Blogs from Apure, Llanos, Venezuela, South America

After making it to Panama with the Red Baron and confirming that the Darien Gap is, in fact, a real thing, the best option for getting to South America was to hop on a sailboat to Colombia. Me and Max had booked our spots on the Wildcard two months ago in Mexico and, excited for something a bit different, made the short drive from Pacific to Caribbean coasts, where we met up with our ship, crew, and fellow tourists for a five day sailing adventure through the San Blas islands to Cartagena, Colombia. The San Blas islands are a group of 350 or so small, white sand and palm tree covered islands, inhabited by the Kuna people, making up an autonomous province within Panama on the Carribean coast. I guess some years back they rose up ... read more

Hello everyone, this is my third blog from Venezuela! I left Coro on a nightbus towards the southwest and arrived about 12 hours later in Merida. Merida is a well known tourist destination in Venezuela. It lies in the Venezuelan Andes mountains, with its highest peak (Pico Bolivar, 5002m). The city has a bit more than 200.000 people and is cheaper compared to Caracas, Maracay and Valencia. It's very famous for having the world's highest cable car (teleferico) reaching a height of 4700m with various stations along the way. The cable car has been closed for over 4 years now as it's going through a mayor renovation. The system was built by dicator Marcos Perez Jimenez in the late 1950's. The city lies at approx. 1600m and has a nice, cool climate. During the day you ... read more