Well spent 40 of the last 48 hours sitting on two different buses. Learnt from the first one so i was well prepped with sleeping bag and assorted time wasting gadgets. They even pleyed an english movie but it was some british version of spy kids and would have preferred if it had been in Spanish...easier to block out. All the usual roadblocks and bag search and this time they went through my bag with a fine toothed comb. Boy was amazed at the amount of shit I manage to squeeze in. Tried to nick my mag light but bought them off with some porn id collected in Colombia!

Finally arrived in Santa Elaina where you can check out these massivo tabletop mountains. Although most of the tours take 6 days and arent leaving till Mon so not going to be able to fit it in. Had a total maire when I got here though as the ATM at the border is not meant to be working so thought id be smart and get my wedge here. First of all thr ATM asks for your PIN (normal right!) but then it asks for a confirmation 2 digit security code. Now i had heard about this and tried just about everything I could think of. Eventually gave up and had to get cash out of the bank which was an even bigger nightmare. Needed to get passport, then told to get photocopies, so did that. Then turns out that i had to get photocopies with my bank card on same page. Not the easiest in my almost non existant spanish!! Oh and the bank was closing in less than 10mins so a little bit extra stress. But managed to get some wedge and save myself 3 VERY boring days in this town. Nothing to do. Meant to be too dangerous to go too far out of the town without guide so didnt fancy that approach!!

Quiet night tonight and then taxi over the border in BRAZIL!!! Finally going to be in the right country. Heading straight to Manaus for some jungle action before hitting Rio! If in have time and flights are not bonkers then will try and squeeze in Igazu!

Right enough moaning from me. The coutryside on the way was stunning and since I had the two front seats on the top deck to myself got some good views.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

laters,

C