Romantic myths

The Guayana region is often associated with romantic myths from the colonial era, such as Manoa, the city of gold. Another association is the equally romantic idealisation of nature in the Gran Sabana, with it's table top mountains (the Tepui) and their peculiar flora, and the Angel Falls, the highest in the world. And then a bit further down.....the Amazon jungle. However the reality of Ciudad Guayana was very different.