Jaspe, God's jewel in the Gran Sabana.  

I remember that when we arrived that night, we were all tired from the long trip we had made since early in the morning, to see the fullness of the Gran Sabana jungle and to see the Chinak-Meru waterfall. All of us who were on the tour, at that time, went straight to our rooms in the hotel where we were staying, in the city of Santa Elena de Uairen. I remind you that I did the tour in August 2013.  If you want to read my experience when I met the second highest waterfall in Venezuela, I invite you to look for my article When I met the Chinak Meru Falls.

When we went down for dinner, the tour guide gave directions to the next stop the next morning. We go to the Jasper Waterfall (Kako Parú), a semi-precious stone where the falls are. A work of God. I could not believe it. Ah, it was also important to wear socks on your feet, yes, literally, socks on your feet.  

Early after breakfast, we were going to bathe in a precious stone and we had to wear socks. We all asked for an explanation as to why we had to wear that special garment, but he said that when we got to jasper creek we would know why we had to wear stocks.  

That night I was very curious, especially because I have always been curious to know about semiprecious stones, I have even had pets named after stones. I remember Gema Violet, and now I have my beloved pet Ambar (Amber). A long time ago I had a little dog named Perla (Pearl).

Back to the story, I remember that we left early, all in the transport we went to kilometer 275, which is where the Jaspe waterfalls are located, in the Gran Sabana. The road is paved, easy to access, thank God, I thought at that moment, because my body was still a little sore from the ride in the 4x4 jeep. If you have read my article that I recommended you to read you will understand why I am saying this here, about the ride... hahahaha.

When we arrived at the place, we all got off the transport and started walking through the jungle. We went through a wooded trail. Lots of vegetation. It is a wonderful experience, the sound of the jungle and its pure air. We did not walk very far. After a while, we started to hear from other people who were already there.

Have you ever taken a bath inside a semi-precious stone? Literally. The whole creek is made of a huge semi-precious Jasper stone. I was always in awe of God's greatness, and to have life to enjoy it.

It is an immense slab of bright red, the Jasper waterfalls on a huge smooth slab of about 300 meters (980 feet) long. At that moment I understood the reason for the socks on my feet. If you don't have socks on, you can't walk through the water that is only a few centimeters deep. Just a little above the ankles. If you don't wear socks, you slip and fall to the ground.

On the ground there are no stones or sand, it is all a large slab of jasper, bright red when the midday sun hits it. It looks like a big slide, in fact people slide as if they were in one because the water depth is shallow. A natural wonder.  

At the beginning of the immense slab, on the right side, at the bottom, you find a large sculpture of jasper stone, which time and water have carved as if it were a huge natural staircase, huge steps from where a fall of water descends. People stand under the waterfall and receive a natural massage, water that comes down with force and massages the back, shoulders and head ... I didn't want to get out of there. The water came wonderfully, mostly because of the tiring previous day's journey. You have to be careful with your clothes, because the force of the water can slide your clothes and leave your beautiful body exposed... hahaha... in fact the tour guide commented on that opportunity, that in one of the tours a girl's bikini top came off and she didn't realize that, until she was told. I can imagine the grief that girl went through.  

There we spent most of the morning and some of the afternoon. Then we all went back to the hotel, back to Santa Elena de Uairen.

 I remember those moments with joy and emotion. I will never erase from my mind those days of peace, of breathing pure air, of contemplating the wonders of God, in the journey through the Gran Sabana, of my beautiful and beloved Venezuela.  

This is a true story, lived in August 2013. They are beautiful memories that I want to share with all of you in the community of reasd.cash. Thanks to my dear sponsors and readers for making me live those moments of my life, a wonderful adventure, in the Jasper ravine, a semi-precious stone, God's jewel in the jungle of my beautiful Venezuela.

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