http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rowena/ en-us 2005-10-15T18:31:57+00:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rowena/archives/015278.shtml So this is it. That was that. My trip is over and I'm back in Europe after a year and half away. "Reassimilation" has been very easy: everyone seemed to remember me (including the cat) and nothing much has... Lists Rowena 2005-10-15T18:31:57+00:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rowena/archives/015120.shtml I had planned to travel up to Asuncion, then up to Campo Grande and the Pantanal, but it turned out there wasn't a bus for five days. I had recently been offered more work in Russia and it looked likely... Brazil Rowena 2005-10-11T18:11:27+00:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rowena/archives/015118.shtml On my last day in Buenos Aires, Marcelo took me to lunch at a lovely restaurant. We had a long chat as the business people from nearby offices flocked in, ate and then returned to their desks. I wasn't very... Uruguay Rowena 2005-10-09T18:02:27+00:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rowena/archives/014942.shtml The bus journey to Buenos Aires from Sao Paulo took 33 hours. It was 13 hours before the bus stopped for a break. I can't begin to imagine how many tea stops the New Zealand Intercity bus would have made... Argentina Rowena 2005-10-04T15:15:04+00:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rowena/archives/014884.shtml Iīve been having problems sleeping for three weeks or so now. I donīt know whether itīs jet lag, or the result of interrupted sleep on aeroplanes and in airports, or what, but it makes me cranky and tired. I went... Brazil Rowena 2005-09-29T19:40:04+00:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rowena/archives/014883.shtml Iīd been running into two Colombian guys for a couple of days, and saw them again on the bus that crossed into Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. We were all going there for the day to see the Itaipu dam, a... Paraguay Rowena 2005-09-28T19:22:17+00:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rowena/archives/014882.shtml Waterfalls. Nice and all, but not usually anything to write home about in my experience, apart from Niagara. Well, Iguazu Falls pretty much blew Niagara out of the water, so to speak. There are 275 separate `cataratasī and the effect... Brazil Rowena 2005-09-27T18:59:29+00:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rowena/archives/014827.shtml Brazil is great! Everyone is really relaxed here, no one hassles you, people are always helpful and friendly. Unless they're robbing you blind of course, and I've heard some pretty hair-raising tales, but thankfully none to tell first-hand at the... Brazil Rowena 2005-09-24T22:54:45+00:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rowena/archives/014767.shtml Sad to leave California. It's nice to be somewhere familiar. It's not exactly "Cheers," where everyone knows your name, but I feel like I know my way around to an extent and understand where people are coming from. I find... USA Rowena 2005-09-19T17:19:11+00:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rowena/archives/014760.shtml I spent a year at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and I decided to go up there for a day to see it again. Public transport took, as usual, forever to get to the Greyhound Bus Terminal, and I... USA Rowena 2005-09-18T20:27:49+00:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rowena/archives/014737.shtml Not having a car is inconceivable to most people in Los Angeles. The city is so vast, the public transport system so underdeveloped, and the infrastructure so set up for automobiles, that it's a constant uphill battle to get anywhere... USA Rowena 2005-09-17T07:18:19+00:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rowena/archives/015277.shtml Any comments, tips, advice or feedback?... Comments Rowena 2005-09-15T18:02:32+00:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rowena/archives/014736.shtml I forgot how many crazy people there are in LA. They're everywhere, right from when you emerge blinking and crumpled from an overnight flight at the airport, and are especially plentiful around Venice Beach, where I am staying, and public... USA Rowena 2005-09-15T06:49:46+00:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rowena/archives/014717.shtml We finally left Mo'orea after two nights. We tried hitching to the port, but eventually got a bus which stopped at a working ATM on the other side of the island. The catamaran took us back to Pape'ete, where we... Tahiti Rowena 2005-09-14T20:34:24+00:00 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rowena/archives/014716.shtml We spent three days trapped at a campground on Mo'orea as the only ATM around was "hors service" and everything was insanely expensive. You practically need a stock portfolio just to buy an ice cream in Tahiti. An hour on... Tahiti Rowena 2005-09-13T20:06:44+00:00