The only thing that should be added to scotch is more scotch

The wedding was on Saturday, and it is monday afternoon and I am still hungover. Quite an event to be sure.

I made the typical American mistake and showed up to the wedding 30 minutes early to get a seat and settle in (this was a trick taught to me by my always-punctual father). Little did I know that I would be there 45 minutes before people even started thinking about showing up. I know about Bolivian time, but I figured they would at least start weddings on time. As the bride was walking down the isle, the church was about half full with people trickling in as the ceremony processed. Because the bride was a former miss-Bolivia, the TV station camera crews were at the wedding too, which provided further distraction among the many erupting cellphones.

After the church ceremony we caravaned over to the well decorated reception hall for dinner, drinks and dancing. Each table was given a bottle of Scotch. This was the first sign of things to come. They need to put a general warning on the Johnny Walker bottles, that reads something like "Contents of bottle may taste like fire at first, but after a few drinks, you won't be able to distinguish the contents of this bottle with the contents of an Dasani bottle. Furthermore, repeated consumption of this liquid will lessen your inhibitions and make you dance like a retard. (Especially if you are the only gringo at a Bolivian wedding). Don't give to minors. But if you do, take pictures." Or something like that.

The reception lasted until 7:30AM. I bailed out at 5:30AM because my ride was leaving, and my feet weren't cooperating properly. (Although, I am happy to report that I wasn't the drunkest person in the car ride home. That award goes to the gentleman who fell out of the car in front of his house. He too failed to read the General Warning label on the Scotch Bottles.

I was pretty useless on Sunday and got on a 12-hour overnight bus which, due to road blocks of civil unrest, took 18 hours. Now I am waiting to board another 18 hour overnight bus to get back to Chile. I can't wait to see what they are protesting in the streets tonight!!