Finally...

So... now I remember. This is what travelling is like.

My mind is totally relaxed, and more than anything I just feel like the luckiest person in the world! We are able to be here, to see and experience this part of the world, to do whatever we want, all the time. Things just happen - nothing needs to be planned...

Venezuela. Hot like crazy when we arrived. People speaking Spanish really fast, everywhere. Though, we tried to look as streetsmart as possible, and indeed we managed to get from the airport, by bus and subway, into Caracas, without getting robbed or anything! Which was actually well done, at least according to what we've heard about that city - apparently it is the 4th most dangerous city in the world! Couldn´t get out of there too fast...

Now we are staying at a laidback hostel/lodge/Spanish-school at Playa Colorada, 6 hours east of Caracas. Couldn´t feel much better than this actually! We sleep in our hammocks on a large veranda with an ocean view. We´re surrounded by banana leaves and other greenery, and the beach framed with coconut trees is just 100 meters away.

People here are superfriendly and welcoming, and everything is just tranquilo and manaña all the time. A perfect first week of a very, very long vaccation...