Men Obviously the most important topic to start with! Basically think of the Latino lover type here a.k.a. sleazeball. Okay, maybe that’s a tad harsh, actually it’s not really. The men are quite full on, not necessarily in a problematic way but they are persistent. They are also very forward in terms of comments and […]
Read the rest of Venezuelan observations
…..it wasn’t!! The first problem was my lack of alarm clock, or any clock for that matter, and the fact that I knew that the guy I was meant to be sharing a taxi with was flying an hour earlier than me. The second problem, which I found out about later, was that the other guy was also […]
Read the rest of Thursday 11th December – Porlamar to Caracas to Miami
After my first night in hotel Tamaca I woke up to a very wet room after heavy rain during the night. Fortunately this had not managed to get anywhere near anything of consequence such as the cupboard and Eric explained that the whole of downtown was flooded and staff could not get to work. Apparently […]
Read the rest of Sunday 7th December to Wednesday 10th December – Isla de Margarita
In the morning I briefly wandered around the town prior to heading up to the port to find out aboat boats. Unfortunately the first available boat was in the evening so, after ditching my bag, I headed back into town. I decided it would be a good waste of time type activity to get my […]
Read the rest of Saturday 6th December – Puerto La Cruz to Isla de Margarita
I checked out of the hostel and headed to the bus station. At the bus station I found a shared car heading to Barcelone from where I hoped to be able to get a bus to Puerto La Cruz in order to get a boat over to Isla de Margarita. I had previously intended to visit […]
Read the rest of Friday 5th December – Ciudad Bolivar to Puerto La Cruz
In the morning it transpired that Juliette would not be on our group but Mit, a fellow Londoner, would. After breakfast we headed to the airport and I was slightly shocked to see just how small the plane was. Although I had been told that the planes were small, holding six people, it still looked […]
Read the rest of Monday 1st to Thursday 4th December – Canaima and Angel Falls
Ciudad Bolivar is the place where most people head to Angel Falls from, which was the purpose of my visit. Angel Falls is nigh on impossible to visit independently so I booked a tour from the hostel where I was staying. I headed into town and was pleasantly surprised with the hilly streets of colourfully […]
Read the rest of Sunday 30th November – Ciudad Bolivar
The bus was delayed but this alone didn´t account for how long the journey was. I was under the, evidently false, impression that the bus would take around eight hours but it actually took around fifteen! Although buses, and particularly night buses, aren´t my favourite thing it was actually an okay one. I managed to […]
Read the rest of Saturday 29th November – Arriving in Ciudad Bolivar
I woke up tired after a not great night in my hammock. After breakfast we headed out on the jeeps for our boat safari. When we stopped at the point where we were to leave from a small girl emerged with her “pet” ocelot cub. It was one of the coolest and sweetest things I […]
Read the rest of Friday 28th November – Los Llanos to Barinas
We woke up early and had breakfast. It transpired that what the Slovakian guy had told me about beer actually being water was true as that´s what all the Slovaks were having for breakfast. Actually not all of them were, some of them were having rum! After breakfast we were shown our horses. The ride started off slowly […]
Read the rest of Thursday 27th November – Los Llanos