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Adventure holidays and trips for 2014: Latin America and the Caribbean
2014冒險之旅：拉丁美洲與加勒比
Trek on a Caribbean island, chase lightning or swim with whales … There's no shortage of adventure in this part of the world
跋涉加勒比小島，追逐閃電或是與鯨共泳······世界的這一角落永不缺少冒險。
Chasing lightning in Venezuela 追逐閃電，委內瑞拉
Photograph: Alasdair Baverstock 攝影：阿拉斯代爾 巴夫斯托克
Between April and November, on any given night at Lake Maracaibo – a large brackish bay connected to the Gulf of Venezuela – lightning bolts, appearing 200 to a minute, draw great cracks across the sky illuminating the night. The lightning here is so intense and frequent that it has just won a place in The Guinness Book of World Records. You can travel here from Mérida, itself something of an adventure destination where thrillseekers will be able to experience the world's highest cable car when it opens later this year.
四月到十一月之間，任選一個夜晚到馬拉開波湖 —— 一個與委內瑞拉海灣相連的咸水灣——閃電每分鐘出現200多次，劃破天空，照亮黑夜。這個地區閃電出現得如此頻繁以至于它在吉尼斯世界記錄大全上占有一席之地。你可以從梅里達州游至此地。梅里達州本身就是一個冒險之地，年底通車之后，尋求刺激的游客能在這里乘坐到世上最高的纜車。
From the historic town, tourists go north through the Sierra La Culata national park to catch a speedboat to the lake-top fishing communities at the heart of nature's own plasma ball. This untouched land is remote enough to retain a wilderness feel, even without the lightning, and is home to jaguars, alligators, boa constrictors and monkeys, all of which retreat as the storms draw closer in the small hours. And when the lightning arrives – caused by heat, humidity and Andean winds, and accompanied by roaring thunder – it explodes in all directions burning jagged bolts into your retina. A unique Central American experience.
從歷史悠久的小鎮出發，北經委內瑞拉國家公園，搭乘快艇至位于大自然等離子球中心的湖巔釣魚群落。這塊無人問津的土地所在偏遠，即使沒有閃電，仍保留了原始荒原之感。 這里也是美洲豹、短吻鱷、大蟒蛇和猴子的家園，它們會在凌晨風暴來臨前撤回。當閃電出現的時候——由熱度、濕度和安第斯風引起，伴隨著咆哮的奔雷——它向四面八方爆裂，參差不齊的閃電直劈到你的眼睛里。這是獨一無二的中美洲體驗。
