OVER THE BORDER AND THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS TO VENEZUELA WE GO
December 24th 2014 Crossing the border into Venezuela was much easier than expected. A nice Colombian helped us exchange US dollars for Bolivares at a rate of 1 dollar to 135 Bolivares. Then he helped us flag down a Venezuelan taxi driver that drove us across the border and through “customs.” A person stamped our passport; a guard checked through our big backpacks and we were in. There were a few more guarded ch
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