19/11/09 - My First (Proper) Border Crossing

Those in Britain don't count. Regardless, this was a very long procedure which involved waiting in the same queue twice. It took about an hour all told.

Thankfully we had this picture to keep us amused for about a minute. For a moment there getting through was almost boring...

The Japanese must be fairly gutted that they are represented by an obese man wearing a nappy.

Eventually we arrived at La Paz, the highest capital in the world. It is at 3650m above sea level and is a pretty col place. I especially like the prices here, the conversion rate is about £1 to 11 bolivianos and the really expensive restaurants around here have meals that don't exceed 100 bolivianos.

I'm rich. I'm rich beyond my wildest dreams (at least for the next week...)



In the evening we had a leaving meal for Maureen and then were told about the optional excursion The Death Road which is available tomorrow.