Hey...just wanted to let everyone know that I've made it to Venezuela, my first port. Things are wonderful here! I will tell you more later, just thought I would give you a quick update! Hope things are good in the US! ~Ashley [View Full Entry]

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It all started so well, after a quick hop across the channel I was in Spain - no problems! I should have known things were going too well. At Madrid the flight to caracas was delayed by 2 hours! They didn't tell us this until we were on the plane though!? After sitting for 2 hours in a cramped seat between two huge Venezuelans we eventually took off!!...15 mins after take off the pilot said the plane had a problem and we have to go back and land in Madrid! No one knew what was going on or for how long [View Full Entry]

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That´s what my home city of Swansea was once called and it´s an apt description of Caracas I´d say, although Swansea is a lot prettier. I flew into Caracas, after a one hour stop in Colombia, got my backpack and rode an expensive taxi into the city centre after dark. Caracas is a kind of edgy, freaky, bustling, modern, dirty, loud and dangerous city that probably deserves its reputation - though you´ll be OK if you use common sense and take the usual precautions of not going certain places after dark and not flashing your swanky Ipod and new camera [View Full Entry]

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Warning: the following contents are offensive. Venezuelas are famous for being a little stuck up, especially towards their neighbors, the Colombians. They claim to be better educated, politer, better organized, that their roads are better, that the cities are cleaner, overall, they are the Argentinians of the north (i.e. they believe that they are more European). They are arrogant to the point of requiring visas for Colombians to visit the country. If Venezuelans brag about being "a little better" than the rest of Latin America they should be more careful. Apart from the huge amount of oil [View Full Entry]

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standard airport blah blah blah [View Full Entry]

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El punto mas alto [View Full Entry]

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