As I have not seen a beach in a while, I was pretty excited to be heading on into Caracas and then subsequently on to Los Roques. I think Los Roques is like the Fernando de Noronha of Brazil and the Galapagos of Ecuador; an expensive place more for holiday makers rather than your general budget backpackers. So I arrived in Caracas early and checked into Floresta hotel for one night in the relatively safe district of Altamira. ...

Brazil and Guyana done...now it's time to dip my feet into what Venezuela has to offer, as I'm sure I'll not be able to visit all the amazing places that this country has to offer, so I have to cherry pick, starting with Salto Angel (Angel Falls). The journey to Venezuela is not an easy one from Guyana, as there are no border crossings over land between the two countries, or certainly not any that a sane backpacker would be will...