Quote: (09-13-2016 06:59 AM)Cogon Wrote:Bro, good luck with that place. I hung out with an Aussie in Colombia that had just spent 6 months in Venezuela, and man, the stories he had. He said it was the most fucked up place he's ever been, by far.
Anyone know if Venezuela is easy to get visa for Americans?
I asked him what he did in the nights. He said, "You don't go out after dark. EVER. If a gringo walks out of the hotel at night just right outside the doorway, they'll get your gringo ass." So he stayed in his hotel every night. And this was just 6 months ago. It's far more desperate there now.
He said he got good at hiding money. It's illegal to posses foreign currency in Venezuela, so he would hide his dollars in his butt. The police would stop and search him in order to seize (steal) any illegal cash, so he had to go to a black market cash changer to exchange money. And he said he never knew if the mob cash changer was going to rob him or change his money.
His stories went on and on, and all of us in the group were like holy shit.
But he said beers are 6 cents apiece, so there's that. If you go, good luck to you.