Caracas

Going Crackers in Caracas

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January 7th 2013
<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Day 443 Thursday 27th December Our alarm went off at 4.00am, which is just the most ridiculous time to start a day. Our flight isn’t till 7.30 but the woman at the hotel suggested we should take a 5.00am taxi to the airport, we both thought this was way too early but being a loc ... read more

South America » Venezuela » Capital » Caracas » Altamira

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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