Since I left Salvador on the coast of brazil none of us have met almost any tourists at all. It's really the road less travelled, a highlight itself course. And it's hilarious passing by on the street in the truck and everyone just stopes what they're up to looking at us and waving. As fast we got in to Santa Elena in Venezuela it changed.  Started to see other tourist already on the first hour. Santa Elena doesn't have much at all so we left they day after we got there heading north to the next big city doing one bush camp between. That was our plan.. The South part of Venezuela has a lot of waterfalls, so we had a few nice stops a long the road. Turned up that the camping spot wasn't a camping so we find ourself a nice hotel on the way.  During the evening Manuel and his son turned up and started to talk to us, we all become friends and he invited us to his home in a small city called otamina a couple of hours away in the same direction we were heading.. We changed our planes and took of to his place in the morning the day after. Met his wife and daughter over a lovely local dinner at there house. ( we brought alcohol of course ) and again they invited us to there friends the next day doing a boat trip. Keen as we are we did that to. Spend the hole day whit family and friends, barbecuing, chillin', boat trip. They took us out on a lake to a completely empty beach. No people and no boats as far we could see and the beach were untouched. Peaceful. Their all so friendly and I just love them. This is absolutely one of the biggest highlights on my trip. Venezuela, so far so good, loving hablas espaniol. :)  - Gringo loco.