No, I didn´t make Boots

Things I Learned in Los LLanos

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June 23rd 2008
Los Llanos Consistently described to me as ´The Heart of Venezuela´. Of course the two folk who said that was a tour guide/tout and a ranch hand who lived there, so they might be more than a little biased. In my regards though, if it´s not the heart, it´s a damn major organ. So. After some trepidation on heading into the wilderness (you never know...Chavez might have a Naeem-eating-Ana ... read more

South America » Venezuela » Llanos » San Fernando

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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