Santa Elena
Travel Blogs from Santa Elena, Venezuela
Journey To The Lost World: Day 3
I was dragged into consciousness by the sound of talking, the roar of a powerful stove flame, the clash of pots and pans and other noises that meant that coffee was imminent. I tested my legs. They still worked. As in, I could move them, whether they'd ...
Canaima Park and Angel Falls
Booked the trip at Ciudad Bolivar Airport. Went on Sunday.. this was a bad idea as people don´t like to make money on Sundays.. we got there at 1pm and realized there was no one there to book with. But this nice man called one of the travel agents ...
Journey To The Lost World: Day 1
... foolish enough to leave exposed. What I didn't know was, why in hell did I want to do this walk?? So I got myself to Santa Elena and booked myself onto a walk with Backpacker Tours and off we went towards a small, indigenous village at the beginning of ...
Kavanayen ... Canaima
... Nous avons été incroyablement reçus par la coopérative du village (60 membres), unique exemple de tourisme communautaire au Venezuela. La coopérative gère le logement, les repas et les visites des voyageurs afin de leur permettre une immersion ...
Roraima: What In Hell Was I Thinking?!?
My dad and my sister, both military reserve types, like to say that pain is weakness leaving the body. I say that pain is an excuse to sit down and drink beer which is exactly what we did at the end of day five after the epic walk down the tepui. Fuck ...
Te Gusta (?)
... are abating and I love the random moments. My money problems are gone as well as i have now aquuired some more for my Roraima tour on the 2nd. Santa Elena is a wonderful place and I´m glad I´ll be here a while. P.S. a little frog jumped on my leg. ...
Die kleine Stadt zum Wohlfühlen
Dieses kleine Grenzstaedtchen haben wir sofort in unser Herz geschlossen. Fuer seine 18000 Einwohner hat es ein grosses Angebot an Supermaerkten, guenstigen Restaurants und Uebernachtungsmoeglichkeiten. Die leute sind hier ueberraschend nett und ...
Santa Elena de Uairen - > Paretepui
Jest 7:00 rano. Na terminalu autobusowym w Santa Elena myslimy co dalej. Poznajemy jednego z wlascicieli biur. Oferuje nam BsF 700/os. za Roraima trek (transport w dwie strony plus przewodnik). Bierzemy numer i nic jemu nie obiecujac pieszo idziemy do ...
Roraima
... experience, beautiful landscape, unique roraima top, sleeping in tents, drinking only river water. even back in little little santa elena, the civilization seems disturbing. next time i would consider organizing the tour by myself, hiring a guide, ...
The Ascent of Roraima
... one "penis", which I polished up back in Maturin. After 3½ hours we arrived at the "tres puntos" - the point where Venezuela, Guyana & Brazil all meet. There was a triangular landmark on the spot with inscriptions for each country. We took photos ...
Roraima d.4
Dzisiaj schodzimy na dol. Z Tomkiem bylibysmy w stanie wrocic w jeden dzien do Paratepui pokonujac trase dwoch pierwszych dni. Niestety nie jestesmy sami. Po drodze kapiemy sie w rzece Kukenan. Nocujemy przy malym kosciolku 3h od Paratepui. Docieramy ...
Journey To The Lost World: Day 2
... set of rocks past a rather ominous cross hanging from a tree on the bank. Hmm. And that's another thing I like about Venezuela; If you tried doing that in New Zealand or Australia you'd be called back by a panicked guide brandishing a life jacket and a ...
Summer 2002 - Angel Falls
Not as impressive as it should be for the tallest waterfall in the world. Yes, canoeing along rivers is fun but at the end we only had about an hour to see the falls that were pretty much a misty trail. Kaieteur rocked much ...
Goodbye Venezuela!
We stopped of here for a brief moment to cross the border into Brazil, Happiest day of being in Venezuela was today because we left! ...
Roraima d.5 - > Paratepui - > Santa Elena
... i zamawia Toyote. Troche wprowadzamy kierowce w blad, ze wczesniej zaplacilismy BsF 400 - zgadza sie. Okolo 18:00 jestesmy spowrotem w Santa Elena po plecaki. Okazuje sie, ze miejsce, w ktorym je zostawilismy to Posada. Dostajemy pokoj z 4 lozkami(!!!) za ...
Santa Elena - Week 2
... before I leave. Obviously I will have to use some more dodgy illegal money changers at some point, but not that theiving one in Santa Elena! All of the other PVF volunteers left on 26.12 morning and I really can´t be bothered being the only one here for ...
Jimmy Angel is surely the name of a porn star
... toilet break or being serious.......this is due to the fact that the bus leaves at 3.30 p.m. and by South American time (Esp. Venezuela) around 5 p.m. on the dot!!!! My hunch was correct, although I was there at 3 like he said, the bus left at ...
hot place right now
... on the Brazilian coast, so I take the bus planned at the beginning of my trip through the Amazonian forest from Manaus to Santa Helena in Venezuela ... and I got here in the hottest time of the year - on Sunday they vote for a new constitution and the ...
Roirama and Santa Elena de Uarien
... 's Hot: the black market, roirama (ie. pink crystals, endemic species, eerie cloud blown landscape), going into Guiana, Brazil and Venezuela within 1 minute of each other, the ¨window¨and the ¨jacusi¨, looking over the edge of a 500m shear cliff ...

