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South America » Venezuela » Guayana » Canaima National Park April 5th 2006

I was born in Caracas, Venezuela so going to see Angel Falls has always been a dream of mine. I went to Canaima with my family in the summer of 2003 on a package tour. We took a small plane from Ciudad Bolivar to Kavak. Getting off the noisy plane to the stunning silence of Kavak was a surreal experience. Kavak is a camp that sits at the base of Auyentepui. I was happy just sitting and watching the clouds swirl around the top of the cliff. Definitely bring lots of mosquito repellent if you ever come here though! Our guides took us on a walk and we waded through a cave to a waterfall. This was really an amazing experience for my family and I and it really felt like the vacation had arrived. The ... read more

3. Uphill, downhill and bureaucratic struggle.

South America » Venezuela » Guayana » La Gran Sabana December 23rd 2005

Suddenly the landscape will reveal something amazing!

AGirlCalledZoe

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 also turned out to be the biggest struggle. Number 1, should have known better than to go ´blind´, the group turned out to be 3 Germans and me. 2, I know I don´t like camping, why even pretend this was different. 3, when they say there´s plenty of opportunity to wash, they mean if you like to shower ... read more

Water water everywhere

South America » Venezuela » Guayana » Canaima National Park November 20th 2005

arrival at canaima

SnakehipSi

Ooops its been a while since we updated the blog. Not that we’ve been having too much fun to write, quite the opposite we’ve been working hard taking Spanish language lessons in Argentina. Anyway where were we? Oh yes, just about to set out on our expedition to Angel Falls. We were met at Caracas airport by Ben of Osprey Expeditions who whisked us to the bus terminal for our overnight bus to Cuidad Bolivar. This was to be Bonny and Steve´s first overnighter and we were really lucky with the bus company “Rodavia” as the bus though freeeeeeezing cold was mercifully quiet and comfortable. This fact was not lost on us when we pulled into a service station in the early hours closely followed by a bus full of kids that was rocking on its ... read more

Another Susan!

South America » Venezuela » Guayana » Canaima National Park October 23rd 2005

unpaidbill

A bit of a backdated issue this time as I´m really in Manaus...yes, on the real Amazon...(in fact its not on the Amazon but thats another story!)but more of that later! Where to begin?...and this will be abbreviated as its exy here and uncomfortable...but for you, hey, gotta do it. Got the bikes 20,000 km service in Caracas...Andrès, our man in BMW organised everything fantastically, new tyres courtesy of Herr Florian at Continental, Germany...the BMW guys did the fuel filters as well so hopefully that sorted my probs.....some cockup communications notwithstanding we were led out of Caracas by the beautiful and so charming Zulya, ex-diplomat wife, girlfriend of the BMW mechanic who was formerly a cop!..it can´t get any better than this...down the autopista, stop for gas, abso torrential downpour, makes Darwin tropical storms look like ... read more

Mount Roraima and fairwell to Venezuela

South America » Venezuela » Guayana » Canaima National Park October 1st 2005

Roriama, the begining

Sue Andy

Well we left you last as we had just arrived in Santa Elena de Uairen. Santa Elena is an indigenous (Indian) town not far from the border with Brasil. When you first enter the town it doesnt look much and there are lots of raw Diamond and Gold trading shops and a few brothels but once you scratch the surface you find its a really friendly place. The population is mainly local Indian people but with a large influx of peope at the weekends who work in the nearby Gold and Diamond mines. There are ridiculous ques at the 2 local petrol stations as people from Brasil cross over the border and que all day and night to take advantage of the petrol at 70 bolivares a litre. We spent two nights in Santa Elena catching ... read more

Angel Falls

South America » Venezuela » Guayana » Canaima National Park September 22nd 2005

Canaima Lagoon

Sue Andy

2So we set off Cuidad Boliviar via Valencia for our Angel Falls and Roriama trips, the 10 hour bus ride to valencia was quite a rough one due to poor quality and windy roads so after a quick read of our bible (Footprint guide to Venezeula) we decided that we would catch the 2.30 bus instead of jumping straight on to another bus for a further 10 hours and visit the Plaza Bolivar as iguanas and sloths roamed the park, except when we got there the sloths and iguanas had been replaced by drunks and squirrels, other than that Valencia is a run down non touristy place, that felt quite threatening first thing in the morning, but once the place filled up we relized we had become a bit of an attraction for the locals as ... read more

WILD LLANOS

South America » Venezuela » Guayana » Ciudad Bolívar April 8th 2005

EL LORO LOCO

Viajerong Pinoy

From our campsite in Boa Vista we drove to the border and crossed into Venezuela via Santa Elena de Uairen, a small frontier town, that is also where we got our entry stamp, i think we have to bribe some people so we got delayed a bit, from there we drove to the Gran Sabana where the view is just spectacular, we stopped by a waterfall which was crap cause it hasnt rained for awhile, then off to Ciudad Bolivar to camp. It is so hot here, seems like nothing to do at all, good thing our camp had a swimming pool. From here we organized our 3 days trip to Canaima where we will see Angel Falls. We flew on a small plane and the pilot was really cool and made this maneuvers to let ... read more

Brief history of Venezuela

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 ...more history

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