Well as it turns out, living in Buenos Aires can often by very similar to living back home in Sydney… too much work, not enough social life… the realities of life as a non-millionaire I guess! And when most of that “work” is actually research & development and not income producing, that just hurts even more!
But I have launched an updated version of my business site, Zava Design, which includes a new blog feature. And have recently added more blog posts there than here… guess that indicates the current balance of work v fun in my life!
And just as luck would have it, rather than working hard through October and November ahead of hitting the road from December for three months… it looks like I might have some new projects coming in for the end of November after a quiet couple of months. As I said, just my luck, and ain’t life a bitch sometimes?! Oh well, life of a digital nomad I guess, you take the work when it comes and adjust your life appropriately. But still beats working in an office 9 to 5 any day!
I’m really not sure if it’s the city or me. Three days in Cordoba and I’m out of here, not quite the week I had planned and paid rent in advance for. The city itself is pleasant enough though boasting few apparent attractions. The main square (which I’m sitting in now) is an open, paved and green oasis in the middle of a fairly visually bland city, the majority of the city’s main architectural attractions surrounding me at the moment. Though as just discovered minutes later (literally, hopped onto a city tour bus just after writing that last sentence) there are actually a couple of other pleasant plazas nearby. Not enough to transform this city into “amazing”, but certainly enough to while away a couple more hours on a lovely spring day.
Under leaders of certain countries the questioning of authority is not only discouraged, but can lead to punishment, severe in some instances. Our supposedly liberal, “western” point of view publicly voices its support for the freedom of speech, encouraging the community to question all aspects of the government and laws they may live under. Though as anyone with a passing knowledge of politics and current affairs would no doubt be aware, this public voice of support does not always equate to an actual reality of freedom of speech in many cases. As most of us are aware, hypocrisy is rampant within politics, whatever side of the fence you sit on.
There’s a few things that are very common in Buenos Aires: 
Probably not surprising that the question I’m being asked most by my (male) friends back home is: So how are the Argentinian women?
So, to motorcycle through South America or not, that is the question?
Lying back staring at the blood splattered ceiling I’m wondering what injury had been treated in this room that splatted blood seven feet high. My minds dwelling on all manner of injury types when I’m suddenly jolted back into the present by the feeling of needle and twine going through my skin…
