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How is it to live in Venezuela, part 1/ Electricity
Lately, I have been receiving a lot of messages from people who would like to live in Venezuela, of course it sounds like paradise, beautiful apartments with sea views for $15,000 and even houses from $3000, of course not in great condition and not in great neighborhoods, nice apartments in the city can be found for $20,000. Beautiful weather, always warm but not too hot, sun every day.
But is it really a paradise?
Electricity
Power cuts are common in Venezuela but it all depends on where you live and what time of the year, in Caracas it's rare to have power cuts and in Valencia you got them more when it's raining. The main concern for most travelers, expats or digital nomads will be the internet, but you can use a ups (backup battery) to connect your router and if you rent an apartment look for one that got a ups and got 100% generator and if not at some places with 50 % generator (only common areas and elevator) you can get electricity from the hallway with an extension cable. Before you book a place, inform your self about this. Also be careful, electrical equipment are quickly damaged, when the electricity comes back, we often get a power surge that damages water pumps, refrigerators, air conditioners, TVs, it is best to use a surge protector for each device, which only provides electricity when the electricity is stable. And unplug your devices during power cuts or when you are not there.
Many foreigners then ask why this happens, but the locals no longer ask questions about it and simply say that it is an American iguana that has bitten through the cable because the government will of course always blame the Americans. But the real reason is probably the years of poor maintenance and many skilled people who have left the country.
Of course, a lot of electricity is used, it is cheap, so people are not very energy conscious and of course the air conditioners also use a lot.
Don't make this crucial mistake if you come to Venezuela
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Los Roques independent or with a packdeal, final conclusion . Part 4
So if you do the math, we paid 240$ for the flight pp, 75 pp let says we stay 2 nights like most package deals, 2 trips to the closest island 25 pp, food for lunch because this was half board and most package deals are full board, some empanadas and water, $6 pp , is $458 for that price you can find package deals, the The only advantage of just getting the flight is that you can look there and take the posada that you want and if you are a better negotiator than us you can maybe get it cheaper. Or off course if you find one for $30 a night without food, and eat hamburgers and empanada all the time , you can get it cheaper, but still 240 +60(2nights) + 50 (visit close by islands) + empanadas and burger and water $20 a day, is still between 400 and $420 so not that much cheaper.
Cheapest way would be with the ferry and $30 posada, 120+90(3 night)+50(boat tips)+ 60 (food)= 320$
So for 100$ we recommend to best go out and enjoy Los Roques to the fullest because it is truly a once in a lifetime experience.
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You will probably think that Venezuela is gone to be cheap to travel or live if some Venezuelans only make like $150 a month or less but that is not so, Venezuela is expensive. To give you an idea, i will give you some examples.
Food : Breakfast is gone to cost you between 2 and $5 depending on how much and the quality, empanadas go from $1 (small, not crunchy and with not a lot of filling) to 3 dollar for a big, crunchy one. From small ones you will probably eat two or three so it comes to the same amount. A juice will cost you 50 cent or $1 and sometimes you will find combos.
At the bakery, you will also pay around $2 for some pastry with ham and cheese.
Lunch you can find for 3 or 4 $ at places where a lot of people work, those lunches (almuerzo) are like what Venezuelans eat at home so healthy food, meat with 2 or 3 side dishes. Arepas you can also find for around $3 and then a soft drink for 1$.
But those places are not everywhere you will have to ask for them and look for them, if you don't find them you will end up in a food court (feria de comida) or a hunger street (calle d hambre), a street full of restaurants, most of the time fast food, burgers, shawarma, sushi, grill, pizza,.. here you gone easily spend between 6 and 10 dollar. These are also the place that you are gone to find open for diner. There will always be some promotions like 2 shawarmas for $5. So per day you should count on between 15 dollar and 20 dollar a day.
If you are gone to eat in a nice restaurant with some nice local dishes then you can pay between 10 and $15 for a dish or more, a fried fish at the beach for two is most of the time gone to be 15 or 20 dollar, depending on where, mainland or islands.
So you would think then i make my own food but i think if you are alone or with 2 that is not gone to be cheaper, food in supermarkets is more expensive than in Europe. To compare yourself here some price at this moment. 4 french breads $3, white sliced bread $4,4, 200 gr yellow ch
Travelling to Los Roques independent or with a package deal, what s the best option ? part 3
Most people stay two nights three days and that is enough, we did three nights 4 days, and stayed the first day on Gran Roque, the longer you stay the more you spend on accommodation and tours. But two nights is ok, first day you can do Francisky, second day cayo de Agua and third day before leaving Madrisky.
So for the boat trips you better book them on your own and go to the kiosk close to the airport and pier , when you walk from the airport along the beach you will see the kiosk where they sell the tickets and rent snorkels (15$), when they tell you the price you ask for discount and they can give you 10 % if you book with them.
They will always give you two chairs and a beach umbrella. Some boats got more comfortable chairs than others. A cool box you should bring yourself you can ask for one at your posada or if you just got like us two bottles of water then you ask other people on the boat if you can put your bottle in their cooler, then you save 5 $ on a bag of ice and they got the cooler anyway included in their package.
The trip to Cayo de agua, the famous sandbank between two islands and afterward a visit to the turtle conservation program at Dos Mosquises and at the end go looking for starfish cost 80 $ pp or $72 with the discount. Second day we did what they call a mini tour, where they visit three cayos, Noronqui where you can see turtles during snorkeling, Crasqui which was by far our favorite and had some amazing snorkeling as well at the back of the island (bonus point you can ask who the owner is of the lavish house on the island) and then again going for starfish, this cost $60 pp or 54$ with the discount and francisqui and Madriski cost 25 and 20$ pp respectively.
final math coming in next post .
