In Humboldt's Footsteps

A mix of travel tips, history, music and fine food as I explore Venezuela in the footsteps of the great German scientist and adventurer Alexander von Humboldt.

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Friday, March 14, 2008

On the Rio Caura to Para Falls - Trip Photos

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The Yekuana village of Nichare seen from the river Blessed with acidic, tannin-rich water that keeps mosquitoes to a minimum the Caura River...

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

The Rio Caura: Yekuana, Yarake and Yellow Clay

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A trip up the Caura River in Venezuela's Bolivar State to the thundering majesty of Para Falls is everything you could want from a jungl...

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Russell Maddicks: After 12 years of adventuring in Venezuela I came back to try my luck in the UK. Although I try to visit Venezuela as often as I can it does tug at my heart strings some nights that I am too far from Choroni to hear the tambores on the malecon. Fortunately my job as a journalist in England allows me to follow Venezuelan and Latin American developments and keep my Spanish up to scratch. The UK is also a good place to do research and meet other like-minded Latin-America-philes for proper rum and salsa sessions.

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