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.

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Sunday, May 27, 2012

British climbers scale Venezuela's Autana Tepuy

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By Russell Maddicks A British expedition led by UK climber Leo Houlding has made the first successful ascent of the east face of Venezuel...

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Venezuelan actor brings "Carlos" movie to UK

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Venezuelan actor Edgar Ramirez seems all set for international superstardom. After playing a CIA hitmen hunting down Matt Damon in "Th...

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Mutant hermaphrodite mega-piranha movie set in Venezuela

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You couldn't make this stuff up... Venezuelan mutant hermaphrodite mega-piranha trying to take over the world?!!?! Did they even sho...

Thursday, April 29, 2010

The Aspern Papers - New movie filmed in Choroni

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Henry James in Choroni? Why not. That's what the makers of a new movie have done, transplanting the US author's literary novella ...

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Pixar's "Up" takes video gamers to Venezuela

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As cinemas across the USA prepare to show Pixar-Disney's new 3D adventure movie UP - set in and around Angel Falls and the majestic tep...

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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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