August 17, 2004

  Venezuela

Wyatt in Caracas
A Daily Photo Essay of My Journey

By now you have no doubt heard that President Chavez was not ousted from his post.  They made the announcement at 4:00 AM yesterday.  Most people at work were fatigued from all the activity of the previous day.  I woke Sunday and looked out my window at a line of people waiting to vote.  The earliest ones arrived well before 6:00 AM.  The line was 2 to 6 people wide and stretched for almost a half mile, from near next to my school all the way to the Supermarket.  People waited 6+ hours to vote.  Although there were so many people, it was eerily quiet near the polling places. However, It was inspiring to see so many people interested in their countries' well-being.



P.S. Happy Birthday to my sister, Patty!!!!