Caracas

These pictures are of the first week when we were in Caracas. We started out in a decent (although Lonely Planet described it as "upscale") area called Altamira. The hotel we stayed in was too expensive and wasn´t that great. Then we moved on to a cheaper but seedier area called Sabana Grande. Our room was technically clean but nonetheless, felt gross. It was basically constructed out of concrete and had an extremely dull bulb to light the room. The mattress was covered in plastic and the sheets kept falling off so i´d wake up on gross plastic. we called it our jailcell.
View of "upscale" Altamira from hotel room
Pro-Chavez propaganda puppet show
Plaza Altamira
Sambil - largest mall in south america
cement nightstand
passport-money hiding place
depressing light in depressing room
creepy bathroom in our jailcell
plaza venezuela

teleferico (terrifying gap over valley)
Te comiste un perro con todo? Piensa rapido. -Smirnoff Ad
stands all over the place
dog on a roof
Barrio on a hillside