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Start of the Andes
After a couple of long drive days and a couple of late bush camps the truck begins to climb - we have arrived in the foothill of the Andes. We will be spending a lot of time with the Andes but this is our first sighting and we are looking forward to some cooler temperatures.
We climb up to over 3000m and then drop down to 1600 ...
Crossing the Border to Venezuela
... already, and that the main unique thing about the Catatumbo phenomenon was its relative predictability, we felt a visit to los Llanos would be more special. So now we just had to figure out which tour company to choose for our los Llanos trip.
Many operators had given us a good impression, and so it felt like any choice would be a good one. In the end, we decided we liked Yagrumo the best. By this time it was already 3 in the afternoon, and when we stopped by their ...
Merida and Los LLanos
... We were amazed at how many birds we saw: black skimmer, scarlet ibis, black vulture, maguari storks, king fishers and various herons including a leopard one to name just a few! We also passed caiman and iguanas sunning themselves on the banks, families of capybaras and as the boat sped past, turtles jumped into the water. At one point we circled and circled for what seemed like ages and eventually got a glimpse of the horny snout and shell of a very rare prehistoric ...
Venezuela
... wandered in and started strutting around the station. This was funny for sure, but the real comedy (sort of) came when one of the ladyboys was doing it’s hair in a mirror, and as soon as it walked away to exit some guy flew in and pushed it to the ground and started kicking it and yelling. Then the other 2 ladyboys appeared and started sticking up for their friend attacking the guy, with some success but were mostly bouncing off of him. The melee spilled into the street ...
Last days in Colombia - Going to Merida, Venezuela
... 956;ικρή πόλη μέσα στα βουνά στην οποία θα περάσω τις επόμεν 49;ς δυο βδομάδ 49;ς μαθαίν 59;ντας Ισπανι ...
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