Liz's toe was getting better so we decided to book the Angel Falls trip and also took a taxi down to the bus station to book the overnight bus out. Hopefully we will have something for the diary soon. Met Gustav again at the eatery.

Very little has again happened today, we went out to the eatery across the road again. Here we bumped into a group of Russians trying to make themselves understood. They had just come from Caracas or to be more specific the Embassy there. They told us that a policeman on a motorbike stopped them and asked to see their passports. Believing this was a routine check one passport was handed over and the others handed over photocopies of their passports. The policeman...

We stayed in the pleasant pasada all day only briefly going across the road for something to eat. It however was a busy day for me travel planning whilst Liz carried on learning Spanish. I keep hearing stories about how dangerous the rivers are here. They actually have a competition of swimming to the other side, more a case of doing it rather than being first. The Cuidad Boliviar is at a very narrow point on the Orinoco just 300m across. Despite the amazing de...

We are of course here to see Angel Falls the tallest water fall in the world just shy of 1km drop. This is in a remote part of the jungle that can only be reached via small plane, dugout canoe and then finally trecking. The trecking part was going to be a problem for Liz who was still having difficulty walking even to the toilet. Getting desparate for a solution we headed out for some anti inflamitory cream on the hope that it may help. The short route gave us ...

Not looking forward to today - an early start 5:30am to get to the bus station for 7:30am departure and a 11 hour journey. It is feeling like the start of Central America again - ie not much fun. The bus station was a bit like an airport you had to check your luggage in and then wait to be called for boarding the bus (they even scaned you for weapons). There was the usual last minute issues to sort out namely getting water. The restaurant had some and they said...