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Finished Galapagas Islands on the 30th November , visited loads of islands including Santa Cruz, Baltra, Rabida, Española, Floreana and Bartolome. Highlights included snorkelling with a sea turtle, playing underwater with sea lions and swimming with white tip reef sharks. Downside was the fact I was staying on a boat that was very rough at sea - thankfully unlike some of the others I wasn´t sick but for two days after I left the islands I was swaying!
Having left the Galapagas I spent one day looking for a hostel poanicking a everything was booked up due to a national holiday - then I find out I´ve already booked somewhere! The next day I head off to Cotopaxi Volcano I climb to the 4800 metre look outpoint - no I didn't climb all that way before you start was driven to 4500 and climbed 300 (this is whattouirists do as the extreme altitude means to do the whole climb in a day is impossible. Those 300 metres took myself and two others an hour and a half! It was so intense my herat was beating so fast itfelt like it was going to come out of my chest!
Anyway left Quito in the early morning the next day and headed to Venezuela which is well dodgy I have to say the airpot taxis have their own set of rules and at night you can forget exploring. I met with the first tour in Caracasand having searched for a bank that would accept my card I gave up and recided that I would have to wairt three days on basically nothing until I get to a better town! I am now in Choroni (no banks- mega bvus ride up one mountain and down the other side) . It is on the carribean coast so tomorrow I'm at the beach and will look around town too. I've also been told there is a massive beach party n three days time with this local strong drink made for fermented fruits (well strong) and i'll go to that.
Haven´t eaten probably in two days as Caracas was SOO expensive i.e. 20 dollars for a simple main dish and 8 for a small sandwich, on a budget of 20 a day I have to eat like a sparrow - already my shorts feel loose (okay slige exaggeration!)
Bye for now hope work is going well! LOL
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