It will be an enjoyable experience. It is worth a visit.

If it is the physical ease, well-being, exultation or paradise that move you, like the opportunity to be a tourist, watch and play baseball, and become an international baseball emissary for your country at the same time, Venezuela is your destination. Certainly, for many years baseball has been a subject of great enthusiasm in my homeland and it is a long-established activity which has come to be regarded as a part of Venezuelan people's make-up and passion for life. In truth, the love for baseball has never been at a low ebb in the heart of the nation as a whole and I very much doubt that happening will ever come to be a consideration in the mind of the aficionado. Albeit, there have been times of political and economically disquietude the game has never become less important to the Venezuelan people since it not only represents an entertainment but a way of unwinding after a busy or tense time at the office. Having said that Venezuela has a resilient population which has enjoyed a democratic system in the true sense of its definition for nearly sixty years which is more that can be said about any other country in Latin America, and I am fully confident that it will remain so for many years to come. In recent years, with the accession of Hugo Chavez to the presidency of the nation, Venezuela has become a major player in the international emporium and it is fast becoming a destination area for tourists from around the globe. the names of many of past and present baseball players, such as Alejandro Carrasquel, Alfonzo "Chico" Carrasquel, Luis Aparicio, Enzo Hernandez, David Conception, Tony Armas, Cesar Tovar, Victor Davalillo, Roberto Marcano, Camaleon Garcia, Oswaldo Guillen and Johan Santana, are still being chanted by their adherents forever more without any signs of coming to an end.  In fact, between 1939 and 2007, 199 baseball players born in Venezuela played baseball in the Majors. Indeed, baseball is the national game of Venezuela. Nonetheless, each year thousands of holiday-makers are drawn to Venezuela and many go back there year after year with the same reason as the first one that took them there: eagerness to find out about unfamiliar regions, customs and local art. Indeed, Venezuela is steeped in enlightenment, customs and local art. Venezuela's fauna and flora are unique;  it is a near-perfect place for bird-watchers and the hospitality of its people is second to none. Deep in the countryside, Venezuela has large areas of unspoilt beauty and I can assure you that the variety of landscapes will not fail to impress you. It vaunts snow-capped peaks and chains of mountains along the Andes and the Caribbean coast line rising up to over 2500 metres above sea level. The southern part of Venezuela is clutched tightly by the Amazon and its wilderness where one will find the highest waterfall in the world (Angel Falls). Rivers, plains and savannahs in the heart of the country are anglers' paradise on earth. The Orinoco river is perfect for holidays and pageantry in Venezuela tends to go down well with tourists. Caracas, the capital of the country, has everything a tourist could want. You name it, Caracas has it and it does not suffer from sky high prices. Caracas is never boring. There is always something going on and its main attractions are set out in most guide books. My wife, Sally, fell in love with the Venezuelan countryside at first sight. Venezuela extends a welcome to all tourists to discover its landscapes, mountains, rivers, cities and its people. It will be an enjoyable experience. It is worth a visit.

"He who does not demand much of himself because he is always stuck in second gear and  dare not face pain without fear will achieve very little in life and will never ride on the train of glory. Indeed, one must always strive to improve oneself since failure is the price to pay if one does not hone one's tools of intelligence. One ought to be persistent in the pursuit of one's dreams for commitment amounts to primacy while learning is the gain that will make you a supreme being" 

P.Figueras