Down the roads of Venezuela: Rush to Puerto Ayacucho
Across Llanos - Tiwy.com (July 2005)
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Puerto Ayacucho says farewell with rain.
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Crossing No.1:
Another crossing of Orinoco.
Waiting for a «chalana», as a rule, is not long – 20-30 minutes.
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Line for crossing: left bank – right bank. |
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Flat landscapes of the state Apure. |
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Crossing No.2:
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Bridges in the state Apure are evidently not enough. They are being built for years, rusty poles sticking out of the water are evidence to it. Crossing over Cinaruco. |
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Waiting for a ferry is smoothed over by local scenes, flora and fauna.
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Sticker on the bus: «If God is with me – then who is against me?» |
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The state Apure – is an agricultural state, its all life is concentrated along the river banks.
Sunday morning of an anonymous village at the river: dominoes, which enjoys equal popularity in Venezuela as baseball.
Police inspection.
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Selling corn cakes-cachapas (photo above).
Another «chalana». (photo below)
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A group of kayaking amateurs heads for Puerto Ayacucho.
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Peaceful scenes of the Venezuelan llanos.
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Llanero – Venezuelan cowboys.
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Roadside monument to Marisela – heroine of the famous Venezuelan writer Romulo Gallegos novel «Doña Barbara».
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View to the river Apure.
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Monuments in the city San Fernando de Apure, capital of the state.
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Another charge of tropical shower.
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