In Humboldt's Footsteps

A mix of travel tips, history, music and fine food as I explore Venezuela in the footsteps of the great German scientist and adventurer Alexander von Humboldt.

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Angel Falls in National Geographic Traveller

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South America: Off the Tourist Map From a Witches’ Market in Suriname to storm chasing in Venezuela, a world of unexpected adventure aw...
Sunday, September 6, 2015

Venezuela's Mini Miracle - The Coromoto Virgin

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Venezuela celebrates a miracle in the first week of September with pilgrimages and processions in honour of Our Lady of Coromoto (Nuestra ...
Monday, September 8, 2014

Margarita Pays Homage to the Virgen del Valle

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The Basilica of the Virgen del Valle in the Valley of Espiritu Santo in Venezuela's Margarita Island is a pastel-pink chapel that hou...
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Venezuelan San Pedro Festival Recognized by UNESCO

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Venezuelan Folk Festival for San Pedro Recognized by UNESCO -- A centuries-old Venezuelan folk festival called the Parranda de San Pedro...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Whitewater Rafting in Barinas

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Whitewater Rafting in Barinas State : The Merida-based adventure tour company Arassari Trek took me on a bumpy, adrenaline-pumping ride do...
Saturday, November 16, 2013

Paragliding in Merida, in the Venezuelan Andes

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Author of the Bradt Guide to Venezuela Takes to the Air in Merida On October 26, while taking part in the Venezuelan International Touri...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Animal Planet: Giant Anacondas in Venezuela

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Local Venezuelan guide Juan Carlos Ramirez of Akanan Adventure and Travel recently took scientist-explorer Niall McCann on a hunt for gian...
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Russell Maddicks
After 12 years of adventuring in Venezuela I came back to try my luck in the UK. Although I try to visit Venezuela as often as I can it does tug at my heart strings some nights that I am too far from Choroni to hear the tambores on the malecon. Fortunately my job as a journalist in England allows me to follow Venezuelan and Latin American developments and keep my Spanish up to scratch. The UK is also a good place to do research and meet other like-minded Latin-America-philes for proper rum and salsa sessions.
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