So it was up early for breakfast, pancakes and bacon… very traditional Venezuelan breakfast I am told. Then onto the truck that would take us up the past the Waterfalls we saw yesterday and to a long boat that would take us all the way to Angel Falls. We were told that we would get there by around 1pm… this actually meant 4 hours sitting on the food of a long boat… sure that would be great fun. We were joined today by 4 Germans, who seemed pretty nice! All ...

On a more pleasant note we woke up at 6am, to a hot shower and a very friendly hostess service at Posada del Rosario. I would recommend these people to any traveller because they were very polite in the morning, stayed up late to let us in, and were very friendly. The tour representative was called Giovanni, and he picked us up and we were on our way to the airport for the trip to Canaima. This is where Megan started to get very excited, because she saw that the ...

So it was off to explore Canaima, and first a boat ride across the Pink Lagoon. As you can see in the pictures, the water comes off a light red colour due to quartz deposits and a certain high acidic concentration. This water on the plus side is renowned for keep mosquitoes away! Woohooo!So it was across the lagoon passing three tremendous waterfalls, and onto an Island which would led to the Sapo Falls. Sapo means frog in Spanish, I was told. So it was pretty go...

Enter the Unknown.So we set down in Caracas, after the flights from hell on Caribbean Airways (note to the wise avoid at all costs - both planes delayed). This is my first time in South America, something that will piss my father off no end. Yes I got here first!Did you know you can't get Venezuelan B.s (currency) in the UK? So it was straight to the atm - "not in service" - great! So through the gates and immediately a rush of people wanted us to eithe...

So the bus… what can I say about the bus. Rodovias de Venezuela was the company that owned it and it was the most uncomfortable ride of my life. Our tour company, had forgotten to mention that these busses are kept at sub freezing temperatures throughout the journeys, to keep people from sweating, therefore negating the concept of cleaning the bus. Up roll Megan and I in T-shirts and shorts, having left jumpers and jeans in Tobago, it was so cold. And by cold ...