Caracas Travel Blogs

wow! this was a strange meeting, that's for sure. Kim and I were in touch before we both even thought about going to Venezuela. Finally when we both were sure when we would go, we realized we would go to different cities, so no way to meet. It was Saturday and I was in my way to my gate in or…

After a 45min flight we arrived to Caracas. Our flight to Lima was for 7pm and it was just 3pm, so we had a lot of time. We arrived to the domestic flights area. Everything was perfect, the only thing was that we had to wait a long time for our bags. Blair was getting worried about his luggage. Whi…

I had plenty of time to change planes, even though it meant going from one building to another, haha. I claimed my bags and started walking in direction to the international airport.Nothing outrageous happened while I was there, mmm. Just checked in for the international flight, spent my last Boliv…

With my cousins who live in Caracas we took the aerial tram to Cerro del Avila, it was huuuge! it seemed like it was never gonna end but it took aprox. 30 minutes. Up in the top of the hill it was really cold and windy. People were selling nice delicious typical food up there:…

Ok,day 2,so im up at the crack of dawn and my intention is to get to the aiport and get down to Canaima.let me emphasize that that was my intention. Ok from Hotel peral,there is a bus station less than 5 minutes walk,the bus stations are places of constant bustle,noise,the smells of areypa's and em…

On New Years Day we took a flight from Chicago to Caracas, landing at night.  The taxi driver went well beyond the call of duty to help us find our cheap hotel in a shady neighborhood. And then we were off....  

This was a short work related trip, but fortunatelly I had one day to explore the city and thanks to my hosts i got the most out of it.

     On the run-up to the day I left for Caracas, I had heard so many stories ranging from the hatred of Americans through chavez to the horrible crime that occured. Everything was so sensationalized that you almost naturally felt paranoid. The 5th member of our group of 5 was b…

I was teaching scuba diving on a small island North of Venezuela called Bonaire. The diving there is rather good! I had been on the island all summer and I wanted to get away for awhile so I asked a friend, Manionita, of mine if she knew of any good places to stay in Caracas. She is a Venezuelan na…

Venezuela is an amazing place. Much different than i expected as it was my first South American country which i assumed would be just like Central America. I found myself in small village towns with dirt "roads"...to large modern cities with 7 story malls!

Why did we come here again?! I should've listened to a friend's advice and stayed away! Our stay in Caracas was short and sweet.  I was actually quite disappointed because I was expecting a lot more from it.  But it turned out to be just another big capital, with not much to see. We stro…

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Brief overnight stop in the capital after my flight in from guayaquil. Was a pretty difficult city to get around and very little in the way of tourist information that i could find. Also felt more dangerous than all the other cities I've been to. Ducked into the contemporary art museum, which was w…