Hello from Maracay

Hi Everybody! What´s poppin´? I´m sitting in an internet place near a bus station in a town called Maracay. I got an hour of internet time and did everything that I needed to. Then I looked out the window and it´s pouring outside, so I splurged and spent the 40 cents that an extra hour will cost.

It´s interesting, if you read in guide books and talk to people about traveling in foriegn countries they suggest that you should be suspicious of everybody. It´s true that being american we are richer than your average venezuelan and being rich can be hazardous. However, I´m realizing that if you treat everybody you meet as a potential friend instead of a potential mugger things go much more smoothly. Sure, you have to be on your guard, but how about we assume that people are innocent until proven guilty.

This is a really nice country! It is amazingly varried. You can go from snow capped andes mountains, to corral reefs and palm shaded white sandy beaches, to the steaming amazon jungle, to wide flat grass lands, to sandy deserts, to giant flat topped mesas. It´s very beautiful!