El Cristo Del Orinoco

May 18th 2017
Cuidad Bolivar, Bolívar, Venezuela Good Friday, April 2, 1999 Good Friday in Ciudad Bolivar, eastern Venezuela. My first time here. After travelling by por puesto (shared taxi) from Maturin, I check into the Hotel Colonial, a rambling edifice beside the Orinoco. The hotel has a first-floor restaurant with a view of the street below, so I order river fish and a Solera beer and consult the ... read more

South America » Venezuela » Guayana » Ciudad Bolívar

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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Kevin Mulqueen

I've been teaching English for 48 years - in England, Egypt, Tanzania, Argentina, Venezuela, Ghana and now Vietnam. At 71, I'm still going strong and have no wish to retire. I enjoy my job, which gives me plenty of time to relax and travel. In toto, I've visited 66 countries. I'm married to a Vietnamese woman and have been living in Ho Chi Minh City since 2001. Outside of work I am a chess fanatic (Tanzanian National Champion in 1991), devotee of blues and jazz music, imbiber of fine malt whiskies (especially from Islay), bibliophile (Shakespeare, Thomas Hardy, Brian Moore, Philip Larkin, Di... full info

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