So its like this, Bolivia is all buddy buddy with Venezuela, and now Bolivia does not like Americans much. So they enacted a 135 dollar visa fee for Americans! So we are talking to our travel agent and she is trying to sell us this 1 day tour into Copacabana to see lake titicaaca the highest navigable lake in the world and hey its Copacabana, the hottest spot north of Havana!. Well we tell her about the visa expense and she says no problem, no problem, we ask her several more times about the visa situation. She assures us its no problem because we are going for only 1 day and with a tour and that its ok and we don’t need a visa or pay the almost 300 bucks for the both of us.
Well we trusted this booking agent, because hey, its her job right? Well, , we get to the bus station to goto Bolivia and they start making fuss that we don’t have the visas. They start trying to get us to get the expensive visas for Bolivia and we start making a fuss that we want all our money back for this little trip to Bolivia, we call the booking agent but get the head office and have a translator and there is lots of talking then suddenly everything is OK, and they load our bags into the bus.
Well they basically smuggle us into Bolivia, yeah, illegal aliens in a country that is hostile towards Americans. I know, I know, not smart, but hey it was a little nerve-wracking fun.
We toured Lake Titicaca and the island of the sun (more ruins YAY) and then back, to one of the crappiest hotels we have yet to stay you are gonna LOVE the shower head with the raw wires going into it.
We slept like crap and then the smuggled us back into Peru the next day.
So here we are at the Hotel El Buho (owl) and its like a palace compared to the craphole in Copacabana. Yeah and Copacabana is NOT the hottest spot north of Havana, I don’t give a flying fling WHAT Barry Manilow says!!!!!!!!!
We are safe and sound back in Peru which feels a whole lot more friendly now for some strange reason.
Lane
Well we trusted this booking agent, because hey, its her job right? Well, , we get to the bus station to goto Bolivia and they start making fuss that we don’t have the visas. They start trying to get us to get the expensive visas for Bolivia and we start making a fuss that we want all our money back for this little trip to Bolivia, we call the booking agent but get the head office and have a translator and there is lots of talking then suddenly everything is OK, and they load our bags into the bus.
Well they basically smuggle us into Bolivia, yeah, illegal aliens in a country that is hostile towards Americans. I know, I know, not smart, but hey it was a little nerve-wracking fun.
We toured Lake Titicaca and the island of the sun (more ruins YAY) and then back, to one of the crappiest hotels we have yet to stay you are gonna LOVE the shower head with the raw wires going into it.
We slept like crap and then the smuggled us back into Peru the next day.So here we are at the Hotel El Buho (owl) and its like a palace compared to the craphole in Copacabana. Yeah and Copacabana is NOT the hottest spot north of Havana, I don’t give a flying fling WHAT Barry Manilow says!!!!!!!!!
We are safe and sound back in Peru which feels a whole lot more friendly now for some strange reason.
Lane
2 comments:
But Lane! At the Copa, Copacabana, music and passion are always in fashion!
Been checking out your photos at modmaster.net. Very nice indeed. I am so happy for you!
Hey Lane and Maggie!
Way cool trip ! I can'e wait to hear about you adventures! you have inspired me you start blogging too.
Matt
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