After about 10 hours of journey on the road, we finally came to a stop, and was told that we have to get off as the bus could not travel any further due to some blockades ahead.
We were told that we will have to walk for about 10 mins before catching a cab into Sucre at the other end of the blockade.
We had 1st heard of a blockade when we were transiting in Potosi. Pedro had initially wanted to stop in Potosi for the night as he didn’t want to be taking the bus in the dark, but when we heard about a blockade happening in Potosi the next day, that would prevent any travelling from taking place, we went on as planned.
The blockade seemed to have started much earlier than expected, but it was a good thing we were already very near Sucre, so we took our luggage off the bus and headed towards the direction which we were pointed in.
As we walked, we passed by many big trucks parked diagonally across the roads. I could only think that it was a result of a freight forwarding strike. We must have passed about 30 such vehicles before we came to the other end and hopped into a taxi and headed into Sucre.
It has been a long day, and I just wanted to get into the hostel and rest for the night.
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