Caracas

Caracas Venezuela is a overcrowded metropolis squeezed in between mountains with the ramshackle colonias full of the poor covering the hills surrounding the city. The thing I remember from my visit was the passion of the people both for and against President Chavez who has attempted to socialize the country, disenfranchising the middle class. With currency controls, a black market exists to convert dollars, and the whole economy is dysfunctional because so many things that we take for granted outside of Venezuela can not be bought there. There isn’t even a reliable postal system. Venezuela has to be experienced in person to get a sense of how repression can still exist in the modern age.

I did not have much fun in Caracas. It was way crowded, dirty, scary, and boring! We couldn’t find anything that was in the guidebook (restaurants, museums, etc.) Although the subway system there is extensive and reliable, it is also extremely overcrowded and people are very aggressive and unorganized about getting on and off. You get stuck in huge moving waves of people. Two people, one standing in front of me and one behind me, were fighting over who should move to let the other one on/off the train and they got in a fist fight with me in the middle! It was awful. It was also the most expensive place in Venezuela that we visited.

I’ve been to Caracas many times (just a few day before taking the plane to Carupano, where my relatives live) and I’ve always noticed that it’s a place very dangerous. The same thing said my relatives and my cousin, who lives there with his family.
Unfortunately in Caracas there are many chances to find a regular job so many people move there from all the little towns…

Venezuelans are my favourite people so far, I’ve never met such friendly and warm people.
When I go there (once every 2/4 years) I always find myself enjoying the most strange things such as eating not.properly.igenic food and finding it delicious (i live in italy, i always eat home made pasta and thing like that but…no way.)

Anyway I think it’s not worth visiting if you don’t have any friend in there…too dangerous :(

I was born here so far i have no complains.

I was born here…

There are many beautiful and interesting things to see in Venezuela, and I do believe there is something or someone worth visiting in every city or country; however, I can’t say that I’d really recommend visiting Caracas specifically. To be sure, I was only there for a year and that was back in 1999. Maybe things have changed since then. But, when I was there it was dangerous – nobody would stop at red lights at night for fear of carjacking. There were lots of muggings, etc. People seemed on edge and suspicious of one another.

But this is just my perspective…again from a long time ago. The Avila was beautiful and the coffee was great, El Teatro Teresa Careno interesting and outside of Caracas there were fantastic beaches and great natural beauty.

Very Nice People, but non-co-operative customs and police.

Didn’t have time to go there, but renting a car and travel to the harbor, renting a boat and hoppping from island to island is supposed to be a great treat. I will make sure to try that out next time there.

i was born here….lived here until i was ten…..and currently it´s being occupied by me!

The Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex (Complejo Cultural Teresa Carreño), or more commonly the Teresa Carreño Theater (Teatro Teresa Carreño), is one of the most important Theaters of Caracas and Venezuela, where symphonic and popular concerts imagine frequently, operas, ballet and theater. It is located near the Seat of the museums, the Caobos Park and the Athenian of Caracas,in the cultural zone of the city. It is divided in two rooms: Jose Felix Ribas and Ríos Reyna. It is constructed on a land of 22 thousand square meters. The theater was thus called in honor to the pianist Teresa Carreño.