🌞 ¡Hola! ¡Hola! 🌞

What a pleasure it is to write in this community! I congratulate you all, hoping that this will be a place where all these #hivers “hijo er diablos” and those of us who love the island can meet and grow, just as if we were from there. Total success! 🤗. Wow! What is my favorite place on the island? ALL OF THEM! End of post 🤣. The thing is, it's very difficult for me to decide because my history with the island goes back more than 20 years (I was still a minor) and for a long time it has been my place of refuge, adventures, and misadventures. It's like a novel! I've been going to the island since I was in high school because my father had a resort there; yes, back in the good old days. Then I moved to Cumaná and met friends from Margarita, with whom I could go to their house and go out on the island. Later, my father moved to the island, so coming and going was common for me. Unfortunately, I haven't set foot on the island in almost 10 years, so I hope this will be the year I reconnect with my love! MANIFESTING! 🌟.

🌞🌊PLAYA EL YAQUE 🌞🌊

¿Cómo se llega?

¿Qué me gusta del Yaque?

It was super difficult for me to choose just one place; I've visited iconic sites such as El Valle, Porlamar, the market, the marine museum, the beaches, the nightlife, the hamlets, the various family villages, Coche... It's the best! So it was like doing a study of not only the place I like, but also telling you, my reader: “When you go to the island, you absolutely have to visit this place, because otherwise, you haven't been to the island.” My favorite place, which has everything, is: YAQUE BEACH 🌞🌊 Strategically located so that only people who really want to spend a different kind of day there come, and bring money to spend 🤣.

How do you get there? When you get off the ferry, take the main road and at the airport intersection, turn right and from there, the road will take you there 😎. If you're coming from the airport, tell the taxi driver, “Take me to Yaque,” and they'll take you there. Luckily, on the island, everyone knows each other, and people know where the tourists go.

What do I like about Yaque? Simple, the good life 🌟. It's one of the regular destinations during Holy Week, and for those who live there, weekends are spent in these places. To give you an idea, in my day, going to El Yaque was around 4:00 p.m. when families were already coming down, and the locals were starting with the music, drinks, and all the fun. Returning from El Yaque is around midnight, when your body can't take it anymore, or to go to the nightclubs, which is another matter entirely. SPECTACULAR ON THE ISLAND!

Once, I went to the beach early with some friends and was surprised by something I hadn't seen anywhere else: they offered us a cooler with ice, beers, and a soft drink, plus a free umbrella, and everything was so cheap. So, spending the day there wasn't expensive, especially when you didn't have to bring your own beach gear. How could you refuse to go to Yaque? Another thing is the diversity of people. Believe me, if you're looking for love, adventure, new friends, or just to see, this is the place. On one occasion, we met a baseball player (now deceased) with his whole family and became friends “for a day,” but we had a great time. El Yaque has something for everyone. Nowadays, I've seen people celebrating New Year's Eve there, dressed in white, with wish balloons, watching the fireworks and forgetting about those traditions where spending and excess leave us with empty pockets. Here, you just bring your chairs, your champagne, and your good vibes, and the rest flows like the waves of the sea.

I am a beach lover, so this place is perfect for a day of sun and sand, a night out drinking, a different kind of weekend, or celebrating a special occasion. In addition, the security and the way everyone looks out for each other give it that extra something we are looking for, so we don't have to worry about keeping an eye on our belongings and can just enjoy ourselves. The only downside, as I said, is that if you don't have a car to get there, I think the journey can be a bit tedious. I haven't had to do it myself, but thinking about it, it's better to plan ahead and have a vehicle.

¿Qué me falta en el Yaque?

What am I missing in Yaque? Staying a weekend in its inns, waking up to eat in its restaurants, and walking around all the beautiful things it has to offer, forgetting about everything else. MANIFESTING! 🌟.

Aprovecho la oportunidad para invitar a @omarcitorojas @yasmarit y @mafalda2018 que nos indiquen si tienen un lugar favorito en la isla; de no haber ido, que les gustaría conocer de este maravilloso lugar y si nos pagamos con HBD un viaje para allá en cuotas y con Cashea 🤣 ¡Invadimos la isla! 😎. Acá les dejo el enlace de la publicación original

Hasta un próximo encuentro 🌟🌊

The photographs are my property, I think from the last time I was in Yaque, a few years ago. I hope to renew them soon. I made the cover, divider, and banner in Canva. The translator I used was DeepL. Until next time.

I would like to take this opportunity to invite @omarcitorojas, @yasmarit, and @mafalda2018 to tell us if they have a favorite place on the island. If they haven't been there yet, what would they like to see in this wonderful place? And if we pay for a trip there in installments with HBD and Cashea, 🤣 let's invade the island! 😎 Here is the link to the original post