San Pedro

In 2000, he lived in San Pedro Prison with Thomas 'the tour guide' McFadden (left) for four months in order to research the book 'Marching Powder'.

When I was in La Paz, each day I walked past the San Pedro Prison at least four times. Bolivia is (economically) the poorest country in the South American continent, the prison’s illegal tour is a well known attraction. One that I regret not indulging in.

Two weeks later (January 2009), in central Chile, a travelling couple I spent some (good) time with, told me about the tour, a high rank drug cartel detainee who resides there in the plushest conditions available and the existence of the book by one Rusty Young.

Today, hours after arriving from Singapore on a five hour bus ride, I had to MC a press conference which took little of my time and had even less of a significance for me. In celebration for the money I received (not the work), I bought the book. To find out later on the website, that the movie will be released in 2010.

I imagine this would a stark difference of everything, of the British prison, as according to Jeffrey Archer’s incaceration. Found in his book, Prison Diary.