
Hola, amigos de Hive! A propósito de que las vacaciones están a punto de terminar, les contaré un poco sobre como empezaron.
Como ya saben, la universidad me ha regalado unas amigas increíbles. Somos actualmente un grupo de cuatro y somos bastante unidas, tenemos en común el hecho de que todas somos foráneas. Ninguna de nosotras nació ni vive en Aragua, así que instintivamente nos hemos dedicado a cuidarnos las unas a las otras como una pequeña familia.
Bueno pues una de ellas es de Mérida, su nombre es Mariangel, aunque a menudo la llamamos "La Gocha". (Que para los que no sean Venezolanos, Gocho o Gocha es como llamamos a los que provienen de Los Andes). Ella me invitó a conocer su pueblo en esta ocasión y al principio dudé un poco, no porque no quisiera ir, si no porque seria la primera vez que viajaría tan lejos sin alguien de mi familia, pero finalmente acepté.
Como toda nueva experiencia era normal para mi sentirme un poco emocionada y a la vez nerviosa, decidimos viajar el mismo día que terminaban las clases así que justo despues de terminar esperamos y emprendimos camino hacia el Terminal de de Maracay.

Llegamos al Terminal como a las 5:00 y el autobús arrancó aproximadamente a las 6:30. Estaba tranquila luego de un rato, ya que Mariangel esta bastante acostumbrada a viajar así y me transmitió esa seguridad. Hicimos unas pocas paradas y finalmente luego de 8 largas horas llegamos a su hogar.
Su familia fue super hospitalaria conmigo y me llevaron a conocer el pueblo, parte de los alrededores de Santo Domingo y algunos de los lugares turísticos de Mérida.
El dia de nuestra llegada descansamos, conoci a las mascotas y gallinas de su casa y me mostró su siembra de moras, luego llevamos a la pequeña sobrinita de Mariangel, Marianny a una fiesta de cumpleaños que se celebraba cerca.
Estando en la fiesta descubrí que realmente en las tardes hacia mucho frío JAJAJA La Gocha me dio su suéter y traía mi chaqueta y aun así me estaba congelando.
A partir del día siguiente sí nos dedicamos a turistear, su papá, el Sr Arturo, nos llevo a pasear en auto y conocí primeramente la zona de El Baho. Allí me tomé algunas fotos y comí una rica empanada horneada de champiñones y queso.



Ese mismo día en la tarde fuimos a conocer la casa de su novio, Arnaldo, ya que tiene un montón de animales y yo quería verlos.
[Un dato curioso: A la mayoría de las personas en su pueblo las llaman por apodos, el de Arnaldo es "El Gato" JAJA]

Los días posteriores, llovió y se retrasó un poco el tiempo de turismo, pero aun así me llevaron a conocer el Cristo de las multitudes, parte del Hotel Moruco, La Laguna Mucubají (Fue mi lugar favorito) y el monumento a la Loca Luz Caraballo (Me encanto el Palabreo de la loca luz Caraballo), El cóndor, entre otras cosas.



Espero más adelante traerles un post de puras imágenes sobre cada uno de estos lugares mucho más claras. En este post quise compartirles mas sobre lo bienvenida que me sentí y lo cálido de mi experiencia en el páramo.

 Hello, Hive friends! As the vacations are about to end, I'll tell you a little bit about how they started. As you know, college has given me some amazing friends. We are currently a group of four and we are pretty close, we have in common the fact that we are all foreigners. None of us were born in Aragua so instinctively we have dedicated ourselves to take care of each other as a small family. Well, one of them is from Merida, her name is Mariangel although we often call her “La Gocha”. (For those of you who are not Venezuelan, Gocho or Gocha is what we call those who come from the Andes) She invited me to visit her town on this occasion. At first I hesitated a little, not because I didn't want to go, but because it would be the first time I would travel so far without someone from my family, but finally I accepted. As any new experience it was normal for me to feel a little excited and nervous at the same time, we decided to travel the same day that classes ended so right after finishing we waited and started our way to the Maracay Terminal.  We arrived at the bus station at about 5:00 and the bus started at about 6:30. I was calm after a while, since Mariangel is quite used to travel like this and she transmitted me that security. We made a few stops and finally after 8 long hours we arrived at her home. Her family was super hospitable to me and took me to get to know the town, part of the surroundings of Santo Domingo and some of the tourist places in Merida. The day of our arrival we rested, met the pets and chickens of her house and she showed me her blackberry plantation, then we took Mariangel's little niece Marianny to a birthday party nearby. The next day we did some sightseeing, her dad, Mr. Arturo, took us for a drive and I first visited the area of El Baho. There I took some pictures and ate a delicious baked mushroom and cheese empanada.    That same day in the afternoon we went to visit the house of her boyfriend, Arnaldo, since he has a lot of animals and I wanted to see them. [Fun fact: Most of the people in her town are called by nicknames, Arnaldo's nickname is “El Gato” HAHAHA].  The following days, it rained and the tourism time was a little bit delayed but even so they took me to visit, the Christ of the multitudes, part of the Moruco Hotel, the Mucubají Lagoon (It was my favorite place) and the monument to the Loca Luz Caraballo (I loved the Palabreo de la Loca Luz Caraballo), El Condor, among other things.   I hope to bring you later a post of pure images about each of these places much clearer. In this post I wanted to share with you more about how welcome I felt and how warm my experience in the páramo was. 
 Hello, Hive friends! As the vacations are about to end, I'll tell you a little bit about how they started. As you know, college has given me some amazing friends. We are currently a group of four and we are pretty close, we have in common the fact that we are all foreigners. None of us were born in Aragua so instinctively we have dedicated ourselves to take care of each other as a small family. Well, one of them is from Merida, her name is Mariangel although we often call her “La Gocha”. (For those of you who are not Venezuelan, Gocho or Gocha is what we call those who come from the Andes) She invited me to visit her town on this occasion. At first I hesitated a little, not because I didn't want to go, but because it would be the first time I would travel so far without someone from my family, but finally I accepted. As any new experience it was normal for me to feel a little excited and nervous at the same time, we decided to travel the same day that classes ended so right after finishing we waited and started our way to the Maracay Terminal.  We arrived at the bus station at about 5:00 and the bus started at about 6:30. I was calm after a while, since Mariangel is quite used to travel like this and she transmitted me that security. We made a few stops and finally after 8 long hours we arrived at her home. Her family was super hospitable to me and took me to get to know the town, part of the surroundings of Santo Domingo and some of the tourist places in Merida. The day of our arrival we rested, met the pets and chickens of her house and she showed me her blackberry plantation, then we took Mariangel's little niece Marianny to a birthday party nearby. The next day we did some sightseeing, her dad, Mr. Arturo, took us for a drive and I first visited the area of El Baho. There I took some pictures and ate a delicious baked mushroom and cheese empanada.    That same day in the afternoon we went to visit the house of her boyfriend, Arnaldo, since he has a lot of animals and I wanted to see them. [Fun fact: Most of the people in her town are called by nicknames, Arnaldo's nickname is “El Gato” HAHAHA].  The following days, it rained and the tourism time was a little bit delayed but even so they took me to visit, the Christ of the multitudes, part of the Moruco Hotel, the Mucubají Lagoon (It was my favorite place) and the monument to the Loca Luz Caraballo (I loved the Palabreo de la Loca Luz Caraballo), El Condor, among other things.   I hope to bring you later a post of pure images about each of these places much clearer. In this post I wanted to share with you more about how welcome I felt and how warm my experience in the páramo was. 
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