Late for work

I get to school each morning by taking the Chiva; an open air bus. It is a 7 km bus ride to the town of Bellavista where I volunteer. The bus fare if 25 cents. This morning I arrived late because there was a police stop. Each person was asked to show their identification documents to show that they were a resident. The reason for this is because of regulations that attempt control the population growth of the Galapagos islands. The Galapagos is classified a national park with about 3% of the islands populated with inhabitants. Due to a rising increase in the population and the impact it is having on a national park, regulations have been put in place to limit the migration of Ecuadorians to the islands. So everyone (except me) on the chiva was asked to show their identification documents. For some reason the bus was not allowed to continue and I was left stranded on the side of the road. I ended up getting a ride with a truck driver the rest of the way into town.