Los Palifitos (Little Venice)

Columbia - Venezuela

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September 12th 2005
Maricaibo Caught the coach from Santa Marta to Maricaibo and very nice it was too. Air con, big reclining seats and free cafe y agua. Maricaibo is described in the Lonely Planet as : hot as hell and it couldn´t be more accurate. In shorts and a T shirt and at times thinking I could faint, activity was limited to air con and staring in disbelief at locals who were in t ... read more

South America » Venezuela

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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