We´re ready early to leave the America del Sur hostel in El Calafate, Patagonia, Argentina, and hoping that this attempt will be more successful.
After a big night out Saturday night, listing to a solid set by some hostel guys in a local band, we rolled grumpily out of bed, got ready as quickly as possible, and headed off to the bus station. Arriving at the station after a quick detour to the ATM for cash, we approached the driver and offered money for our fair. That was about when reality kicked us solidly in the junk, and we were left deflated and pissed off after being informed that the bus was full since we didn´t buy the tickets earlier!
So, on the bright side, we scored a day of relaxation at what is, we agree, the best hostel we´ve stayed at so far. Gave us time to sort out a few things, like Kim calling Commonweath Bank to deal with the issue of not being able to recieve his security SMSs for bank transaction confirmations (and therefore not being able to make transfers to new billers).
The BIG issue we dealt with, though, was the Santa Cruz saga. There´s currently a considerably volatile civil unrest situation in Bolivia, specifically in certain provinces including Santa Cruz, where we were scheduled to arrive in only a few days. After hours of tourturous Skpye conversation with Qantas, we´ve now moved our flight to go to La Paz instead of Santa Cruz, to avoid meandering into a road block or worse.
Anyway, gotta go catch my bus.
Buenos dias! Chow.
Col
