Sundays in Ciudad Bolivar!! After a night full of biting Mosquitos I was up early and ready for our trip to a typical Venezuelan supermarket. I met a Vietnamese guy who is also from Perth and I spent most of the morning chatting with him whilst waiting for the others to get up. My Japanese friends go to bed quite late which means they are also quite late getting up in the mornings. I am really enjoying staying in a hostel again and meeting travelers with all ther...

What a Night!! I think I managed to get a few hours sleep but it was certainly interrupted with every corner I had to grab for a seat and hope to stay put. At about 1am the bus also broke down and took over an hour to fix. We also passed through a few more police checks but as I had my head down the police didn't notice I was a foreigner and walked past me. Around 3am a woman got off the bus and have me her seat before the other passengers getting on could steal ...

Off to Ciudad Bolivar: I managed to get some sleep lastnight and this morning I woke feeling a bit better - the stomach is still tender but atleast the rushing to the toilet has stopped. In the morning I walked around to the tourist agencies and tried to find some info out about flights inside Venezuela. I returned to the hostel around midday and made myself another batch of oatmeal porridge - which has been really good for easing my stomach pains. I then had to ...

Recovery Day!! I woke up still feeling a bit ill and having to rush to the bathroom. After some oatmeal for breakfast I decided to go back to sleep and on waking up the second time felt much much better. I decided I would wait another day here in Santa Elena and try get over this little stomach trouble before taking the overnight bus to Ciudad Bolivar tommorow night. The rest of the day I took it very easy and ate soothing foods like more oatmeal, papaya, bananas...

Ready for the Next Adventure!! Even though I was incredibly tired and soar lastnight I found it very difficult to sleep and spent most of the night thinking about my next move here in Venezuela. As the sun was out I put my clothes outside to dry and then started sending a few emails and uploading my photos. I had an arepa for breakfast and after eating for the last 7 days I am officially over these corn cakes - well atleast the crappy made ones. Unfortunately I s...