Todays black market rate is 23. 24 per dollar.
I will be in Caracas tonight too. Lot of action and hot latinas!
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Todays black market rate is 23. 24 per dollar.
I will be in Caracas tonight too. Lot of action and hot latinas!
[QUOTE=Andy S; 1409366]Todays black market rate is 23. 24 per dollar.
I will be in Caracas tonight too. Lot of action and hot latinas![/QUOTE]Yes, but you won't get 23. That's jut the "official" unofficial rate.
I'm in Barquisimeto right now, going back to Maracay for the weekend.
Not sure though how the action will be due to the elections this Sunday.
There will also be an alcohol sales ban starting from Friday evening until Monday.
:sucks
To check the live black market official rate:
[url]http://lechugaverde.co.ve/[/url]
Guys,
How is the current Situation in Venezuela, now when Chavez is gone?
Is it still too dangerous as a white guy to travel around there?
In my oppinion Venezuela has the most beautiful women in all South America, even better than Colombia.
But Iam not sure if its worth to risk his life, do you think there will be positive changes regarding tourism tolerance in the next years?
Would be a shame to avoid this gem.
[QUOTE=Alpha Alemáand; 1438014]Guys,
How is the current Situation in Venezuela, now when Chavez is gone?
Is it still too dangerous as a white guy to travel around there?
In my oppinion Venezuela has the most beautiful women in all South America, even better than Colombia.
But Iam not sure if its worth to risk his life, do you think there will be positive changes regarding tourism tolerance in the next years?
Would be a shame to avoid this gem.[/QUOTE]I'm curious about the same thing but for a brown guy.
The original question was posted in June and recieved no replies so I'm assuming there aren't to many forum people on the ground right now.
Alpha Aleman,
Sir, I agree with you Venezuelan are one of the most beautiful women in the world, they conquire all kinds of beauty pageants.
Similar culture etc, but Venezuela must be extremely dangerous, or considered to be with hardly no one going there for having fun with in the country that claims to have the most beautiful girls in the world.
Or is it the fake-currency? Current political chaos?
Venezuela have won most Miss World titles but no one goes to this country which also is said to have a splendid nature?
What is wrong there?
I fucking love Venezuelan women but am loathe to visit. There was another report of an airline crew robbed in the middle of dinner in a Caracas restaurant. The whole crew! But can't find the link.
[url]https://www.osac.gov/Pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=13038[/url]
Excerpt from above web site:
The road between the Simóand Bolivar International Airport and Caracas is a notoriously dangerous road. Visitors traveling this route at night have been kidnapped and held captive for ransom in roadside huts that line the highway. Because of the frequency of robberies at gunpoint, travelers are encouraged to arrive to and depart from the airport only during daylight hours. If not possible, travelers should use extra care both in and outside the airport at night.
In October 2011, an Avianca Airlines flight crew was en route to the airport from the Marriott Playa Grande Hotel at approximately 5:30 a. M. As the shuttle was approaching the international terminal, three armed individuals boarded and demanded that the driver keep driving and circle the airport. The crew was robbed of jewelry, money, and electronic devices. Afterwards, they demanded that the driver let them off at a pedestrian bridge and escaped to the nearby neighborhood called Barrio Aeropuerto.
[QUOTE=BlancoVikingo; 1479044]Similar culture etc, but Venezuela must be extremely dangerous, or considered to be with hardly no one going there for having fun with in the country that claims to have the most beautiful girls in the world.
Or is it the fake-currency? Current political chaos?
Venezuela have won most Miss World titles but no one goes to this country which also is said to have a splendid nature?
What is wrong there?[/QUOTE]
I would like to visit Caracas. I just started checking flight cost and to my surprise a flight from Chicago cost almost $5500 on United. Anybody give me some direction as to how I can find something more economical?
Check flights from Chicago to Miami and then to Caracas. I found around $1400, still too expensive (to Thailand is around $1200, just to compare). I'd love to go to Caracas also, the girls are so cheap now. But again too dangerous!
Razor.
[QUOTE=Climaxnow;1481691]I would like to visit Caracas. I just started checking flight cost and to my surprise a flight from Chicago cost almost $5500 on United. Anybody give me some direction as to how I can find something more economical?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Climaxnow;1481691]I would like to visit Caracas. I just started checking flight cost and to my surprise a flight from Chicago cost almost $5500 on United. Anybody give me some direction as to how I can find something more economical?[/QUOTE]Why would you want to visit Caracas, especially at this time?, as it makes no sense at all because of the safety issues, and yes the Venezuelans I met the end of August in St. Maartens told me the same thing.
[QUOTE=Ricardo Torres;1481711]Why would you want to visit Caracas, especially at this time?, as it makes no sense at all because of the safety issues, and yes the Venezuelans I met the end of August in St. Maartens told me the same thing.[/QUOTE]I have relatives there. I don't think I would face the same issues as other lone unconnected travelers. But yeah, the violence thing does strike a bit of fear in me.
[QUOTE=Alpha Alemáand; 1438014]Guys,
How is the current Situation in Venezuela, now when Chavez is gone?
Is it still too dangerous as a white guy to travel around there?
In my oppinion Venezuela has the most beautiful women in all South America, even better than Colombia.
But Iam not sure if its worth to risk his life, do you think there will be positive changes regarding tourism tolerance in the next years?
Would be a shame to avoid this gem.[/QUOTE]Let's see whats the impact of his passing. I think even Chavez is gone Chavismo is still there, and we don't know exactly how his successor Maduro will do in his government.
I checked on [url]www.kayak.com.[/url]
Prices in January are in the $800s.
[QUOTE=Ricardo Torres;1481729]Sent you a personal message regarding a possible more economical way to get to Caracas from Chicago.[/QUOTE]
10/12/2013
[quote]the president of venezuela is starting to get scary
business insiderby linette lopez | business insider
since the passing of its charismatic leader, hugo chavez, venezuela has stayed out of most usa headlines. that should change, as the policies of president nicolas maduro have started to raise some serious red flags.
in april, maduro beat his opponent in venezuela's presidential election, henrique capriles radonski, with the lowest margin of support in years.
his predecessor, chavez, had not only been the leader of venezuela, but also a leader of the latin american left. chavez symbolized an ideology that believed in the rigor and potential of a region united to find alternatives to a usa dominated, unipolar world.
maduro lacks that spark.
and he also faces the highest inflation rate in the world (at 49. 4% in september). to combat this rate, the former bus driver turned statesman has asked venezuela's legislators to grant him sweeping powers.
from bloomberg:
the decree would enable maduro to either deepen state control of the economy or loosen foreign exchange controls to stimulate production, said asdrubal oliveros, director of caracas-based research group ecoanalitica.
the governing coalition of late president hugo chavez is one vote short of the three-fifths majority required by the constitution to pass the so-called enabling law used for special presidential powers. assembly president diosdado cabello said after maduro's speech that he's confident the law will be approved.
opposition leader henrique capriles radonski, who won 49 percent of the vote in april's presidential election, warned the government against pushing through the bill without a three-fifths majority.
'the government would have to come in with tanks and rifles if they want to apply this enabling law, ' he said in his weekly address broadcast on the internet.
maduro presented this as a decree against corruption.
now, to put this is context, chavez himself ruled through these powers for over four years of his presidency, but as nomura put it in a note earlier this month,"post election tensions continue to run high, casting doubt over nicolas maduro's ability to grasp firmly over the reins of power."
in other words, maduro does not have the legitimacy that chavez had. he does not, as capriles radonski suggested, have the authority to push these sweeping powers through without a three-fifths majority.
as such, nomura has placed venezuela on a list of 10 countries to watch for unrest, along with china, india, argentina, south africa, russia, and more.
maduro seems to know this. argentine news service clarin reported yesterday that maduro advocated jail time for journalists who reported shortages of natural gas back in 2001. shortages of electricity and toilet paper (among other items) have become common in the country.
these are the actions of an administration that cannot suffer even the slightest suggestion of descent.[/quote]