Caracas - Post Report Question and Answers

Is this a "shopping post"? Are there interesting handicrafts, artwork, antiques, or other items that people typically buy there?

Chocolate, rum, handcraft furniture, art, pottery, glass, etc. - May 2015


Experiences more than things. - Apr 2015


All kinds of handicrafts and items from the Amazon area, as well as the typical South American items like woodwork, paintings, and musical instruments. - Sep 2013


Venezuelan chocolates are delicious, and the orange-flavored rum is pretty nice! - Aug 2012


Hammocks, paintings, wooden boxes. - Mar 2012


wooden bowls and boxes, chocolate. - Mar 2011


Some textiles. - Jan 2011


Cheap replicas of all the stuff you wish you could have here. - Oct 2010


Glass art, paintings, and woodwork. These are 3 of the few handicrafts that can still be found. - Sep 2010


Chocolate, rum, Murano-style glass, wood from Lara state - Mar 2010


It's all made in Colombia so no sense it buying it here. - Mar 2010


Nothing in Venezuela is made locally, only oil. - Feb 2009


Chavez souvenirs - tee shirts, watches, dolls. There is no industry or culture in Venezuela, so no local products to acquire. - Nov 2008


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