Chicamocha Canyon and migrant caravans

We are definitly in the mountains now , high above the grand canyon of Colombia. I have a sweater and a jacket on and the cool evening air is really refreshing. With a maximum depth of 2000 meters the Chicamocha Canyon is really the second largest in the world . We have a lovely overnight spot with a venezuelen family perched right at the edge after using our 4wheel drive to come up the narrow , washed out dirt road.
We keep seeing venezuelen refugees hiking along the pass road of the road. At the same time a bicycle race is happening and groups of riders pedal next to the refugees , trucks, buses and cars. And we feel helpless and clueless how to help while driving by in our expensive truck camper.
Our host tells us that poor people in venezuela make 2$ a month , and while i know that Chavez ,while he was alive, had done a lot for the poor it looks like they can't rely on the government any longer and they come here with nothing just a small pack.Leia mais