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| Ah, Mom are you sure about this? Boarding the jet for Kavak. |
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| Now Mom isn't so sure. |
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| Pura Stainless makes it to the jungles of Southern Venezuela, Kavak |
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| The Kavak airstrip |
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| The beautiful creek before the flashflood |
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| No flash flood signs yet |
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| This is an HOUR after the water has already gone down. Peter and some guide/Pemon friends wait it out with us. |
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| Drainage we need to cross to get to our campsite...still waiting |
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| Don't worry about the biting puri-puri and the mosquitos...yeah, right. :( |
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| Crossing now when it is "safe". Yes, that's Isabella. Xela crossed on the back of a Pemon. |
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| Typical first hours of a Sarmiento hut |
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| Walking towards the Tepuye that holds Angel Falls on the other side. Will take 2 days by boat to get around it. Directly in front of us is the gorge that flashflooded. Notice all the instant waterfalls. |
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| Our Pemon imitation hut |
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| Linda, Steph, Isabella and Xela |
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| The "put-in". Yes, that is one piece of wood that makes the boat. |
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| Yuka farm and home. Drying yuka out before consumption, used as a starch to eat, a glue, a liquer..you name it. |
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| Hiking along the savannah with a Tepuyee in the background. On our way to the "abandoned" airstrip used only for smuggling beer into the National Park |
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| Thannksgiving Dinner |
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| Peter and cousins |
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| All in the family. Our co travelers, the cook, the driver, even the little boy always helped carry things and fish with his dad. |
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| Thanksgiving dinner |
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| Time for sleep. Goodnight Jim and Linda |
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| Jim, Linda, Peter and the Sarms, before heading out after breakfast |
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| Hiding fuel in the jungle for the way back. This was at a confluence so we dubbed it "Confluence Conoco" |
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| Iron makes the water this gorgeous color |
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| Don't worry, it didn't stain Isabella |
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| Small ant eater - can't remember it's name but unfortunately going extinct and this one is kept around at the campsite because the Pemon feed him |
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| Rat Island....our campsite at the base of Angel Falls |
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| Sunrise on Angel Falls |
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| The Sarm's made it |
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| breakfast |
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| The "Wellness of Happiness" (really called the Well of Happiness, we were just pretending to be in a yoga class |
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| Canaima/Pemon Children's symphony of Venezuela. OUTSTANDING. Watched and listened to with the USA Ambassador. |
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