Mountain Climbing with Marite

Mérida, Venezuela

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February 25th 2015
Mérida was wonderful to us. We spent almost two months in this gorgeous, university town in the mountains. Sophia moved in with her host family and started her courses through the U of M and Kyle and I are finally on our honeymoon vacation, at least that is what it feels like. Here are some of the things we did in Mérida: <ul style="line-height: 22.8571434020996px;"> • Took Spanish ... read more

South America » Venezuela » Andean

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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