The Hotel Caracas

... to the bus station. Back to Cory! The obvious corruption has made Caracas one of the last places we want to visit again, and made us a little weary of Venezeula altogether. If anything else happens, we might leave to Columbia early. We are now in Santa Fe, a small fishing town and we are staying at a posada on the beach. Although the surroundings are beautiful, we are finding that we are having a difficult time getting away. We tried walking towards the adjacent ...

... to all. There is Omar and Josephina whom are looking to leave and have there own house and look alter Luis one child. There is Sawtella whom I mentioned earlier. There is Sardy whom is the coordinator. There is Marisol who is a temporary cook. Thats it besides the other admistration workers in Caracas who visit occasionally. So 13 boys all up I think. Mostly around 10years old. The place is about 2 hours drive out of Caracas however it is actually not that far out. It ...

... e. Ich fand´s we***** schlimm. Wied** im Auto ging´s weit** zum "Panteón Nacional", ein** ehemaligen Kirche, die heute ein Gebäude mit den Gräb**n venezolanisch** Helden ist. (Dort sagte mein Guide, ich solle mein T-shirt in die Shorts stecken, da mich sonst d** Uniformi**te nicht reinlassen wu**de, he he.) Danach fuhren wir durch das Botschaften-Vi**tel und zum Abschluss auf einen Huegel, wo sich auch die am**ikanische Botschaft befindet. Dort hat man eine schoene ...

... use simple words, put gaps between words and not be afraid to give one-word answers. If one phrase doesn't get understood once or twice, don't just repeat it again, try some different words . Use a smile as a softener not a lot of waffle when the answer is 'no'. Imagine how confused you would get if you asked for a room in a language you didn't speak much of and the answer was, 'gee, it's very unusual for this time of the year, maybe if you had come yesterday we ...

... distance to the hotel. have the address with you as my driver was clueless. of course, agree a fair price in advance. local people line the streets at night selling single cigarettes, bracelets, local sim cards and calling cards - whether or not these are cheaper than using a travel sim (www.oneroam.co.uk) remains to be seen. It`s probably not advisable for travellers, but free vaccinations are available on the street - a new government initiative. be ...

Now, some of you may be surprised to receive another blog based on the fact I returned to the UK after the liveliness of Rio, via Buenos Aires for a fantastic family reunion. I enjoyed the South American experience so much I have flown back to effectively complete the circuit of the continent. So, a couple of weeks ago I flew into Manaus in northern Brazil to carry on. Door to door the journey took 50 hours although most of that was hanging around in ...

... per hour. There is no access to USB so we cannot upload pics. That will have to wait. Tomorrow we are off to Maracay and Puerto Columbia Another point of interest is traffic. Traffic lights are only guidelines. Few people actually stop at the red lights, especially not the Taxi mopeds. How rusting you must be to take a little moped as a cab. The driver has a helmet, but none for the passenger as he weaves in and out of traffic running through ...

... Lagoon spending lunch with their cocktail galore.Then we all will take a tour in and out of Canaima Lagoon. This day is ment for relaxing till day 4. Day 9: On this day we'll take out last adventure here in Canaima. We'll travel on board on a DC3 aircraft through Devil's Canyon and have a wonderful view of angel falls in the air. We'll return to Campamento to Recollect all our belongings. We'll then be going to the airport and travel to our next destination...Praia Do Forte

... up to the corner of the Hilton we were halted by a Soldier wearing a red beret. As he made us halt a cavalcade of 4x4 filled with bulky men with suits and Mercs with black tinted windows and flags on the front hurtled passed us. Bloody hell it´s only bloody president Chavez himself innit... Astounded by this incredible coincidence (Maybe he had heard about my Virgin addict card) I could only slap myself on the forehead whilst waiting about 200 meters from our luggage during which ...

Today was our first day in Venezuela. We arrived at the port at 7am, which is when I woke up. The Venezuelan customs/immigration people had to come on the ship and check all of our passports. During that time me and Andrea went for breakfast. After breakfast, we had a short briefing from the U.S. embassy, two people came on board to give us a little information about safety and emergency phone numbers, etc. Once we were cleared to ...