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# Departure
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/departure/
- Published: 2006-01-23T04:01:39.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:34:40.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:15

We arrive in Caracas tomorrow afternoon. The bridge that connects the airport to the city is [crumbling and closed](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/22/international/americas/22venezuela.html?ex=1295586000&en=86a387be5c24caa6&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&ref=opendemocracy.net), but we've been reassured that there are WSF shuttle busses. A friend tells me Caracas is so short of beds for the tourists, that the government placed ads in the *opposition* newspapers saying people should offer their spare rooms for $15 a night. But response has been low, and my friend says the majority of what is available is with the government's own people.

I hope our own housing plans work out, because this correspondent has never felt very comfortable about tents. A friendly Venezuelan from the solidarity housing webpage of the WSF has agreed to collect us at the bus stop of the [youth camp](http://campamentomundial.blogspot.com/?ref=opendemocracy.net). We won't be staying at his house, but he's helped us broker a hotel. Some people were wise enough to book ten hotel rooms in advance of an event that is expected to attract 100,000 foreigners.