Hi Betty. I went to Margarita about 4 years ago. The only problem I found was getting a real salad with iceberg lettuce and a decent baked potato (even the potato at the Hilton was icky). Don't miss Playa el Agua - it's really pretty. I found some nice shells near Punta Arenas. Sue in Denver ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Help! Author: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> at INET Date: 4/21/98 8:20 AM Hola Betty: You are going to a beautiful place with 110V electricity and the same plug-ins as in USA; you are going to be able to dry yous hair; the water shortage has gone and, with it, the electrical cuts; you have 24 hours/day of drying time. There are lots of shells. You also can find sun-tan that you will need because the sun is beautiful. I am going there in June and I am trying to find a bearddrier because how I will look like if I have to spend 5 days in the water without a bearddrier (it is a joke) I would appreciate that, in due time, you comment about your trip and the best collecting places that you found. Saludos y que todo te vaya bien Emilio Betty Jean Piech escribis: > Dear Conch-Lers - I leave in three days for a collecting trip to Margarita > Island off the coast of Venezuela and I suddenly remembered I need some > information I don't have. Do they have 110 current (I hope, if not I will > need to take a converter)? And do their plug-ins look like ours or do I > need an adapter and if so what does it look like? And even if everything > is just like the US, I still need to know that so I can stop thinking of > what . I know we have some members in Venezuela, hopefully one of you > will come to my rescue. > > Betty Jean, The Tall One =20 > > Betty Jean Piech=A0=A0=A0=A0 > Hockessin DE,USA > ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~=20 > _@/-The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.-\@_ > ---------------------------------------------------------------