Mochima national park (20-24/Aug/06)
Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela
Mochima is a national park consisting mainly of beaches and islands. No trekking here. After a night in hammocks (hotel full - this is the first time in our lives we'd actually slept in hammocks and found them really comfortable) we hit the Santa Fe beach, which is quite nice. The next day we did a little tour by boat and snorkelled around some amazing corals. The day after that, after going into town to the bank (it's surprisingly hard dealing with banks here - the cash machine limit is stupidly low) we went to another beach of red sand, also quite nice. Had a bit of a tropical storm but that doesn't dampen things as the temperature stays really hot. In fact it's great to go in for a swim and come out to a natural freshwater shower.
The last day there was supposed to be the best snorkelling expedition in the area, but either the boat didn't take us to the right place, or the guide was exaggerating again. Anyways, we saw the more far away islands of the Mochima national park but found them to be pretty dirty. Like in Merida the park authorities didn't seem to be doing their job. Next day we left for Ciudad Bolivar, which took all day.
posted by Joshua Hewitt @ 9:24 PM
4 comments
4 Comments:
Sposh, I've finally found your blog after months of hunting! Glad to hear you're both still alive!
However...
I really think it's about time you moved on from the guidebook style and experiment with another genre, perhaps spy novels or action-adventure. I'm sure "Mochima is a national park consisting mainly of beaches and islands." but I'm more interested in whether you've been mugged, how drunk you've got, what drugs you've experimented with and whether you've fought any bears.
Please sort it out.
Gatt.
Hi you both!
Your Brazilian friend in Madrid is trying to reach you to pass some contacts in Manaus...Cheers,
R.A.
Snorkeling is so fun.
I read in the FT that Venezuela has capital controls and pegs its currency and that there is a black market in which the peso trades at half its value in dollars. Maybe that explains the bank machines?
Cheerio
Gus
Gus: nope, the bank machines only let you take out Bolivares, so no cunning black market opportunities. The only explanation I can find is that they are a bit crap.
Gat: our parents read this, so we can't mention all the cocaine-fuelled orgies nor my new piercing on my left bollock. We did mention Esther's entire backpack theft in Bolivia. No bears though, but we saw an anteater about a mile away.
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