then off to Bolivia, Mine (q) control stations between Puno + Desagradero. Arrived Desagradero a little after 6 p.m., the border shuts at 6. On top of this they tell me I am lacking some papers for the truck and these are available only in Puno, 100 miles of washboard and 10 goddam control stations back! On top of this the control stations close up at 6, so I won't get to Puno in time to get any business done tomorrow. Slept at Pomata control station. Sept. 6 All day in Puno. Customs agent Orestia Brivio took $15,000 sole deposit as guarantee on return of truck to Peru. Then off with French Fulbright scholar Paul Seli, spent the night between Pomata + Juli. Sept. 7 Off to the border at 6 a.m. Took 3 hours to get through the officialdom at Desagradero and on the Bolivian side, then poor road to Vraica, where we arrived at 3 p.m. 150 km in 9 hrs. Some good ribbon between Desagradero and Vraica, but mostly heavily grazed and much cultivated. Left Seli near Vraica, then drove about 20 km toward Oruro and stopped for the night on open rolling pasture, mostly cultivated, the rest heavily grazed: Stoney. More mussels. Schn closely cropped and Baccharis about 5 inches tall. Stoner gathered into clumps. Some Margyricarpus thorn bush also, and a little cushion non-fuzzy cactus. It will and snow for about an hour in mid-afternoon.