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Merida
Merida, Venezuela
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Walking on Water by Steve Dominey
This is a top pick! ... school teach? Ingrid: ¨I don´t know, like a normal school?¨ Sara: ¨Geography? This is a lake, we are here, Venezuela is 3 hours that way, subject finished.¨ Me: ¨History? This village was built many, many years ago. In ...
Death in the city
This is a top pick! Yesterday evening, a student was shot and killed at a protest in town. Just few hours before that I walked past the barricades and the burning trash piles in the middle of the street on my way to a Symphony concert. I didn't imagine it was quite that ...
Show us the money!
This is a top pick! Slept v well and had a great brekkie at the bakery near our hotel. Have a group meeting to discuss the plan of action. Have a few days here to do whatever before we go onto Los Llanos in the jungle. Some of us are going to Lake Maracaibo tomorrow to ...
Will I never learn my lesson?
This is a top pick! ... until she rolled over. haha. I´m that creepy person no one wants to sit next to on the bus!!! Anyway, so I got here to Merida...it´s beautiful. The trip looked a lot like Guatemala at first, but by the time I woke up in the morning we were in the ...
Attractions in Merida
Merida Attractions (19)
Merida Cable Car
Calle 24, Las Heroinas square Merida, Andes, Venezuela
A ride on this amazing cable car, the longest and highest in the world, is something you don't want to miss if you are in Merida.
Plaza Bolívar (Merida)
At the corner of 3rd and 4th avenues, Merida, Andes, Venezuela
Located at the very center of Merida, Plaza Bolívar shows visitors the roots of the city's history: it was here that modern-day Merida was founded.
Biblioteca Bolivariana
Avenida 4, con calles 19 y 20 Merida, Andes, Venezuela
A museum, an exhibition center and a grand libary all in one, the Biblioteca Bolivariana is one of Merida's most enticing attraction. Though the building's modern architecture sticks out from its colonial-era surroundings, the priceless historical documents and fascinating exhibits inside the Biblioteca give it an air of historical importance of its own.
Los Aleros
Merida, Andes, Venezuela
The only historical village in the Andes, Los Aleros exhibits traditional housing, agricultural implements and methods and customs of European colonies in Venezuela.
Forum Discussions on Merida
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Venezuela in April
Posted by sheenasumaria
... several good tour agencies near Parque Heroinas in Merida...From Merida you can catch a 4 day tour to Los Llanos (the grasslands of Venezuela), which by April should have a lot of wildlife. I have some pictures of these places on my blog (all except the ...
Currency Exchange in Venezuela
Posted by mikemel
Hi We´re in Venezuela now Official rate is 2,400 Black market rate is anywhere from 3,000 to 3,750 (3,000 was at Caracas international airport - we thought we were getting a good deal on our first exchange, the next rate was 20% higher!!!) ...
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