Greetings from Ciudad Bolivar.

21-22 March: On landing in Puerto Ordaz and discovering only $170 to $250 hotels I grabbed a bus over to nearby Ciudad Bolivar the same day and spent the second night in the $20 Hotel Colonia, a really crummy place crawling with inch long cockroaches, the best in the riverfront area according to the locals.  A few hours the next morning were spent gathering information about tours and flights to Angel Falls. Ciudad Bolivar sits on the banks of the Orinoco and is revered in this part of South America as the place from which Simon Bolivar launched his campaigns of liberation. His original house is a shrine, located not far from a plaza that bears his name and next to the city's cathedral. Before leaving I searched for alternate hotel possibilities and located the airport and bus terminals in case I later decided to explore further south with Ciudad Bolivar as a jumping off point. 

Peace

Fred L Bellomy

 

 

Ciudad Bolivar Venezuela: Plaque under the statue of Simon Bolivar in the main plaza.

Ciudad Bolivar Venezuela: View of the cathedral next to the main plaza.

Ciudad Bolivar Venezuela: Looking down the street next to the cathedral on the main plaza.

Ciudad Bolivar Venezuela: When trees decide to send roots out not even thick concrete sidewalk slabs like this will stop them. This scene is repeated all over town.

Ciudad Bolivar Venezuela: Looking down the street next to the cathedral on the main plaza.

 

 

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