Venezuela? Sure! Why not?
Caribbean beach on Isla Margarita Venezuela
I had 35k American Airline frequent flyer miles burning a hole in my pocket (really, they were going to expire December 31) so I started looking around for a way to use them. I knew I wanted to go somewhere out of the country, but that few of miles won’t get you too far; they’re mainly good for upgrading to business class. Being a frugal travel (ha! I mean being someone that doesn’t have any money to spare) I researched on aa.com how far 35k miles would take me and it looks they go about as far as Venezuela.
I’ve never really had much interest in Venezuala, but I have known a few good people from there so I decided that Venezuela would be my vacation destination in May of 2009. Now I’m only going to be gone for a week so it’s not typical Jerri style escape where I go for a month at a time. These days I have to pay rent so I can’t really jet off like I used to in the good ole days. I’m a little worried about how safe it is in Venezuala and I speak enough Spanish to get me into trouble – remind me to tell you about the gypsy cab I took in Buenos Aires.
No itinerary yet. Wait. I’ll probably never have an itinerary. I don’t roll like that! I have a round trip ticket, credit cards, a passport and that’s enough to get me by. Am I back in the saddle again?
