Dusky courtyard pic
Just an overnight there, before we left our crew for a couple of days and got into land rovers to go to Los Llanos, the Venezuelan grasslands. With 8 of us in the back (sideways bench seating) and two up front in the passenger seat, it was all a bit cosy. So we entertained ourselves with riddles we had to solve (courtesy of Francois), charades, charades within the truck behind us and other games. That took....45 mins. Ha. 7 hours later, we arrived.
Clockwise from centre, Duncan, Jeanne, Moi, Heather, Anthony, Mikkel, Lisa, Vanessa and Angela
Our dorm
Vampire bats outside our room
After a late lunch, we set out anaconda hunting. We weren't to see any that day but realised how much wildlife we would see, with the drying water pools attracting all the animals and birds to smaller spots. We would easily see 10-15 different species of birds at one pool, dodging cayman. I hopped onto the roof of the Landy for the return journey. Fab.
Terry and Angela on the back of the Landy. No haaaaands
Next day, we took to the water and saw tonnes, including pink dolphin (not easy to photograph though) then after lunch, more anaconda hunting. This involves walking around in the pools, jabbing with a stick. Mikkel, Terry and Duncan all decided to join in. More successful this time, we found a pair mating (or as Al, our guide said, engaging in a sacred ritual!) then another on its own.
Tony and Lisa getting a pic of an iguana in the tree
Vanessa with a new cute friend at the ranch
Bit more Piranha fishing
Feeding the birds
Capybara
Anaconda
Overlanders looking at an anaconda
We watched a beautiful sunset then I got a roof seat (by seat, I mean, cling onto the roof rack) with Mikkel for the drive home, with a warm breeze. Not bad at all. A short pause on the way home when one of the guides spotted a giant anteater in the distance so a few went to herd it towards it and it lumbered along right by us. Brilliant. Then it was back to enjoying the stars from the roof of the Landy for the rest of the drive home. A fantastic day.
Anteater. Awwww.
Baby cayman on the way home
Oh, we learned why traffic often comes at you and why people overtake, whenever they want to go faster then you, regardless of road space or visibility. Al told us that people don't sit their own driving test and instead pay someone else to. Brilliant. Saying that, they all pip their horn as they are about to overtake or if they see traffic about to join the main road, which all seems pretty safety conscious to me.
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