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Today is the last chapter of the impossible journey. That one that we started on the first Sunday of January 2024 and maintained throughout the month. An authentic saga of a journey we took with Bitácora in 2005 towards the Alto Orinoco. The deepest part of the Amazon. There where Venezuela ends and the Cocuy stone marks the triple border between our country, Brazil and Colombia. Why is it impossible? Because the current regime does not allow passage to those confines. And it is unforgivable because those rivers should be a paradise for naturalists, sensitive travelers, fascinating freshwater cruises in small boats, sport fishing since peacock bass abound, and visits to indigenous communities.
This last chapter begins in San Carlos de Río Negro, the most remote town in the south of Venezuela. I wanted to go to the Cocuy stone and in La Iguana, the little boat where we were riding, it would take us a whole day to go back and forth and we didn't have it. I was dismayed. I couldn't accept that after having reached those limits, I was going to miss touching the mythical triple point. I knew then that the National Guard had some very fast boats called piranhas that made the crossing in an hour and a half. I went to the command and I requested support. They told me that I should speak with the head of the Puerto Ayacucho command. I asked them to call him on the radio out of charity and he authorized the transfer. There was a mishap with Colombia - just in front of San Carlos de Río Negro, only separated by the river - and it could be dangerous. Well, I asked if those boats didn't have machine guns. Then let's go. The team takes risks. And we arrived at the Piedra del Cocuy command, without attacks from Colombia.
When I arrived I realized that I couldn't touch the stone from there either. Just see it. When I asked how we were going to get there, the kindest members of the National Guard explained to me that it had to be in a flying boat - a small aluminum boat - and then walk a stretch of jungle. Well, let's go! I said most determinedly. It's hard for me to take no for an answer. We sailed for half an hour, then we pushed the boat holding on to the trees, deep in the Amazon jungle, until I saw the Stone. We down. We walked for a moment and I placed my hand for the first and last time on the triple point. The Cocuy Stone. The only border in Venezuela where we had never been. What a thrill it is! And yes, the National Guard was the most faithful ally that Bitácora had during the 15 years that we aired on RCTV.
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