How to get a bus from Chile to Bolivia

...well, it all starts with buying a bus ticket. Done. OK.
Next thing is to explain to the bus company, that we would like to hop on the bus not at the usual departure point, but on the way. Usually, no problem at all, as they are veeeery flexible in general :-).

The instructions we got then were the following:

Just be at the crossing of the two roads (not in the center but 5 km out of town) at 11am and please remind us one day before, that we should stop there to pick you up. Hmmm, sounds promising ;-).

Well, 11am sharp, we arrived at the crossing...however it was super busy that day. Why? Because the Chilean Police used the space to install a check point for Bolivian trucks coming across the border.

We decided then, to join them and sit on the side of the road...the next hour turned out to be fun :-).

The group of 3 police men were standing on the road, observing the trucks (you could see them from far) coming towards them and almost pokering about which one they are going to check. There was a heavy discussion about either the blue one, the red one or the white one. Finally, they checked all :-).

When the first truck arrived, the truckdriver came stepped out and came towards the policeman. The officer however was in a funny mood, so that he told him to stop walking and to continue at least 10 times...the truckdriver of course did so :-)...and we were just sitting at the side of the road...observing and silently laughing :-).
Next truck, next scene: the oil trailer was checked carefully...one officer climbed on top of the trailer and what he found there was so stimulating to him, that he decided to take the loose, large O-rings, to juggle with them in both hands. The picture was just brillant, the guy on top of the trailer juggling with two big o-rings and his colleague confronting the driver what this is. Fantastic.

Finally, the guys came to us and spoke with us a little. We told them that we want to go to Bolivia and waiting for the bus. They assured us, that our company didn`t come through already...when the bus finally was in sight, they asked us if that was ours. We confirmed.
Then the police man was standing on the road, stopping the bus for us and waived him out to the side of the road. The driver was pretty relieved, as he noted that its "just" because of two more passengers :-). And yes, the bus had only little delay of one hour :-)...