1 - 16 October 2010
The part of Buenos Aires (BA) called 'La Boca' is artistic and full of cafes, Musicians and Tango Dancers working for tips. Many balconies had figurines... my guess is that this is the ex President Peron, his wife Eva (Evita), and well, I don´t know.
The Congress Building is styled afer the Capitol Building in Washington DC.
I went out to El Tigre for the day with some friends from the hostel. El Tigre is on the mouth of the River Plata, and out there we did a river cruise. El Tigre is lovely so long as you don´t look into the water where you will see thousands of dead fish and millions more gasping and dying. A guard told me that it was from contaminants starving the water of oxygen. Please people, stop buying things you don´t need as it all adds to pollution and it is up to all of us. (and yes, I should stay at home).
Peanuts, and hot water for your matè. This was a niver view of El Tigre.
The cemetary in Recoleta, BA, is beautiful and I think it must take a lot of money to be buried there. The grave of Evita is the most visited, but it was built by a firm that makes bank vaults. Others are built by artists, architects and sculptures and are nicer to look at. I don't get why anybody would want such elaborance when dead. Please visit me and bring me flowers while I am alive and scatter my ashes to a good wind (so I can keep traveling) when I die!
It was controversial when the Argentine government, having monetary problems, paid a lot of money to have this giant metal flower built. It is spectacular. It should open and close at dawn and dusk, but the mechanism broke down.
Part of the San Martin statue in Plaza San Martin.
They want the waterfront to be an attractive area for people to hang out. But it doesn´t have the cleanliness and fun of Brisbanes Southbank. And I think BA will remain dirty while they allow people to put there rubbish on the street and other people to open it and rummage/sort through it and then leave more to blow away before other people come to pick it up.
Notes
Accommodation Buenos Aires: Sabatico Travellers hostel. A fanastic place! Best price if you book via www.hostelbookers.com
El Tigre boat cruise: $12.50 for 2 hours. Train to El Tigre 70c return. Bus to Train 30c each way. Cheap day out!
Coffee in BA $2. Set Lunch $6-10.
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