Tarija
Tarija is the wine region of Boliva. I arrived yesterday at 5am, woke up a hostel but couldn´t really sleep much. I dedicated the day to catching up in my diary at a restaurant opposite the main plaza. I likeTarija, there seems to be a lot of money around and everyone knows everyone. The afternoon was spent getting some admin done and I decided that I would watch a movie in the evening.
I followed the Lonely Planet directions to the Cinema. I arrived, was ushered in, without paying. FIRST CLUE. So it was dark inside, lots of singing. SECOND CLUE. I was at a church service but it was on screen. I was the only gringo there and I made quite the entrance. I found it hard to leave without being notices and finally after about 40 minutes of plotting my escape, I snuck out when the ushers were occupied. But they saw me and came running after me, shaking my hand and giving me pamphlets on anti-Christ propaganda, I think, it is all in Spanish.
Today is the Bolivian election. There is nothing open except for a few Internet cafes and some street food and no transport. Tomorrow I would like to tour the wine region and then head back to Tupiza to make it to Uyini to the salt flats.
