Any casas, P4P services, strip clubs with back rooms?
[QUOTE=King of Sluts; 1167795]Ok, if you do not change bolivares at the 8. 5 to 1 rate, and rely on your debit card / credit card, Caracas will be more expensive than New York City, that is ridiculous. Inflation is running at 33 percent, chavez is destroying the country, and everybody is trying to get out, I mean everybody. You cannot wire transfer money out of the country, and need permission from CADIVI if you want to transfer money in Venezuela. You must bring dollars, NOT EUROS, because they use the dollars to re sell and or the corproations buy the dollars to pay the american companies in dollars. The best place to find a black dollar changer is at the airport. You need to develop a friendship with him, get his number, and call him to change with you all the time, because to change dollars on the street you will get killed. They will change with you, then rob you, I never did this, but be careful. You can get more than 8. 5 to 1, but I was safe, I knew my money changer for 10 years, but even he tried to screw me on the rate at first. You can get 9-10 per dollar, but I was not willing to go to the casino in Los mercdes, got to be careful in this city, the police are not going to help you.
Stay in Chacao norte, as close as possible to San ignacio, castellana, altamira, the police are all over the place and they will help you if a problem. Motorcycles with 2 guys are alll over the city and do rob people of their blackberrys / iphones / cell phones constantly, no part of the city is safe. Do not take taxis from the street, only from the malls. I never had a problem with any of the taxis. Even in La Campina they have taxi stands. If you do take taxis off the street, especially at night. 50 percent are just looking to rob. Its better to pay the extra 10 bolivares and be safe, nto worth the risk.
Chavez, he is destroying the country and does not care. It is almost impossible to rent a apartment, because the owners are too scared that people will live in the apartnment and not pay rent. Their are no laws for the eviction process, so no one wants to rent their apartment. I never saw one american the many months I was there. Two guys from London, but thats it. There are no americans, so you will stand out unless you look latino.
Caracas is only for experienced mongers with spanish, you will have to fight for your change at restaurants, the people are serious desperate for money, inlfation is high, and the people cannot afford to live and eat. Its a tough city for the locals.
I will not go back to Caracas, the girls are hot and tall, but its just not worth it, not american friendly, and in general is dangerous. They do not have short term apartments for rent, it is not very easy city to survive, you need to bring cash, too difficult for newbies. Even though I have contacts for black dollar, it would be difficult without a known contact. You cannot just go there and trust a money changer at the airport, because there are false dollars.
The alchohol and girls are good, I like Solera, the local beer in blue bottle, the girls are also sexy, but more wordly and educated than colombianas. The colombianas are just money hungry hoes, the venezolanas are cool girls who will hang out, and not just try to get your money. Venezolanas are better looking than colombianas, better class of girls, just a whole different level of girl. After dealing with Venezolanas, I would never waste my time with colombianas.
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