Approaching La Guaira, Venezuela
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Molly & her roommate Cory on the ship's deck at sunrise as we approach La Guaira, Venezuela.
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The local pilot boat pulling along side our ship as we approach La Guaira, Venezuela.
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Approaching La Guaira, Venezuela
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Molly & Amy settling down for the night in our overnight sleeper bus from Caracas to Mérida.
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Colin and Amy being led to a nearby grocery store in Mérida, Venezuela by our 4 year old tour guide, Claudia.
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Collin, Amy, and Molly with a camera shy Claudia.
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Yummy fruit. We bought a coconut from which they cut off the top and gave us a straw to drink the milk.
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Molly recording some guys playing a song for her mom.
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The front right vehicle is one of the jeeps that carry 8-11 passengers. We rode in several of these.
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Posada Patty - our room for the night in Mérida.
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Susan, Mischa, and Amy in Posada Patty, our cute little posada that we stayed in, and the one night in Venezuela that we actually got to sleep in a bed.
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4-year-old Claudia. She was much more mature than girls her age in the US.
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Riding in the jeep to go paragliding. These jeeps hold 8+ passengers in bench seats that face each other.
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The area around Mérida is very arid and desert like.
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Molly getting some instruction from her paragliding pilot, Jerard.
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Molly running for the edge of the cliff - we have lift off.
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Molly in the air.
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Molly in the air.
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Collin in action.
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God rays.
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Suiting up for my paragliding adventure.
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It takes a lot of guys to hold you down in preparation for take off. Picture taken by Susan.
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Venezuela e-mail
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