Venezuela is as much a Caribbean country as it is a South American one. Parts of its shoreline could easily be mistaken for that of some paradisiacal Caribbean island, and at night the discos in Caracas come alive with rhythms from all over the Caribbean. If you looked under the earth, you might easily mistake Venezuela for an oil-rich Arabian country. The oil reserves are so vast, in fact, that from time to time engineers and surveyors drill in the wrong place by mistake, miles away from where they think they should be, only to end up finding oil anyway.

The Authors

Getting Started

Itineraries

Snapshot

History

The Culture

Environment

Food & Dirnk

Caracas

The Central North

The Northwest

The Andes

Los Llanos

The Northeast

Guayana

Directory

Transporation

Health

Language

Glossary

Behing the Scenes

Index

Wold Time Zones

Map Legend