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...

So booked our trek to Roraima with Mystic Tours yesterday our operator drove us back to the border to get more cash to exchange on the black market so we could get the trek at half the price. The trek doesn't officially start till tomorrow but to squeeze us into the date we want our operator has put us in a group that is going with another operator (Adrenaline Tours) too join this group we are heading to San Francisco today to meet up with them early tomorrow. M...

Having had enough of Brazil we made a last minute decision to leave. Our lonely planet told us that we need a tourist card to get across the Venezuelan border. We decided to get the bus to the Venezuelan consulate. Amougst the free for all and with our luggage we admitted defeat and hailed a taxi. Finally getting to the street where the consulate is, we took a stroll. At one point Stevie pointed out a derelict building and joked that was the embassy. Only for us ...