
That reminds me of when we took a teeny plane to Venezuela to see the Angel falls - meant to be the worlds tallest

...anyway, we got near to them, everyone had cameras ready to see this wonderful spectacular falls ...............only to find out it was dry season
There was just a trickle coming over the top
It cost us an absolute fortune - I'm sure there was a man at the top behind a bush chucking a bucket of water over every time he heard a plane
And then, after we landed............
they sold us all a large (and very expensive) photo of what they should have looked like

.......... and we all bought one
It was hysterical
On the very same trip we also were meant to be going on a "walk through the jungle" - holy crap

- the guides infront of us had mashetees (sp) and were hacking through this undergrowth til we got to the stream we could swim in.
It took me all my courage to get in the water *** I could see huge spiders along the bank and so I kept my t shirt and trainers on...... I got in and swam like a mad thing to this cave thing which was meant to be "spectacular".
Half way there I felt something wrap round my leg..... I FREAKED!, started screaming and kicking about thinking it was a snake in the water. The guides jumped in with knives in hand, other tourists started panicking...... it was real scary............
They got me out of the stream only to find......................
it was my shoelace off my trainers
I have
NEVER felt so stupid in all my life