Coro and Puerto Columbia

In Merida after all the activities we had about 8 days spare until we flew to Peru. We decided to go to a colonial town called Coro. Here we walked around the center, which is preserved as a world heritage site. We were waiting in Coro for 3 days to do a tour of a peninsular that is joined to the mainland by a thin strip of land. On the tour we were took to various small towns to look at the buildings and things. In one town we were let into a church by the priests son called ´Jesus´ (pronouced hay-sus) which was ironic. Here we went up to the bell tower and loked around the church. We also did a walk around a arid woodland, where we saw cactus, something that translates to tree beard, a bright red bird. There also lives a bright blue trantular, but when we went they were all sleeping so we didnt get to see any unfortunately. We got taken to a lighthouse on the most northen point of South America. We went to a lake that i so concentrated with salt the colour of the water is pink and ther are loads of huge salt crystals around. Near the salt lake we got to see wild flamingos. Nearer to the end of the day we stopped off at a beach for an hour and then headed towards the narrow strip of land thats connected to the mainland. In this strip there happens to be a desert with huge sand dunes.
After Coro we decided to go to some beaches at Puerto Columbia on the coast as it was fairly near to Caracas (the capital city) for the flight to Lima in Peru. From Coro we got a bus to Maracay and then from there you can get to Puerto Columbia. The bus journey to Puerto Columbia was crazy. It was a total pimped out American school bus type with tinted windows, blasting reggeton out (Venezuela music similar to Sean Paul, but more rap-like with massive beat), driving over a huge hills with windy, foggys bends. Rather than the driver brake round a corner, he would just beep his ship sounding horn and expect any oncoming traffic to hear this and stop. Also his green lights didnt help with the fog as it made the fog blend in with the forest. In Puerto Columbia we have just been going to the beach. On the beach there are at least 6 foot waves everyday so you cant swim too far our as they just batter you around. Everyday so far the life guards have been going in because people cant swim back because they are stuck in between the huge waves sucking them back and hitting them all the time. Also when you are trying to avoid getting hit by a wave you are also dodging the surfers riding them.