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world66.com:
Maracaibo Lake travel guide -The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and what to see . . . . the travel guide you write. Read more from http://www.world66.com/southamerica/venezuela/mara...

world66.com:
Venezuela's second largest city Nueva Zamora de Maracaibo located in the shores of the Maracaibo´s lake, it's the capital of Zulia state and the commercial center of the west of the country. Read more from http://www.world66.com/southamerica/venezuela/mara...

nationalgeographic.com:
South of the Orinoco are the Guiana Highlands—with the world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls. Read more from http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countrie...

world66.com:
San Carlos Island: from Maracaibo you can get to San Carlos Island by boat (boarding from Punta Arenas, Muelle Navetur), beautiful desertic island in the gulf of Venezuela with fun beaches and great people, the main attraction is the Castillo de San Carlos a spanish fortress build as a defense for the city of Maracaibo. Read more from http://www.world66.com/southamerica/venezuela/mara...

wikipedia.org:
According to scientists from the Institute for the Conservation of Lake Maracaibo (ICLAM), one of the government organizations charged with the care of Lake Maracaibo, the weed is probably native to the lake, but few studies have been conducted to confirm that suspicion. Read more from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Maracaibo

lonelyplanet.com:
Caracas became the administrative seat of the colony in 1577 -the third and final capital of Venezuela. Read more from http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/venezuela/c...

wikitravel.org:
Maracaibo is your arrival point in Venezuela if you take the most direct route from Santa Marta in Colombia. Read more from http://wikitravel.org/en/Maracaibo

world66.com:
The coastal area where Columbus landed in 1498, on his third voyage to the Americas was then inhabited by tribes of Carib and Arawak Indians, whose houses thatched with palm fronds and built on stilts over the water were vaguely reminiscent of Venice -and so the name Venezuela, or 'little Venice'. Read more from http://www.world66.com/southamerica/venezuela/hist...

world66.com:
Some 60km west of Caracas you find the strange mountain town of Colonia Tovar. Read more from http://www.world66.com/southamerica/venezuela/colo...

wikipedia.org:
Some claim that the last battle fought for Venezuela's independence was the Battle of Carabobo ,but most historians agree that if the Battle of Lake Maracaibo had not taken place, or if it had ended in a victory for the Royalist forces, the Spanish Crown might have set a new front in Western Venezuela to attack the patriot forces stationed in Carabobo. Read more from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Maraca...

lonelyplanet.com:
Venezuela has epic proportions: it has South America's largest lake and third-longest river, the highest waterfall in the world, and the longest of all snakes. Read more from http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destination...

lonelyplanet.com:
San Francisco was re-established and renamed 'Santiago de León de Caracas': 'Santiago' after the patron saint of Spain, 'León' after the provincial governor and 'Caracas' as a reward to the coastal region's least troublesome indigenous group. Read more from http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destination...

wikia.com:
Maracaibo is the second largest city in Venezuela and the capital of the Zulia state. Read more from http://world.wikia.com/wiki/Maracaibo/Overview

lonelyplanet.com:
Santa Elena de Uair�n. Read more from http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/venezuela/s...

cia.gov:
on major sea and air routes linking North and South America; Angel Falls in the Guiana Highlands is the world's highest waterfall People Venezuela Top of Page. Read more from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world...

wikipedia.org:
Searle?s first known ship was the 60-ton, 8-gun Cagway ,the largest of three Spanish merchantmen captured by Sir Christopher Myngs as he returned from his raid on Santa Marta and Tolú ( Colombia )in 1659. Read more from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Searle_(pirate...

planetware.com:
The city itself does not have a lot of tourist attractions but does have developed tourist facilities and may make a good base for people interested in exploring this part of the country. Read more from http://www.planetware.com/venezuela/maracaibo-ven-...

lonelyplanet.com:
No roads link Guyana and Venezuela, and only one road connects Brazil with Venezuela; it leads from Manaus through Boa Vista to Santa Elena de Uair�n and continues to Ciudad Guayana. Read more from http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/venezuela/g...

world66.com:
This impressive mountain with 2000 m. up to the sea level, and 1000 m. up to Caracas is the most important place for all the caraqueños. Read more from http://www.world66.com/southamerica/venezuela/cara...