This is Caracas ,Venezuela !!!

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Ok so feeling nostalgic again and so sorry could not find any more pictures! These were the times I traveled from Florida USA to the Americas, and pictures are very few if any as in those times I was into post cards collection (4K+ 76 countries). Once I stop the collection, pictures took over on popular travel forums and then explosion over to my blog.  Just for memories’s sake on Caracas, Venezuela , bringing back these memorable moments of my early travels in our world. Therefore, here is my take on this is Caracas, Venezuela !!! Hope you enjoy it as I 

The City of Santiago de León de Caracas, aka Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela. The city occupies the entirety of the Libertador Capital District municipality and part of the Miranda State, specifically the towns Baruta, Chacao, El Hatillo and Sucre, which conform to the Metropolitan District of Caracas, The City is located about 126 km from Valencia, 272 km from Barquisimeto and 514 km from Maracaibo as well as only12 km from the Caribbean Sea, I just visit clients also in Valencia and Maracaibo,

I always came by the Maiquetía – Simón Bolívar International Airport , located 21 kms from the city. This is in Maiquetía, of La Guaira State, a city near Caracas, In addition, used the metro built in 1983, not a cable car built in 1955 and renovated in 2000, and not a metrocar opened in 2009. The official is block at the moment so give you the air travel planner trip on the airport info : https://www.trip.com/flights/airport-ccs/

Let me tell you a bit on the picture and the reason that made finally do this post, The llanera harp is a typical musical instrument of the Venezuelan plains region. The harp arrived in the Americas with the colonizers. In Venezuela, abundant documentation regarding its introduction dates back to the 17C, and it remains in popular use today, being a model similar to those used since the medieval period. In Venezuela, the harp has become inextricably linked to the music and dance of the joropo. There are two types of harp in Venezuela: the llanera and the tuyera. Although both play music of the same genre, the joropo, their respective styles vary considerably in form and melody, as well as in the number and material of the strings, the shape of the soundbox, and the arrangement of the tuning pegs, which range from 30 to 37. In Venezuela, the joropo is considered the quintessential national dance, and there are three types classified by region, with significant variations in instrumentation and style: the Joropo Oriental, the Joropo Central, and the Joropo Llanero. The first records of the joropo date back to when on April 10th 1749, Venezuela declared the traditional Venezuelan joropo a National Cultural Heritage on March 15th, 2014.

Some of the things to see here with more time are the Capitolio Nacional, Casa Natal (native house of) de Bolivar, Museo de Arte Colonial, Plaza Bolívar, National Pantheon, Parque Central, Palace of Miraflores, Cathedral of Santa Ana, Basilica of Santa Chapella, Palacio de las Academias, Museo de Bellas Artes (MBA), Parque del Este and Teatro Teresa Carreño.

A bit of history tell us that the antecedents of the founding of Caracas go back to the founding of the cattle ranch of San Francisco, which in 1560 established the mestizo Francisco Fajardo Caracas per se was founded on July 25, 1567 as Santiago de León de Caracas by the Spanish explorer Diego de Losada. The City gave birth to General Francisco de Miranda (1750) as well as to Simón Bolívar (1783) in a house between the calle de San Jacinto and Calle Traposos in the city center, he was the revolutionary liberator of South America. On July 5 1811 it was proceeded to sign the Act of the Declaration of Independence of Venezuela, which generated the beginning of the war of independence of Venezuela. In 1821 Caracas became the capital of the Republic, creating Gran Colombia, which united with the current republics of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela. The Colombian Republic dissolved and departed from the Constitución de Cúcuta, so that in 1830 the city of Caracas became the federal capital of Venezuela. As an anecdote, the Franco-Danish painter Camille Pissarro, born in 1830 on the island of Saint Thomas (today US Virgin Islands), spent two years in Caracas with his friend Fritz Melbye, another Danish artist. He painted and drew there until 1854 before returning to Saint Thomas to work in the family business.

The country is ongoing an upheavel at the moment January 2025 ,and not to make my blog a political one, just wishing for the best of the Venezuelan people in democracy and freedom.

The Caracas tourist office on its heritage : https://turismocaracas.com/vacilate-caracas/

The Venezuela National tourist office see Caracas : https://venezuela.com.ve/en

There you go folks, nice memories for me and maybe for you. Share your stories on Venezuela, and be glad you remember. Maybe help me remember more of them. Caracas was a spot in our world dear to me, part of my travel history, which now glad firmly in my blog. Again, hope you enjoy this post on this is Caracas, Venezuela !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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