Yegua Blanca

Adventure capital of Venezuela

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June 17th 2007
Cartagena to Merida Originally we should have been traveling overland to Venezuela but trouble at the border meant that we had to fly. It was a difficult day. We took a 11:25 flight to Bogota, and should have flown to Caracas soon afterwards but, shock horror, the flight was delayed. It was only a couple of hours but it was likely to mean that we would miss the night bus to Merida. At Caracas we w ... 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