http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Venezuela en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:21:14 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:21:14 +0000 Aprs une journe de repos bien mrite je sentais plus mes jambes suite la randone nous avons pris la route de Maracaibo au nod du Vnzuela. Nous ne nous sommes pas attards a Maracaibo ce n'est pas une ville rpute pour etre sure et puis c'est assez moche. La principale richesse de la ville ce sont les puits de ptrole situs dans le lac. Le lac Maracaibo est d'ailleurs le plus grand http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Zulian/Maracaibo/blog-451034.html PS DUDES MY LAPTOP GOT FRIED BUT I JUST RECOVERED MY HARD DRIVE SO THESE JOURNALS ARE ALMOST TWO MONTHS BEHIND SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE I AM YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE DATES AS THIS STUFF HAPPENED IN THE PAST Estou sintindo saudades pra voces Missing homeI hopped on my 24hour bus to Santa Elena. Itrsquos funny cause I brought like 5 books with me to read just in case but I http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Guayana/Santa-Elena-de-Uairen/blog-450967.html On ne pouvait pas etre dans les Andes sans faire une petite rando en montagne Une fois a Merida on a organise avec la meme agence que pour Los Llanos Gravity Tour une randonne de 2 jours avec un guide jusquau Pan de Azucar la 9eme montagne la plus haute du Venezuela 4680 m et oui presquaussi haut que le Mont Blanc.Rendez vous a lagence 8 heures pour rencontrer le guide et prparer http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Andean/Merida/blog-448970.html SO we have just finished a four day trek in Los Llanos. Los Llanos is a flatland area that is buzzing with wildlife. We were a bit hesitant at first to book the tour as a result of our last tour in the Amazon which we didn039t see very much even though we were promised wed see crocs etc.The first day of our tour was very relaxed. We got picked up at the bus station in Barinos and met the rest http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Llanos/Apure/blog-448165.html We left Ciudad Bolivar three days ago for our 1 and a half hour flight to Canaima National Park. Our plane turned out to be a six seater airplane which was awesome. It reminded me of the little mini that my dad used to drive us to school in. The inside felt like it was around 20 years old with huge circular dials for the speed and altitude. It took off after around 50 meters on the runway was lik http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Guayana/Canaima-National-Park/blog-446486.html Tout dabord je tiens a mexcuser des fautes dortographe je prends jamais le temps de relire et puis les claviers sont differents ca me pertube javoue jai pas ecris en francais depuis tellement longtemps que jai un peu de mal.. Promis je refais des dictees quand je rentre Bon pour les photos ce ne sera pas encore pour cette fois.. A chaque fois jessaye mais soit la connection est http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Guayana/Santa-Elena-de-Uairen/blog-445055.html I am highly starting to doubt I will ever find an internet quick enough to load my photos up however I shall keep attempting one of these days I might get one or two photos up So we got our bus yesterday from Manaus overnight to Bo Vista in north Brasil. When we were on the bus I realised that I no longer had the form I was given at the airport on arrival. This form is to state how long you c http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Guayana/Santa-Elena-de-Uairen/blog-445052.html It has been a while since the last blog but time flies by so fast when travellingFinally it was time to move around in Southamerica and discover this beautiful place I started off with a flight from Rio to Caracas. It was such an amazing flight as I saw Rio from above by night which was very impressive. After a stop over in Sao Paulo I landed in time in Caracas at 4.30 am in the morning. I hav http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Capital/Caracas/blog-443297.html Francais en bas de pageThis day has actuelly been so long Im going to have to divide it into 3 entries dont feel obliged to read it all but if you do well youll understand exactly what I mean... This is the 1st bitAfter 11 hours an hour early on a rather comfortable bus I finally arrived to Maracaibo. The last major cityof North West Venezuela before Colombia.Im pretty pleased wit http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Zulian/Maracaibo/blog-442687.html En francais en bas de pageThis is it. The 3 months adventure around South America has just started for me. After a pretty uneventful journey although I still wonder how Nick and I made in on time to Heathrow airport despite the police stopping us I made it to Caracas safely. First impression its hot really humide I spent my 1st night here yesterday and am now waiting for my bus to Colom http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Capital/Caracas/blog-442152.html Trinidad to Venezuela was one hell of a journey. It started at 6.30am on Wednesday the 9th when i jumped a couple of buses to Pier 1. That was where i met Julia and Patrick a nice Swiss couple who had been travelling around the Caribbean for a few months Nice huh. So that was my entertainment sorted for the 3.5hr trip to Guiria the port on the eastern most tip of Venezuela. Everything was going http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/blog-438754.html Do you believe in magicBeing a scientist and formerly an uptight realist I can say I never did. Maybe when I was a little princess with her head in the clouds I did way way back but the storms of life quickly dispelled all the myths of miracles...But could there be some magic in the world after all And what kind The kind that makes people fly and dragons breath fire No not likely. But http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Capital/Caracas/blog-436830.html Wow.... what can I say about the last few days..... How about holy crapSo having overstayed my welcome a little in Lecheria not with my friend but with her sister I decided to take off to see what is Venezuelarsquos most famous and probably most spectacular tourist attraction ANGEL FALLS The highest waterfall in the world 989 m high I believe. This incredible wonder named http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Guayana/Canaima-National-Park/blog-435754.html AshantiYoPd por peos electricos en kenya los lunes miercoles y viernes quitan la electricidad de 6 am a 6 pm sI am backWhere should I start I finally arrive to the volunteerrsquos house at Kiseria on Sunday the house is beautiful and big my ldquoroomrdquo I huge I do have to queen beds an small living room and a space full bathroom with hot water but almost not water heheheI finall http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Capital/Caracas/blog-435144.html So difficult to get a taxi on Sunday night here in Sta Elena been waiting for 30 minutes with some backpackers from Hotel Michelle also going to the terminal on their way to Puerto La Cruz.Finally a private car took pity on us and took us to the bus terminal for 10 Bolivares for the 3 of us. Confusion about the bus that I actually need to take Francisco said he booked me with Expreso Occidental http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Guayana/Canaima-National-Park/blog-433649.html HelloI did just finish with my luggage and with this a pretty long day but a successful one. The excitement did not let me sleep much only about 3 hours...Today i had the opportunity to have lunch with a good friend that is living in Norway then I visit a house with 2 nuns and 17 kids with the amazing Corina she made almost all the design of the project and to repair a bicycle for one http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Capital/Caracas/blog-433133.html The emotion keeps growing Only hours are left for my journey to begin... I am making my bag with my sisters my cousins pass by to wish good luck i had for lunch and dinner one of my favorites foods and had my last Pilate s classes for weeks. It is very difficult for me to sleep right now my phone rings constantly and the minutes passes by. Tomorrow is a day with a lot of work a good friend is http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Capital/Caracas/blog-432873.html This past weekend I took a trip to aguas termales hot springs with a group from Venusa. We took a bus into the mountains and then hiked the rest of the way to our campsite just a small distance from the springs. The mountains were gorgeous. The drive up the mountain was a little scary because the roads are very narrow and most Venezuelan bus drivers are crazy and don't seem concerned by goin http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Andean/Merida/blog-432765.html Good morning everyoneI am making my last arrangements for my visit to Kenya as you might already know my plan is to spend a little bit over 2 months over there and help in the construction of a Grandparent Community Center for about 300 kids and 200 grandparents with 9 classrooms and a medical area in Massailand yeiiiiiiiI am so excited I have only sleep about 4 hours a dayIt will take me some t http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Capital/Caracas/blog-432452.html Pre trekThe day before the actual hike we left Sta. Elena de Uairen for a town called San Francisco de Yuruani where we waited for the big group from Caracas 23 people them and 3 of usme Junko from Japan and Emanuel from Ciudad Bolivar. It was a very long wait quite annoying and Roger the guide is nowhere to be found just the porters were with us then after an hour or so the group arrived http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Guayana/Roraima/blog-431949.html