Friday, February 23, 2007
22 February, 2007
We got a taxi to the ferry terminal and we got on the ferry to Isla Margarita. I got sick- again- but luckily it was only 2 hours to endure. We managed to find the local bus to take us to Porlamar, the biggest town of the island, for the first couple of nights. The island wasn’t very impressive but it looked quite clean and tropical. There were lots of palm trees but it is not lush at all, it is almost arid with cacti and dense vegetation. We took a while trying to find a hotel and contemplated for quite some time until we finally decided that we need a bit of luxury and we were willing to pay a bit more so we checked into a 5 star (or was it 4 star? – the hotel themselves didn’t seem to know there star rating. Some signs say 5 star, while others say 4). We spent the afternoon relaxing at the gorgeous pool, walked along the beach that was full of seaweed and then had a drink on our balcony watching the parrots flying by. The parrots were blue and green with bright yellow chests, really amazing to watch out in the open skies. We went for a lovely dinner to a French restaurant. It was so pretty and the service was very good, besides the food being excellent. It was on the beach, beautiful warm weather and relatively inexpensive. The town itself is shabby and dirty and the buildings and cars are from the 1950’s. There is no English spoken and it is difficult to plan anything or find out information. This is really frustrating us. Even our 5 star (or 4 star) hotel can't help us with anything.
We got a taxi to the ferry terminal and we got on the ferry to Isla Margarita. I got sick- again- but luckily it was only 2 hours to endure. We managed to find the local bus to take us to Porlamar, the biggest town of the island, for the first couple of nights. The island wasn’t very impressive but it looked quite clean and tropical. There were lots of palm trees but it is not lush at all, it is almost arid with cacti and dense vegetation. We took a while trying to find a hotel and contemplated for quite some time until we finally decided that we need a bit of luxury and we were willing to pay a bit more so we checked into a 5 star (or was it 4 star? – the hotel themselves didn’t seem to know there star rating. Some signs say 5 star, while others say 4). We spent the afternoon relaxing at the gorgeous pool, walked along the beach that was full of seaweed and then had a drink on our balcony watching the parrots flying by. The parrots were blue and green with bright yellow chests, really amazing to watch out in the open skies. We went for a lovely dinner to a French restaurant. It was so pretty and the service was very good, besides the food being excellent. It was on the beach, beautiful warm weather and relatively inexpensive. The town itself is shabby and dirty and the buildings and cars are from the 1950’s. There is no English spoken and it is difficult to plan anything or find out information. This is really frustrating us. Even our 5 star (or 4 star) hotel can't help us with anything.
# posted by Heidi & Richard's travels @ 8:37 PM 
