Just get me out of here

So my tour of Peru and Bolivia has ended and emotional goodbyes were said. It has been a month since I've arived and I've met some really good people on the way. It was sad to leave, but at the same time I am excited for the next leg of my journy. All I really want after an exhausting month is to sit back and relax, and let the planes peacefully take me away.

But then of course this is Bolivia, and this is not the case. I am writing to you from the airport, which will be my home for at least the next eleven hours. Here's the story: I went to a travel agency to get them to confirm my flight yesterday. Turns out it was delayed out of Bolivia by 2 hours. That would have given me 1 hour to change flights in Lima. So I cinfirmed again this morning and it was delayed again by 4 hours. That means I would miss both my connecting flights to LA and then to San Fransisco. The advice the travel agent gave me: ''Go to the airport now and get MAD.'' Getting mad is the only way things get done in this part of the world. So I came here to the airport 13 hours early to bitch and complain to make sure I can make my connecting flights. It took 3 hours of hard core yelling using english and broken spanish. You have never seen me this mad before. I have never even seen me this mad before. I didn't know I had it in me. They suggested so many things, they wanted to send me all over the world, ie. Chilie, New York, etc just to make it eventually to San Fransisco. So then the manager of Bolivian Air came out and pretty much told me to fuck off and that I would have to pay for all my flights again after I get to Lima. I said NO YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR MY FLIGHTS AFTER I GET TO LIMA, IT IS YOUR FAULT! Then she stormed off and all these scenereos went racing through my mind of calling my travel agency in Canada, and getting my insurance involved. And just then, the guy I was originally speaking to finally gave me a new intinerary that would have me fly out of here at 12 tonight, get a voucher for a hotel and transportation for the night in Lima, and then fly to LA and then SF on the same flights but the next day. And then that was that. So things currently seem to be worked out but I am still stressed becasue I know things cannot possibly run smoothly in the near future. Well at least they have an internet cafe and a Burger King in the Airport to keep me occupied.

I origininally wanted to use this entry to write about my last few days in Bolivia and a general wrap up of South America, but that will have to wait a few days untill I get to California. I just can't think about anything else now.

Anyway I hope you are all doing well, I love hearing from you so keep the comments and emails coming! California here I come (I hope).