Los Nevados

Venezuela - March 2007

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March 21st 2007
Travelling by bus, usually for several hours on end, means you get to meet and chat to a lot of different and interesting people (In between watching badly dubbed pirate DVDs). On the bus to Mexico I met Keith, an English guy who was sharing with me, in quite some detail, the relative qualities of prostitutes from around the world (Thai are the best, I'm told). Then in Cuba there was Karl Marks (h ... 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