I find the theme of the contest very interesting and I am very pleased to be able to share part of my story by writing about the place of my birth and the place where I currently live.

I will begin by writing a little about the city where I was born. Caracas, is the capital of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela***. It is located in the central-north coastal area of the country.

It was founded in 1567 under the name of Santiago de León de Caracas by the Spanish conquistador Diego de Losada. It extends in a valley 900 meters above sea level and is separated from the Venezuelan coast by an imposing mountain called Waraira Repano which comes from the indigenous dialect of the Caribbean ethnic group and means, according to some linguists, " Garnde saw".

I lived in the capital of the republic since my birth until 1984, when due to the change of the socio-economic-political situation of the country, my family was forced to emigrate to the interior of the country and it is there where I arrived to San Juan de Los Morros, capital of the central plains state Guárico.

To get from the city of Caracas to the small town of San Juan de Los Morros the traveler must take the regional highway of the center, the most important way to achieve communication between the capital of the republic to the center, south and west of the country.

This highway crosses three of the most important states of the country, Miranda state, Aragua state and Carabobo state, where it ends at the entrance to the city of Valencia, capital of Carabobo state.

However, to reach the capital of the state of Guárico it is not necessary to travel the entire length of this highway. It could be said that in the middle of the route we find a sector called La Encrucijada de Aragua, located in the state of Aragua and which serves as an important road fork in the center of the country.

This is perhaps an obligatory stop for those traveling from the west, center and south of Venezuela and vice versa. It is a place that could be catalogued as emblematic and is close to the city of Maracay, capital of Aragua State.

It is approximately 71 km away in a straight line from Caracas and 91 km en route from the same point of origin. At a speed of 80 kilometers per hour, the estimated travel time is 1 h 17 min.

We take the Los Llanos road when leaving the crossroads to go to our destination. This road is called perimetral. It is located between the highway and the freeway. It is a two-way road with a large number of vehicles, both light and heavy vehicles.

The first town through which the traveler passes is the small industrial city of Cagua, located in the state of Aragua, where important national and transnational companies are productive.

This small industrial city is of great productive importance in the center of the country. The perimeter road crosses this town from side to side. It is located at an approximate distance of 71.78 km from the capital of the republic, in a straight line and about 110 km in route distance. 1 hour 19 minutes is the estimated travel time at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour.

We take Los Llanos road when leaving the crossroads to go to our destination. This road is called perimetral. It is located between the highway and the freeway. It is a two-way road with a large number of vehicles, both light and heavy vehicles.

The first town through which the traveler passes is the small industrial city of Cagua, located in the state of Aragua, where important national and transnational companies are productive.

This small industrial city is of great productive importance in the center of the country. The perimeter road crosses this town from side to side. It is located at an approximate distance of 71.78 km from the capital of the republic, in a straight line and about 110 km in route distance. 1 hour 19 min is the estimated travel time at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour.

We leave Cagua and drive along the Llanos road until we reach the village of Villa de Cura. This town is the last existing town in the state of Aragua. Let's say that it is the limit of the south of the state.

This town had at the end of the 17th century a very great importance within the national scheme of Venezuela. At the present time this town shows many colonial characteristics that have been guarded with much suspicion by the natives of this town.

It is about 83.12 km away, in a straight line, from the capital of the republic and about 131 km away, in tuta. From the same. The travel time from the city of Caracas is 1 hour 37 min at an average speed of 80 kilometers per hour.

Following the road we left Villa de Cura to cross the state border that divides the states of Aragua and Guárico, to immediately reach San Juan de los Morros, capital of the state of Guárico. City where I live since 1984.

When I arrived in this city, it was for me, a very radical change in my lifestyle. I came from living in a large-scale metropolis like Caracas in those years and San Juan de los Morros was nowhere near it in this aspect.

This city is located about 82.50 km away, as the crow flies, from the city of Caracas. The road distance is about 140 km from the capital of the republic with an approximate travel time of 1 hour 52 min with an average speed of 80 kilometers per hour.

(1)Morros de San Juan. Photo of my authorship.

It has a natural tourist attraction called Los Morros de San Juan(1), or monument Aristides Rojas official name, which gives the surname to the city. It is a reef formation of limestone rocks.

Another attraction of the city is the statue of Sanjuanote(3) or San Juan Bautista built during the dictatorship of General Juan Vicente Gomes at the beginning of the 20th century.

The thermal baths are one of the main attractions visited in the city. Built in the time of Generalissimo Juan Vicente Gómez and very frequented by this one as a result of the sulfurous thermal waters that are in this place.

For being the capital of the state in this city are concentrated the political powers of the state having in it the main headquarters of the Governorate of Guárico State(2), Legislative Council and state headquarters of the main national ministries.

(2)Gobernación del estado Guárico. (3)Sanjuanote. (4)Monument to the Flag. Photo of my authorship.

The city is home to one of the most important universities in the country. The Rómulo Gallegos University boasts a good level among the country's universities despite being one of the youngest existing in the national university system.

The city is nicknamed La puesta de los Llanos venezolanos (the put of the Venezuelan plains***) because it is located, geographically speaking, at the beginning of the Venezuelan plains. This can be verified as one advances towards this territory through the terrestrial communication routes. The change of the geography at visual level demonstrates it.

The monument to the Flag(4), the Olympic Village, Bolivar Square, El Cero Platillon, El Castrero Spa, among other sites are almost obligatory for the tourist who visits this city.

At present the city has grown in number of inhabitants and in extension of housing areas. The night life remains at low levels since it is still feasible to meet in the different streets among friends to share a drink or a social gathering.

This is the city where I live nowadays and Caracas is the city where I was born a few turns ago. I hope this publication is to the liking of those who read it.

See you next time...

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