There have been regular four-hour power outages, excused by the rain. So far, the longest power outage has been 15 hours. Consequences: The brekera (a kind of brekera) burned down, along with some cables. Thankfully, we noticed it in time and were able to fix it, so nothing serious happened.

Today a purchase of vegetables was made and the bill came to 1064.20 Bolivars ($12.66 at today's exchange rate). The purchase consisted of potatoes, sweet peppers, plantains, cilantro, eggplant, spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, and onions.

This is what a 1 million bolivar bill from 2020 is for:

The banknotes used for this year 2025 are not the same as those used 5 years ago due to the reduction of zeros on the banknotes that were there (again). If they did not do that, the banknotes today would have 14 more zeros.

This is the state of some bakeries, of course there are others that do not seem to be from Venezuela but from some country with a "stable" economy.

These have been quite rainy days.

The decorations of the cities

What was once a bank is now just an empty structure

Rain or shine, these are hardworking Venezuelans.