I had an amazing time rafting down a mountain stream outside of Barinas, Venezuela. Since its the rainy season, the river was very full and the elevation change is pretty extreme which adds up to phenominal rafting conditions. One of the more amazing things about going on the rafting and Safari expeditions was watching the guides fill up the massive Toyota LandCruisers. The 30 gallon tanks cost about $.80 to fill (with 95 octane no less!) yep... some of the cheapest gasoline in the world thanks to their massive petroleum reserves.
During the Safari in Los Llanos we got to see two large Anacondas that our guides were kind enough to search out of the swamps for us. We also saw many alligators, an anteater, tons of birds and even the real life R.O.U.S.'s -- known as Capybaras. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capybara) We also got to go piranha fishing and caught about 10 but they were a bit too small to eat so we ended up feeding them to some farm animals. The last day of our trip we witnessed the death of a cow so that we could have a large pit BBQ that evening... made us all VERY happy.
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