{"id":5615,"date":"2013-02-05T22:45:57","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T22:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.2fortheroad.co.uk\/?p=5615"},"modified":"2026-01-20T15:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:44:49","slug":"planting-around-the-world-mission-21-coro-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.2fortheroad.co.uk\/index.php\/destinations\/south-america\/planting-around-the-world-mission-21-coro-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting Around the World Mission 21 (Coro, Venezuela)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> Another country, another tree! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.2fortheroad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/coro-tree-together.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.2fortheroad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/coro-tree-together.JPG\" alt=\"coro-tree-together.JPG\" class=\"wp-image-1160\" title=\"coro-tree-together.JPG\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> <b>Our 21st tree has been planted <\/b>in the most tranquil place <b>Venezuela <\/b>could possibly offer, namely within the confines of the exquisite <b>Casa del Mono hostel, in the lovely colonial town of Coro<\/b>, also a jewel of this country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.2fortheroad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/coro-digging.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.2fortheroad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/coro-digging.JPG\" alt=\"coro-digging.JPG\" class=\"wp-image-1160\" title=\"coro-digging.JPG\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> Our timing was all a bit screwed up in organizing this, so we ended up doing the mission at night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.2fortheroad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/coro-dog.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.2fortheroad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/coro-dog.JPG\" alt=\"coro-dog.JPG\" class=\"wp-image-1160\" title=\"coro-dog.JPG\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\n<i>All this digging has made the dogs suspicious&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <b>Thanks to the lovely owner Adriana <\/b>for liking trees and allowing us to plant one in her yard. Venezuela is a rather hectic environment and finding, as well as planting a tree anywhere else would have been a bit tense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.2fortheroad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/coro-planting-tree.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.2fortheroad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/coro-planting-tree.JPG\" alt=\"coro-planting-tree.JPG\" class=\"wp-image-1160\" title=\"coro-planting-tree.JPG\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\n<i>PS: this tree will replace the big one in the background which had to come down&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> May it grow big and offer you good shade from the scorching sun up there on the Caribbean coast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.2fortheroad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/watering-coro-tree.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.2fortheroad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/watering-coro-tree.JPG\" alt=\"watering-coro-tree.JPG\" class=\"wp-image-1160\" title=\"watering-coro-tree.JPG\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> <b>GROW LITTLE ONE, GROW!!!<\/b> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another country, another tree! Our 21st tree has been planted in the most tranquil place Venezuela could possibly offer, namely within the confines of the exquisite Casa del Mono hostel, in the lovely colonial town of Coro, also a jewel of this country. Our timing was all a bit screwed up in organizing this, so we ended up doing the mission at night. All this digging has made the dogs suspicious&#8230; Thanks to the lovely owner Adriana for liking trees and allowing us to plant one in her yard. Venezuela is a rather hectic environment and finding, as well as planting a tree anywhere else would have been a bit tense. PS: this tree will replace the big one in the background which had to come down&#8230; May it grow big and offer you good shade from the scorching sun up there on the Caribbean coast. 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