Comments on: A Pleasant Surprise – Santa Elena de Uairen, Venezuela http://www.2fortheroad.co.uk/index.php/a-pleasant-surprise-santa-elena-de-uairen-venezuela-17-12/ Backpacking & Motorcycling RTW Sun, 11 Jul 2021 18:57:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.17 By: Guiria to Playa Pui Pui – Paria Peninsula, Venezuela http://www.2fortheroad.co.uk/index.php/a-pleasant-surprise-santa-elena-de-uairen-venezuela-17-12/#comment-20833 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:15:06 +0000 http://www.2fortheroad.co.uk/?p=5319#comment-20833 […] In fact I remember that when Max and I came into town from our beach paradise to look for food, though bot much was available, people were generally helpful: a young lady in a chicken restaurant sold us a frozen Chicken. We bought some things at a Chinese supermarket but their only head of cabbage was not for sale – but later the owner gave us half of it at no charge, as a friendship gift. He must have been pleased to have some outsiders come and visit for a change, and I suppose the few words of Chinese I managed with the staff for “hello” and “thank you” came as a curiosity to them. The Chinese – they seem such a closed and impenetrable folk the world around, but behind it all it seems to me they’re a good bunch. (I think I mentioned already that Chinese shops/supermarkets in Venezuela can often be a good option to inquire about currency exchang…) […]

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