Incoming!! and a sit down protest.

The following morning we got directions for Peru and then headed out of the city. All went well for the first half hour except that it took 3 attempts before we found someone to sell us petrol. We then came across a road block with a couple of hundred vehicles waiting to get through. We met a couple of Brazilians, turned round and headed the wrong way down the duel carriageway, squeezed through a gap in the Arco barrier, I dropped the bike, headed up the other side of the carriageway and then squeezed between hundreds of demonstrators sat down in the road with rocks scattered between them.

We eventually got through and found the right side of the road. Hooray! Our exuberance was short lived as we ran into another 8 demonstrations over the next hour. They threw a rock at us at the last one. Time to get out. No pictures since I had other things on my mind.

In comparison the ride around Lake Titicaca was great. Quick ferry across the narrowest bit and onto Copacabana sat nestled between two hills on the side of the lake. Another road block just before the border where tour buses emptied on one side, the passengers carry their luggage for 1/2 a mile or so to the other side of the block, catch another bus and then be charged extra for the experience. This was gleaned from a very unhappy backpacker we met at the Peruvian border. The Bolivian border officials asked me for money to pay for the great service they provided WHAT!! and the Peruvian officials were from a different world. Friendly, polite and not trying to fleece you. So happy to be out.