Economics With A Face

When I finally did get a hold of the lady she told me there were some complications with a new blockade that had been set up in the south. She said that she would meet us at our hotel at six o’clock and would either have the tickets for us or could refund our money and give us other options.

With time to kill we went and saw Zorro II. It was fun seeing a movie in a place other than a bus for the first time since Mexico. After the movie we headed back to the hotel and met with the travel agent Maria. It turns out that the train has been cancelled as people are blocking the tracks. I found out that they are protesting due to redistricting where the group lost a representative in their Congress. They say they won’t let traffic through until they get a representative back. Either way it didn’t look like it would be resolved soon. This sounded like a method of protesting that happens frequently in Bolivia.

Maria explained that there are two buses that leave tomorrow that can get us to the border. One leaves at one in the afternoon, while the other leaves at seven o’clock at night. She said we had a better chance at getting through with the later bus, something I didn’t fully understand, but at this point we are running out of options and she assured me it was safe. Tomorrow she said she would meet us at six at the hotel and personally take us to the bus station. Sounded like a plan as our friend Nacho’s parents anniversary in Miramar, Argentina is fast approaching.