More adventures on the road
I went to Santa Cruz this week with the Secondary 3 kids to see a movie, which was their prize for winning a year long Bible trivia contest. We saw the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace (very good btw). Part of the movie takes place in Bolivia, although I had to laugh at some of the parts because it was not a very good portrayal of the Bolivian culture. Still, it was overall a good movie.
On the way home Wednesday night, we ran into a roadblock at the town of Guarayos, about halfway between here and Santa Cruz. The people it seems were without drinking water and were protesting by blocking the road in two places. We left Santa Cruz at 8:30 pm and arrived at Guarayos at 2:30 am. There we waited . . .
After a restless night of 20 of us trying to sleep on the microbus, but failing miserably, we awoke the next morning to find the blockade still on. We saw people crossing on foot though. After a few of the students talked with the people managing the blockade, they said the blockade would not be lifted until the next day. Then Erika, the pastor's wife who went with us along with Pastor Carlos Hugo suggested we call La Palmera and have them send the truck to get us and we could cross on foot and get picked up on the other side (this process is called "transbordo" by the way). We found out however that there was not one, but two roadblocks, one on each side of the town and the other one was a fair distance from the town (about 2 km).
So we set out on foot at 9 am to cross the whole length of the town and just as we were nearing the other roadblock, a moto passed by and someone yelled "no more blockade". Just a few minutes later trucks started passing by and we realized this one was lifted. We phoned Kapa, who had stayed behind with the bus, to find out if they had lifted the other one and he said they hadn't yet. We continued on.
At the roadblock there was a house with a lumberyard and a family that invited us to come and rest on their porch while we waited for the truck. The family also opened up their kitchen to us and said we were welcome to cook something if we went and got food. So Erika went into the town on a mototaxi and then came back with some stuff to make a "locro" or stew. It was so great to find this family and it was great to know that there are still generous people in this world. God definitely was looking out for us.
In the end the truck arrived at 12:30pm and we returned to Trinidad without any problems, arriving at 4pm. I am definitely looking forward to coming home to Colorado and not having to worry about roadblocks or horrible road conditions.
On the way home Wednesday night, we ran into a roadblock at the town of Guarayos, about halfway between here and Santa Cruz. The people it seems were without drinking water and were protesting by blocking the road in two places. We left Santa Cruz at 8:30 pm and arrived at Guarayos at 2:30 am. There we waited . . .
After a restless night of 20 of us trying to sleep on the microbus, but failing miserably, we awoke the next morning to find the blockade still on. We saw people crossing on foot though. After a few of the students talked with the people managing the blockade, they said the blockade would not be lifted until the next day. Then Erika, the pastor's wife who went with us along with Pastor Carlos Hugo suggested we call La Palmera and have them send the truck to get us and we could cross on foot and get picked up on the other side (this process is called "transbordo" by the way). We found out however that there was not one, but two roadblocks, one on each side of the town and the other one was a fair distance from the town (about 2 km).
So we set out on foot at 9 am to cross the whole length of the town and just as we were nearing the other roadblock, a moto passed by and someone yelled "no more blockade". Just a few minutes later trucks started passing by and we realized this one was lifted. We phoned Kapa, who had stayed behind with the bus, to find out if they had lifted the other one and he said they hadn't yet. We continued on.
At the roadblock there was a house with a lumberyard and a family that invited us to come and rest on their porch while we waited for the truck. The family also opened up their kitchen to us and said we were welcome to cook something if we went and got food. So Erika went into the town on a mototaxi and then came back with some stuff to make a "locro" or stew. It was so great to find this family and it was great to know that there are still generous people in this world. God definitely was looking out for us.
In the end the truck arrived at 12:30pm and we returned to Trinidad without any problems, arriving at 4pm. I am definitely looking forward to coming home to Colorado and not having to worry about roadblocks or horrible road conditions.
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