Article: VENEZUELA A CHEAP PATH TO ADVENTURE.(LIFE & LEISURE)

Byline: JEFF LAWRENCE - Knight-Ridder

What's your cheapest flight out of the country? I asked. The travel agent usually gives me a short list of possibilities. Venezuela, at $200 round trip on American Airlines, ranked high as a good place for adventure this year. I was also intrigued by the possibility of exploring a new continent.

With a little research I discovered that in 1498, during Christopher Columbus' third trip to the New World, he weighed anchor in the Gulf Paria near the mouth of the Orinoco River, which is on the east coast of Venezuela. This great river, covered in lush vegetation, must flow directly from the Garden of Eden, Columbus ...

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