Bolivia

So i went to the consulate on monday morning and the man told me he couldnt give me a visa. they only give 15 per month, and they used all of novembers visa stickers. i reminded him it was december 1st (with this i thought i had won straight off), and he told me the new stickers for december hadnt arrived yet, it might be a day or a week or two weeks until they came, he said. so i would have to pay $135 at the border anyway. sonofabitch. so i copied my pictures to a CD for backup, had a delicious alpaca steak in a wonderful sauce, and went to get my bags from the hostel. they had let me store them in the security place. i had about 45 minutes till my bus left, and your supposed to be there about half an hour early. well, when i got to the hostel and asked for my bags, the guy working started running around swearing under his breath like a cracked out man with terets. it turns out he lost the key and couldnt find it. i examinded the heavy metal door and decided it would be unwise to attempt to kick it in like a bad ass. now i have half an hour to get to my bus. i was calm. a few minutes later he proclaims it was in his shoe. i got my bags and got a cab to the station. we got to the border, i had to photocopy my cedit card, yellow fever form and passport, and fill out an application (which i dont think they even looked at) and had to pay $135. but other than that it was an easy crossing, and the bolivian visa is cool.

the rest of the bus ride was interesting. i talked with a resident of La Paz for a while, he told me what to see and all that, and then we stopped by the shore of lake titicaca. we all got off the bus, onto a little boat, and crossed from the peninsula we were on to the other side. the bus drove onto a flat wooden rickety barge and crossed as well. we got to la paz by 10 and i walked to the hostel, called the Adventure Brew Hostel, because...noah, nathan, keller and corey, you'll like this...they brew beer there. its a micro brewery, and you get one free beer every night. tonight i think ill try their english stout, it looks pretty good.

tours and excursions are expensive here, although everything else is cheap, so in a few days all have some things to talk about...hopefully.

also, i posted new pics, all of peru thats worth looking at, and some that isnt.