After Merida I went back to Caracas and then straight ahead to Puerto La Cruz and Porlamar on Isla Margerita. It was a tiring 14 hour trip by bus and ferry. Unfortunately because of my computer problems I couldn’t fully enjoy the nice beach of Playa El Agua, but of course it was enough to catch sunburn (although I have been in South America for over 4 months, I didn’t have much color because I stayed in Bogota and Caracas the last two). I planned to go on to Trinidad from here, because I read that there is a ferry, but after a day of searching for that ferry I found out that it doesn’t exist anymore, so I will head back to mainland Venezuela.