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billnj
Just Boarded
Member # 498

posted 01-21-1999 06:59 PM

We're going on a cruise next week and will be stopping at La Guaira we would like to know how it is for touring and what you thought of the tours.

Posts: 6 | From: franklinville nj usa | Registered: Nov 98

MINN4
Just Boarded
Member # 293

posted 01-26-1999 05:02 PM

La Guaira is the only stop where you should take a tour - not free lance. We went to the Bavarian (German) colony on 1/6/99. It was OK - good tour guide - but long. The trip is 2 - 21/2 hours each way. Except for the fact that we didn't spend much time in the town center it was interesting. Others took the Caracas/glass factory tour and said that was OK also. None of the tours were great, but these are the best in a country where you want to take a guided tour. My real question was....why stop in Venezuela anyway???

Posts: 3 | From: N/A | Registered: Jan 99

billnj
Just Boarded
Member # 498

posted 02-09-1999 09:17 PM

Just got back from dawn princes cruise to
western carib. La Guaria was the one I asked about we went on the tour to the glass factory enjoyed the tour and the glass factory. I'd recomend it to anyone going to there on the Dawn Princes. As far as guns the milatary police carry thier issue rifles(they are not machine guns) found the people and place pleasant and interesting. like any city
you must stay out of bad areas (felt safer than in Miami )

Posts: 6 | From: franklinville nj usa | Registered: Nov 98

SHERRIE
Just Boarded
Member # 409

posted 03-23-1999 11:55 AM

Stopped in Laguira in 69,73,and 97.City has become huge and extremely unsafe. The city of Caracas is a large cosmopolitan city and quite interesting. There is museum in the center of the city which has really been developed since my first visit. I think a city tour is a great way to see the area and most of the tours stop at the glass factory where I found beautiful glassware.One word of caution,they don't ship.

Posts: 4 | From: CLINTON,CT.,USA | Registered: Mar 99

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