I had no idea how attached we were to our daughter. My wife was helping her pack last night and she was about to have a panic attack.
In 17 years, this is the first time our daughter travels alone and will spend more than one night away.
I am ok with that. I think that she needs that kind of experience, especially if she is doing in the context of artistic activities with people she can trust.
I will let her tell you all the details of that trip. The symphonic choir will be performing some religious songs at the Virgen del Valle Basilica in El Valle del Espirítu Santo, Margarita. Margarita is an island 130 miles off the coast of Cumaná. With two more islands, Coche and Cubagua,it constitutes the state of Nueva Esparta, our only insular state.
I am sure these kids will have a great performance and better time.
Since my wife was teaching all morning and the ferry was supposed to leave at 11 I was in charge of taking 
We were told we had to be there by 9 am. We got a ride with my father-in-law and at 9 am sharp we were there. As it was expected, no one else (from the choir) had arrived.
I needed to charge my phone and started to look for a plug. There was only one functional power outlet. People here have the weirdest hobbies, like vandalizing stuff like this (despite the fact that this place is militarized day and night).
At the ticket booth the National Guards were not allowing people in cars to park. They were allowing motorcycles, though. I never understood the logic of that. There was this woman who had some kids with her and she needed to confirm her tickets.
She was sent to the other side of parking lot and had to walk all the way back to ticket booth with her kids.
So much for providing travelers with a warm touristic experience.
The group started to drop by and everything became chaotic. They had to comfirm their tickets, then go around the building to another place to be checked by a doctor! Not sure how effective that flash check-up would be against a possible covid-19 spread. After that, they had to walk back to this area and up to another building to do a third control check; totally inefficient and unnecessary.
It was a quarter to 11 and they were still waiting for a couple of singers to arrive. On top of that, one of the kids had no ID (he had lost it and forgot to mention that to the his choir director). He would not travel unless he got a doc from a police body stating that his ID had been robbed and his copy was a valid document for traveling. That had to be done at the other end of town (CICPC). Not sure why at a ferry terminal, with so many different uniforms, something like this could not be done to avoid further complications to travelers.
In the mean time,
How far is she going?
It's a four-hour trip. Old ferries; not very fast. The island is close actually. From Punta de Piedra, they would have to go East to El Valle.
Two days is nothing, but if you have to deal with a mother who had never let her daughter stay away from her with non-family, two days will feel like an eternity.😂
Hopefully, the choir tour will be such a success that we will forget this "trauma" quickly.