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Originally Posted by beauforty
Venezuela (or certainly Caracas) is a total and utter shithole. It is the poorest, most rundown and scariest place I've ever been. Everything and everyone are corrupt. Keep your head down, do the minimum you need to do and get out. Seriously, I was so relieved to get back on a plane home...
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It really isn't that bad, been there a lot of times and have good local knowledge to help. It's certainly not in my list of scary places and i've been to over 70 countries so far. Sure you would not go out on your own at night but then that applies to most cities around the world these days. If you want real scary look no further than Johannesburg or Sao Paulo at night!!!
Anyway 5 of the 9 days will be in Margarita staying at the Hilton so that is quite safe. In Caracas it'self there is a lot of redeveloped areas to visit at night where the more well off go and is quite safe with a local friend/guide.