Leg 257, Isla La Orchila, Venezuela to Puerto Carreño, Colombia
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Visiting the capital of Venezuela today before climbing the highest mountain. Terrain quality fluctuates a lot in Venezuela, some parts look great, some parts are a complete mess. It must be cloudy a lot (and plenty lightning during the flight) as cloud shaped patches are everywhere.
05-05 La Orchila SVLO 6:13 AM
05-05 La Tortuga Punta Delgada SVDA 6:41 AM
05-05 Del Caribe Intl Gen Santiago M SVMG 7:11 AM
05-05 Isla De Coche SVIE 7:14 AM
05-05 Gen Jose Francisco Bermudez SVCP 7:32 AM
05-05 Santa Barbara De Monagas SVOF 7:55 AM Bad terrain quality, must be coudy a lot
05-05 La Vieja SVLJ 8:06 AM
05-05 Gen. Jose Antonio Anzoategui I SVBC 8:20 AM
05-05 San Jose de Guaribe SVKM 8:44 AM
05-05 Hacienda Santa Elena de Mirand SVSL 9:00 AM unclear runway
05-05 Gen Francisco Miranda AB SVFM 9:15 AM Caracas Capital
05-05 Simon Bolivar Intl SVMI 9:34 AM
05-05 Mariscal Sucre AB SVBS 9:54 AM
05-05 Arturo Michelena Intl SVVA 10:01 AM
05-05 Tocuyito SVQO 10:07 AM Short runway
05-05 El Milagro Carabobo SVGR 10:14 AM Bad terrain quality
05-05 Sub Teniente Nestor Aria SVSP 10:23 AM
05-05 Barquisimeto SVBM 10:37 AM Very bad terrain quality
05-05 Dr. Antonio Nicolas Briceno SVVL 11:08 AM
05-05 Alberto Carnevalli SVMD 11:35 AM
05-05 Fundo Santa Maria SVSM 12:07 PM unclear ‘runway’
05-05 El Oasis SVHO 12:15 PM
05-05 Libertad SVXG 12:23 PM
05-05 Las Casitas Del Vegon de Nurtrias SVXB 12:29 PM
05-05 Santa Catalina SVXC 12:38 PM
05-05 Hato La Chaconera SVHN 12:47 PM
05-05 San Antonio SVYO 12:53 PM
05-05 San Antonio SVYM 12:59 PM
05-05 San Fernando De Apure SVSR 1:16 PM Bad terrain quality
05-05 San Fernando Apure SVZP 1:28 PM
05-05 Santa Maria La Tigra SVQC 1:49 PM Poor terrain quality
05-05 Puerto Paez SVDZ 2:01 PM
05-05 Puerto Carreno SKPC 2:04 PM
Flight time 7:51 32 stops
Early departure from Isla La Orchila
Nice sunrise today
Lightning as well, was pretty much visible all day
Isla La Tortuga
La Tortuga Punta Delgada Airport
Tortuga Island
Isla de Margarita
Capital Península De Macanao
Punta de Piedras
Aeropuerto Internacional General en Jefe Santiago Mariño on Isla de Margarita
Turning to land at Andrés Miguel Salazar Marcano Airport on Isla de Coche
Isla de Coche
Morro de Lebranche
Back on the mainland in Sucre state, Venezuela
Copacabana, not the one from the song, that refers to the Copacabana nightclub in NY named after a district in Rio de Janeiro. This is Copacabana municipality in Sucre, Venezuela
The song is stuck in my head now regardless
Carupano
Rómulo Gallegos, dipping in and out of the clouds from here on out
Teresén
Chaguaramal
San Cristóbal
El Clavo
Hacienda Santa Elena de Mirand Airport
Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. Landing at Gen Francisco Miranda AB first
Then following Avenue Libertador to the city center
Centro Comercial Avenida Libertador
Plaza Venezuela below and Parque Los Caobos
Plaza Bolivar Caracas and Estadio Olímpico
Parque del Este and the National Pantheon (current resting place of Simón Bolívar)
Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) Birthplace House, Plaza Bolivar and Catedral de Caracas
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Ponte Palacios y Blanco, aka El Libertador, was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama to independence from the Spanish Empire. Simón Bolívar was initially laid to rest in the cathedral of Santa Marta then moved to Caracas in 1842. His wife and parents are buried in the Catedral de Caracas.
Museo Sacro de Caracas, Museo Bolivariano and Museum of Fine Arts
Maiquetía on the coast
Where Simón Bolívar International Airport is located
Into the mountains, already at 8,000 ft at Carayaca
Maracay at Lago de Valencia
Hipódromo Nacional de Valencia
Santa Ana, 3156, Trujillo
Pampán
Valera in Trujillo State, situated between the rivers Momboy and Motatán
Steep climb over La Puerta
Capital Miranda, 3112, Mérida
El Arbolito
La Culata
And down again to land in Merida in the Andes mountains of northwestern Venezuela
Climbing back out of the clouds
Alto de la Cruz, hiking area
Pico Bolivar (16,332ft) the highest mountain in Venezuela, on the left
Previously called La Columna, renamed to Pico Bolivar in 1934
The Bolivar statue is a trick picture, Virgin Mary is a real statue on Pico Espejo (next to Pico Bolivar)
Pico Humboldt (16,207ft) Venezuela’s second highest peak on the left
Laguna El Suero behind Pico Humboldt
Pico Humboldt and Laguna El Suero
Long way down, passing over La Arenosa
Fundo Santa Maria Airport
La Luz, Barinas
Ciudad de Nutrias which translates to Otter City
San Antonio, Barinas
Lush green fields, very flat here
Rio Orinoco
Last stop today at Puerto Carreño Airport
Puerto Carreño, just over the border in Colombia where the Meta river joins the Rio Orinoco
