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This is the page where we put all our blogs. As we move around the globe you can follow what we are up to. If you are interested in a specific country just click on the link in the sidebar. All our date stamps are set to South African time (GMT +02:00). Only the most recent posts will show on this page. For previous posts choose from the list in the side bar or go directly to blogs of countries we have already visited.

Friday, August 11, 2006

Ciudad Bolivar

Overnight from Santa Elena in a bus and we arrived in Ciudad Bolivar. We definitely cannot say that this is the best place we have ever stayed but we did end up spending 3 nights in total. We struggled with everything from getting money from a bank to finding food. The vibe, the huge old Fords and the general feel however make it a quaint city nonetheless. There was an international jazz festival on just near to where we stayed so we had jazz to lull us to sleep - South American style.

Culture shock
: We searched and searched for a restaurant or decent food selection in a supermarket and found none. The city is just blocks and blocks of enormous shoe and clothing stores, the supermarket isles and isles of hair products and the country has one beauty salon for every restaurant!

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