Where to start… Well I suppose with a big shout out to Sara ‘Fancy’ Mansi, without whom this blog wouldn’t be possible!
We touched down in Caracas and were met by our own personal driver at the airport (classy, we know) and driven to the safety of Altamira suburb . We then had free reign over Sara’s apartment until she returned a few hours later from a trip of her own. We had some pizza and a good catch up into the night. The following day we explored Caracas from the air (well a cable car that ascends about 1200m in only 15 mins) and booked flights for Margarita Island.
The following morning we flew the 35 mins to Margarita and quickly headed for El Yaque, famed for its beach bars and windsurfing. It wasn’t long until the girls were just metres from the water on a fold out deck chair. After a brilliant dinner we retired to the pool for drunk assault course mayhem! The next few nights we were joined by some of Sara’s mates, so decided to upgrade to a beachfront penthouse apartment. As can be imagined we enjoyed more sun filled days and evenings of rum and reggae.
When we finally returned to the mainland, we enjoyed another crazy Halloween night out and about dancing away to classic rock tunes from the last 20 years. We all don’t know how we got home but it involved hotdogs and shampoo!
All in all we had a fabulous time and could recommend Venezuela to anyone that has a friend there!
