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Venezuela 2002

Andreas Mayer
2005-12-06 08:02:14

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got a room at Hostel Colonial, next to the bust station. This was a lovely place place run by an old German guy, and at B9,000 for a room with three beds and incredible bargain.

Over the next day we pretty much chilled out on the various beaches around P.C., which are very impressive. The main beach, Playa Grande, is about 1km long, but was completely packed with mostly middle and upper class Venezuelan's, many families and couples, some incredibly beautiful girls, though an utter lack of Spanish made communication difficult. Anyway, the beach, though packed, was gorgeous and the water and the waves perfect. We spent hours body surfing, drinking Polars on the beach and generally enjoying not being back in cold England.

One observation about the locals is that they seem to be very image conscious. As a guy it seemed imperative to wear designer underwear, mostly Calvin Klein, under knee long surfer shorts, ensuring that the shorts were always pulled down enough to reveal the lable of the boxers. Equally it seemed a favourite pastime of the wealthy to drive around the 5 streets of PC, with the windows open and the music turned up full volume. While I am at it, a word of caution as well. There is no Internet facility in PC, and there is only one hostel that can arrange international phone calls between 12:00 and 1:00 every day. There were public telephones, but none of them could be used for international calls at the time I was there.

We did a half day trip to Playa El Diario, a small uncrowded beach to the west side of the town. It is a bit of a trek to get there (40 minutes+, directions in the Lonely Planet), but well worth it as the beach is beautiful and the waves again perfect for bodysurfing.

We also did a day trip to Chuao, a nice village/beach half an hour by boat from PC. The beach is not quite as cool as the other mentioned, but Chuao has a very relaxed atmosphere, ...