Caracas

[StrawBoy]

Many thanks for your report. Caracas sounds like a sex paradise and living hell.

Price is sooooooo good for sex. But three robbery in a month are too much for me with a weak heart.

As a new member, I would first like to thank everyone here for all the help and info.

I've been in Caracas now well over a month and I'm confident that all the times I've been robbed and threatened (3 times?) was my own fault. I go out after dark in streets without lights, I visit every metro station and explore the surroundings, and I barely speak Spanish: the So to sum the security up:

1. I'm a young man that likes to dress plainly so people often underestimate my wallet.

2. Robberies (in my experience) only get violent when there is resistance / panic.

As for sex, I've visited Estudio Beautiful and Estudio Bella Donna. Both of them always has at least 1 beautiful lady (lucky me?) and the prices are 3500-4000 BS. Sorry about the lackluster sex report, but I recommend clubs / social websites to meet regular girls (the real beauties that appreciate an orgasm), down here even Maduro will beg for your balls if you speak English and live in a decent hotel for 15-20 k.

[Vagabondito]

Anybody traveled to Caracas in recent months?

How are things?

As a new member, I would first like to thank everyone here for all the help and info.

I've been in Caracas now well over a month and I'm confident that all the times I've been robbed and threatened (3 times?) was my own fault. I go out after dark in streets without lights, I visit every metro station and explore the surroundings, and I barely speak Spanish: the So to sum the security up:

1. I'm a young man that likes to dress plainly so people often underestimate my wallet.

2. Robberies (in my experience) only get violent when there is resistance / panic.

As for sex, I've visited Estudio Beautiful and Estudio Bella Donna. Both of them always has at least 1 beautiful lady (lucky me?) and the prices are 3500-4000 BS. Sorry about the lackluster sex report, but I recommend clubs / social websites to meet regular girls (the real beauties that appreciate an orgasm), down here even Maduro will beg for your balls if you speak English and live in a decent hotel for 15-20 k.

[Britisher]

Anybody traveled to Caracas in recent months?

How are things?

[Uncle Volodya]

Forget body guard! If you have body guard and / or guide, it show the locals that you have money and you will get kidnapped for ransom. Stay low profil!

Or your bodyguard may even set up the kidnap / robbery as he gets to know your routine, where you keep your belongings, and how best to extort you.

A friend of mine's GF got kidnapped by the security guys form her own building! They beat her and she ended up dying from her injuries. This was in Mexico City in the early 2000's.

[Haitek]

If I decide to go to Venezuela, this will be my first time. First of all I read all of the posts. Traveling, is my life and sex is my driving force. When Looking at Venezuela I find the chicas looking great.

Shifting to another subject Venezuela looks dangerous. I'm wondering if hiring a bodyguard / guide would be in order. How much would it cost.

Forget body guard! If you have body guard and / or guide, it show the locals that you have money and you will get kidnapped for ransom. Stay low profil!

[MaraCucho]

If I decide to go to Venezuela, this will be my first time. First of all I read all of the posts. Traveling, is my life and sex is my driving force. When Looking at Venezuela I find the chicas looking great.

Shifting to another subject Venezuela looks dangerous. I'm wondering if hiring a bodyguard / guide would be in order. How much would it cost.

As a Venezuelan, I must say this: Right now is NOT a good time to come here. Nope. Tensions are at all-time high, and crap could hit the proverbial fan at any moment. Not even talking about the criminality problem anymore, the country is in very real danger of collapse. Travel at your own risk, and be prepared for the worse.

[Hotrod10]

If I decide to go to Venezuela, this will be my first time. First of all I read all of the posts. Traveling, is my life and sex is my driving force. When Looking at Venezuela I find the chicas looking great.

Shifting to another subject Venezuela looks dangerous. I'm wondering if hiring a bodyguard / guide would be in order. How much would it cost.

[MaraCucho]

Since still I did not arrived in Caracus. But m in need of following infos. Will be grateful if I have those before I arrive.

1. Does the banks in Venezuela facilitate with Internal Wire Transfer of Bolivars?

2. In case of TT how much times / days requires to be available in account?

3. Does any one be able to deposit cash money in respective account?

These are for local currency not for international currency. In every case what mandatory info about the account holder would be in need for the depositor.

Do you mean transferring Bolivares between local bank accounts?

If so, yes, all Venezuelan banks allow for such operations. If the transfer is between two accounts of the same bank, should be instantaneous. If from different banks, expect the cash to be available in 24 hours (could be a bit more or less, depending of the banks in question). Such transfers are done through e-banking systems.

Did not understand your third question, sorry.

[Mua Tur]

Since still I did not arrived in Caracus. But m in need of following infos. Will be grateful if I have those before I arrive.

1. Does the banks in Venezuela facilitate with Internal Wire Transfer of Bolivars?

2. In case of TT how much times / days requires to be available in account?

3. Does any one be able to deposit cash money in respective account?

These are for local currency not for international currency. In every case what mandatory info about the account holder would be in need for the depositor.

[MaraCucho]

but when I wanted to buy Aspirine they told me they have none that is Venezuela. To this point it took 3 hours.

Last time I've seen Aspirins in a drugstore here in Venezuela was five years ago, perhaps even more than that.

[Smily59]

Thank you Smily 59. Well appreciated your detailed post.

Can you please post a step by step description of (in case you did) - to procure a sim card and add balance in to it?

Where in CCS?

I had Venezuelan sim card but I can not find it any more.

I asked the concierge of my hotel where to buy a movistar prepaid sim, he told me to go to sambil mall (close to my hotel, but later I saw a movistar shop in the centro comercial just opposite of embassy suites). I went to sambil, take your passport with you and be prepared it takes hours. The shop is at the first floor, there is a sitting area, first register as a customer, tell them what you want, hand over the passport. They will give you a ticket and tell you to sit down until your number is shown on the screen. If it is your turn just go to the booth mentioned on the screen. They will show you a paper with the diffrent packages, I did choose 30 days with 2 Gigabyte data and bought 2 of them, because I wanted to use my old cellphone as well without changing the sim cards. Your contract does not end after 30 days, but after asking they explained me it is no problem if I stop paying, this means only that my sim will expire. Some paperwork and signatures and you have to wait again. Finally I was called to another booth got the simcards for which I payed a small amount, but this was for the cards only. To activate them I was told to go to a pharmatodo, a pharmacy in the ground floor of sambil and pay there for the packages. Yes, a pharmacy! They have a movistar terminal where you can pay cash, just follow the instructions on the screen, but when I wanted to buy Aspirine they told me they have none that is Venezuela. To this point it took 3 hours. The phone was active soon, but I could not use the data. Next day when at Characito metro station I saw a Movistar shop and asked them to fix this, what they did. My guess is, it would have been faster and easier to go to one of the small movistar shops mentioned above. But if this is true you have to find out by yourself, anyway getting a sim was one of the first things I did in CCS and I was not aware of the other shops. Hope that helps, but being a foreigner did not seem to be a problem as long as you speal spanish.

[Haitek]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXbbfr3dDEE

This happened yesterday, just outside the Maiquetia International Airport. An Egyptian traveller just had arrived from Germany, stepped outside the international terminal, was walking towards the national terminal to take another plane, and as you can see in the video a biker interecepted him and tried to rob his luggage, and in the struggle was shot dead by the thug. He wasn't doing anything needlesly risky, or going to a bad place, anything stupid, just walking between buildings because he needed to. And for that he died.

Goddamn, this is infuriating. How can I (or any other Venezuelan) keep recommending people to come here, when such bullshit happens. A tourist would believe that at least the airport would be safe but NOPE, unfortunately that isn't the case. Watching the video is madness. I mean, how can it be possible that some biker is waiting outside the airport like that, in plain sight and obvious ill-intent, and no authority had approached him. Again, this is bullshit of the worst kind.

As a Venezuelan, I feel deeply ashamed by this pointless death. We are truly getting worse and worse as a country.

Friend in Caracas tell me that the Egyptian traveler carry some cash with him, he get check by guys at customs and those guys give this information to the biker waiting outside.

[Britisher]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXbbfr3dDEE

This happened yesterday, just outside the Maiquetia International Airport.
As a Venezuelan, I feel deeply ashamed by this pointless death. We are truly getting worse and worse as a country.

Lot of people are sending me PMs asking about Venezuela and I keep telling them "No to go there" - they get kind of offended with my response. I tell them I go there for work and I am very heavily compensated to put my life at risk. But I would never go there for mongering. Plain and simple.

[MaraCucho]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXbbfr3dDEE

This happened yesterday, just outside the Maiquetia International Airport. An Egyptian traveller just had arrived from Germany, stepped outside the international terminal, was walking towards the national terminal to take another plane, and as you can see in the video a biker interecepted him and tried to rob his luggage, and in the struggle was shot dead by the thug. He wasn't doing anything needlesly risky, or going to a bad place, anything stupid, just walking between buildings because he needed to. And for that he died.

Goddamn, this is infuriating. How can I (or any other Venezuelan) keep recommending people to come here, when such bullshit happens. A tourist would believe that at least the airport would be safe but NOPE, unfortunately that isn't the case. Watching the video is madness. I mean, how can it be possible that some biker is waiting outside the airport like that, in plain sight and obvious ill-intent, and no authority had approached him. Again, this is bullshit of the worst kind.

As a Venezuelan, I feel deeply ashamed by this pointless death. We are truly getting worse and worse as a country.

[Britisher]

Thanks to all who contributed, especially Haitek and Britisher.

Smily59.

Thank you Smily 59. Well appreciated your detailed post.

Can you please post a step by step description of (in case you did) - to procure a sim card and add balance in to it?

Where in CCS?

I had Venezuelan sim card but I can not find it any more.