VENEZUELA | Wednesday, 30 Jun 2010 | Views [654] | Comments [2]
After 9 hours I get to Ciudad Bolivar. Staying at the Hotel Union which offers the best rates although not the best rooms in town. It's 4.30am I shower,arrange my things and lie down to watch an episode of ER and Friends on TV. Not been able to read ... Read more >
VENEZUELA | Wednesday, 30 Jun 2010 | Views [785]
This is the third day in Merida so I'll digest my journal for the blog. I got to Merida after a 14 hour bus ride from Ciudad Bolivar to Barinas and then a further 4 hours from Barinas to Merida. You woudl think that this journey is knackering but the ... Read more >
VENEZUELA | Sunday, 27 Jun 2010 | Views [525] | Comments [1]
It´s 16.00pm. Im sitting in Ciudad Bolivar´s central bus station in one of the many internet cafes that border the arrivals/departures area. Im having to do things in reverse so I start now on Saturday 26th June. I got here about one hour ago after ... Read more >
VENEZUELA | Tuesday, 22 Jun 2010 | Views [640]
So after 14 hours cruising at 40,000 feet my feet are well and truly on Venezuelan soil. With the revised schedule I landed at 2.00am and did n't get out of the airport till 3.00am. I had the good fortune ( I think!) to meet Jorge, an airport official ... Read more >