dear symbols,
venezuela has good and bad places like everywhere.
ive been to caracas twice, once in 1996 and once in 2005...to visit my sister and her family.
i remember once in 1996, we all went to a restaurant on the other side of town, and had to go through a few bad neighborhoods...my brother in law was driving and it was about 11pm on the way back and he kept slowing down and running red lights...i asked him why and he said that if you are at a light in certain neighborhoods with your arm out the window, people have been known to run up and cut your hand off to get your watch or ring.
in 2005, we took the one hour plane flight north to la isla margarita (margarita island), and we took a taxi to the resort areas of the beach...after we were done, we took another taxi with a shady taxi driver this time to get back to where we were staying, and the guy dropped us all off in the ghetto by the bus station...everyone was really shady there and ALL of them were eyeing us...really looked like we were about to get robbed..luckily there were 4 cops patroling the area with rifles, and im a pretty intimidating looking person so nobody really messed with us...we just caught another taxi back to the hotel.
of the 2 times i went there, these were the only two times i felt like it wasn't safe...other than that, its a great place to visit....the people are friendly, the food is good (tequenos are delicious), and the women are hot (not that you would care about that..lol).....also, if you love sushi its a good place to go...they literally have 3 sushi spots on every block!!...i don't know why, but venezuelans love sushi....oh yeah, the graffiti is pretty dope too..when i was there CMS was holding it down....and a writer called daos..that guy was up all city.
cG