Well its been 5 days on Antibiotics now and the good news is that my ears are starting to get better, the pain has gone and I can almost hear things again. The down side is that I missed out on a couple of big drinking sessions/parties at the beach (a small price to pay). I will of course be celebrating the completion of my medication with a large crate of beer on Saturday night :-)

I'm currently in Cumana which has turned out to be a very good base to visit the surrounding area. Yesterday Mochima beach, the day before Araya Peninsular and possibly tomorrow the caves at Caripe (if we can get the car fixed - its an old Range Rover - good British Engineering should be no problem!).

For the last few days i've been staying with a friend that I met at Medina beach, Dayana, her two daughters (Ana and Whitnefer), Mother, Brother and the rest of the family. They very kindly invited me to stay with them for Christmas - so it looks like i'm in for a Venezuelan Christmas.

When I first arrived in Venezuela I expected to be here for 3 or 4 week, i've already been here 7 and i'm not out of the country yet! On arrival I wrote 31/11/06 as my departure date, I hope I don't have any trouble at the border trying to leave.