were no bank machines at this town - how was i ...

... so i will not be in contact for a while. Venezula is a beautiful country but seems to have many problems, most seem very paranoid about safety but with good reason. Many areas are safe and very nice but during the day, others you do not stay around long, and yes I am being careful Mum... The weather is a lot like our Summers mid 30´s and humid. I haven´t taken many photos but will get some up on the blog when i get to Argentina. ¡Salud! Stuart

... I have a 9am bus back from Valencia Thursday which should get me here at noon and time to get down to the airport for the 4:25 flight home! I would appreciate prayer for *the meetings and contacts today *Brad staying on to follow up Thursday *my trip back to Caracas and then out to the airport and home *for follow up and results to be evident from the trip in the 3 countries.

... well actually, George and Damian dropped us there as they had to head back to Maracay (between Choroni and Valencia) where George forgot his camera. The baths are the second hottest in the world - initially the water comes out at 92 degrees C! It then cools before being piped into 3 thermal baths of varying temperatures. We only dared enter in two of them as the third is HOT. I also entered the hot mud bath...where ...

... echt mal warm. also nicht so ein bisschen warm wie die adria, sondern richtig warm. und sehr gute wellen. also 1 meter ist absolut keine seltenheit. danach trinken wir ein bier auf unseren erfolg und kochen. mit einbrechender dunkelheit kommen immer mehr menschen mit jeeps und zelten an den strand. das ganze entpuppt sich dann ein bisschen als ...

... of towns at this time : Barquisimeto, Valencia then Porto Cabello, all in three days. I have the hotel with the jacuzzi in the bedroom in Porto Cabello, so the good restaurant was in Valencia. Well it's a little confuse. Again with Venezuela, it's not place for tourists, it's place to leave, with a lot of nice people...

... vi er langs kysten, som betyr at vi maa spise en del fisk, men vi klarer oss (selv om Malene ikke er saa glad i fisk). Men det aa vaere langs kysten er liksom noe man maa leve med om man vil vaere paa stranden... Vi driver naa et aldri saa lite puslespill for aa komme de plassene vi vil, vi har tross alt KUN to-tre uker igjen... Vi faar se hvordan det gaar, men det blir vel aldri nok, om man har aldri saa mange maaneder??

... was barely enough room for the bus in parts not to mention the other buses and cars coming in the opposite direction. It was our first time experiencing a three-point turn employed to negotiate a hairpin bend - the bends were literally 180 degrees and too narrow to fit through at the first attempt. Peurte Columbia is a nice fishing ...