Hey Guys Greetings again from Venezuela! I am back in da police state of Chavez, and it´s not going too badly at all. Since I last wrote, I have pretty much left the backpacker-trail of Colombia and followed the Andes mountain range more or less towards the north and east, and just this morning crossed the border back from Colombia to Venezuela, and am now in a baking hot city called San Cristobal de las Casas, in a very welcoming hotel with lovely food again nearby. It´s going great. But how did I get here I hear you ask? With a lot of short journeys stopping off in a few places on the way, crossing over 3 high mountain passes with beautiful vistas and towns housing poncho-clad persons, over the dodgy border between these two countries
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