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Venezuela

This blog decribes our 14 days of travel through Venezuela (5 August 2006 - 19 August 2006). We started in the Gran Sabana moving from waterfall to waterfall. We then go to see the highest waterfall of them all - Angel falls. We had an amazing time on the Caribbean coast to end it off.

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!

posted by Johan & Janine at 1:52 AM  

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