So the next day was the day to get admin stuff sorted, we decided. Well, by admin stuff we just meant planning the next few days. We went to tourist information and found out about the boat up to Concepcion. It left the next morning at 7am and would take 30 hours. We decided to see if we could get 'camerotes' (cabins) before deciding. We went to the ticket office (just a man at a desk near the port) and he said they didn't have any, but then someone else tol...

The next day I did exactly what I'd planned and set my alarm for 6.30am. I got up, had breakfast and left, the beginning of an incredible day! I got to where the blockade had been for the last week at around 7.20 a.m. hoping to have got there to early for the farmers. They were committed to their cause though and we're already there. I waited around for around 20 minutes until a surge of people trying to get past went down the left hand side. I snuck through...