August 03, 2014:
After a few days in Sucre it was time to head north back to Santa Cruz. While in Sucre a fellow rider told me about a dirt road from Villa Serrano to El Trigal that's part of the famous Che Guevara route. Che is still very popular in Central & South America. The route twists through valleys and mountains, the scenery was great but it was slow rough going, lots of sharp rocks.

Water stop along the Che route:
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Along the route I stayed one night in Pucara:
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Not much going on in Pucara once the sun goes down:
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Near Samiapata:
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I spent a few days in Santa Cruz, obtaining a Visa for Paraguay and that's where I realized I had over stayed my, Temporary Import Permit (TIP) for the moto. I was told I could extend it however, this has to be done before it expires. Not good. I wasn't sure what the fine or penalty was but one local rider told me they can confiscate the moto and the fine for getting it back, is the value of the moto. Change of plans. I was going to head east into Brazil however I wanted to find a more remote and maybe a bit less controlled border to exit Bolivia. Plan, head south to Villamonte and then east into Paraguay. From what I could find out, the immigration and customs offices for both Bolivia and Paraguay are a few miles apart.

August 08, 2014:
Headed south and spent the night in Villamonte and the next morning I headed for Paraguay. The first obstacle was getting past a military control point. They checked my passport and then the TIP, never noticing the expired date. Luckily the man in charge was training a younger soldier and I don't think the younger guy knew what he was looking at. They did a search of the bags, looking mostly for marijuana, a couple photos with the moto and then was told to proceed two hundred meters to Immigration.

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Immigration is in there somewhere:
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There it is:
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Sometimes Immigration will ask to see the moto permit but this guy didn't . Passport stamped, Salida, so far so good.

Next obstacle, customs. It was a about a 40 minute ride to the customs office for Bolivia and the one for Paraguay. A Bolivia agent asked for my TIP and instantly noticed the expired date. I had a couple good stories lined up depending on which way it went but the first plan was to shut up and act like everything was fine. Another agent was consulted and then I was told to wait. After about 20 minutes one of the agents asked if I had gotten my exit stamp in my passport. Yes. Another few minutes of waiting and then I was asked if I planned on returning to Bolivia, Me, no. Agent, are you sure? Me, no never, I'm riding around the world and will not return. Agent, ok leave, don't come back. Both agents were actually very good about the whole thing and wished me a good journey.

The Paraguay Customs office was within walking distance and everything went fine. He wanted a copy of my TIP with exit stamp from Bolivia before he would do the Paraguay TIP but when I told him I didn't have one he proceeded without it. Someone had shot a couple deer, very small deer, and they were dressing them out behind the office and he wanted to get back to it. They wouldn't let me take any photos.
The Paraguay Immigration office is in Mariscal Jose Felix Estigarribia, a good six hour or more ride, and was told I had a day or two to get my passport entry stamp, all is good!

Paraguay:
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Didn't spend much time or do much of anything in Paraguay. There's not much along the Trans Chaco and the city of Asuncion is nice but I didn't see much to hang around for. Heading for Brazil.