I spent my day in Santa Cruz with a Brazilian guy I met on the bus. I've realised on my trip that I'm not really the biggest fan of cities - again there wasn't much to do here, we wandered around the markets and in the end ended up going to the cinema - I've definitely caught up on my cinema visits now! From here I was getting another overnight bus to Quijarro on the Brazilian border!

The overnight bus from Santa Cruz was ok - it was my 4th night in a row on a bus, and it was also now very hot as we had descended to near to sea level and there were also mosquitoes! In another tragic event some f'er stole my hoodie - because it was so warm I'd put it in the overhead space - I never normally put anything up there but figured nobody would steal a hoodie - but they would!! Before the bus could get to the town of Quijarro there was a road block - so I loaded up with my bag and headed off walk past the road block where I was told I could get a taxi. When I passed the road block a man with a truck told he'd take me to the border - and he did - free of charge - restoring my faith that there are at least some decent people in the world.