Border crossing from Colombia to Venezuela is far from efficient. the stamps for visa was pretty straight up.. only the waiting time on the border was killing :). until the driver came to us and said " 20.000 pesos colombianos... es voluntario". well i guessed i caught the clue. after that there were 2 more stops; the national garde and the local police... sighing was the proper response i guess. crossed the lake of Maracaibo in the night was something amazing. and the city of maracaibo itself was full of life, from what is have seen from behind the windows (took a direct bus from Santa Marta to Caracas). the next morning the bus arrived in caracas. big metropole with slumps built on the slope of the hills, equal to Rio.. but miss lot of Rio's flair.
just straight up metropole i guessed (and supoosed to be the worst city in SA), but in the 3 days that i have been there nothing life threatning happend (thank god) and just bored waited for my flight back to home. Expensive .. that's how venezuela right now. if you pull cash out of the ATm it will damage your wallet pretty bad . 1 US dollar = 2 Bolivares. and hot dog is about 5 bolivares.
it was totally not wat i was expected from the city of my idol, Simon bolivar. hmm i guess Chavez ruins everything. Sorry, i really do not have anything fun to tell abouth this part of my trip.. it really was that bad. only some funny facts: all officials wore surgical masks precaution against swine flu, and extensive research in the airport which delayed my flight for about 2 hours. but when i was waiting i had some conversation with a Venezuelan woman but now she lives in Pijnacker. she traveled with her son and i heard her son talked both Spanish and Dutch and it was so funny to hear.
Back on Dutch soil.. I need to looked for my mom and my lil brother because they were hiding behind the crowds.. :P. anxious because she tought that i caught swineflu .. hahaha.
well folks a nice ending of Adventure in South America, it have been really great experience for me. I'm in love with that continent and definetly worth to see it again and discovered some parts i haven't been to. I hope you enjoyed my journal. sorry for the crappy ending but hey ....it's not the end.. i'm going to Indonesia in about a week. Back to the country where i was borned and raised. i'm really looking forward to be there :) . hope you will follow my story in Indonesia and enjoy it. Thanks and have a nice sunday.
Ch'
just straight up metropole i guessed (and supoosed to be the worst city in SA), but in the 3 days that i have been there nothing life threatning happend (thank god) and just bored waited for my flight back to home. Expensive .. that's how venezuela right now. if you pull cash out of the ATm it will damage your wallet pretty bad . 1 US dollar = 2 Bolivares. and hot dog is about 5 bolivares.
it was totally not wat i was expected from the city of my idol, Simon bolivar. hmm i guess Chavez ruins everything. Sorry, i really do not have anything fun to tell abouth this part of my trip.. it really was that bad. only some funny facts: all officials wore surgical masks precaution against swine flu, and extensive research in the airport which delayed my flight for about 2 hours. but when i was waiting i had some conversation with a Venezuelan woman but now she lives in Pijnacker. she traveled with her son and i heard her son talked both Spanish and Dutch and it was so funny to hear.
Back on Dutch soil.. I need to looked for my mom and my lil brother because they were hiding behind the crowds.. :P. anxious because she tought that i caught swineflu .. hahaha.
well folks a nice ending of Adventure in South America, it have been really great experience for me. I'm in love with that continent and definetly worth to see it again and discovered some parts i haven't been to. I hope you enjoyed my journal. sorry for the crappy ending but hey ....it's not the end.. i'm going to Indonesia in about a week. Back to the country where i was borned and raised. i'm really looking forward to be there :) . hope you will follow my story in Indonesia and enjoy it. Thanks and have a nice sunday.
Ch'
