Our Journey to Colombia took us from Barinas in Venezuela to the border town of San Antonio where you had to pay to leave Venezuela believe it or not! Then we jumped in a banged up old collectivo with some Colombians to Cucuta, the Colombian side of the border. We had been warned that Cucuta was dangerous due to the fact that it was a major area for drug trafficking and money laundering. There was certainly evidence of Cucuta being pretty wealthy with huge Am...

Sarah's parents and brother had arrived at 3am the day after us, they had had a gruelling 9 hour wait at the domestic terminal in Caracas, so clearly the delays were not just reserved for buses!! After no days relaxation - the next day was spent organizing, buying food and packing for the trek to Salto Angel, and before no time at all we were on our way to Kavak in tiny six seater plane. Kavak is a small village at the bottom of Ayantepui (the tepui, giant roc...

Our journey to Venezuela (and it was a journey) started on the busy Copacabana road. Here we stood no other backpackers in sight, with our bags it seemed waiting in vain for a very elusive bus to the airport. Finally to our relief as time was of the essence it turned up. Only to be caught in heavy rush hour traffic. And we were wondering once again if we would make our flight! Our flight was at 20:25 from Rio to Sao Paulo with a few hours layover and then ...

Sarah and I had really been looking forward to Brazil for hot weather, beaches and Caipirinhias. Also we both (you may think oddly) were very much looking forward to the prospect of wearing flip flops rather than shoes as part of our everyday attire. Paratay We booked an overnight bus from Puerto Igauzu to Brazil. We did not have a ticket all the way to Paratay our next destination, we had to pick up a connecting bus on route. This gave us a chance to have...

After a couple of days rest and recuperation after the Salkantay trek it was time to part ways with Max and Jana and with Peru. It was sad to say goodbye to Max and Jana as we got on really well and been travelling together for 6 weeks! We hope to see them again in the near future. We said our goodbyes at the bus terminal and got on our bus back to La Paz. After arriving in La Paz we booked straight on to another night bus leaving at 19:30pm due to arrive 1...