The day started badly... and got worse. We were due to catch a bus to the capital at 6.15am so dutifully paid the bill the day before. It was not until 5.45am (when conveniently no one was awake) that we realised that we had not got our 100 limpira deposit back. Reluctantly we accepted our fate, blamed karma, and headed to the bus shelter. There we waited in the rain (long enough to have been sufficiently refunded) and eventually caught a bus to the capital. From there we took a taxi to the other side of town, and then a very hot and full bus to the border. Sharing a seat with two squirming toddlers in the heat was enough to bring on very strong waves of sickness although luckily I managed to hold it back.
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