Hey everybody, we are in our second day in Caracas, Venezuela. I according to the time difference, it should be about 6:30. Anyway, I was able to post anything yesterday because of internet connections. Today was our first official day in Caracas, we didn't do much because we got a late start, but the only thing we did do was take a tour of the city and got a lesson on Venezuela's brief history all in a mural, and caught up with some old friends, and took a small tour of native's town. We got to see the house in which Simon Bolivar was born in. Simon Bolivar is in equivilent to George Washington, but better. We drove by the presidential palace called Mira Flores. We weren't allowed to get photos because of high security, but I did get some footage of it on video. The one thing that has really stood to me was the amount of graffiti and the advertisements. The downtown area of Caracas is almost not too much different from America. The graffiti here is allowed regardless of whether it's on private property or public. The only thing the police will question is whether the graffiti is political or art work because I guess they don't really allow political graffiti in certain areas. The one thing that sucks is that every time we come to Venezuela, it's during holy week, which means just about every thing's closed. Tomorrow we will be leaving at about 6:30-7:00 for a 6hr bus ride to a city called Sanare, which is in a different state. Our entire week is jam packed, and while in Sanare, we are susposed to be volunteering at some adult schools. So it is going to be 10:00, and I will keep you updated as soon as possible.
Ciao!
Keep you questions coming, and I'll try and answer them to the best of my abilities.
by Stefani
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