Inside the Henri Pittier National Park, we stayed in the town of Puerto Colombia. Puerto Colombia is where most of the accomodation and action can be found in this area. The lifeblood of Puerto Colombia is the malecon, where the fishing boats dock. People congregate here at night and on weekends one can supposedly see … Continue reading
For a quick escape to nature from the intensity of Caracas, one can ride the cable car that ascends from the streets of Caracas (at the intersection of Avenida Principal de Mariperez and Avenida Boyaca) to the top of Parque Nacional El Avila. Separating Caracas from the coast, the park is based around a mountain … Continue reading
I’ve discussed these nomadic wells before, but given that their existence is absolutely essential to the nomadic community, it is worth describing another one. Ramadan spotted this one as we were driving back to Khartoum: The depths of the well… Unlike the last well I described, the water was drawn out of this one by … Continue reading
The sugar cane fields of Brazil are an interesting place. They can stretch out, unbroken for tens of miles and it is extremely easy to get lost in them. Naturally, when Team Boers and Team Ames were based in Lagoa Azeda, we opted to check them out: The only real gaps in the sugar cane … Continue reading
Caracas can be a pretty intense place. And I’m not just talking about the fashion of the women to wear skin-tight jeans and tops cut very low so that their tits spill out… Fortunately, Hugo Chavez is there to welcome you pretty much everywhere you look: Everyone gets worked up about the crime rates in … Continue reading
Henri Pittier National Park is the oldest of Venezuela’s national parks and, given the significant changes in altitude in the park, it is famous for the diversity of its ecosystems. The park, declared in 1937, did not start out as “Henri Pittier” but was re-named in recognition of the Swiss biologist who was instrumental in … Continue reading
The focus here is on Amun – King of the gods and god of the wind – and the temple which was constructed in his honor in the ancient city of Naqa. Amun has been associated with the ram and so that is an image in abundance here… After approaching the Temple of Amun on … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 