This year we made a tough decision to not go to the US for Christmas. I can't say that we are regretting it, but we do miss everyone and won't let it happen again. Either people must visit us or we will visit them.
With that said, we had a wonderful time in the city of Merida, VE at the foothills of the Andes mountains. After a 22 hour bus ride (it was only supposed to be 12 hours), we arrived at Merida. Before I get into the things we did in Merida, I need to explain why it took so long. We left Caracas around 9 p.m. and around 2:30 a.m. the bus was detoured for construction (or so we thought, later on someone said it was to rob us, but nothing happened). The bus then turned one block too early to return to the highway, but was presented with a very narrow road. On one side was a 50 foot drop to the highway (definitely the quickest way back, but not very ideal) and on the other side the side walk was dug up about 2 feet deep for new plumbing. Thankfully, the driver errored towards the plumbing. Unfortunately for us, we got stuck in the hole......7 hours later and three tow-trucks later, we were back on our way. Thanks goes out to the wonderful woman who opened up her house to us for restrooms, retreat and arepas.
Ok, back to the vacation. We ended up staying in a nice little posada outside of Merida in Tabay. We had so much fun as you can see in the slideshow on the main page. We went to the Zoo, Museums, lots of churches, hot springs, climbing in the mountains, Paragliding, and relaxing. As you can see in the photos, it was beautiful and we had a blast. One of the weirdest things was the ice cream store, Coromoto. They have made over 900 flavors!!!! Obviously, baskin-robbins has nothing on them. For about 75 cents, you get two flavors. I enjoyed Salmon ice cream with a whiskey ice cream chaser. Silvia opted for drinks only and had a Mojito and a Cuba Libre. Analee was brave at first to try Avocado and Asparagus, but that quickly faded and was trashed for pineapple and orange petal ice cream.
Paragliding was an awesome experience although it can get a little bit nauseating....trust me.
Thanks for listening and we hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday!
Love,
Davis' in Venezuela
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Happy New Year Bro and Sis and niece!! We were in San Francisco for New Years at Karla's apartment and of the dozen channels showing the count down on cable ALL were a re-broadcast of the ball drop in NYC, so don't feel band. I told them they should at least syndicate the fireworks from the Space Needle in Seattle to get a live west coast event.
PS I've talked to mom and dad since they drunk-dialed me too and they are alive and well. ...on that note, you've yet to acknowledge or return my calls to you; I hope YOU are OK!
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