So we thought we were going to Venezuela on Saturday. We thought...
And before leaving Ecuador I got information from the Venezuelan embassy in the United States that said Ecuadorians and Americans dont need visas to enter the country. So Santiago and I arrive, after paying a car to take us all the way to Maracaibo, a city in Venezuela. We stop to get our border stamps. And... Santiago cant enter Venezuela...
´´But we checked in the embassy and it said Ecuadorians dont need visas...´´
´´Yes, if they arrive by air´´
What the freakin arggh??? It never said that ANYWHERE. Then the officials were all wanting me to hand over my passport, get my stamp, and enter the country, and I am like ´´No way, you think I will just leave my friend here??´´ So I got pretty pissed off, and the border guy was incredibly rude and Santiago said ´´well, what can i do´´ and the big bully was like ´´enter by plane´´ and basically threw his Ecuadorian passport back at us. Stupid ugly border pigs.
So we cant enter Ecuador, because of me. And we cant enter Venezuela because of him. We are stuck in Colombia. We went to a consulate in Riohacha and they wouldnt help us get Santi a visa... So we have spent the pass two days on a smelly bus travelling up into the mountains to Bogotá. Tomorrow we are searching for the Venezuelan embassy to see if he can get a tourist visa. And if he cant we have more problems... because he only has the permission to enter Colombia for thirty days, whereas they gave me 60 because I have an American passport.
So I havent been communicating because weve been in consulates and borders and stinky buses fighting for a way not to split up while not being illegal in any country. And of course traveling to my country is out of the question because how the heck is an Ecuadorian going to enter the U.S. legally and quickly???
To sum up, BORDERS FREAKIN SUCK HARDCORE... I AM INCREDIBLY ANGRY AT WHOEVER INVENTED IMMIGRATION RULES AND BARRIERS SO THAT PEOPLE CANT JUST BE TOGETHER WITH THEIR FRIENDS OR FAMILIES ... and anybody in the States that argues stupid things about Latinos and immigration can freaking shut the heck up in front of me because I know what these immigration rules and laws and borders do to people... what borders are making me go through right now... and its upsetting, incredibly upsetting
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I'm sorry that you're literally stuck in Columbia. When you put it like that though, I imagine you in a pit of syrup! I read the entire HP7 while waiting for a KC-130 to pick us up from MCAS Futenma and take us to Korea. 8 hours straight, and I finished it and promptly took a nap! I hope you're doing well and get out of your pit soon.
You might want to talk to Mary Jane Thurstin. She's pretty good.
You might want to talk to Mary Jane Thurstin. She's pretty good.
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