Are you looking for a trip of a lifetime? Take a trip to Venezuela

Lucy McCarthy, 16, stepped out of her comfort zone to immerse herself in a two-month trip of a lifetime. It proved to be a class adventure.

AS THE BUS slowly pulled away from Cork and I lost sight of my family, I realised that two months was going to be a long time.

Forty eight hours later, three flights, hours of broken sleep and an unexpected 12-hour overnight stay in Caracas airport, one of the most dangerous airports in the world, we arrived in Merida.