Monte Carmelo - Cold climate, warm people [Esp-Eng]

My husband and I usually visit places that are quite hot, in fact we currently live in a place where it is always quite hot, but we love cold places, not only the advantages they have as the lack of insects or not sweating, if not how beautiful they look at the sight of these sites.

Thinking about this we visited a beautiful place in an area that in the country where we live is cold, here in Venezuela due to its geographical location there are not the four seasons that normally occur in other countries, only summer and winter or where I live better known as rainy season and dry season. In the dry seasons the heat is super more intense, so it was the date we decided to travel to Mount Carmelo, Trujillo state for there in late March early April.

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Mi esposo y yo por lo general visitamos lugares que son bastante calurosos, de hecho actualmente vivimos en un lugar en donde hace bastante calor siempre, pero nos encantan los lugares fríos, no solo las ventajas que tienen como la falta de insectos o en no sudar, si no lo bonitos que se ven a la vista de estos sitios.

Pensando en esto visitamos un bonito lugar de una zona que en el país en el que vivimos es fría, acá en Venezuela debido a su ubicación geográfica no se dan las cuatro estaciones que normalmente se dan en otros países, solamente verano e invierno o donde vivo más conocido como temporada de lluvias y temporada de sequías. En las temporadas de sequías el calor es súper más intenso, Así que fue la fecha que decidimos viajar a monte Carmelo, estado Trujillo para allá a finales de marzo principios de abril.

An area that for a person who lives in a place with a tropical climate where it is always hot, is super cold. I remember that upon arrival we saw that none of the rooms had air conditioners or fans of any kind, and honestly even though there were none we were always super warm and wrapped up with blankets, something difficult for tropical bodies.

But the experience was not torturing at all, it was super nice and different, although sometimes the cold got into our bones and when I washed my hair it never dried naturally, I loved the weather. I was surprised to realize that many of the activities I normally do, were a little easier to accomplish there because of the weather, for example a one hour walk in the heat of the area where I live can be quite strenuous, but there it was not at all.

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Una zona que para una persona que vive en un lugar con clima tropical en el que siempre está haciendo calor, es súper frío. Recuerdo que al llegar vimos que ninguna de las habitaciones había ni aires acondicionados, ni ventiladores de ningún tipo, y honestamente aunque no los habían siempre estábamos súper abrigados y arropados con cobijas, algo difícil para cuerpos tropicales.

Pero la experiencia no fue para nada torturadora fue súper bonita y diferente, aunque a veces el frío se nos metía a los huesos y cuando me lavaba el cabello nunca se me secaba naturalmente, me encantó el clima. Me sorprendió darme cuenta de que muchas de las actividades que normalmente hago, eran un poco más fáciles de lograr allá debido al clima, por ejemplo una caminata de una hora en el calor de la zona donde vivo puede ser bastante agotadora, pero allá no lo era en absoluto.

Monte Carmelo is an extremely beautiful place that is full everywhere of vegetation, spectacularly tall trees of all kinds, plus super beautiful plants and flowers that I honestly met for the first time there, although it is a small town, it is quite nice, clean and picturesque, the people all super friendly and polite, also in love with coffee.

I didn't take pictures of it but in the middle of town there was a house with a huge mill and they grind coffee for sale, or even whoever needed to bring their coffee beans to send it to be ground there. What made the town in general had that little smell of coffee everywhere, but a pure and new coffee, you can imagine how Monte Carmelo smells.

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Monte Carmelo es un lugar sumamente bonito que está lleno por todas partes de vegetación, árboles espectacularmente altos y de todo tipo, además de plantas y flores súper hermosos que honestamente conocí por primera vez ahí, aunque es un pueblo pequeño, es bastante bonito limpio y pintoresco, las personas todas súper amables y educadas, también enamoradas del café.

No tomé fotografías de esto pero en todo en medio del pueblo había una casa en la que contaban con un molino enorme y molían café para la venta, o incluso quien necesitará llevaba su café en granos para mandarlo a moler ahí. Lo que hacía que el pueblo en general tuviera ese olorcito a café por todas partes, pero un café puro y nuevo, ya se imaginarán como huele Monte Carmelo.

Around the town there were some nearby communities that could only be reached by climbing the mountain, we went to visit one of these places called "la amarilla", it took us 4 hours to climb it (for those who live there it only takes 2 or even 1) When we arrived it was already noon and being a little higher, we experienced a lot more cold, we controlled it with coffee and a lentil soup that they gave us for lunch.

Going up was a bit complicated for me, I quickly ran out of air and we had to make stops, that's why it took us so long to go up, but the way up was great because everything was very beautiful, even the way the fog followed us looked like a spectacle. The trees and fruit plants were like mountains over there, and everywhere the tallest banana trees I have ever seen in my life.

! [Spanish version]
Alrededor del pueblo habían algunas comunidades cercanas pero a las que solo se llegaba subiendo por la montaña, fuimos de visita uno de estos lugares llamado "la amarilla", subirlo nos tomó 4 horas (a quienes viven allá solo les toma 2 y hasta 1) Cuando llegamos ya era mediodía y al estar un poco más alto, experimentamos muchísimo más frío, fríe qué controlamos con café y una sopa de lentejas qué nos dieron para almorzar.

Subir fue un poco complicado para mí, rápidamente me quedaba sin aire y teníamos que hacer paradas, por eso tardamos tanto en subir, pero el camino fue genial porque todo era muy bonito, incluso la manera como nos seguía la neblina se veía como todo un espectáculo. Los árboles y las plantas frutales qué eran como monte por allá, y por todas partes los árboles más altos de cambur (banana) qué he visto en mi vida.

The hot tropical areas have their advantages, like being able to take your hair outdoors or go to the beach, but I am a cold team, the cold areas have a particular charm, they are calm, full of tranquility and obviously freshness. We met very kind people who were attentive to us, to the point that every time we arrived at a house where they didn't even know us they offered us a cup of coffee for the cold, super nice.

Trujillo is a small town to spend a quiet time, just as I like the truth. I love quiet places where there is no excessive noise or pollution and above all where I can enjoy nature and its variety.

! [Spanish version]
The hot tropical areas have their advantages, like being able to take your hair outdoors or go to the beach, but I am a cold team, the cold areas have a particular charm, they are calm, full of tranquility and obviously freshness. We met very kind people who were attentive to us, to the point that every time we arrived at a house where they didn't even know us they offered us a cup of coffee for the cold, super nice.

Trujillo is a small town to spend a quiet time, just as I like the truth. I love quiet places where there is no excessive noise or pollution and above all where I can enjoy nature and its variety.