Wednesday, February 21, 2007
17 February, 07
We woke up early with all the noise from the passing buses and the people arriving in droves for the Carnival weekend. We met our friends for breakfast and then said our goodbyes. We caught a comfortable taxi ride to good old Maracay again and from there we stood in line for the bus to San Juan de Los Morros. We phoned our friend Hardy from the station to tell him we were leaving so that he knew what time to fetch us. Hardy and Odalis invited us for the weekend to their home and we accepted their offer because we were told that it would be really difficult to find accommodation anywhere in Venezuela over Carnival and also we wanted to experience the local Venezuelan experience. We arrived on the bus at the point where Hardy had written on a piece of paper for us to show the bus driver and he was there waiting as promised. We got in his car/van and it was gorgeous. He has traveled through South America with his car and he has had it for 15 years. He loves his car and it is really great. We drove on a dirt road and we reached his house in the middle of nowhere. It is a real artists house and really funky. I loved it and we relaxed on the patio eating fruit and drinking tea. We had a delicious dinner and we lay in the hammock next to the fireplace (outside) chatting. We are here in the middle of the mountains and in thick jungle with nobody around. It is really incredible and they are lovely, warm, crazy people.
We woke up early with all the noise from the passing buses and the people arriving in droves for the Carnival weekend. We met our friends for breakfast and then said our goodbyes. We caught a comfortable taxi ride to good old Maracay again and from there we stood in line for the bus to San Juan de Los Morros. We phoned our friend Hardy from the station to tell him we were leaving so that he knew what time to fetch us. Hardy and Odalis invited us for the weekend to their home and we accepted their offer because we were told that it would be really difficult to find accommodation anywhere in Venezuela over Carnival and also we wanted to experience the local Venezuelan experience. We arrived on the bus at the point where Hardy had written on a piece of paper for us to show the bus driver and he was there waiting as promised. We got in his car/van and it was gorgeous. He has traveled through South America with his car and he has had it for 15 years. He loves his car and it is really great. We drove on a dirt road and we reached his house in the middle of nowhere. It is a real artists house and really funky. I loved it and we relaxed on the patio eating fruit and drinking tea. We had a delicious dinner and we lay in the hammock next to the fireplace (outside) chatting. We are here in the middle of the mountains and in thick jungle with nobody around. It is really incredible and they are lovely, warm, crazy people.
# posted by Heidi & Richard's travels @ 7:39 PM 
