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Drinking on the wall, Puerto Columbia – Friday Photo

Benedict Adam — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:38:10 +0000

One of the great things about Puerto Columbia is the way everyone gathers along the wall by the sea, drinking beers and eating from the stalls. Drinking on the wall, Puerto Columbia – Friday Photo is a post from: Backpacker [...]

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Salto Angel – The Angel Falls, Venezuela

Benedict Adam — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:45:34 +0000

Setting of from Ciudad Bolivar the flight in the tiny one prop five man plane to Canaima is a memorable one. The flight offers great views of the surrounding Grand Sabana and fantastic views of the lagoon at Canaima as [...]

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Merida to Ciudad Bolivar

Benedict Adam — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:25:36 +0000

After wandering around the delightful city of Merida, failing to get more ice cream and settling for the cake and coffee on offer next door in the cafe we headed for the 2.30pm bus to Barinas. Its a highly recommend bus [...]

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Cycling in the Andes, Merida

Benedict Adam — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:42:13 +0000

A nice thing to do whilst in Merida is to hire a mountain bike and go for a ride. We hired bikes for half a day from Fanny Tours. We got a lift half way up one of the roads [...]

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Puerto Columbia to Merida

Benedict Adam — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:22:12 +0000

From Puerto Columbia we took the bus via Maracay to Merida, a Venezuelan city sitting at the foot of the Andes Day 5 After the beach in morning, we caught the bus to Maracay (6,000 Bv each 2 hours), joined [...]

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Stars on the wall posada, Puerto Columbia

Benedict Adam — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:46:01 +0000

Also known as the pants ladies hostel this would have been an okay place to stay (its was fairly cheap), but purely based on the fact we were made to feel as we’d invited ourselves to stay round someones house [...]

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Caracas to Puerto Columbia

Benedict Adam — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:24:45 +0000

Day 2 Following the daughter of Casa Luisa owners, Carolina’s advice, we caught the bus to El Hatillo, a very colourful and pretty suburb of Caracas. Carolina shared a taxi with us to Caracas bus terminal and kindly accompanied us [...]

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Friday Photo – Venezuela School Bus

Benedict Adam — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:54:27 +0000

Keeping on the Venezuelan theme, another photo from the fantastic country. Old American school buses are the main way to get around in Venezuela, travelling in one is a great experience, each one more elaborately customised and music pumping than [...]

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Friday Photo – Waterfall, Canaima National Park, Venezuela

Benedict Adam — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:08:11 +0000

One of many fantastic waterfalls you’ll see on a boat trip through Canaima National Park to see Angel Falls Friday Photo – Waterfall, Canaima National Park, Venezuela is a post from: Backpacker Ben Travel Blog

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Spaghetti and Cheese Ice Cream, Merida, Venezuela

Benedict Adam — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:49:49 +0000

Things to do in Merida – Eat strange flavoured ice cream Merida has an ice cream parlour that boasts the greatest number of different flavours of ice cream in the world. I tried spaghetti n cheese and the salmon ice [...]

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