Pegui

Chimbote I took the bus of the company LINEA from Trujillo to Chimbote. I just got a place in the 7am bus, with which I missed my connecting bus to Huaraz. It costed 7 Soles. I wanted to take the bus from Yungay Express which leads over the cañon del Pato, but that one leaves every day at 8:30am from Chimbote and costs 25 Soles. I decided to take the bus on the next day and to stay one night in Chimbote. I took a taxi from the terminal to the city center, which is pretty far. I paid 6 Soles. The first time, that I didnt had to lower the price, because I think it was fair. Normally they asked for more and in the end I give them less. Yesterday evening I printed ... read more

Esmeraldas I spent the Friday with Daniel in the historic city center, watching the parade for easter. We also went up to the Panecillo and in the rain down. We had to hurry to get the bus to Esmeraldas. We all slept in the bus, but we arrived at 1am in the night to Esmeraldas, so I was damn tired. We took a taxi from the terminal, which got stopped by the police, because it went to fast on a road with these tiny stones (Schotterstrasse). The neighborhood looks okay but after we entered a aluminium door (aus Wellblech), I started to have my doubts. The house was really, really simple. Annabells and Daniels mom lives upstairs, in 2 room flat with a living kitchen and a tiny bathroom. Downstairs lives the brother of Annabells ... read more

Maracaibo The city of differences: old and new, beach and city, ocean and lake, industry and indians, poor and rich. Already finding a taxi at the bus station was not easy. Even harder to find a hotel. The one recommended in my guide did not exist anymore, so the taxi driver recommend me one, that looked dubious from outside but turned to be quite okay from the inside. Only the airconditioner was really noisy, so I turned it off at night :( I arrived Saturday morning, 29th of January 2010, and after getting some sleep I met Eva and Miguel for a ride with the Tranvia. It was fun, although very difficult to understand the guide. Miguel laughed a lot :) In the evening we went for Patacones - delicious. And we met Miguels cousin ... read more

Summary My trip started the 19th of January in Venezuela, Caracas. I first went to Merida, then to Maracaibo and crossed the border to Colombia with a direct bus to Santa Marta. After discovering the lost city and Guajira, I went on to Cartagena, a beautiful city. After that I visited Medellín and now I am in Manizales. Today I will go to Bogota and then after spending some time there continue to Popayan and cross soon the border to Ecuador. With this blog I want my friends and others to follow my trip and enjoy what I see and experience. ...... read more