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Background: 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 promoted the oil industry and allowed for some social reforms. Democratically elected governments have held sway since 1959. Current concerns include: an embattled president, a divided military, drug-related conflicts along the Colombian border, increasing internal drug consumption, overdependence on the petroleum industry with its price fluctuations, and irresponsible mining operations that are endangering the rain forest and indigenous peoples.

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By Pendo does South America
August 19th 2008

No friends like old friends

South America » Venezuela

Angels at the Angels
Us at Angel Falls

Welcome to my last blog entry! Yes, thats right, my travels are almost at an end....I have only a few days left in South America before heading for home at last. But before I get too sentimental here´s the run down of my last month. My Canberra friend Andreana (aka Yarnie) arrived in Venezuela in late July and we spent 3 weeks in Venezuela. Stop Number 1 was Angel Falls, the highest waterfalls in the world. Needless to say they were very very high and very very spectacular. The 4 hour boat trip to the falls was also amazing with fantastic [View Full Entry]

By Caipirinhas
August 12th 2008

Venezuela - the land of chaos

South America » Venezuela » Andean » Mérida

Angel Falls

In terms of general uselessness and chaos, Venezuela is light years ahead of any country we’ve visited so far. I shall try and explain. On our first 27-hour-should-have-been-20-hour bus journey, the bus actually ran out of petrol. Maybe it was the 90-minute-should-have-been-15-minute taxi ride at 1am trying to find a posada (hostel) that didn’t have a smidgen of a sign post out the front (and street signs were also non-existent). Or when we arrived for a boat trip, and they spent half an hour looking for the keys before we could set off. Or because several of the major tourist [View Full Entry]

Driving through a cloud forest on the way to Catatumbo

By Chona
August 11th 2008

That was yummy...I want a second helping :)

South America » Venezuela » Guayana » Canaima National Park

3 Germans, me, a Venezolana, and her flirtatious Dutch "boyfriend"
Just hanging out after all having traveled very far to get here to Ciudad Bolivar...good times with new friends. Lucky for me their only common language was English! :)

So when I arrived in Venezuela I was a little disoriented (see previous blog entry). Not just because of the whirlwind of different modes of transport that I took to get here, nor the problems with getting money once I arrived (which incidently lasted into the next afternoon but was fixed once I was able to first get into the bank and not just use the ATM, then second call my bank in the states and get the fraud alert removed from my ATM card....yes, I was in Guatemala, Mexico, and Venezuela in the last 24 hours...duh, why is that so [View Full Entry]

2 Germans, 2 Italians, a Venezolano pilot, and me!

By lhood
August 8th 2008

Merida, Venezuela

South America » Venezuela » Andean » Mérida

posada de los helechos

We´re in Merida. After our trip back to the airport near Caracas, we flew to Merida. Just arrived yesterday and it´s already better. The city is smaller, slower, cleaner. It was built to hold less people than now inhabit the area. The teleferico scales the Andean slope. It starts here in the city, which sits in a large valley, ad climbs to the peak of this part of the Andes. Tomorrow morning we go up. At about 5 in the morning because it´s a slow gondola ride and many tourists are here at the moment. The posada we´re staying at is [View Full Entry]

By lhood
August 6th 2008

Venezuela

South America » Venezuela » Central » Maracay

macuto -- cuyagua 011
fresh langosta

Hello everyone! We live! We arrived and survived. So, we flew into Simon Bolivar airport today and we were lost from the start. But it did not happen that fast. From LAX, we got on a plane we thought was en route to San Jose, Costa Rica. Little did we know that we would be seeing a whole different part of Central America - Guatemala. It was short-lived, but an interesting stop. The boarding pass said nothing of this short layover. I met a man named Antony who was on his first plane flight ever. He was visiting a friend in [View Full Entry]

By javierx2010
August 4th 2008

Choroni

South America » Venezuela » Central » Puerto Colombia

Mar Caribe desde el Malecon
Mar Caribe desde el Malecon de Choroni.

Choroni is my favorite beach town... My parent said it used to be even more gorgeus than it is now... I still consider it a wonderfull place :P [View Full Entry]

By mako
July 31st 2008

algunos destinos

South America » Venezuela » Capital » Caracas

pavones....
un largo recorrido eh???

desde el norte hasta el surf!!!! y del sur al forte!!! [View Full Entry]

By KST
July 23rd 2008

Amazon 3.0 -- Part 6 -- Culebra

South America » Venezuela

Tepui Huachamacare

Amazon 3.0 -- Part 6 -- Culebra July 1-6 Tepuis and Mountains It rained all night. With the first morning light I could make out the main features of the area - the 1700 meter high tepui Huachamacare across the Rio Cunucunama and the 2890 meter peak of Marahuaca in the distance behind the Culebra camp. Usually partially shrouded in mist or clouds, sometimes with a cloud layer clinging to the roofs of the tepuis, it is easy to imagine, as did Conan Doyle in The Lost World, that creatures from the world’s distant past still live there. [b [View Full Entry]

By KST
July 22nd 2008

Amazon 3.0 - Part 5 - Up the Cunucunama

South America » Venezuela

Amazon 3.0 - Part 5 - Up the Cunucunama June 30 Blackwater at last. On the sixth day Iguana left the Orinoco, heading up the Cunucunuma, a blackwater river that feeds into the Orinoco about fifteen kilometers downstream from the branching of the Orinoco and Casiquiare. Blackwater rivers are slightly acidic, just enough to prevent - or at least to severely diminish - the breeding of the mosquitoes and mites that have plagued us so far. The next morning Iguana stopped at Acanaña and became the day’s entertainment for the village children (Photos 1-4 [View Full Entry]

By KST
July 21st 2008

Amazon 3.0 -- Part Four

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Back on the Orinoco -- Lucho in foreground

Amazon 3.0 -- Part 4 -- Continuing Up the Orinoco June 27-30 This set of photos is from June 27 to June 30 as we continued up the Orinoco on Iguana. [View Full Entry]

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