The waterfalls at Jasper Creek

The Gran Sabana

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May 12th 2007
The Gran Sabana - 12th to 15th May We're up relatively early feeling very tired after such a long journey the night before. We wouldn't have made the early morning bus but we do manage to catch a taxi from this Brazilian out post to across the border to Venezuela. Its a 3 hour journey and our taxi driver stops at the border to drop off some packages. We're really glad we can be ... read more

South America » Venezuela » Guayana » La Gran Sabana

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Venezuela was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Colombia and Ecuador). For most of the first half of the 20th century, Venezuela was ruled by generally benevolent military strongmen, who ... ... read more