Grand Bolivar

Hello virtual friend. I welcome you to my trip map. Enjoy it.

... third bus out, leaving at 20:00, to make sure I didn´t arrive ridiculously early in the morning. The bus ride to Ciudad Bolivar was grand, like. I had a double seat to my self and only had to show my passport once in the whole 12 hour journey. The only ...

Travelled via ferry and coach to Ciudad Bolivar (12hrs). We did the day trip to Angel falls the following day. It started with a hair raising hours flight on a 5 seater Cessna to Canaima, an indigenous village close to the falls. Canaima is situated on ...

fun ...

... than a travel hub and wouldn't be a highlight of our travels, to say the least!! Well the journey inland to Ciudad Bolivar was grand – not much to see that’s out of the ordinary, couple of little shanty towns, odes to Chavez everywhere and ...

17th October 2007 - Day 128 So after an early start in Ciudad Bolivar and a lot of waiting around at the airport there, we took a 3 hour minibus journey to La Paragua from where we planned to catch a plane to Cainama. The journey in the bus was ...

... and only $30/ngt. It was a cross b/w an old colonial building, german interior decor, and carribean music and touches) in Ciudad Bolivar. The place also had a kitchen and we had a chance to cook our first meal and eat healthy. Lukas and Marjan (sp? ...

... colonial area called la Candaleria. We passed through some dreary looking but very busy streets and came into view of the Plaza Bolivar. It was magnificent, a large open area flanked on all four sides by grand 18th Century buildings, it had a very similar ...

... klukkan 2 um nottina a stadartima. Vorum vid frekar uppgefin eftir thetta ferdalag og hentum okkur beint upp i rum a fina hotel grand bolivar. Heimsreisan okkar byrjadi sumse frekar grand... Reyndar tha heldum vid ad thad vaeri i "central lima" en ...

... accommodating young man of Serbian origins (but Peruvian temperament). We had planned to stop on our way to the venerable Hotel Bolivar, our first accommodations, in order to pick up Carlos and Aida, Miryam's parents. We are treating them to dinner at ...

... , men det får han bare gjøre ! Glad jeg har med stor koffert.Vi bor veldig fint og sentralt her i Lima, vi bor på Grand Hotell Bolivar som er et kjent landemerke i byen. Det er ganske gammelt og litt forfallent, men har sin sjarme. Vi skal snart ut å ...

... monastery we whisked through the other main sights and squares in central Lima and then had a few Pisco Sours in the 'grand hotel Bolivar'. Claire avoided the raw egg and had Sprites due to a dodgy tummy probably sustained by eating the bus food the day ...

... toy cars, trucks, guns, and dolls, all in pink boxes. Kids' paradise - and parents' hell! Then on to Gran Hotel Bolivar, where Pisco sour, the famous Peruvian cocktail, is said to have been invented and that Nicolas treated us to. By the ...

Right... We got up really early, like 3 in the morning and set off to the airport. Quick flight to Amsterdam where we transfered to the overseas flight. When we arrived at Schiphol there was a minor problem, they had forgotten to say which gate we were ...

... the process but avoided the expensive shuttle bus, which wouldn´t have picked us up on a motorway anyway. We stayed at the Hotel Bolivar which was the cheapest place I could find on the internet, cheaper for a double than a dorm in many other places. ...

... ) , the Supreme Court and the Mayors Office. In the centre of the plaza is a statue of Colombia´s "Grand Liberator" from the Spanish , Simon Bolivar , that is reportedly his first ever statue & gives the plaza its name. The plaza has the ubiquitous ...

... spending a few pleasant days exploring the colonial city of Mérida. Located at about 5,000 ft in the valley below the Bolivar Peak, it has a reputation for its friendly people and pleasant climate, and is home to the longest and highest cable car in the ...

... with weapons. There were also ceremonial-looking guards on duty, also armed.    Just along the road I found Plaza Bolivar where the locals were enjoying a Sunday afternoon. The plaza is rather large and is surrounded by grand-looking government ...

... port of call was back to Ciudad Bolivar which was to be the base for our excursion to angel falls. We flew from Ciudad Bolivar to Canaima and then a mixture of boat rides and walking through the Sabana. It is the remote location in which angel falls is ...

... the Casa de Libertad just before closing time to see the certifcate of Independence itself, and the stunning portrait of Simon Bolivar, the Venezuelan General who played a key part in securing independence for South America from Spain.  ...