Collection: Costa de Oro
I always preferred turquoise and aquamarine colors. Transparent waters and sand so white it looks like salt.
At least that's what I thought until I discovered the beaches of Aragua and Mochima.
It's like being part of an oversaturated image. Vivid colors, not only of nature itself, but also of the environment, of the community that lives on these lands.
Their houses, and even their boats or fishing boats, display vivid and contrasting colors.
"Playa Grande"
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Visiting these beaches also means visiting those who live there.
It is seeing them in their daily lives, fishing, working, resting, celebrating.
See them leave at dawn in their boats.
Wait for them to return, and watch them unload their nets with the day's catch, right there on the shore.
Visiting these beaches means to become part of their life experiences.
"En Alguna Playita"
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To stumble upon strange, unknown fish and throw them to the seagulls. Returning starfish, crabs and other little things back into the sea. Watching how fishermen cut, scale, clean and refrigerate their catch.
A Cacri* can always be found, looking for his breakfast - whatever he can also claim for himself in such a feast.
In the afternoon you see them resting again, the fishermen, lying in a hammock. There is no shortage of beers, and if you are lucky you can share a few Polarcitas** with them.
Later in the evening, the party in the village can be heard from anywhere. An old car with huge horns, blasting reggaeton, parked on one of the streets. The corner store is packed with customers, drinking right there at the door.
*Callejero Criollo, how stray dogs are called in Venezuela.
**Polarcita, the most consumed beer in Venezuela.
"Playa de Cepe"
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