The drive was not nearly as difficult as advertised.
Sure roads were not in the best shape, but the deepest potholes were only 12″
Rock Paintings on the Autopista near Valencia
Every single small town along the way (Calobozo is not along a highway) has at least 3 speed bumps. One town had 20. Astrid counted. It sucked.
A saddle shop in a small town along the road.
A lot of it was just 2 lane country roads and lots of the towns had insanely poorly designed main intersections which resulted in a massive traffic jam. Youtube video of the typical town center intersection to come. Uploading it will take a long time.
The Rocks. Formations not to be confused with Los Roques in NE Venezuela.
Every town needs a Simon Bolivar statue...
Los Llanos = Rice and Cows.
Almost there…
Embalse de Guarico - The man made lake @ Calabozo
Are we there yet?
Bienvenidos a Calabozo
After we quickly checked in, we dropped off everyone – Suegra at her house.
Suegra's House
Then we took Astrid to her parents’ house. Astrid’s mom made us a late lunch while Astrid’s sisters fawned over Lethy. Very tired and hot we went back to the hotel for showers and a quick nap. Having electricity and water (both hot and cold) was awesome. A couple hours later we went to Suegra’s house for dinner and relaxing. It quickly turned into a block party. I got to meet all the neighbors and a lot of Lethy’s childhood friends. Sadly no pictures from the party – we left the camera in the room thinking it would be a simple dinner with Leticia.