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Monday, October 06, 2003

Venezuela

Wow, well we made it to Caracas, Venezuela at last! It's my second time here; it's all new for Katherine...

I know we haven't yet done a blog entry for LA or Hollywood - we're working on it!

Nor do we really have time to let you know what we've been doing here so far - suffice to say we're both safe and sound and still having a great time! Here's a quick update:

We arrived yesterday afternoon, and caught a shuttle bus to the Gato Negro Metro station, from where we took the metro to Sabana Grande. Our hotel is perfectly decent, and costs only $17 for a double room with "bathroom". I'd forgotten from my previous visit to this country that hot showers are almost unheard of. A shower here is usually nothing more than a cold tap a couple of feet up the wall of the bathroom! I remember I got used to it last time, so I'm sure we'll adapt soon enough :-).

Today we visited a shiny modern mall on the outskirts of Caracas, had an arepa (Venezuelan cross between a sandwich and a doughnut...) for lunch. We also bought some (first class) bus tickets to get us to Merida on Thursday morning.

Most museums and parks are closed on Mondays, so tomorrow we'll be doing some more touristy stuff - almost all of which involve, somehow or other, Simon Bolivar!

OK, there'll be another quick update tomorrow or the day after... Bye for now!

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