Arrived in Bolivia!

We left Salt Lake June 3rd and had a "nearly" direct flight,changing planes in Dallas and Miami before flying all night to La Paz. We arrived at 5:30 am,but were continuing on to Santa Cruz and were told we couldn't de-plane. We thought our middle of the plane exit row seats were so great until they opened the middle door to their wonderful 26 degree weather! 40 security personnel came on board and proceeded to take every seat out and check for drugs and made us point to our onboard luggage. After that exercise was completed with no arrests, we continued on landing in Santa Cruz with a 6 hour layover.

We took a taxi into the center of town. Jack spent about 2 months here in 1976. Things had changed. This is a picture of a labor union protest. We never found out what their issues were, Santa Cruz was as hot as La Paz was cold. Below is a picture of their old plaza

 

As picturesque as it was,we were glad to get on the plane for Cochabamba.