We arrive in Parapatei and tie our sleeping bags and mats to Suhanya's backpack. We weigh our bags; the big backpack is 14kg and the small one is 5kg. We then have some lunch before receiving a team talk and setting off on our adventure to Mount Roraima. The sky is clear and we have no shelter from the sun blazing down. We soon run out of water but meet someone in our group by a stream and Suhanya takes a swig of their water, not wanting to dink the river water. After the stream there is a big uphill climb, which is tough but the stunning views at the top make the long, sweaty walk worth it. We continue our way along the path and eventually come to another stream where we see people drinking the water and so decide to fill one of our bottles. The water is clear and tastes fine. We climb another steep hill and are very glad of the water in the intense heat. Finally, after 12km and four hours of walking, we reach the brow of a hill and spy our camp just below. There is a river nearby so we quickly have a refreshing, albeit freezing, bath before the sun sets. In the evening we have dinner by torch light and get ready for bed in our tent.

The next morning we pack up our things, have breakfast, and set off on the day's march to basecamp. We cross the small river next to our camp easily, taking off our boots and socks and hopping from stone to stone. The views are amazing and soon we come to another river crossing but this time it's much bigger. Once again we remove our footwear and carefully walk across the river. Water gushes over our feet and the rocks are pretty slippy but with help from the guides we make it across. Phant really wants to have a swim so we put down our bags and strip off. We enjoy a relaxing swim in the ice cold water for a while before deciding to get out. The current is quite strong so exiting the river is a bit of a struggle but we manage it, dry ourselves and put our clothes back on before continuing onwards. It's another gruelling day with no respite from the scorching sun and we eventually reach a point where we don't know which way to go. We sit down to chill on a huge rock until finally a porter turns up, so we quickly don our bags and follow him round the corner to the campsite. The views from the campsite are stunning, and after having a yummy lunch we spend the afternoon relaxing. The toilet tent is put up on a hill where you get a great view while pooing in a bag. You can wee wherever you want.

It's day three and we set off early to make our way up through the jungle to the summit of Mount Roraima. The group has to all walk together and so we take frequent breaks. We climb up some huge rocks and soon enter the cover of the jungle. There are clouds above us and after a while we reach them. We see a few waterfalls cascading down over our path which is cool. We then reach another section with huge boulders where several of the rocks are loose. We keep a safe one or two metre gap between ourselves and the person in front. We scramble up in this way for around an hour and then walk along a gap in the ridge to finally reach the summit. On top of the mountain the rocks are black and there is interesting but sparse vegetarian growing. We take a break and explore a little while waiting for the rest of the people in our group to catch up. Next we make our way to the "hotel" by following the white path on the rocks that has been created by the hundreds of feet that have come before us. We get slightly carried away with taking pictures and become separated from the front half of our group but eventually we reach the camp which is in the shelter of a large overhanging rock face. After picking a tent we head to the nearby stream which feels like an ice bath when we get in!

On day four we make our way to the centre of Roraima, unfortunately it starts to rain which makes walking a lot harder as the rocks become quite slippy. We have to jump across huge boulders, some a metre or two above the ground with big gaps between them. Phant stands by to catch Suhanya as she jumps across the bigger gaps. Puddles are forming in our path too and Phant manages to put his foot in a bog! Our boots are becoming very wet. We reach a large hole with water cascading into it from all sides and our guide, Eduardo, asks whether we want to go for a swim! Unsurprisingly, no one is keen and so we continue on to the triple point. The sun comes out for a bit when we arrive and we walk round the monument which marks where the borders of Venezuela, Guayana and Brazil meet. After having a snack we set off towards camp when the rain starts again! We finally make it to camp after seven hours, completely drenched. We change into dry, warm clothes and hang our wet stuff up. This "hotel" is hewn out of the rock which is impressive and more importantly dry.

On New Year's Eve we walk to Lake Gladys and luckily, after a day and a night of rain, the sun comes out just before we set off. We quickly put all our things out in the sun, hoping they will dry, unfortunately we have to put our absolutely soaked boots on before the sun can do much with them. It makes a nice change not having to carry our big bags though, as we are staying two nights at the "hotel". As we set off it begins to drizzle a bit and after jumping our way along the rocks we reach a cloud covered Lake Gladys. We wait for a while and it isn't too long before the clouds clear to reveal the huge lake. We wander around, exploring the area before heading to the Guayana view point. Once again, when we arrive the edge is shrouded with cloud and so the guides decide to head back to camp; but, just as we are about to walk off, there is a gust of wind and the clouds disperse. The view is incredible with nothing but jungle spread out in the valley below. Our guide Marcos, who is Guayanan, strips off to reveal his national dress, which seems to be a little body paint and not an awful lot else! Suhanya goes to the edge of the mountain to lie down and see the view below while Phant is terrified she is going to get literally blown away. We walk over to another point on the edge of the tepui and we see a beautiful waterfall spraying out into the void. Then it's time to walk back to camp for our New Year's Eve celebrations. For dinner we have Hakari and are given a drop of red wine to toast with. However, everyone is so tired and, with a 5:30 start the next morning, we all head to bed around 21:30.

On New Year's Day, we make our way back to the camp at the edge of Mount Roraima. Our boots are still wet so we reluctantly put them on and set off. The sun comes out and our boots start to dry a bit, which is nice. We walk via the Valley of Crystals, which is very cool, the ground being completely strewn with small quartz crystals. We relax for a bit in the sun and then head off; we remove our wet weather clothes as the sky is now clear and the sun hot. After a while it starts to rain once more and parts of our boots which had dried become wet again! We put our waterproof jackets back on and make our way to camp.

On day seven we leave early and the rain starts again. As we descend back down the steep side of the mountain we walk through a waterfall and get absolutely soaked! The ground becomes really muddy and one section we reach is little more than a mud slide. We walk, slip, and slide our way down and finally reach base camp where we stop for lunch. We all pray it will stop raining and look hopefully at the blue sky off in the distance. We set off and, after a while, escape the rain clouds. We take off our rain gear and let everything dry out, including our sleeping bags and mats which got a bit wet. The walk down is relatively enjoyable because there is no rain. We reach the big river crossing and it is completely different to before, the current is much stronger and the rocks which we walked on previously are entirely submerged. A guide takes Suhanya's backpack and helps her to walk across. However, after she takes a step from one rock to another the current hits her legs with such unexpected force that she falls in, luckily it is only up to her hips. Phant then walks across and gets pushed by the current with the main backpack taking a slight dip in the water. The guide then gives Phant a stick to help him across. We make it to the other side and put our boots on before continuing to the first camp. We have one more river crossing left, right next to the camp, which is much easier to cross. People from our group are relaxing by the river and cheer when we meet them. At camp we discover our liners and sleeping bags are slightly wet. We hang everything up and hope it dries before bedtime. Later that night we have our last dinner together and they serve a traditional soup which is nice. After dinner the guides and porters give us each a personalised t-shirt while singing to us, which is fun. We go to bed and luckily everything has dried enough.

On the eighth and final day we pack our things for the last time and set off to Parapatei. The walk is relaxing but hot! We power up a hill, accidentally taking the long way round to the meeting spot. We then get our bags searched by the park police, before heading to a town called San Francisco for lunch. Then, it is a short ride back to Santa Elena and the end of our Roraima Adventure.