Posada Luz Caraballo 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 ...

... the driver outside for the first 30min. When it was finally my turn I was told they can´t do anything about a card - cash only- OF COURSE! Turned around to find driver and stupidly left my bags in the taxi. GREAT! All I had was my passport and useless cards - felt like sitting on the pavement and crying. But before I do this I tried the taxi company at the airport - luckily one of the other drivers noticed this guy and could give a description on their network broadcast ...

... 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!

... dudes. Steve is cool, someone I can relate to and chat with. Too much of the time the boys get together and all they can talk about is **** about each other. David is a pro Frisbee player - I have never seen someone work a Frisbee like this guy! They give him a lot of **** though because he sleeps on a pink inflatable mattress. Alan is my fellow veggie-mate and we bond on our lack of meat consumption. Garreth is funny - much younger than the others ...

... 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 ...