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Posted: Wed Jul 16th, 2008 09:05 am |
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Dippies wrote: I visited Venesuela about a month ago (June 2008) and stayed for 22 days and i was realy surprized. I'm from South Africa and are involved myself in security systems and other security issues for small to medium enterprizes. We live daily with a risk to be hijacked or even worst. house break-ins and violent crimes in your own home are realy bad. We can not barbeque in our gardens without looking over our own shoulders ( the criminal element )..........
Well the visit in Caracas was surprisingly fantastic. I've read alot about crime in Caracas and other areas in Venesuela. I realy thought that it's the wild wild west in Caracas.
Genarally i use a small camera in the main city centre and a well used watch, i got a light skin complex and surely i look like a tourist from "Europe". but i try to blend in as much as posible. I only speak English and found it difficult to order food in a arepa restaurant. but i tried. I traveled alone in Caracas, Santa Puerto, Barinas and Santa Domingo.
I met a taxi driver which was english speaking and in so many situations i used him as a translater specialy when i fly from a airport to another town. Security wise i did not felt threatend, unsecure or afraid in Caracas or any town.
Yes Venesuela do got problems but i respect each and every person staying in your country. Yes fuel are very cheap and you do know that use it and enjoy it. Politically it will improve in Venezuela, rather pray for our neibours in Zimbabwe and other parts of the world which are worse off.
thanx so much for the hospetallity and frienlyness in the areas i've visited.
 TONY
thx for the info.. and welcome too Perspectives!..
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Posted: Tue Nov 18th, 2008 02:39 am |
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New here on Perspectives but just had to respond. Venezuela is a beautiful country but can be very dangerous to tourists. The people are wonderful but like everywhere else, there are those that are looking to take what you have and maybe your life.
You are young inexperienced, and probably way too trusting. If you want a pleasant experience during your trip and don't know anyone there, you should trust no one. Your chances of finding a legitemate taxi from the airport duing the day are about 50/50. At night, forget it!!! Odds are you will end up naked on some back road with nothing but that terrified look on your face. That's the good ending. If you have ANY money, you are a potential target and your friend Chaves encourages the poor to take from the rich (you).
My advice is to locate a legitimate guide service that will pick you up at the airport and keep you safe. No kidding! The people I work with in Puerto Ordaz are very careful when they go out at night and that's a safer place than Caracus. The danger is VERY real.
My time in Venezuela has been fantastic but I never let my guard down and have had some tense moments that could have turned out badly if I wasn't constantly on guard.
May God keep you safe!
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