5 Weeks at Ambui Ari A story if slow blood loss, mortal fear and beast walking!!! No electricity, long drop toilet, about 30 other volenteers from all over the world, 22 cats, 12 monkeys, lots of birds, 2 deer, a tapier and a dog!... read more
Ever since I was a wee whipper snapper and I had the pleasure of watching the betamax video of Brazil 70 presented by football God and Gladitor king John Fashinu I (Alan this is!) have dreamed of watching football in the mighty Maracana Stadium and guess what I did!!! here are some piccys and a small movie GO FLAMENCO!! Botofoco 0 Flamenco 1 one man sent off and me in my new hat!... read more
So far we have probably spent a total of 8 solid days on overnight busses, they are great but the standard really varies. Some buses give you free snacks some have feet rests and some play DVDs. One bus we went on even played an English DVD which Alan and I were really excited about, at least there would be something to break up our 22 hour journey! Imagine our utter disappointment when the sound wasn't working! oh well never mind because for some reason the driver had selected english subtitles we could enjoy the film after all (Prime starring meryl streep and that chick out of kill Bill) the film was a bit dull but by about 1hour30 you were quite into it, which is about the time it got turned off when they swapped ... read more
Hello readers!! are there any of you still out there? have you all died of boredom waiting for the next entry to come? The computers are powered by coconut drinking pigmy tribes riding bikes - therefore the internet connections are a bit slow and sometimes take a few weeks to catch up! here are some photos...... read more
Our trip to the tallest waterfalls in the world (at least that is what the Venuzuelians claim!) was brilliant! Angel Falls is in the middle of the Jungle and it is quite a mission to get there... First you fly in a 6 seater plane which is a little bit scary, especially as our pilot insisted on pointing out different interesting trees, rivers and giant rocks along the way... this involved him taking his hands off the controls turning round pointing and shouting in spanish until the plane started to drop to one side then he would grab the controls and get control of the plane seconds before we were about to die ( at least that is what it felt like!) I was more interested in landing safely than looking at some giant rock! We ... read more
The Blog... It is now day 20 something so far we have been: Paragliding in Merida Horse riding in Los LLannos On lots of Buses Flying over Venezuela in a very small plane Visited Angel Falls Nearly lost in the Jungle Bitten by mosquitoes Sleeping in Hammocks Rafting drinking Cuba Libras Generally haveing an amazing time!! ... read more