For the 4th of July weekend I went on another AA
netsaavers trip, this time to Caracas, Venezuela. It's a direct flight
and it's about 5 hours. I arrived around 10.30pm local time and took a
cab to Royal Hotel, where I had reserved a room via fax. It's a mid-priced
hotel in Sabana Grande, a fairly safe part of town. I started Friday with
going to LTA,
one of the largest travel agencies, and booking a daytrip to Los Roques
for Sunday. I then went to have lunch with Yanira,
a Venezuelan friend I met while working in Stockholm earlier this year.
She also works for Ericsson (that's
how I met her - Ericsson sends people all over the world and you get to
meet a lot of nice people.) The afternoon I spent wandering around in Parque
Central where I went to a bunch of museums, like a tourist should... <more
to come>. Saturday Yanira and I explored the historic sector in the
center of town. Sunday I went to Los Roques. It was beautiful. <more
to come>.
Click on the pictures to see the full size pictures.
A neat piece of art. It's suspended over an opening down to the subway.
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The Ericsson office in Caracas.
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Nå Mia - vill du handla här???
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Yanira.
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Yanira calling her sister and her boyfriend to ask for directions.
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This is Torre Este, the tallest building in Caracas. It houses a lot
of government offices. It's supposed to have a top floor where you get a
very good view of Caracas. Unfortunately, I never got up there.
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Los Roques
Some pelicans fishing. Close to the airport (well, everything is close
on Gran Roque, the main island)
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A barracuda that likes to hang out at the reef. The guide said it was
1.5-1.6m long.
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This one turned out good. And I even meant it to be like this!
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This is the catamaran we sailed around the islands with. |
Another picture of the barracuda.
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Måns relaxing on the beach of Madrisky with a good book. I don't
think he regrets the trip to Los Roques...
You meet Swedes everywhere (met him on the boat!)
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A pelican diving for a fish.
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A regular beach on Los Roques.
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