Rainy days sometimes get me down.
June 24, 2008
The pool and courtyard at my hotel, the Coral Caribe.
Well I think my minor sunburn is just about back to normal, and I was looking forward to some beach time today. Unfortunately the weather god did not want to co-operate. The rain was coming down all night, and didn't stop for most of the day. I spent alot of the day on the computer trying to figure out the next leg of my trip in Trinidad & Tobago.
I also analyzed my money situation, and it looks like I exchanged for too many Venezuelan Bolivares. I think that if I had done $100 less, I probably would have been able to make it. I guess I was so revved up about finding a good rate here on Margarita, that I got a bit carried away. With the complicated money situation here in Venezuela, it is almost impossible to sell Bolivares for US Dollars.
A happy little snail likes the rain.
Instead of taking the major loss on the extra cash, I decide to head out for a good meal tonight. I decided on La Isla, a restaurant on the beach. I had a wonderful dinner of filet mignon wrapped in bacon with a mushroom sauce, and even had a beer with the meal. I know I may come off like a snob here, but I really have not liked the beer in Venezuela. I am a dark beer fan, and I don't think the idea of a darker beer has ever occured to the average person here. I did have a very good dark Argentinian microbrew once, but other than that Latin America is not dark beer territory I guess.
Tomorrow I will take a taxi to the airport for my flight to Trinidad & Tobago. I am stopping first in Port Of Spain, the capital on Trinidad, before heading to the Crown Point airport on Tobago. I hope that finding a hotel with internet isn't too difficult there. I have one reserved for the first two days, and I will see how that goes.
Later, Phil
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