Pre trek: The day before the actual hike we left Sta. Elena de Uairen for a town called San Francisco de Yuruani where we waited for the big group from Caracas, 23 people! them and 3 of us(me, Junko from Japan and Emanuel from Ciudad Bolivar). It was a very long wait, quite annoying and Roger the guide is nowhere to be found, just the porters were with us, then after an hour or so the group arrived and we had a meal at a restaurant, Francisco Alvarez, the tour company/person we booked with said dinner is included for tonight but Roger said no, we insisted so we got it free. We have a crazy driver, drives so fast i have to shut my eyes in fear, another Ayrton Senna wanna be, on the highway he
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