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…