La Paz

We finally made it to La Paz, after the longest morning of my life...



When the bus arrived at the border we were supposed to get our passports stamped but Shawn had forgotten one of his papers in his large bag inside the bus storage. We had to wait until the bus driver returned so that Shawn could get into his bag after which began the most disorganized border crossing process we had ever seen. We finished just in time to see our bus coasting away happily on the highway towards La Paz (with our bags, of course)...



We immediately decided that we would chase the bastard down, so we changed some money and then hired the "fastest" cab we could find. We unknowingly paid 3 times the regular amount for the cab, but he was a good guy, and a fast driver. We passed our bus, went to the wrong station, then hired another cab (which also cost way too much) to take us to the main city station. We snatched our bags back and then launched into an hour long yelling match...customer service here is WAY different...it`s the customer`s fault most of the time...anyways, after involving the tourist police, we eventually got reimbursed with the money that the taxi SHOULD have cost and left it at that...



We napped at our hostel for a few hours afterwards and now we are out at an internet cafe, getting ready to find a decent meal....man, what a long day....tomorrow is going to be much, much better. We have some HUGE markets to hit up, they sell everything here!



Ron out