Sten:

If you live in Caracas and want to be on the safe side - don't purchase a new Sport Utility Vehicle. A middle of the road vehicle (SUV or car) would do fine. You should keep your wits about you at all times there as carjacking is a worry but if you are careful, nothing will happen.

Live in an apartment - safety is much better there than in a house.

There is not much housing close to the airport/sea and you really don't want to be fighting traffic for an hour or longer each time you want to come to work.

Good luck and let me know if you have any further questions.

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Dear Sten,

Seems like we were neighbors a while ago, since I grew up in Hamburg and been to Denmark numerous times. I personally can not give you any advice on where to live in Caracas or what to look for, but I can certainly help you with adequate health insurance.

Let me first introduce myself. My name is Kai Poepplau and I myself have been an expatriate for the last 6 years. I`m German but have lived in the US since 1996 and just recently moved to Shanghai. Because of my background and my current situation I fully understand the importance of adequate health insurance and financial services for people living overseas. Therefore I`m aware of how important this issue is for everybody who considers taking an assignment overseas. I personally work for GBG/Tiecare international, an American company that provides insurance and financial services exclusively for expatriates(regardless of nationality). I`m sure that you have been approached before and that it all sounds the same, but it is no coincidence that we have been in the business for more than 2 decades and that we can proudly say that we have a 60% market share of all US schools overseas and thousands of corporate clients worldwide. In Shanghai for example we provide our service to the staff of the Shanghai American School, Concordia School, Changning International School, Yew Chung International School, Hewitt associates, GE china, as well as numerous individual clients. We believe that in order to attract qualified employees an employer must be able to provide excellent coverage and benefits at a competitive price. Or if the company does not provide coverage you should be at least aware of what options are out there. Since we are the only company that has local offices worldwide, we are able to claim that we have more experience than anybody else and that our customer service is only a call away. If you would like some further information in regards of what we do, who we are, and what our coverage consists of please let me know so I can provide you with the appropriate material. Since comparison should be in your interest I hope to get the chance to compare our products and services with your existing coverage. I`m looking forward to hear from you, until then my best regards.

Sincerely Yours

Kai Poepplau



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Shanghai 200120, P.R.China
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or: kpoepplau@yahoo.de

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I am a Venezuelan citizen and have lived in different countries as an expat, and I guess and can give you good advises about living in Venezuela and specially Caracas.
It's not the best moment to come but if you follow some advises you shouldn't have any problem living here.
Let me know...

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