Day 9

Today started out interesting and happy for Logan as he got to Skype with his class at home,  for those of you that don't know what skype is, it's a video conference on the computer he and his classmates were very excited to see each other and his new sister. But I think they got a big kick out of seeing Tatiana there old teacher. Then we got some passport photos at 1 mall and we needed to get visa photos for Maria which meant she needed a dark shirt. after 2 exhaustive hours we found a black shirt she could wear for her photo. Thats when all H. E. double toothpicks broke out. Karen and Tatiana decided to leave me alone with Maria and our guide to get the photos. The guide explained to me in her barely exsistant english that we needed to take her earings out for the picture. I tried in vain to tell her I don't know how to take earings out. She then got upset and told me the Colombian govt requires the no earrings are worn. I told her I don't know how how to take earrings out. She showed me paperwork in english with the requirements. I told her I don't know how. She got the staff that didn'tspeak english involved. And I told them I don't know how. ON and ON this went for 10 minutes while I screamed on the cell phone for Tatiana and karen to get their Colas over there. By the time they got there I was ready for a bar.