Driving through the South!! I had forgotten how cold it can get travelling on overnight buses and lastnight was a sharp reminder. The bus journey was smooth enough and luckily no police checks however the chilly air conditioning chilled me to the bone. At around 10am we stopped at a roadside resteraunt and everyone poured off the bus rushing to get food and use the bathroom. One thing I have noticed about Venezuelans is they love to eat and eat sweet and fatty fo...

The Long Road Out of Venezuela!! Today I was woken up very early from our Japanese friends who had been partying all night - it was 3am and someone was throwing up and an hour later Yuki was creating havoc peeing in the kitchen where the ladies were trying to make breakfast. In the morning everyone slept so I took the time to do some research and have one last walk around Ciudad Bolivar. I met some new guests that were doing their Salto Falls tour and was able to...

Back to Bolivar!! Today is day 4 of my Canaima tour and we are back off to Ciudad Bolivar on a morning flight. I had nothing to do in the morning except wait for breakfast (which never came) and wait for the group of Japanese to get back from their overnight boat trip. At 9:30am the group had still not arrived so I made my way to the airport and waited there. The planes had already all arrived and it seemed like we were just waiting on my group so that we could t...

Deciding Factor!! This morning I woke early to join the Japanese group for breakfast before they headed off on their boat trip up to Salto Falls (what I had done on the first day). Breakfast was a bit average for me as I couldn't have the pancake and instead ended up with potatoes and a scrambled egg - strange combination. I met two other independent travellers: Daniel from the states and Greg from Poland - which had decided to come out here independent of a tour...

Sapato Falls and Canaima Park!! This morning we were up at 5am ready for our boat ride back to Caniama Park. It was still dark so we gathered our things and made our way to the boat. It was a little chilly on the boat and it wasn't long before we hit rapids and we were all covered in water. As there had been rain overnight the water level was quite a bit higher and the rapids a bit more ferocious. Going down rapids took just as much technical skill as going up th...