Santa Fe

Venezuela

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March 19th 2009
We arrived in Puerto Lopez after a hard slog on the bus. We arrived in the early hours of the morning in the bus station and asked a cab to take us to a hostel we picked out in the lonely planet. He charged us 2 dollars each and although pretty expensive we were too tired to argue. The taxi took about 15 minutes, ahh 2 dollars isnt so bad we thought. We arrived at the hostel and asked the nig ... read more

South America » Venezuela » North-Eastern » Puerto la Cruz

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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