Up early the group headed to our truck which drove us to a river about 10 minutes from camp. The boat represented a canoe with an engine strapped to the back. With life jackets on and everyone in we set off down the Caitao River. Water constantly strayed up the sides as we sliced across the water. After about 30 minutes we had to walk for 30 minutes over land to the other side of the river. Meanwhile our boat would navigate the unsafe rapids and meet us on the ot...

As the Venezuelan group had booked a package tour and Hiro, Andreas and us were part of the group Ricardo said we could join them on the tour free. Hiro was excited but I was wary as we did have to pay little extra here and there which combined most probably equalled the tour price, if not more. We drove in the truck to a waterfall that had patterned rocks similar to tiger fur. Sam and Alexandra went into to have a bath but it was way too cold. We then drove to t...

Roraima Trek: 22/06/12 - 27/06/12 Day 1 We woke up in the small town of San Francisco. At Breakfast we met the other members of our group. A Puerto Rican girl called Mariell, 4 Venezuelans 2 guys called Sam and Brian and 2 girls called Alexandra and Maria. Everyone had these big 60ltr backpacks and then there was Stevie and I with our 15-20ltr day bags. Only time would tell if we packed correctly. With the 9 of us formed and about to embark on an adventure acr...