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Margarita Island Venezuela

Margarita Island Venezuela & Caracas in 2001, digital cameras were very ordinary in those days so my apologies for the poor quality of the photos. 2001 was another frantic year for travel, two trips to Thailand & around the world via Spain, Venezuela & Los Angeles.

Caracas

 I wasn’t too impressed with Caracas, after a couple of days there I headed for Margarita Island. Above is the view from my hotel of the city & the surrounding mountains.

One of the best steaks I have ever eaten.

 It was Argentinian beef & I went back another night for a repeat. I was travelling with Les Scheffer back when we were good friends, it’s now 2020 & I have been on his blacklist for the last 5 or 6 years. 🙂

I’m sorry to sat Les passed away in March 2020, RIP.

I had arranged to meet a couple of ladies 

Through an internet dating site, they were very nice & a lot of fun.

Margarita Island

 Margarita Island is part of Venezuela, & lies in the Caribbean Sea 40 kilometers north of the mainland. It’s a very popular holiday destination.

View from our hotel

 Porlamar is the favored haunt of holidaying Venezuelans and is full of glitzy shops, huge hotels and beach bars. 

We hired a car to check out the island

 Most people live, or stay, on the eastern peninsula, home to the cities of Pampatar, Porlamar and La Asuncion.

Hotel Hesperia Isla Margarita

A luxury hotel in the middle of nowhere. 🙂 Use this link for a discounted room rate.

I was lucky enough to meet Astrid.

Nice lady with a great personality.

In those days I was smoking.

It was about 2 years later in 2003 when I finally quit for good.

Two American girls

 A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do. 🙂

Margarita Island Venezuela

I shouted one of the locals a coke. 🙂

Farewell from Venezuela

Thanks for visiting my Margarita Island Venezuela photo blog.

Paradise Gone Rack and Ruin

Here is an article on Margarita Island Venezuela written on May 5th 2019.

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