Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

Well, we're at a new hotel now. This one is super swank — we knew we had a good one when we saw that this is where all the international pilots stay — and the price is still a fraction of what our room in Vegas cost. That said, the high speed internet access is broken so I'm actualy connecting through a WebTV type device.

I did manage earlier to upload a picture of the skyline view from our window. Buenos Aires is a truly monstrous city, perhaps even dwarfing Los Angeles or NYC. It's kind of embarrassing that us North Americans are almost totally unaware of what a vibrant and modern culture exists to the south of us. Click below for a big zoom:

For a guy that doesn't really like travelling, I've got a lot of places I want to go… I definitely want to spend a few more weeks in Argentina, as well as the rest of South America… I keep hearing more and more good things about Namibia and really want to check out Africa… And Eastern Europe… And Australia… And Rachel has her eyes on Japan also…

But Namibia is where my head's at right now. I'm so utterly convinced at this point that things in city life are not going to magically correct themselves. When the US, a nuclear superpower, finds itself without fuel, and Russia is sitting on what's left, I don't really want to be in the path of those ICBMs… I keep having fantasies that will get people “Jim Jonesing” me a bit too much about buying a 6,000 acre ranch in Africa and just inviting anyone here who's willing to work the land to come and escape.

It's probably a pipe dream, but I haven't stopped thinking about it since I first proposed it three or four years ago…