Merida Travel Blogs

Ondertussen heb ik Venezuela verlaten en de eerste gedachte die bij me opkomt bij het land is Chavez. Het was een buitenkans om de verkiezingen van zo dichtbij te kunnen volgen. Chavez is enorm populair omdat hij het geld van de olie verdeeld onder de bevolking. Water is gratis en gas en electricit…

In San Cristobal I found myself at another big terminal but I quickly located a bus to Merida at 4pm and thus had 1 1/2 hours to spare. I used the opportunity to get a bite to eat and after about half an hour realised that Venezuela was in a different time zone (1/2 difference from Colombia and not…

¡Merida preciosa! We finally got to the town of Mérida after spending 14 VERY LONG hours on the bus from Caracas! I didn't think we were ever gonna make it! EXHAUSTED!! is the perfect word to describe how we feel at this point! Good thing Mérida is located near the Andes, so some nice clean fres…

No muchas cosas nuevas aqui en Merida - pero todos esta muy bien. Puedo hablarespanol poco mejor, pero tengo problemas cuando estoy escuchando a alguin. Necessito mas tiempo.. Yo fui "paragliding" y mondando una bicicleta enlas montanas. En las noches, ensayo practicar mi bailando de salsa o hablo …

oooh, scary.. we had heard some horror stories about this country, of course 7 months ago when we booked the flights we were simple creatures and totally clueless. So as we got closer to the visit we started looking at the interenet for places to stay etc. and were hit by a barrage of horror storie…

Venezuela is such an under-rated country, more people should get out and explore it. I spent 10 days in various parts attending Copa America but also rafting, canyoning, hang gliding and just sampling the country. Do not miss a chance to go here!

It was clear who won the vote as our bus approached the heavily anti Chavez area of Merida.  There was an onslaught of cheerful honking vehicles covered in NO graffiti slowly touring trough the slowly through the surrounding hills.  Merida is Venezuela´s adventure mecca and rivals pl…

The best of Venezuela in three weeks: Pico Bolivar, Merida, Los Llanos, La Gran Sabana & The Caribbean!

From Cumaná I had wanted to visit a few other places in Venezuela such as Caracas, Parque Nacional Pittier, and Coro, before heading to Merida but with only two weeks left in my trip I just didn´t have the time. After so many months of traveling freely with no deadlines or time schedules it i…

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!

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Well, my hopes of going to Catatumbo were quickly dashed on Sunday morning.  The 2 Germans cancelled, which meant there wasn't enough for the tour.  So I hunted around for something to do and came across Guamanchi Tours who were offering canyoning for 320 BsF (£40/US$60) - I was game and…

Hello All, Well, I got about four hours of sleep last night.  I was pretty tired, but way too nervous about this mornings Paragliding adventure.  I signed up a few days ago, and have been trying not to think about it ever since.  Merida is a sort of adventure sports capital, and I g…

Wow, this is definitely my highlight of the tour so far. The town is nestled between the first range of the Andes (One of the numerous ranges called Sierra Nevada, i.e. Sawtooth with Snow on it) and its possible to go from 1600m where the town is up to 4900m on the worlds longest and highest…

After getting the night bus to Merida, we arrived at the Posada at about 8 in the morning, but it was quite emty, so could have a nap when we arrived, we then had a wander around town, and tried sorting out Air Canada, which was easier said than done. The second morning we sorted out our tour to lo…