by Calvin Sun | Apr 16, 2015 | April 2015: Extreme South America, Venezuela
After 3 long days in the jungle, we recover for a few hours in the sleepy city of Ciudad Bolivar. Beginning with a 4am bus to Caracas airport, we now head onwards to a layover in Curacao, and then to Georgetown, Guyana. - At time of posting in Ciudad...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 16, 2015 | April 2015: Extreme South America, Camping, Crisis, How Did You Do That?, How's the weather?, Venezuela, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come
If it’s not already playing, press play. And then start reading. Only after… 1. A 3 hour overnight bus from MAASU in Madison, WI to Chicago, IL 2. A 5 hour international flight from Chicago, IL to Oranjestad, Aruba 3. A 40 minute flight from...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 16, 2015 | April 2015: Extreme South America, Venezuela
We landed in Caracas where, thanks to mutual friends, we got ushered to the front of the line and had our passport stamps processed for us fairly quickly in the Diplomats section. We then took a car into the city where we hung out for a few hours...
by Calvin Sun | Mar 20, 2015 | Getting that VISA, Venezuela
A recent game of Venezuelan political football just caused the visa requirements to change on March 5th, 2015. So what used to be a simple visa on arrival has now become a massive due-diligence paper trail operation that...
