Comments on: Colombia vs. Venezuela (Travel)

By: Ka

Ka — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:27:27 +0000

Im Venezuelan and i study Tourism, and i think its true that we have some problems in the country in some ways living in there has become a little bit more difficult than before and a little bit more dangerous too, but every south american country have the same problem, some more that others but i could really give you amazing reasons to visit Venezuela:
A major air route connecting South America with the rest of the world, Venezuela remains one of the most easily accessible countries in South America from points in the USA or Europe.

For the price, Venezuela features verdant plains and arid desert, spectacular vistas from the Andes mountains, and no less than stunning white sand beaches kissed by the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic waters.

Caracas, ironically, is not on anyone's top ten list of capital cities to visit, due to its jungle of concrete and urban blight, but by all means see the cathedral, the sprawling National Capitol building, and the historic birthplace of "the George Washington of South America," Simon Bolivar.

More memorable - by far - is the country's stunning natural beauty beginning with a visit up north to the Gran Sabana, featuring unusual flat top mountains ("Tepuy") and spectacular Angel Falls (the world's highest) in Canaima National Park. For the grandest vista in all of Venezuela, take the taller and longest cable car ride up to Bolivar Peak, the country's highest mountain.

For prime coastal attractions, see world famous beaches due east at Playa Colorada, or up north in crystal clear Caribbean waters at Archipelago of Los Roques which is a bit more exclusive and virgin that any other island in the Caribbean.

and just to not let it pass mix all the whether that you experience in England during the hole year and find it all there at the same time in different places!!

so please if you want to promote your fiancés real country Colombia then do it but don't try to make my country look bad because you have a Colombian girlfriend. And maybe yes she has both of the nationalities because she needed to get it in order to be able to travel without a schengen visa around the world and as a Venezuelan citizen she can do it because we are in general more trust able in every other country.i really don't have anything against Colombian people in fact lots of my best friends are from there i met them in England studying and any time we plan a holiday to see each other again they always try to come to Venezuela because they find it more interesting.

i recommend to everybody who wants to travel to South America to definitely go thought a travel agency and plan really well the holidays and just enjoy the beauty that we have to offer for you!
some places will be a bit more expensive and exclusive that others but it will depend on the amount of money that you want to spend! and the quality of the holidays that you want to get!

By: admin

admin — Tue, 17 May 2011 17:50:18 +0000

Daniel thanks for the comments. I think it’s a very unfair to suggest that both countries are unsafe to visit. I know that Colombia is perfectly safe to visit, but just like in all Latin American countries care should be taken in certain parts. I won’t pass comment on Venezuela, but when my fiancee recently visited (she is dual Colombian-Venezuelan) she said she was petrified most of the time and couldn’t wait to get out of Venezuela and back to Colombia!

Shame what Chavez is doing to your country - creating a climate of fear and training militias and generally acting like is Arab friend dictators Gaddafi (and Assad). I hope the Venezuelans soon see through the Chavez propaganda and have their own revolution - it will be a bloody one I fear! Shame you have let him get away with so much already.

For authoritative advice on where is safe to visit see

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:04:08 +0000

I read the whole article and I came to several conclusions and of course my opinion.

I am Venezuelan and I know both countries I have been in both and I know what places to go and what places to avoid. Colombia for a long time has not been a very safe place to visit due to so serious kidnapping. Now a days, even when kidnapping still exist in Colombia, we have to admit that president Uribe did an excellent job. It has been reduced significantly and this bad apples has probably moved to Venezuela now. Let’s be objective, in terms of places to visit, Venezuela and Colombia has great ones, no doubt. The problem with Venezuela now a days is that there is a combination of kidnapping and other type of violent crimes that according to statistics have increased significantly. Violent crimes or murders in Venezuela have doubled the number shown for Colombia, on top of this you must add that there is also kiddnapping. This is distributed along the entire Venezuela, which makes it the real trouble. This is not only happening in Caracas. Colombia now a days, is safer in terms of violent crimes compared to Venezuela, but still I believe that holds a higher rate of kidnapping than Venezuela. However, I must admit that this last type of crimes occur more among politics than regular population.

Both Countries and people, and girls are beautiful, and both countries are still unsafe for visiting purposes. Sorry if I dissapointed someone.

By: Edu

Edu — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:24:58 +0000

I would like to say something about this matter. I do respect opinions and even though I am Venezuelan, I might agreed with some of the comments made on this article. One of them is Colombia having more colonial sites and probably the maintenance of them. Some other people might like Colombian girls better than Venezuelan, but most of the topics on this article are very subjective. Look at beauty contests and that might give you an idea of which country produces more beauty, (many people don’t even like models, that is why this is very subjective). I also believe the Caribbean is very well known worldwide for their beaches and all the beaches from Venezuela are in the Caribbean. I could go on for ages about things I like about my country Venezuela and the ones I dislike and the ones I highly recommend from Colombia and the ones I don’t. My main point is that people giving advices for travel might show some preferences but your article lies a little bit to the ridiculous side. You might as well write in bold you dislike Venezuela for whatever reason and that is it. You keep comparing Venezuela not only with Colombia but you seem to place it bellow any country in South America in general. The article should be called do not travel to Venezuela and not “Colombia vs Venezuela”, which isa little provocative already.
I do advise anyone reading this article to do your own research carefully before making a choice and not let this type of articles influence your decision. If you know anyone that already visit any of these two countries, talk to them, as they could help you understand better the reality of each one of these countries and help you decide.
I could also say that London is quite overprice and based on finfacts from 2007 it is the most dangerous city in the European Union, those are facts, the reality is that if anyone has a chance, should visit it, it is a very cosmopolitan city where you can find pretty much anything you want.

An advice from me is: “Do not leave by the experience of others, experience it yourself.”

Rgds

By: admin

admin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:30:57 +0000

Hi Josef,

thanks for your comments. Of course we all have differing opinions about this. I’ll point out that I’m not Colombian - I’m British, and I have been to various parts of both Venezuela and Colombia. As for the points you raise:

1. Where did you get this idea? Many of the guerilla safe havens are on the Ecuadorean or Venezuelan sides of the borders, as recently shown by the attack on the camp of FARC leader Raul Reyes who was found in a jungle camp in Ecuador. Given the fact that Chavez has said he’d “invade” Colombia if a similar raid were carried out on Venezuela, where do you think is the safest place for the guerillas to hide out? The answer is probably over the border in Venezuela, where, sadly, your government lends support to the terrorists.
2. Of course you are right.
3. Which bits are “untruths” exactly? Point one out… I hope people do agree with me.