Hope everyone back home is doing well. I am doing fine. I´m picking up on my Spanish slowly. It´s hard to communicate with people here because they talk so fast! I´m ending my stay on Margarita Island today. It´s been an expensive few days. The funny thing about this place is that your dinner can cost as much or more than your hotel room. All of the food on the island has to be imported from the mainland. Even the water is from a pipeline coming from Caracas. I havent been eating as much here as I do back home. Partly because its just too hot to be hungry. And also, it´s hard for me to find food that I feel comfortable eating that isn´t over the top expensive. I´ve been eating alot of yogurt, bananas, rice and fish. My stomach has been through minimal battle... I just have to stay away from the tap water and produce that isnt cooked or peeled.
Margarita is a beautiful place though. The water is so warm. The sunsets are amazing. I´m starting to get really tan. Sunscreen is applied every few hours but I am always outside. The sun is hard to avoid. Last night I rested in a hammock in the outside courtyard of a little Peruvian posada (bed and breakfast). Salsa music filled the air along with a light rain. It made me very happy.
Right now I am awaiting a ferry boat back to the mainland. Much patience is needed when traveling here. Transportation can run slow and infrequent when you want to be somewhere fast. My pack is heavy and trying in the heat of mid-day... especially when I have to squeeze on a local bus with no air and no place to put my bag except uncomfortably on my lap.
Tonight we will be back in Puerta La Cruz, tomorrow off to Parque National Mochima. It´s hard to find time to get to the internet because we are moving around so much, seeing so much. But I´m going to check it every few days. That is the best way to contact me. I´ll try and keep my blog updated.
I´m sure I will have plenty of stories when I return home... and lots of picture to share. Traveling is so wonderful!
I love you all!
Bye :0)
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Hi Erin: It's good to hear from you. Knowing you are safe is a huge comfort to me. I also enjoy reading news about your travels. Is it primitive on the island? Did you snorkel? windsurf? Looking forward to hearing more about Venezuela. Stay safe. Lots of political unrest now over this upcoming Dec. 2 referendum. I'd avoid crowds.
Love you!
hi erin!!
i just wanted to tell you that i love reading your blog and hearing about your adventures in venezuela! i miss you and love you and cant wait till i get to hear all the stories and see pictures at christmas!! be safe but have fun!!!
love,
leah
The island is kind of like the mainland. It has a big modern city, little fishing villages, ports, malls, colonial towns, and lots of open space. I snorkeled and swam. The ocean is so warm. I also went on a boat ride through a mangrove forest which was really pretty. Its really hot though. Really hot.
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