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Adventure holidays and trips for 2014: Latin America and the Caribbean
2014冒险之旅：拉丁美洲与加勒比
Trek on a Caribbean island, chase lightning or swim with whales … There's no shortage of adventure in this part of the world
跋涉加勒比小岛，追逐闪电或是与鲸共泳······世界的这一角落永不缺少冒险。
Chasing lightning in Venezuela 追逐闪电，委内瑞拉
Photograph: Alasdair Baverstock 摄影：阿拉斯代尔 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.
四月到十一月之间，任选一个夜晚到马拉开波湖 —— 一个与委内瑞拉海湾相连的咸水湾——闪电每分钟出现200多次，划破天空，照亮黑夜。这个地区闪电出现得如此频繁以至于它在吉尼斯世界记录大全上占有一席之地。你可以从梅里达州游至此地。梅里达州本身就是一个冒险之地，年底通车之后，寻求刺激的游客能在这里乘坐到世上最高的缆车。
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.
从历史悠久的小镇出发，北经委内瑞拉国家公园，搭乘快艇至位于大自然等离子球中心的湖巅钓鱼群落。这块无人问津的土地所在偏远，即使没有闪电，仍保留了原始荒原之感。 这里也是美洲豹、短吻鳄、大蟒蛇和猴子的家园，它们会在凌晨风暴来临前撤回。当闪电出现的时候——由热度、湿度和安第斯风引起，伴随着咆哮的奔雷——它向四面八方爆裂，参差不齐的闪电直劈到你的眼睛里。这是独一无二的中美洲体验。
