With the postponed boat tour to the Angel Falls I had a whole extra day in Canaima and quite frankly there isn’t much to do here but enjoy the scenery by the lagoon and relax. The lagoon is very close to the centre of the village and to give you an idea of the scenic quality of the lagoon I only need to say that it's the picture featured on the Lonely Planet front page.

  

Despite being so remote and inaccessible (you can only get here by plane) the 2000 or so inhabitants have all the basic facilities, water, electricity, school, church etc. It's strange how I always think that people living in these places seem to be always happy or smiling, especially the children who are just adorable.

  

Because I was here in the dry season the Sapo Falls were basically reduced to a trickle. The place in the picture on the right is usually a river which flows to the lagoon.

There are still some heavy waterfalls however, some of which you can walk behind. It's quite an unusual experience walking behind a gushing stream of water. There's no better way to really feel the force of the water flowing down, except maybe swimming underneath it.

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