The story begins here!

My visa is somewhere in

this Bolivian filing system.

One of many offices

I spent days in.

I have been in Bolivia since Jan. 5, and as much as I like it here, there are just a few little things that tend to wear on you.   At times the lack of urgency/efficiency can be charming!  However when I have already purchased tickets to Buenos Aries, where I will  purchase my Maltese puppy that I have been searching several months for, the charming factor drops drastically!   I had spent almost a day a week at Interpol, Policia, Inmigracion,  gave samples of blood, was  finger printer to the extent that my finger tips are tinted gray, and was escorted to every official office in the city by our facilitator who we have paid approximately $1,000 for my visa. Now without said visa I can leave but not get back into the country.  It is Fri. and we leave Sat. morning at 9:00 a.m.  True to Bolivian form I do not get my visa, however I did get a yellow post-it in my passport with a letter saying everything was OK.  That verbal, "trust me-it is all OK" was all I left the country with, that and the hope I could get back into Bolivia!  Now I have heard that line before, so needless to say, I had my doubts!  But off we flew to Buenos Aries and so begins many new stories!!!!!!