Tuesday, April 18, 2006
There were 94.000 tourists here last week.
And now, the mass exodus of people leaving the island - standing in line for the ferry, standing in line at the airport. I am glad the week is over. There were so many car accidents last week.
Tomorrow is another great holiday - The Battle of Carabobo. My daughter has off from school for it. I wonder if the grocery stores will be closed?
Our rainy season has ended and we have our wind to keep us cool but it sure felt hot yesterday.
My granddaughter informed me that there were some new baby humming birds in a tree and their mama was sitting on them to keep the sun off of them.
There are certain staple foods that the government requires the stores to sell for a set price so people can afford them. Sometimes, the stores want to raise the prices since they are not making much or any profit on the items, so those items are hard to find in the stores until they get a cheaper source or can raise prices. Right now, I cannot find the brand of powdered milk I like or white sugar very easily. Fresh milk is not available and reconstituted milk (liquid milk in a jug) is expensive. Powdered milk from Columbia or Argentina is pretty good and a few Venezuela brands are good such as Campesina. Milk is at 7700 bolivars a kilo right now. One kilo of powdered makes 8 liters of liquid milk.
You have to go to a health food store or specialty store to buy cocoa (cacao en polvo) powder here. I paid 22.500 bolivars for 750 grams last time I bought it. It takes 2150 bolivars to make a dollar.
Have a good day.
Tomorrow is another great holiday - The Battle of Carabobo. My daughter has off from school for it. I wonder if the grocery stores will be closed?
Our rainy season has ended and we have our wind to keep us cool but it sure felt hot yesterday.
My granddaughter informed me that there were some new baby humming birds in a tree and their mama was sitting on them to keep the sun off of them.
There are certain staple foods that the government requires the stores to sell for a set price so people can afford them. Sometimes, the stores want to raise the prices since they are not making much or any profit on the items, so those items are hard to find in the stores until they get a cheaper source or can raise prices. Right now, I cannot find the brand of powdered milk I like or white sugar very easily. Fresh milk is not available and reconstituted milk (liquid milk in a jug) is expensive. Powdered milk from Columbia or Argentina is pretty good and a few Venezuela brands are good such as Campesina. Milk is at 7700 bolivars a kilo right now. One kilo of powdered makes 8 liters of liquid milk.
You have to go to a health food store or specialty store to buy cocoa (cacao en polvo) powder here. I paid 22.500 bolivars for 750 grams last time I bought it. It takes 2150 bolivars to make a dollar.
Have a good day.
