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There's a decent sized airport that has many daily connections from Caracas.
When in the city, taxi is the way to go, unless you speak fluent Spanish and/or know this region well. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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Before going to Venezuela I wanted to change my Colombian pesos for Venezuelan Bolivares and that you can do in an office inside the terminal (It is a better rate here than the money changers have at the border in Paraguachon).
I took a shared taxi to Maracaibo and there was only one other passenger, a woman. The taxi was 23 000 pesos or 40 Bs (August 2008). The other passenger didn’t have to get a stamp in her passport so as I went inside the immigration office on the Colombian side the driver said they were driving on to the Venezuelan side because there were a lot of cars. I was a bit worried about my luggage in the back of the car but as I came walking to the Venezuelan side the car was waiting there and it had already passed the line of cars that were waiting. After leaving the border we were stopped several times, five times I had to show my passport and other times the police only looked in through the window and said we could pass.
About halfway we stopped at a shop (for water and bathroom) and the driver was checking the engine of the car. After that we drove even slower and all other cars (and taxis) passed us. As we reached Maracaibo we went to a gas station and then we stopped along the road to wait for a taxi for the woman who was going to another part of the town. The driver thought I could take a taxi from the same spot but I wanted to go to the terminal as it is not far from the hotel where I stayed. I was dropped only one block from the hotel. The taxi drive from Maicao took more than 3,5 hours. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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The 5.4 mile long bridge is located just south of Maracaibo at the narrowest part of Lake Maracaibo at the point where it enters the Gulf of Venezuela and the Caribbean Sea. The pre-stressed concrete and steel bridge has 6 towers that support 5 spans with a cable system. At the time of it's construction in 1962, it was hailed as an engineering feat, and brought the art of pre-stressed concrete construction to Venezuela's engineers. The bridge is for vehicle traffic only. In 1964, part of the bridge collapsed after an oil tanker collided with it. There are proposals to build a second bridge, but at the time of our visit, the traffic was not all that terrible. However, in the small traffic jam on the way traveling east, I was able to get out of the car and shoot one more image of the city over the bridge railing. Leave a Comment
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Unlike other Venezuelan cities, Maracaiblo has a clean modern feel in many quarters. We drove around and were told about various buildings. There are many corporate logos familiar to North Americans, but we also came across the headquarters for CorpoZulia, the oil company in "control" of the reserves in the area. I believe though that under Chavez, CorpoZulia has been integrated into a unified Venezuelan oil company, which of course has the power center in Caracas. At the time we saw the building in Maracaibo, the Zulia flag, but not the Venezuelan flag, was found on the building. Leave a Comment
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If one spends time down at the waterfront, many freighters and oil tankers will float by. But, I also found a strange vessel dredging the lake bottom. Later, I learned that asphalt from the lake bottom is dredged and process for it's petroleum value. Leave a Comment
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The colonial part of town is so-named and provides a pleasant place to stroll and admire the quite colorful architecture of days gone by. The district is very near the shoreline of Lake Maracaibo. This is the oldest existing part of Maracaibo. Leave a Comment
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This is the most important park in the city with outdoor concerts, rides for the kids, great views of the lake, and many open trails and roads for cyclists and walkers. Leave a Comment
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 Secretaria de Cultura in
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 Church and Bolivar Square Near
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Get cheap flights to Maracaibo. Airports in the area include Maracaibo La Chinita (MAR). Check flights to Maracaibo when you want to visit these nearby places: SanFrancisco.
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