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Published: August 16th 2007
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We woke up to a boiling hot day, and stole a lot of toilet paper from the hotel we were in since they werent very nice to us.
We then exchanged some dollars that we had for bolivares at about 3500 per dollar, almost 1500 bolivares more than the official rate. And that still probably isnt the true value of the dollar.
Graeme confessed to me today that he suffers from panic attacks. This gave me a panic attack. And Caracas isnt really the place for panic attacks. So we decided to leave it, since we were constantly on the edge there. It´s a strange city Caracas, modern tube, highrise buildings and all that, but still very creepy - I didnt feel very safe there at any point, though maybe Graeme´s paranoia made me frightened!
Anyway we went to a bus terminal and caught a bus to this little town called Puerto La Cruz on the Caribbean coast of Venezuela. The view was gorgeous, and its no wonder that early European explorers described these beaches as paradise.
We found a cute little hostel, called Neptuno and went to bed after eating some shawarmas (they love Arabic food
here!)...
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