Posada La Montana Merida

... from the UV, and to help them collect as much moisture as possible. As we stumbled to our camp, we ran into a bull! Turns out there were quite a few of them, and we have no idea what they're doing there (good thing we were filtering our water- cow patties surround the water source). One was standing exactly where we wanted to camp, so I sat back and watched (and didn't laugh at all- hehe) while Pierre-Paul herded it away. We had a great view of ...

A Colombian that we got drunk on our minibus to Cartagena told us that the first sexual experience for some young Colombians is with a donkey. Rumour has it that the donkey´s 'bits' create suction that over time makes the boy into a 'bigger boy' (I cannot confirm this you'll be pleased to know, Mer). Well on this occasion it was the donkey that almost f*cked us! Whilst overtaking a giant lorry, the lorry suddenly swerved and broke in our path. The taxi driver did a ...

... in skin tight jeans and tops that stretched over their bosoms. In Caracas, women are stick thin, some, many, with surgically augmented breasts that make them look top heavy like lollypops. In Merida however, tradition takes over- save the young and the bold, women just overflow over their jeans, podgy bellies framed in tight tops, big juicy asses squeezed in denim like boiled hot-dogs ready to pop. As they walk, breast, bums and bellies ...

... a capital Tru). Jan 6th San Gil to Cucuta A day of recovery and taking it easy. Got a night bus to catch at 7pm. Wandered around a bit and chatted to the backpackers. It seems 90% of travellers go south via Ecuador...avoiding Venezuela deliberately. I'll see if their wrong to do that or not. Caught night bus to Cucuta (7pm..arrived Cucuta at 5am). Quote from guidebook.."Warning, Cucuta and the surrounding area is a large area for smuggling and guerrilla activity. Be careful. The ...

... high. We stayed at a nice little posada (Suiza) where all the numerous girls who worked there were nice. They even asked us out dancing on our last night there but we had to decline. Merida also has what claims to be the world's highest and longest cable car. I believe it. The cable car leaves from Merida, at 1577m elevation. It terminates 12km later at Pico Espejo, 4765m high, where the thin air makes some people dizzy just getting off the car. And the view is ...

... them away. It was not until later that Homero informed us that their is a milk shortage on at the moment and so they are selling this stuff on the black market at inflated prices! The afternoon we managed to book our flights to Los Roques and only just managed to make it to the petrol station before we ran out of fuel. It is ridiculous how cheap petrol is out here, it is cheaper than water, only costing 50p to fill the car up!

... anyone like the rest of the bunch seems to be. Sue: Only chica my age, but I am so glad to have a girl around I can relate to. She´s got mad style and is very sweet - is a Nanny back home in England. This is my tent buddy and roommate now so no more sharing with smelly boys! Woohoo! Kristina and Erik: Swedish couple, very nice, generally quiet, but have good sense of humor. Glad to have them around. Steve, Garreth, Brad, David and Alan: These are ...

... on the 5th of July) and partying (for the Italian semi-final victory) in Caracas ;-) After the short but various city program we took the bus to the Playa where we spent 2 nights in Chichiriviche, an insider tip from locals where we felt as being the only tourists between many palmeros and even more dogs. Nevertheless or maybe just because of that, we could enjoy a blue sea and a lot of sun on one ...

After considerable delays getting to Canaima, eventually landed and got on some boats to a refuge upriver towards the Angel Falls (highest waterfalls in the world - 970m high for those unfamiliar with it). Had a very pleasant walk up to the Angel Falls the following day. A lot of rain provided us with a spectacular view despite being in the dry season. Returned to Canaima to celebrate the New Years. Strange to be in a little back water ...

... up the known bite victim *nd they're going to post memos tommorrow *bout it. People re*lly don't THINK before they *ct *nd now there *re * crowd who could h*ve r*bies, wh*t joy. Anyw*ys, b*ck to the co*st*l explorer trip, *fter * lunch of chicken, rice *nd shredded c*bb*ge *nd c*rrots we returned to the museum for *n outr*geous *nd intriguing drum, conch shell, *nd d*nce number. The d*ncers were sm*ll children who could move in * m*nner simil*r to *dult d*ncers *t clubs but they ...