Blogs from Caracas, Capital, Venezuela, South America - page 3

Hi Guys Greetings from Caracas again - I is made it back full circle to my point of landing on the South American continent, one month later, and with so many great experiences since the last time I was here. I fly back to London tomorrow evening, via Madrid, and am taking back with me some memories of some fantastic places and people that I have met along the way, and it really has been just amazing (I´m not just saying this!). This last week has to have been the most amazing yet though, really. I hope the photos I´m gonna attach to this blog shortly will testify to the beautiful places I´ve been and seen - incredible! Last time I wrote I was in the Andean highlands of Western Venezuela, from where I took two ... read more

Up early we departed Hostal Marsella for the final time catching a taxi to airport Mariscal Sucre to start our journey to Venezuela. Having read up on the foreign office and its travellers’ advice (including against all but essential travel to certain areas and against all travel to others) the journey, arrival and sty were a somewhat daunting prospect. At the airport, leaving Quito was a bit of a hassle. We had our bags searched for food after declaring we had bread, queue one to check in, queue two to buy airport departure tax, queue 3 to have the airport tax checked, queue 4 immigration stamp out (huge queue), queue five bag scanning, then wait. A number of people in the immigration queue had got to the airport too late and were having their names called ... read more

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Welcome to my first entry on my journeys in South America! I will do my best to update the blog as and when I can! For me, my trip across South America started here in Caracas. Getting off the plane at Simon Bolivar Airport, the first thing which struck me was the immense heat: somewhat of a change from snowy old England. Neither the passport control nor the customs inspectors seemed to care at all about anyone so no problems getting through the airport security. But before I could get out the door I was pounced on by illegal black market money changers (you have to buy your local currency on the black market or else get a much worse rate at the official Government exchanges - everyone does it so my Lonely Planet informs me). ... read more

( En francais en bas de page) This is it. The 3 months adventure around South America has just started for me. After a pretty uneventful journey (although I still wonder how Nick and I , made in on time to Heathrow airport despite the police stopping us) I made it to Caracas safely. First impression it´s hot, really humide! I spent my 1st night here yesterday and am now waiting for my bus to Colombia. I spent most of the day walking around Caracas, trying not to look like a tourist (many people are black or mixed race here so it´s pretty handy for me) and I think I´ve done alright so far. Caracas didn´t impress me much though, expensive, not much too see or do, but let´s not judge a city in 24 hours, ... read more