Mt Bolivar

Los Nevados, small village in the Venezuelan Andes.

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February 8th 2007
Day 4-5 The main attraction of Merida is the world´s largest Telecabin, is 7 km long and gains an elevation of 15 k feet. After the telecabin was completed in 1958 the village was asked to start hosting tourists to boost tourism. Packed up my back pack for a two day trip to a mountain village called Los Nevados with only two small bottles of water for the 6 hour trek. One can take guid ... read more

South America » Venezuela » Andean » Mérida

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Venezuela was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Colombia and Ecuador). For most of the first half of the 20th century, Venezuela was ruled by generally benevolent military strongmen, who ... ... read more