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 ...