This seething capital can be a tough town, but is not without its charms.
Hemmed in by green forested hills, Caracas squeezes the tremendously wealthy and the desperately poor into a single chaotic city. This disorder is reflected in the city's gravity-defying skyscrapers and the teetering shantytowns that cover the hills around it.
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![]() Brick houses crowded together in one of Caracas' (suburbs) Photographer: Krzysztof Dydynski |
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Lonely Planet
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