# @xandler80 on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRnTdcyEtEo
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37438999-xandler80-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/8e5a633dc0.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-11-28T20:48:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** J.L.Lopez (@xandler80) — https://gondola.cc/xandler80

## Caption

Have you ever been to a mangrove forest? 🌳

I’ve wanted to visit one ever since I first learned about them as a kid watching bbcearth documentaries with davidattenborough, and this year I finally got to explore one for the very first time.

Getting there wasn’t easy. My friend dayonmoiz and I took a taxi from Caracas to the town of Maracay, then another taxi to a small fishing village across a mountain covered in beautiful forest, and then hopped on a boat that brought us to this breathtaking place. After spending a few hours there, we made our way back to Caracas: another boat ride, a motorbike taxi, a tightly packed bus filled with salsa and reggaetón where I shared far too much sweat with the people pressed against me, and finally another bus where a woman blocked the aisle with a giant box of quail-egg nets that I had to literally step over to reach my seat and later to get off.

Was it worth it? Absolutely. 100%.

## Stats

- **Views:** 59
- **Likes:** 72
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 14

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Photographer |

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