After New York, we flew to Trinidad & Tobago (a remarkably wealthy black former British colony) where we spent one night in a nice hotel. Then we took an almost forgotten passenger boat from the west of Trinidad (Chaguaramas, youll probably find it on the maps) and in three hours it took us to the eastern coastal town of Güira. The customs singled us out to be searched. And after that, during our taxi drive to the town of Carupano, two other military units stopped us and searched me in detail. Three times in total. The culture chock was intense. Trinidad was just warm, but coming to Venezuela threw us in a bizarre Latin American jungle where much seem to remind us of Joseph Conrads "Heart of darkness" or for that Matter, the film "Apocalypse Now". Everything seems so disorganized, and run down. This certainly is the dirty back yard of Western modernity. We had to stay one night in a mediocre hotel in Carúpano, after moving on to Cumana, where we will stay in the Posada San Francisco, Calle Sucre, for two weeks, while looking for a flat or house with kitchen. San Francisco is a very well maintained and beatiful mansion, very safe, reasonably prized and with lovely staff. We can finally relax.
However, amazingly enough, its hard to change dollars. And it will take us some time before we can get telephone working.
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Wow, why they had to search u so! Did u hade så mkt svenska pengarna på dig? Or they thougth that u were giringo from the states? I hope the rest will flow nice and steady!
Hasta pronto!
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Hej lillebror & family!!!
Kul att höra från er och att allt verkar O.K.! Detta med bloggen är ett jättebra sätt att då och då få veta att ni lever och har hälsan!
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Hej lillebror med familj!!!
Roligt att ni har klarat er so far so good!!!!! Detta med bloggen är ett jättebra sätt att då och då få veta veta att ni lever och har hälsan!!
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Hälsa alla!
Som ni ser är jag inte så van att hantera tekniken! Därav dubbla budskap....puss igen
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Tack for kommentarer. Vi har borjat lara kanna omgivningarna nu, och inser vad vi behover for att kunna leva vidare har. (se nytt inlagg). Ekonomiskt ser det OK ut, Venezuela ar billigt - och jakligt stokigt.
A letter to the cops at the border.
There will be arriving a guy as pale as the snow on the outside at least. He looks gentle and innocent but be aware. He is everything but that. He will be using an somewhat innoncent female and two small kids in order slip through the border. If you would get the feeling that he is carrying around a lot of green, you are right. My advice to you is to go straght for the diaper of the youngest girl. There wrapped inside a plastic bag youu will probably find your first roll of dollars and there is a whole lot more whrere that came from so please, continue searching. Paul is an imaginative and cunning guy so you will have to look at places you normally avoid. Good hunt!
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