My arrival in Bolivia

Hi everyone i hope you are all well upon reading this message. The journey to Bolivia wasn't too bad, i tried sleeping throughout the journey but i could not get comfortable so just dosed in and out of sleep, so i am very tired as i right this entry. I cannot tell you much about the scenery during the night for obvious reason, however when morning broke the beautiful landscape i expected to see was marred by derelict and unfinished buildings, this seem to steal my attention away from the fantastic mountains i was passing.

We arrived at the border of Peru and Bolivia at about 8am. I looked at the border town in which we were pulling into, my immediate thought was i should be arriving on a horse wearing a stetson and calling myself Big John from the high chaparal (That's an old western series for you youngsters who have not heard of it). There were people moving cattle and sheep through the town, there was the odd hombre riding through town on his mule.

Then came the 2hr wait to see border control. When i eventually got into the office i was handed a form to fill out, the form was quickly snatched from my hand by a young boy about 15yrs. He began filling out my form which initially i thought was a bit strange but then i took the view he was trying to help bring the que down WRONG. When he completed my form and i signed it, he demanded 5 soles from me. What was annoying the other officials in the office sat there laughing at me. I took out a few coins from my pocket and held them in my right hand, shaking my right hand in slow motion and at the same time smiling at him and saying something that rhythms with your a real PRANKER you got me. Moral of the story nothing anybody does for you in the border towns is free.

My hotel is nice, i have a nice room no Tv but i have a heater, which is on as i am writing this entry. I am not surprised but the internet here is not strong enough for me to download my video diary, sorry folks i am back to describing things as best i can.

I am supposed to be meeting a friend of mine here, he is one of the sons of the family i lived with in Lima, he may be busy at work. Also there are reports of a bit of civil unrest here. I saw a little evidence of that today as i walked around the streets. I saw demonstrators shouting and then i saw what i quickly recognized to be police in riot gear. There is going to be a demonstration in the next couple of days. I don't think i will be here for long people. This is not the scene where the only black geezer in Bolivia is caught on camera been chased by an angry mob who are hell bent on killing foreigners. What you will see is Don Simon doing an impression of a dark cloud disappearing over the mountains into Argentina.

Well the period of time i am here really depends on my friend Alexis, if he has time he will definitely show me about, if not i am out of here, standby for update.

Your man in South America