Visiting Venezuela (it’s nothing like what they say)
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- Should you visit Venezuela? In January 2024 I went to the South American country despite all the travel warnings saying I shouldn't. What I found was so different from what I'd heard. And I managed to fly a 45 year old 737-200 at the same time. Here's a look at what I found around Caracas and Barcelona, Venezuela; including some travel tips for what to do in Caracas.
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Thank you for visiting my country and showing how great it is. I hope you keep visiting and getting to discover new places!
Thanks, I can't wait to return!
So glad you've come Gabe... welcome.. !!!
Thank you!
There's no doubt that Venezuela is a beautiful country. There's no doubt that life in Caracas has changed in the past couple of years. What's still uncertain is what would happen if an American citizen found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. Tourists from other nations would likely have no problem because their nation likely has an embassy in Venezuela. The USA does not.
Yes a fair point, mitigated by the fact that an American citizen would likely not be allowed in. However I have heard about some sneaking in and that is a very bad idea. As long as you’re there legally as a tourist I don’t think it’s in the governments interest to mess with you. Just my take, I admit I could be wrong there!
An American white guy find himself in the wrong place at the wrong time in Texas, he will be in trouble (anywhere in the world). However, if you find yourself in any place of Latin America, use your common sense, that will help you avoid unnecessary risk.
This is the experience from the POV of a tourist that has access to good standards of living in their own countries.
Those of us that lived and have relatives living in the country, the typical Venezuelan, have a widely different experience. Not exactly a pleasant trip to the Avila eating nice food and going around without a care in the world. More like days without electricity, poor water quality, inaccessible medication, no opportunities for the young, and dangerous criminals.
Mr. Leigh also showed beautiful puppies at the end of the video. In Venezuela, street dogs are the typical, and one can usually see starving dogs walking around the streets begging for food.
I'm happy some people can still enjoy Venezuela. But is a shame that Venezuelans are not among them.
Of course it is, and I state as much. This is a limited look at a particular experience of Venezuela. The point being that most potential visitors still think they will be walking into hell on earth, and that’s not the case at all.
Super interesting video - thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m sorry you are getting negative comments from small minded people. They probably are the kind of people that have never left their hometown to travel. Venezuela is like every country. It has poor areas, nice areas, dangerous and safe areas. How naive to not realize every part of the world is like that. Thank you for sharing this video! It seems like you had a lovely time! Sending blessings to you.
A fellow Venezuelan ❤️
Thank you! I think a lot of people see "Venezuela" and feel the need to bring out ideologies and political agendas. It's the internet so, it's to be expected jeje.
Just keep your communism away from us please
Another great video, thank you.
Thanks a lot!
Such a beautiful country. Thank you for showing.
Thanks for watching!
So far all the venezuelan people ive met that came to the US are pretty cool
Venezuelans are some of the friendliest and most fun and generous people I've ever met. You can't generalize entire populations but this is remarkably consistent.
I was lucky to live in Caracas in the 1970’s before all the changes took place. Beautiful country. Many good memories of my teen years.
Oh wow must have been so interesting to know it then!
lucky to live in a third world dump .... really ?
Before the US imposed economic sanctions on Venezuela?
Hace dos generaciones Venezuela era el país más rico de América del Sur.
@@diegoflores9237: Un problema importante para las economías de las Américas es que dependen desproporcionadamente de la economía estadounidense y del USD - esto se debe en gran medida a su geografía.
Next trip you should definitely visit Los Roques & Merida …you just gonna fall in love with the country even more 🇻🇪
Definitely!
Hello From Vancouver Canada---Nice country and video
Hey, thanks!
Awesome video as always and Venezuela looks great 😍
Thank you! 😃
I am wondering how did you fly to Venezuelan? What route did you take?
Flew via Istanbul with Turkish Airlines. I published a video about the flight over to Caracas a few weeks ago here, and today I'll be releasing the video from the return flight!
I think before 10 years the condition for living was much harder but now wow I am really impressed.😮😮😮
Bravo!
I don't trust anymore to USA 🇺🇸 news or comments about don't travel to Venezuela 🇻🇪 😊
There's been a lot of change just in the past few years I think. I guess the outside world can be slow to catch up!
haha none of these countries are honest, they always make up rumors to ruin other’s reputations. seems like they’re not aware about the fact that we’re all humans and we live in the same planet. for the sake of the planet’s living, fighting will only make it worse but seems like they’re so focused on their benefits or be the super potency of nowadays. after all, do we seriously expect humanity to change? that’s like waiting for a billions of dollars to come to your house out of nothing.
Hey man, I'm trying to go there in August. But it says i need a visa but there's no where i can seem to find one to apply for. Any ideas for me ?
You should contact the nearest Venezuelan embassy or consulate. Info online is really vague and often wrong. What passport do you hold?
Gracias por tan lindo video
Gracias a ti!
Hello, Venezuelan here, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for being positive, but for everyone wanting to travel, please PLEASE be careful. Again thank you
Thanks!
The situation is still bad there?
Hace dos generaciones Venezuela era el país más rico de América del Sur.
Todo está extremadamente tranquilo
Nicely done. I go to Colombia a lot and was thinking of venturing into Venezuela later this year...providing I can solve the visa puzzle.
Thanks! Good luck with the visa...
I love the video - I'm definitely going to Venezuela soon
Thanks!
If you decide to visit Margarita or need any help, let us know. I hope you emjoy your stay in Venezuela. Saludos.
Good don't go running to the u.s. government to bail you out when something happens
why ? the place is horrible .... it's not what they say .... NOT NEARLY ! the place looks super third world (and I went in 1990 pre-chavez.... and it was already a disaster)
Is there any kind of agency that takes people to Galipan?
There must be, though I don’t have any specific intel
Venezuela is next for me, I meet countless people in Colombia from Venezuela. I live in Baltimore, now that's dangerous..
Haha right!
actualmente es más peligroso viajar a Colombia, Brasil o méxico, que viajar a Venezuela....Actualmente es muy segura y tranquila para vivir...así que bienvenido cuando guste
How was your trip in HK?
Great trip. Will post a video about it soon!
Bienvenido a Venezuela 🇻🇪 🎉🎉🎉, Excelente video 🎉🎉🎉
Gracias!
The best of Venezuela, is its people!.
Very true!
Has anyone here had good experience with the family passerby visa?
Thank you for visiting my country!!!!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Is it still like this in 2024? Is the situation better? It’s getting better no?
This was shot in 2024.
👍Awesome Video
Glad you enjoyed it
❤ hermosa Venezuela
6:49 Traveling around the world looking at all of these amazing views everywh- Ooh Puppies 🐶 😂
😁
Underrated beautiful Venezuela
Spent 3 months travelling around Venezuela in the mid 90s.. beautiful but crazy...US $ went far.. I'm Australian..
That must have been lots of fun!
If it's all good why are they running to Chicago and NYC?
It’s not all good. It’s just a lot safer than it was and okay to visit if you have USD. Like I said in the video I’m only showing a small piece of the country and a very particular economic sphere. Many are still struggling to survive.
Travel warnings are issued by the US government which is antagonistic towards the Venezuelan government. You should always think twice about visiting most of Latin America, not just Venezuela.
Similar travel warnings have been issued by most governments for Venezuela, so US antagonism doesn’t fully explain the disconnect from reality. But, these things can be slow to get updated. As for danger across Latin America, yeah, in general terms I’d say it’s a region you should visit with some idea of what you’re doing, some experience, knowing what to expect and what places and situations to avoid. But very few cities I would tell someone to skip entirely.
Very informative, thank you. But did I see 16$ hotdogs?😮
Possibly 😬
Hot dogs cost between 1 and 3 dollars
Nope, that was actually the price for a Pepito, which is like a hotdog on steroids and it's enough for 3 hungry people. A regular hotdog is 1$
No doubt Venezuela is a beautiful country I lived in Pto. Ordaz back in the 80's (the 4.30 era ), but why 1000's of Venezuelans leave the country every day.
Because life is very hard for many, especially if you don’t have access to USD.
Dubai has a professional team now.
You mean baseball? That’s cool, if so!
So the Venezuelans that are fleeing to america are they on the lower end of the social hierarchy? I'm asking because this place looks beautiful.
Yes they tend to be the less wealthy. For them it's still very tough in Venezuela, to say the least.
I'm really torn with visiting this beautiful country. I notice that you speak Spanish, have a friend who lives there, and that you look as if you could be from the part of the world. Did that make it easier for you? We're 2 obvious European looking, middle-aged and don't speak Spanish. I imagine it would make us targets?
How you did to have internet?
Got an eSIM for about $30!
in many vlogs venezuelans seem to be black but here it doesnot look sojust like whites and mestizos
Venezuela is a country of many breeds starting from saying it was colonized by Spain, that and the fact that this country was a top country back in the 90's, a lot of immigrants moved there from Europe as well.
There's a bit of everything, black, white, asian etc
I don't think you were travelling independently, and that's a completely different ball game.
What do you mean?
@airedition Just out of interest, did you have a guide? Travelling independently in Venezuela would be far more uncertain and unpredictable, and less safe.
Do you have to speak Spanish?
You don't have to, but it will help a lot.
So are you not American? Did you use a USA Passport?
Tiburones 🦈 champions of Venezuela and serie del Caribe 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
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VAMOS GUAIRA JODA, UNIDOS MÁS FUERTES 🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈
Interesting video, but some comments here are just vile, lol
Yep seems like a lot of people with agendas come out of the woodwork when you post a video about Venezuela 🙄
It’s because of the government…. 😭😭😭😭 I had to leave, if I didn’t leave , I old have died
Great. Now off to North Korea!!!
How’s their street food I wonder.
Nah phuck That!! Economy in a mess
Bro went to the rich side of the country LMAO
And? Most reports portray Venezuela as incredibly dangerous literally everywhere; my intention was to show it's not necessarily the case, and being in the places most visitors would end up is relevant for that reason. I also state that I only scratched the surface.
And used American money .
@@airedition that's everywhere bro even in the USA it's all about the area if your coming to the USA I'm not going to tell you go to New York or California unless you need to flight lol
@@egr4eeoh no you again?
@@steelcitytvright, but again, the travel warnings for Venezuela are way exaggerated and misleading. You can travel widely and freely in Venezuela and have no problem. That’s the point of this video and I’m sorry if you don’t like it but it’s the truth. Everyone trying to argue with that has some kind of agenda. Not sure what yours is but maybe you should ask yourself why you’re so eager to prove I’m wrong in some way.
Regaoirib
8 million people have left Venezuela. They were not kicked out, they fled poverty artificially created by poor government. Lets get real. Caracas get the lion's share the rest of the country gets bones and rotten meat.
Hace dos generaciones Venezuela era el país más rico de América del Sur.
Usted nunca ha venido a Venezuela, como puede ser tan ignorante para hablar de un país que no conoce 🙄
So we never mention sanctions and embargo’s smh 🤦🏾♂️
pobreza para el que no le gusta trabajar, porq yo trabajo todos los días y nadie me mantiene. mantengo a 3 personas y aquí sigo trabajando y siendo feliz en mi país... Deja el show
wow this white Swedish man seems to enjoy Venezuela just fine. It looks fine to me. Why can't the citizens of this country stay here instead of illegally crossing the US border. This country looks good to me.
Crossing the US border illegally is an act of desperation, involving great hardship and risk. Nobody sets out to do that unless they see no other option. You should criticize the systems, the corrupt politicians, and all other complex factors that create the situation before criticizing the people who do it.
@@airedition Do you comprehension issues? Venezuela is fine. There's nothing wrong with Venezuela so why are they illegally crossing the US border? This doesn't fall on government. This falls on the people. Why not stay in Venezuela? According to this Swedish man Venezuela is fine.
@@MrLcarter24Many do it because they believe that there are going to be rich, that is what is sold in Venezuela, that whoever comes to the United States becomes rich, that happens to all Latinos, not just Venezuelans, that is why there are 40 million Mexicans and only 500 thousand Venezuelans
@@MrLcarter24soy venezolano y si el país aunque no esté en perfectas condiciones no está tan mal como los medios lo hacen ver , obviamente hay gente que tiene más dificultades que otras pero incluso personas que están mal no toman decisiones tan riesgosas y Precipitadas como fugarse por el Darién, no me gusta decirlo por todo lo que pasan. Pero Muchas de las personas que hacen eso simplemente están mal de la cabeza. A quien se le ocurre poner su vida y la de su familia en semejante riesgo y para que ? Solo para ir a pasar trabajo y dificultades en otro país?
No apoyo al gobierno y se bien que el país no está en las mejores. Solo quiero dar mi punto de vista de esa situación.
I totally agree. Who would leave a beautiful Country like this with warm and friendly people and culture unless they felt they had to. Thanks for doing this video. I really enjoyed it.
Congratulations on making it out alive, and no…
You have to be crazy to go there nowadays.
And FYI…
I had a condo in LaGuaira before that baseball stadium was built, and prior and right after Chavez and his disgusting Chavistas started destroying the country.
Honestly Caracas felt safer than New York! Sorry to hear that; must have been super nice in La Guaira then!
@@airedition You spent a few days there and went nowhere. You didn’t go into any real barrios. Didn’t meet 99% of the people who are starving. And didn’t talk to ANY of the thousands of people in the western part of the country who every day try to cross into Cucuta, Colombia to escape to elsewhere.
Do you think that 8 million people over the last 10 years…out of a total population of 30 million…left the country for no reason at all? You see…
I’ve seen vlogs like yours, where you’re claiming to reveal the REAL truth about Venezuela, but you’re so tragically and laughingly wrong, about absolutely everything, that you should be embarrassed.
Your hostility is so utterly misplaced. I acknowledge in the video that there are still many problems there and that I’m only scratching the surface and that I’m not looking to get into the politics. Furthermore I never claim to be doing an investigative documentary about the real situation in Venezuela, just showing how surprisingly safe and pleasant it is in the places I saw. Which was true, and very counter to the picture we get outside. And actually a lot of Venezuelans who are still there (unlike you) are really happy to see it portrayed as more than just a crime-ridden hell hole. So, maybe chill out when you’re talking to people on the internet, and find another outlet for your very real and valid frustrations about the way things have gone there. Attacking me is not the answer.
@@airedition Your naivety and deception is blinding.
@@Ira88881"99% of people starving" is such an exaggeration
You should go to russia too and stay there
Thanks for the random hostility Ed!
It's a dangerous place. Unless you are rich. And really dumb. Good luck!
So wait it's dangerous unless you are rich AND dumb? I don't follow.
DO NOT GO THERE IS FOR A REASON. JUST LOOK WHATS GOING ON IN NEW YORK WITH ALL PEOPLE FROM VENEZUELA 2024
Idiotic comment.
I agree with 920.. everyone should boycott Venezuela till they get all their thugs out the US!! It's a serious problem. They are a serious problem!!!!
@@aireditionIt's not! You are wrong
Venezuela sent all their poor and violent criminals to America as fake migrants!
@@user-ux8hg8bk3eShut up
I went there in 1990 and it was pretty awful ..... everything was so poorly built ! it looks really third world and in 1990 I didn't feel safe at night. At first glance it looks ok but when you're there, standing in front of it all, it's really crappy. I hav been to most of South America and it was the crappiest of all and the one with the least amount culture (it feels very generic).
En los años 90 Venezuela era el país más prospero de todos los países latinoamericanos con mejor infraestructura y calidad de vida no se de que hablas será que fuistes a otro país 😂😂😂
@@ramimaklad4488 .... conozco la mayoria de LATAM (excluyendo Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia y Uruguay) ... el resto, desde Mexico hasta Argentina he visitado y asi es como se que venezuela ya ra un desastre tercer mundista en los 90. Pobres vulgares, viviendo un pasado que nunca fue.
No sé a dónde habrás ido, pero sí o sí estás haciendo una generalización absurda. Solo para conocer Caracas en su totalidad tienes que pasar unos 6 meses viviendo ahí. Imagina el tiempo que necesitas para conocer a todo el país. No hables de algo que realmente no conoces.
@@javiermarron9996 .... pobrecitos .... las bobadas que dicen !!!! lo que propones es que cada turista se suede 6 meses para tener una idea lo que es caracas .... son tan absurdos !!!! lo que relato fue lo que vi en persona, no es una generalizacion .... y tengo fotos para respaldar lo que digo. Viven en un pasado que nunca existio !
@@jc6781 Pasaste 5 días en Caracas y para el criterio de tu limitado cerebro crees que eso ya te da para decir que "conoces Venezuela". Claro que sí, campeón. Claro que sí.
it's a trashy place !
Safe I bet since they dumped their criminals in America
🙄🙄🙄