The original plan was to go rafting first at the Arassari Trek campsite in Aguas Blancas near Barinas but with all the recent rain it was decided to go do the wildlife bit of the trip first. We had Alan as our guide. A Barbados-born naturalist, he knows everything about the wildlife in Los Llanos. And he is particularly keen on butterflies and brought his butterfly net along on the trip. We were reunited with Cameron who had been driven over the border from Colombia by Dave. He was stopped 17 times by the National Guard who all figured he was carrying drugs. It was likely we would be stopped some more so we were given instructions to have copies of passports handy, hid valuables and play stupid and not speak spanish. That would hopefully
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