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OK, maybe I was a bit harsh, yesterday so here's another view of life here...I finally went the lash and got a rent-a-wreck yesterday and today and have been all over the isla, fantastic because you can never really get lost on an island...well not easily...suffice to say I have been along EVERY road and seen every beach, millions of them..fantastic...<br /><br />
Testosterone-fueled, alcholic, chain-smoking, petrol-head heaven?
Bill Shum2006-03-24 21:58:05
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OK, maybe I was a bit harsh, yesterday so here's another view of life here...I finally went the lash and got a rent-a-wreck yesterday and today and have been all over the isla, fantastic because you can never really get lost on an island...well not easily...suffice to say I have been along EVERY road and seen every beach, millions of them..fantastic...
When I first get the car I find its almost empty of gasoline..... fcuked again.... thats why its called Hertz.....(in fact I went to City Rentals but that was too good to pass up....)..anyway, pulled into a servo and before I could say...'just 10 litres please' ..the guy had filled 'er up...bloody 28 litres....but then he told me it was 2,800 Bolivars..Ha!...depending on where you change your money thats about $1.20!!..they tell me that sometimes, if the amount is less than 1000B they just wave you thru...trying to make change is more hassle!!...this is a great place...fabulous..... I was going to say 'people' but really its the women who are fabulous...and beer at 50 cents a stubby, smokes a bit dearer here, about $1 a pack...gasoline to burn....Water and Coke tho' hey, that's real expense!
Later, out in the back blocks, I some old fort, difficult shot to get the pirates but...was coming up behind 2 guys on bicycles, I slowed down, and as I came alongside I could see one was dinking a third guy, blood on his leg, head banged up, holding one limp wrist with the other...the other guy had what looked like some modern sculpture made from a bike strapped across his handlebars...say no more!!
Later a big hold up in the traffic...eventually got to the scene...two distraught bikini chicas and their 4WD anxiously and nervously explaining some story to the 4 cops surrounding them...on the road a cop motor bike, 2 halves of a helmet, bits of plastic and metal, big dark stain on the bitumen...the body already gone
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