Venezuela

14 Jan 96 ---------------------------------------- Sunday

 Flight Newark / San Juan / Caracas

Airport Arrival Caracas

map. [LonelyPlanet, 138]

[VenezBradt, 9]

Hotel Melia Caribe

Caraballeda, (10.7° N, 66.85° W) five km east of Macuto, Meliá Caribe Hotel. [LonelyPlanet, 140]

map. [LonelyPlanet, 139]

'national dish' of Venezuela: pabellon - shredded beef, fried bananas, black beans. [VenezBradt, 21]

Macuto Hotel [VenezBradt, 11]

15 Jan 96 ---------------------------------------- Monday

Flight to Cuidad Bolivar

 [VenezBradt, 171] [LonelyPlanet, 287-293]

Jimmy Angel plane at airport. [Insight, 198] [VenezBradt, 173]

map (8.1° N, 63.55° W) [LonelyPlanet, 289]

Flight to Angel Falls

Auyantepui. map [VenezBradt, 192] [LonelyPlanet, 302]

 [LonelyPlanet, 301-308] [Insight, 199]

Swiss couple.

Kavak Village

Kavac village, (5.75° N, 62.4° W); map [VenezBradt, 192]

 [LonelyPlanet, 307] [Insight, 194]

Hike to Falls

Kavac Canyon [VenezBradt, 196]

Flight to Hato el Burro

Airplane landing strip. (7.25° N, 63.5° W)

Hato el Burro

Sunset at 6:15P from hilltop.

16 Jan 96 ---------------------------------------- Tuesday

Terantula.

Leafcutter ants.

Ranch weather station.

Gallery Forest.

Liana vine. big; diameter the width of my hand. Shake the vine, traveling waves.

Carrata palm.

Ceiba tree (buttress)

Algarrobo tree. Sinuey bark. Spines

Howler monkeys. [Insight, 207]

Picnic Lunch

Anteater

17 Jan 96 ---------------------------------------- Wednesday

Canoe trip on river.

coffee with milk: cafe con leche [VenezBradt, 21]

Van Ride to Ciudad Guayana

Elephant Rock manadnock.

Iron mountain. Cerro Bolivar. [VenezBradt, 178]

Guri Dam [VenezBradt, 177]

Ciudad Guayana, Rio Caroni. map. (8.4° N, 62.6° W) [VenezBradt, 175-176] [LonelyPlanet, 295]

 [LonelyPlanet, 293-300]

18 Jan 96 ---------------------------------------- Thursday

Henri Pittier National Park

 [LonelyPlanet, 152]

Henri Pittier. [VenezBradt, 227]

map (10.4° N, 67.7° W) [VenezBradt, 220] [LonelyPlanet, 154]

Rancho Grande Biological Station. [VenezBradt, 228] [LonelyPlanet, 155]

Professor Alberto Fernandez Balillo [VenezBradt, 228] [LonelyPlanet, 155]

Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) moved from tree to tree. [CostaNatHist, 453]

Caribbean Coast

Boat Ride [Insight, 241]

Frigate bird [Insight, 244]

Mangrove [CostaNatHist, 273]

Coral Reef [Insight, 118]

Maracay

Hotel Micotti

 [LonelyPlanet, 147-152]

Maracay. map [VenezBradt, 221] [LonelyPlanet, 151]

post office [VenezBradt, 17]

19 Jan 96 ---------------------------------------- Friday

Return visit to Henri Pittier National Park

Park Biological Station (sloth)

Hotel Micotti

20 Jan 96 ---------------------------------------- Saturday

Flight to Mantecal

ultra-light planes.

pilot "Peter"; Kathy copilot; local boys and men curious.

Flight to Hato El Cedral

21 Jan 96 ---------------------------------------- Sunday

Hato el Cedral

 (7.4° N, 69.3° W)

 [LonelyPlanet, 245, 246] [VenezBradt, 166]

Llanos. map [VenezBradt, 158] [LonelyPlanet, 234]

wildlife [VenezBradt, 160] [Insight, 257]

22 Jan 96 ---------------------------------------- Monday

Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) [CostaNatHist, 236]

Cowboys [Insight, 248]

Llanero music. Joropo. [VenezBradt, 164, 159] [Insight, 255]

23 Jan 96 ---------------------------------------- Tuesday

Bus Ride to San Fernando

San Fernando (7.9° N, 67.4° W) [VenezBradt, 161] [LonelyPlanet, 242]

Flight to Caracas

Avensa flight [VenezBradt, 161] [LonelyPlanet, 100]

Afternoon flight from Caracas to San Juan

10:00 p.m. arrive Newark