Blogs from Caracas, Capital, Venezuela, South America - page 9

Wow... I knew I didn't really keep my Blog up to date... but that I actually didn't write about anything of my Venezuela Experience, exept the arrival somehow slipped my mind... Well... month have passed, I have seen a lot of this country and still there are so many things left, that I did not manage to visit and now it's already time to say good bye and start once again a new journey... So I'll just try to sum up the most important moments and experiences... After a pretty stressed start in my job here - because I had the first big conference I was in charge of just one month after my arrival, had to prepare sessions, select my trainer team, train the trainer-team, work on the logistics of the event and so ... read more

well as the title says we are in Caracas.... but an interesting last few days.... here it goes... well tayrona in colOmbia was awesome the best beach i have seen in my life... so far... there was crashing surf sandy beaches adn giant boulders placed in picture perfect places... a great day and wished we could have spent more time but we couldn't as we were off to venezuela... so after spending an great... though short... time in colombia we made our way ovewr to venezuela... getting into the country was easy until we got to customs... our bags were ripped apart and everything search which wasn;t bad as we full expected that at evry boarder down here but then after we returned our bags to the car we had to return for more searching... where ... read more

So here we finally are, the famous group emails are no more a new era has begun, the first entry into the blog commences... I start with an apology for the absence of photos. Uploading them involves a lot of paraphenalia and as you will see i am still a little wary about carrying round expensive stuff especially as it is approaching sunset when the badboys come out. I promise when i am out of Caracas i will put a few on of both Caracas and wherever my next stop is. Arrived on Wednesday afternoon after two predominantly pleasant flights, the only blemish being the two hour period where i sat through Music and Lyrics. I made the decision to watch it because the man behind me had his headphones on so loud i could ... read more

We were told that Caracas was big, ugly, unfriendly and dangerous. I am sure it is all those things but we went along determined to make the best of our time there. We were staying at the Hotel Floresta at Altamira. We had an 8th floor room with a great view. And a fridge! Our first job on arriving was to book a hotel near the airport for the night of the 30th. We had a very early flight and were warned that the road to the airport was dangerous at night. Only trouble was that because it was Copa America and the weekend a lot of places were full. Some we couldn't get through to and the online booking system failed for others. What a hassle! About to give up we finally got through to ... read more

7 till 8 juni: Ett dygn i Caracas i Venezuela. Vi var radda, vi hade last att det skulle vara en av varldens mest kriminellt belastade och farliga stader. Eftersom vi inte hade lyckats ordna med boende i forvag gick vi direkt till en turistinformation pa flygplatsen. Efter det gick allt valdigt smidigt. Hotellet vi bokade hade fri upphamtning och avlamning fran flygplatsen och lag dessutom relativt nara den. Hungriga satte vi oss pa hotellets restaurang och chockades av priserna, en pastaratt kostade ca 17000 och en kottratt ca 40000 bolivar. Lite inflation manne? Det var svart att fa reda pa hur bolivaren stod mot dollarn men vi bestallde mat och hoppades pa det basta. Nattlivet utanfor varat hotell vibrerande av sambatakter (eller nat) och vi fick en trygg nattsomn bakom gallerforsedda fonster. Pa morgonen efter, ... read more