Directly behind our hotel in Puerto La Cruz, there was a road that led to Cerro el Morro…

which is a cliff that provides a gorgeous view of the sea and the city. Along the way, we saw this…

and this…

and finally at the top, this…

This cross is at the peak of the mountaintop…

It sort of reminds me of an evangelical church ground, but I digress. The only word I could think of to describe this place was tranquility…

What do you think?

We spent the New Year in Puerto La Cruz, which is a coastal town/city in the northeast region of Venezuela.
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We stayed at the hotel Punta Palma and had a gorgeous view from our balcony…

This was sunset our first day there…

And this was sunrise on January 1st…

More pictures to come…