this morning was spent getting adrian’s visa for brazil. as he said, it was kind of the opposite that we expected from our research online. first, the subway ended up taking almost 45min….it was packed and waited 2-3 minutes at every station. next, we showed up at the consulate, which was surprisingly empty (nobody in line for visas). however, for some reason, the lady demanded a letter of purpose from adrian’s employer (stating that he was going to brazil for about a month and would not work there). the next 2-3 hours were spent finding an internet cafe and getting some coworkers from the new york office to fax the form in (it was 6am in san francisco). we got the letter faxed in about 30min before the consulate closed for the day, ran back and, again, were fortunate to have no line (the transaction took maybe 2 minutes). then, we waited in line at the nearby bank to pay the fee, which took about an hour (541.25 pesos….why not a round number like 550 pesos?). finally at 3pm, we were all done and headed out west.

we finally arrived at cordoba shortly after 11pm, found a hostel, some food, a cochera and then went to sleep.