The path up Roraima

3. Uphill, downhill and bureaucratic struggle.

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December 23rd 2005
Merry greetings to one and all! Sorry for the gap in communication, would you believe me if I said there hasn´t been time? I think I last left you on the way to Santa Elena to climb Roraima, a tepuis on the Gran Sbana Plain..as seen on TV´s Ray Mears Extreme Survival - I am sure I have told you about it before! One step at a time.. Well Roraima was my big ambition of Venezuela and it al ... 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