Manaco Shoe Factory

Yesterday we picked up the shoes from the Manaco factory in Quillacollo. When we had paid and went to the storeroom to collect the merchandise, first of all we had a long wait and then they came to say that there was a problem because some prices had gone up. However, as we had a quotation which is valid for 15 days, the head of the storeroom tried to sort it out so that the prices we had would be respected. This is a long process as he had to go to the management to have it approved. In the end, it was sorted out and we were able to leave just as the workers were leaving for lunch.

Getting into the factory is like a military operation and you have to leave your ID at the entrance both to the office block and the storerooms. At least this year there were no disturbances and uprisings like there were last year when the factory was attacked and all the windows broken!

After waiting around outside for a while a taxi came by and we managed to persuade him to take us to Cochabamba. He was not keen to do this as he did not know the area where my little hotel is or the bus station where Primo would have to catch the transport to take the boxes up to San Benito. Mission accomplished.