Riverbank Dwellers

These families had set up home under balck plastic sheeting along the banks of the River Orinoco. They fished the river and sold their meagre catches locally.

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Climbing High

March 15th 2009
Saturday 14.03.09 (continued) Before boarding the bus at P.La Cruz I decided to browse some of the tech. shops to see if I could get a high capacity card reader, as I found that this was causing the problems with uploading the photos. I eventually came across one and bought it. However the transaction took so long I only just made the coach in time for its departure. I also quickly bought a hot c ... read more

South America » Venezuela » Andean » Mérida

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

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