Los Caracas Beach,
Venezuela ... Sept. 2006
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We
joined the 'Caracas Hash' social group on a trip to the beach on Saturday,
September 9th
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any picture to get an enlargement)
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On Saturday
morning most of the beach-goers met at the Rincon to arrange rides.
The main
route taken, which turned out to be quite time consuming, was to the airport
and then along the coast. Those with tougher vehicles opted for the
shorter Galipan route. |
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The drive from Caracas
doesn't begin that nice, as you can see the poorness of the outer city areas.
As you progress to the
ocean and get past the little towns, the coastline turned very nice. |
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The beach at Los
Caracas is one of the most well-kept-up beaches we have found in Venezuela.
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Our beach 'base camp'
consisted of rented huts & chairs, as well as the tents & umbrellas
that people brought.
The temperature was
getting hot and the refreshing drinks flowed freely. |
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The real reason for
making the 2-3 hour trip to this area was to take advantage of the ocean.
Unfortunately we had to travel that far from Caracas to ensure the water was
clean enough to swim in!
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beach atmosphere was comfortable, with plenty of vendors and beach bathing
beauties ... ? |
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adults chatted and took periodic dips in the ocean, while the kids 'lived' in the water. |
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kids were commanded to did a hole to China... which would help Chavez send the
oil there. Unfortunately
the hole got filled with a Norwegian troll... which had to be covered up &
tortured! |
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The
group slowly gathers nicely for a photo opportunity.
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is time to start the walk ... a short path along the beach was chosen because
it was so hot. |
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chosen path went down the beach, then across a river, and up a cliff. |
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were nice views waiting for us at the
crest. The
path then led down to another beach ... nice! |
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At
the end of this beach, we stopped and went fora swim ... while we enjoyed
the ice cold beer that was packed with us.
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After
the break, we headed back up the hill and could look back to see where we
had
been.
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returned to our beach camp and joined
the kids in the ocean. |
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the swim, the group gathered together for the 'Down-Down' circle.
People got 'punished' for making mistakes along the walk and the event
planner was thanked. Afterwards, everyone relaxed for a bit longer and then began the task
of cleaning up and heading
back to the cars. |
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Thanks to the Caracas Hash group for another successful trip to the beach.
Yes, we
have to leave the beach and, of course, we are
not looking forward the the drive back to Caracas :( |
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