Crisp sheets, warm shower and not too much noise from the locals made a refreshing change. We were paying a lot more than normal but sometimes you need to treat yourself and we were going to be at the hotel all day. Any impression of being excessive drifted away as a small cockroach tried to get onto my feet as I was trapped having a pee (did a little dance). We headed up to the pool to relax and kill time before flying out tomorrow. Liz is definately looking f...

Another long travel day, but not long enough to warrant an over night trip. We needed to set off early in order to get to dodgy Caracas before nightfall. It is definately the most dangerous place on the trip and not being successful in booking anywhere to stay didn't help. However we have been there before and are avoiding the center in favour of the safer beach which also happens to be the closest place to the airport. We didn't get off early, we really wanted ...

We didn't care much for the room but thought that anything else in Coro wouldn't be much better and it was hassle changing for just one more night here. Just as the decision was made a large cockroach ran across the floor in the bathroom. Insect killer in hand I nuked the hole it ran into, but was unsure of a kill. They never come out if you are chasing them so I had a shower whilst I waited. Sure enough it came out showing off it's wings. I had it in my sight...

The alarm woke us at 4am just minutes before the cockerals started their usual wake up crowing. Still pitch dark we had to make our way to the road in order to catch a bus going towards Venezuela. Getting there meant walking down the muddy track that we came in on. Rather than trying to retrace our steps we had the bad idea of following some other vehicle tracks believing that it must end up at the road also. It all ended, not in tears, but lots of mud and a wire...

We had breakfast and prepared to travel back to Merida. Alan's dog knew that he was going and started to shake. The crossing was a lot calmer and we were rewarded with a sighting of some river dolphins. We took an alternative route back through the Andes to Merida, stopping at a river to observe the vultures. Liz was not feeling well and sat in the van. One good thing about Venezuela is the coffee. We went to a coffee museum to have some fantastic coffee and...