Argentina - Undocumented...Documented

So this past Tuesday we learned that our visas would expire without the paper work going through for our residency visa.  These residency visas would give us an indefinite time to live here in Chile.  Who would have thought that it would have taken so long?... ME.  The lovely "trámites" (paperwork) of chile have a special place in my heart :)

Ok, so our options were: pay for two extensions which cost $100 each or hop out of the country and come back in.  We did some research and found that it would be cheaper to go to Argentina.

    $50 - bus ticket
     $5  - camping permit
 + $10 - dinner, breakfast and dinner
    $65 - way better than waiting in line to pay $100 to do nothing

So we left bright and early Wednesday morning.

There were multiple times during this trip where it could have easily gone real bad.  Somehow we made it though.  I'm not one to say "God is good because ... ". He's good no matter what, but I sure did appreciate the favor he gave us during this trip.

1. There was a city bus & taxi strike that morning, which led to the Metro being jam packed.  We got to our bus just in the nick of time.  
2. As we're getting on the bus, the ticket guy tells us we can't get on because we're missing a sheet of paper from our passports.  He ends up letting us on, but explains that when we get to the border the custom agent can send us right back.  Depends totally on what kind of mood he or she's in.
3. HE WAS IN A GOOD MOOD.
4. Lonely planet typically doesn't let us down, but for some reason bus 110 that they recommend didn't exist anymore.  It was getting dark and the camp ground was 4 or 5 miles out of town...luckily we found another bus that went that way.
5. We get to the campground at 9ish and they tell us that they're filled up.  We stare at him, thinking "Ok, you're filled up, but we're out in the middle of no where and it's pitch black."
6. He's really cool about it and lets us pitch our tent in his front yard!

We've got some pretty cool pictures if you want to check out more of our little adventure in Argentina.  On the right column of the blog under the Our Vision Video, you'll see a link to PHOTO GALLERY.  Check it out.