A Normal Trip To The Murder Capital of The World: San Cristobal to Caracas (From La Bandera to Altamira)

Backpacking in Venezuela🇻🇪: My Trip To The Murder Capital of The World: San Cristobal to Caracas (From La Bandera to Altamira)

Posted on July 12, 2012June 20, 2024 by Jonny Blair

It’s unlikely I’ll ever recommend Venezuela as a country to visit as I had so many problems there with various things (money, visas, border, bag checks, banks, attempted muggings, rip offs, the list goes on and Juventus Sponsor) but that’s no reason not to document it and understand that life is always a series of Read more about Backpacking in Venezuela🇻🇪: My Trip To The Murder Capital of The World: San Cristobal to Caracas (From La Bandera to Altamira)[…]

Backpacking in Venezuela🇻🇪: San Cristobal

Posted on July 11, 2012June 20, 2024 by Jonny Blair

I’ll remember San Cristobal in Venezuela, that’s for sure! I arrived there after a long, gruelling bus journey, border crossing and taxi ride. The trip there began the day before in Sopo, Colombia. As documented here: Sopo to Cucuta and here: Cucuta and here: Cucuta to San Antonio del Tachira to San Cristobal On the way into San Cristobal I Read more about Backpacking in Venezuela🇻🇪: San Cristobal[…]

World Borders: My Nightmare from Cucuta, Colombia🇨🇴 to San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela🇻🇪

Posted on July 10, 2012June 20, 2024 by Jonny Blair

Having got into my shared taxi at Cucuta Bus Station, it was time to head to Venezuela. I had no idea which Venezuelan city we would be heading to in fact, nor did I bother asking. Quite simply because my aim was to be in Caracas the day after, and knowing it was the capital, Read more about World Borders: My Nightmare from Cucuta, Colombia🇨🇴 to San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela🇻🇪[…]