La Quiaca - last stop before entering Bolivia

Local bus in Humahuaca
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Before heading to the bus station we decided to post some t-shirts we had bought for Tal's nieces and nephew so we headed to the post office.

We were sent to the customs office and were told to bring our own wrapping paper or boxes. So we headed to a kiosk on the street and bought paper..

It was a cumbersome process as they had to weight the t-shirts, we then had to wrap them up in the thick brown paper we had bought, they would weight everything again to find that the paper was so heavy that we had to pay a lot more money than before. So we cut the paper, weight it, cut some more, weight it ect. etc. In then end we managed to keep the weight below 250 grams, but then found out that they did not provide tape or rope.. So we borrowed the last bit of tape from a friendly client and managed to tape the parcel together. Cross fingers it will get there.. We now really appreciate our postal services back home and it is not particularly cheap in Argentina here either!!

Locals waiting at the bus stop
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We made a run for the bus, where we found Dary and Ran waiting. The bus journey was ok and around 6pm we arrived at the border town of La Quiaca. As with many border towns there was nothing here, so we found a hostel/restaurant, showered and enjoyed a nice last diner in Argentina.