http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Angelica Flying by the seat of my pants! Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:27:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Everybody complained as we boarded the overnight bus to Iguazu falls from Rio.  Apparently the bus wasn`t up to scratch.  I obviously had low expectations after Peru and Bolivia.  I was just glad not to be stuck next to a family of 4 squeezed into one seat. The Iguazu falls was ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Angelica/signing-off-from-buenos-aires.html Sorry, this is going to be a long one. I spent a couple of days getting to know my way around, doing laundry, all that stuff. They have a metro system here which makes me feel like I´m in London. I got on in rush hour one day and rushed along ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Angelica/rio-at-last.html This is just one of those random posts, there´s another new one below too. In Bolivia, in fact in almost all countries I´ve visited, if you give someone a large note to pay for something they react as if you´ve just taken their first born.  They´ll spend at least 10 minutes ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Angelica/some-thoughts-on-bolivia.html Luckily valentines day isn´t a big deal over here, not a tacky Andrew Brownsword bear in sight. On my birthday we went to see some dinosaur footprints.  The cynical me assumed they weren´t real!  For some reason Jurassic Park filled my mind and I´d subconciously reached the decision that dinosaurs are ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Angelica/bye-bye-bolivia.html This town gleams, it has a year round spring like temperature and a rule that all buildings must be white washed once a year.  It sparkles in the sun.  It´s beautiful, sophisticated, full of culture, friendly and safe.  The richer people of Bolivia definitely live here.  So far I´ve had ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Angelica/sucre.html Unfortunately our last day in La Paz went a bit wrong. We had the morning to get ourselves organised before the 3 hour bus to Oruro followed by an 8 hour train to Uyuni. Between the ATM and the hotel Jus was pick pocketed for 300 US dollars, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Angelica/the-salt-flats-and-south-bolivia.html The bus ride over the border and into Bolivia was pretty straightforward. At immigration I asked for 30 days and got it, Jus asked for 90 days and got it, Pip asked for 90 days and got 30. It seems to depend on what mood they´re in and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Angelica/music-and-dancing-we%c2%b4re-always-romancing.html Peru´s been a real eye opener. I think it may have just knocked Guatemala off the top spot for favourite countries so far. The landscape is awesome and full of surprises. I´ve never seen mountains or desert like it. The culture is everywhere and seems much ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Angelica/thoughts-on-peru-and-the-last-month.html Sorry, two updates this time so please read below first! I planned this trip so loosely that all I knew I wanted to do in Peru/Bolivia was Lake Titicaca. It´s the highest navigable lake in the world at 3800m. The lake spans the Peru and Bolivia border so we ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Angelica/lake-titicaca.html I´ve done so many bus journeys recently that they´re all merging into one. So after some journey I can´t recall, we arrived in Arequipa, second largest town in Peru, at about 7am and slept for a few hours. Arequipa is a nice enough place with a very pretty mian square ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Angelica/arequipa-and-the-colca-canyon.html