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...

I woke at 3am well short of the alarm at 4:30am. I had a feeling something was wrong so started to think. Checked the alarm and made sure that we were using the correct timezone. I tossed and turned being very tired but unable to sleep. I just managed to snooze off when the alarm went. Both of us were still feeling a bit sick - I think that we got a mild stomach bug at the same time as the hangover. One taxi later we were at the airport and a bit behind time. I...

Don't remember taking this picture either - double doh! We were paying the price for last night, I was feeling like crap. Liz was worse, she never made it out of bed all day. As a result of lying in it would be too late to move back the flights and stay longer in Miami - three days is far too short. The reality of going to Caracas tomorrow dawned on me. I needed to get a guide book to give me that extra confidence on how to survive the very scary city. Been her...