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CHAPTER 2

FROM HEAVEN TO HELL

We had no idea what Venezuela would be like, but in our minds it was all palm trees, beaches and girls in bikinis.

When we touched down in Caracas, the first thing that hit us was the heat. We'd never felt anything like it. It was like a wall of hot air had crashed into us and we could hardly breathe. It was like stepping into a hothouse.

We were both still drunk from all the booze we'd polished off on the eleven-hour trip, and buzzing on life. We waltzed through Immigration, no questions asked, and all was going to plan.

Outside, we saw real palm trees for the first time. Not plastic ones, but real ones growing out of the ground. That blew us away. The roads were frantic with strange cars, and the air smelled so foreign and different