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Argentina: Sept. & Oct. 2006

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At the Argentine border crossing with Bolivia a sign tells us that ArgentinaÂ´s southernmost city is still 5121km away! We have a long, long way to go in this long country to get to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego!
First stop in Argentina, the northern colonial city of Salta with its cathedral all lit up at night.
The cathedral tower reflected in a modern glass tower right next door.
The next morning. Sunrise over Salta from our camping spot.
Salta is full of blossoming trees like this one!
A monument in Salta provides a mid-day resting place for students.
Approaching SaltaÂ´s main plaza.
Orange trees with oranges ready for picking along SaltaÂ´s main plaza!
The main cathedral. Yes, itÂ´s pink!
A closer look at the main cathedral in Salta.
Inside the main cathedral. On that Tuesday afternoon, we saw more people in one church than weÂ´ve ever seen before!
The stunning main altar in SaltaÂ´s cathedral.
Main plaza statue and palms.
The Iglesia San Francisco, SaltaÂ´s second main church.
Inside the Iglesia San Francisco.
Great scenery in the Quebrada de Cafayate.
Great scenery in the Quebrada de Cafayate.
Great scenery in the Quebrada de Cafayate.
Cafayate, heart of northern ArgentinaÂ´s wine country.
When you drink wine once every couple of years, youÂ´ve gotta pose with it!
Cafayate wine bar.
Nice trees along the main square.
Buying our dinner in the local market.
Evening walk through the vineyards surrounding the town.
Posing by the huge the townÂ´s huge wine bottle statue.
A message recognizing the man who first brought good vines to Argentina.
Walking a dirt road.
Arriving in Tucuman we couldnÂ´t believe all the trees in blossom, everywhere!
TucumanÂ´s famous Government Building.
More of the Government House.
It was only a matter of time before we saw a sign like this in Argentina.
The main square.
Fabulous yellow blossoms.
Blossoms everywhere!
On our way to Iguazu Falls in the far, far north of Argentina, we made a stop at the 16th century Jesuit Mission ruins at San Ignacio Mini.
Great details still remain along the old chapels front entrance.
Pillars.
Detailed carving.
The remains of the cloister wall.
Intact doorway into the cloister area.
Us in the doorway.
Inside the old cloister.
Another portal.
Restored mission details.
Scenes like this at the ruins brought back memories from Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
HUGE cactus tree!
Steps.
Yet another doorway and the village of ruins beyond.
One last look at the ruins.
Ashe onboard the mini train that whisks passengers around to several stops at Iguazu Falls.
Perfect spider-web.
These good-looking cousins of robins were everywhere as we walked the trails around Iguazu Falls.
Eye contact.
Another great spider-web.
Ashe on one of the many catwalks that guides tourists along the top of and bottom of the many waterfalls at Iguazu.
Rainforest views all around.
Just a part of the Garganta del Diablo, the largest concentration of falls at Iguazu.
Bird.
View of the Garganta del Diablo from another trail.
Garganta del Diablo, closer up.
The river below.
Great flora all around.
The water level of the Iguazu River above was very low. Usually, all those little falls combine to make one huge wall of water.
More great plantlife and falls beyond.
The entire scene from one of many overlooks.
Beautiful.
One of our favorites of the 274 separate falls at Iguazu.
People at one of the overlook platforms.
More falls.
Everything was so green at the Falls.
Flowers and falls.
Us on the beach at the island under the Falls.
Vulture in flight.
Vulture not in flight.
A couple of the Falls with rainbow.
Nice.
Mossy rocks.
More falls, another rainbow.
Us at our favorite overlook.
Views from the beach.
Another fall viewed from the beach.
Looking back at the falls by the island.
Great!
Ashe by one of the Falls.
The Upper Trail follows the rim of the cliff over which most of the falls drop. The water level was low so the waters were pretty calm along this trail.
Views from the rim.
Lizard.
Lizard.
Iguana.
Great butterfly.
Couple more butterflies on the trail.
We followed the slightly more remote Macuco Trail out to a Â´secretÂ´ waterfall.
The hidden waterfall.
The main plaza in Corrientes, one of ArgentinaÂ´s oldest cities.
Canon at the Corrientes City Museum.
Inside the Museum.
This church is home to a wooden cross that resisted destruction by fire during an attack by the Â´savagesÂ´.
Corrientes has a great, carved and painted mural that oultines the history of the region. It begins with a rainforest scene and this guy.
The history mural continues with the Conquistadors.
Beyond the Conquistadors, another invading group: the Jesuits.
Horse cart by the River Parana in CorrientesÂ´ Parque Mitre.
Our campsite in the beautiful and remote wetland preserve Estero de Ibera in far northern Argentina.
Ashe enjoying the late day sun from our campground.
Getting onto our boat, the Yacare, a prelude of the many, many caimans we would see while out in the marshes.
Two minutes out on the boat and our first caiman sighting!
Check out that tail.
The eyes.
Capybara! What an interesting animal.
Capybara in the water.
Another one.
Wading through the marsh.
Caiman getting into the water.
ChillinÂ´.
Those eyes again.
Ashe on the boat.
Maciej on the boat.
Our late day launch into the wetlands culminated with a great sunset!
A caiman in the distance.
Nice teeth.
Those eyes... again!
LetÂ´s get a closer look at those teeth...
Scaly.
Another capybara... with child!
Mother and baby.
Our boatman.
The sun, lower and lower.
Another mother with her babies.
Trying to squeeze them all under her and her wings to keep them warm.
Most of them are somewhere under there.
Another boat passes.
Us, on the boat, at sunset.
Deer!
What a great sunset!
The sun disappeared before it even met the horizon.
Our boat at sunset.
Cute, little frogs on the bathroom walls in our campground!
Another frog!
Sunset over the marsh.
City Hall in the small town of Mercedes, access town for the Estero del Ibera Reserve.
Main plaza in Mercedes -- very relaxing.
The streets of Mercedes were DESERTED between 1pm and 4pm (siesta time).
Abandoned scooter during siesta time.
Statue of ??
One of only a handful of people we saw on the streets during the siesta.
Statue feet.
Yellow and orange.
Ashe also observed the siesta during our afternoon in Mercedes.
Arrival in Rosario! The bus terminalÂ´s great clocktower told us that things would be different in this town than in others weÂ´ve visited in Argentina.
Another guy on a horse. Statue in one of RosarioÂ´s plazas.
Rosario is filled with fantastic buildings like these two.
Building details in Rosario.
Another great, old building in Rosario.
Lion face on apartment balcony.
Nice tile work.
Brilliant blossoms!!
The monument to the national flag in Rosario.
Monument steps with cathedral beyond.
Perpetual flame at the National Flag Monument.
Ohhhh ! So many apartment blocks!
RosarioÂ´s cathedral.
Another great building in downtown Rosario.
Maciej in front of the apartment block which was Che GuevaraÂ´s first home.
Fruit deliveries come by way of horse and cart in Rosario.
Nice doggy.
Arrival in Santa Fe.
Mary over Santa Fe.
Lady in car.
Another horse statue.
Maciej being eaten by a playground dinosaur in Santa Fe! Oh, no!
The Templo de San Francisco, one of Santa FeÂ´s 17th century churches.
Duck statue in front of Santa FeÂ´s old cathedral.
Interesting pine tree in Santa FeÂ´s main plaza.
One of the few old, old colonial, adobe homes left in Santa Fe.
Blossoms!
The old convent in Santa Fe.
Lots of old paraphernalia in the old convent museum.
The convent gardens.
The convent cloister.
Great Paraguayan ceder ceilings inside the convent.
Mary in the convent.
Great gardens surround the convent.
Mate! Surprised that this is our first photo of mate cups as we see just about everyone drinking this uniquely Argentinian tea everywhere!
Lined up for the bank. Thought this was a very representative photo of the hassle the siesta time (noon to 4pm usually) closures of just about every business cause!
In Cordoba and staying with MaciejÂ´s old friend Esteban and his wife Celina!!
Maciej with Esteban, the brothers together again.
EstebanÂ´s and Celinas great apartment and our home for 4 days.
View from the apartment -- Cordoba is a great looking city.
Cordoba is also one of ArgentinaÂ´s more religious cities with more than 30 churches in the center alone.
Jesus.
Love these colored tile scenes at church entrances.
Ashe at the fountain inside the historic (1783) Monserrat College in Cordoba.
Monserrat College.
Ashe missed teaching so much that she had to get behind the teacherÂ´s desk in this empty classroom in the College.
CordobaÂ´s historic (1603) University.
Statue at the University of Cordoba.
Jesuit church on the University grounds.
The Palace of Justice and huge fountain.
The foundation of Rome?
Downtown Cordoba -- pedestrian streets and lots of people out!
Old trolley.
Historic Jesuit church.
The Cathedral (it looks much better inside).
What would a city be without a horse statue?
Clocktower.
Great crawiling plant covered pedestrian walks fill a part of downtownÂ´s commercial area.
Statue.
The old Cathedral.
The ceiling of this church is made from the hull of a ship sailed to Argentina from Spain. Amazing!
Inside one of the many churches.
Ashe with her new Argentinian scarf.
Old convent chapel.
Tower.
Great ceilings inside the main Cathedral.
More of the great Cathedral interior.
Inside the Cathedral.
Great ceiling art.
Angels.
Back at the apartment with Esteban and Celina.
A short trip into the Sierras de Cordoba brought us to Villa General Belgrano, a German-type village originally settled by German fugitives.
Us by Villa BelgranoÂ´s Oktoberfest beer barrel.
Maciej, Ashe, Celina and Esteban.
Carved, wooden dwarf.
On the streets of Villa Belgrano.
This tiny German town is perfect for beer and... chocolate!
WeÂ´re looking just a little different even after just a few hours in town...
Another dwarf.
Hiking in the Sierras. Esteban and Celina make their way up the Cerro de la Virgen hill.
All of us in the hills.
Views from the hike.
Tiny Virgin grotto.
We made it to the top!
Esteban -- celebrating.
THIS is the Virgin figure we hiked all the way up for??!
Maciej, Ashe, Celina and Esteban by the Virgin.
Sunset over a ranch on our way back to Cordoba.
Sunset.
More sunset.
Bird flying at sunset.
More sunset views over a reservoir in the Sierras.
Esteban with Celina, asleep on the bus (right before they stole AsheÂ´s sandals!)
Sunday picnic in CordobaÂ´s main park.
All of us in the park.
The brothers, see you in less than 8 years, I HOPE !
Difunta Correa, the roadside shrine to a lady that died at this very site more than 100 years ago but whose baby was found alive, feeding at her breast, is ArgentinaÂ´s most famous non-secular worship spot. Today, the shrine is a huge collection of chapels, offerings and walkways that top a few dusty hills in the middle of nowhere.
Lady Correa herself.
A very common offering at the Difunta Correa shrine are license plates with drivers and truckers alike wishing for safe travels.
Cross at the shrine.
Trucker, bus company, taxi, and other peoplesÂ´ stickers and cards also crowd the walls of the shrine.
Candles, another popular offering.
Inside the shrine itself pictures of families, friends, and cars cover the walls completely.
Lady Correa with photos and wishes all around.
Candle.
Duststorm sunrise with license plate offerings everywhere.
Even someone from Florida made it to the shrine to leave an offering and a wish for safe travels.
Since the Lady Correa died of thirst in the desert another common offering is a bottle of water.
More than just license plates are left behind at the shrine.
Another cross at the shrine.
One other abundant offering at the shrine are models of homes, buildings and apartments. Hundreds of them fill the hills around the shrine.
More model home offerings.
A few more homes.
Also offered in their own special chapel, paintings of the Lady Correa painted by her followers.
Driving south from San Juan to Mendoza with one of the best stretches of the Andes to the west.
Mendoza, a great city of tree-lined streets and plazas in the heart of ArgentinaÂ´s best wine region.
Couple in the park.
Another couple in Plaza Espana.
Ashe on tiled bench in Plaza Espana.
Cotton candy robot in MendozaÂ´s huge main plaza.
Mate, a national obsession in Argentina. Mate cups, gourds, and straws for sale everywhere in Argentina including MendozaÂ´s main plaza.
More mate cups for sale.
Plaza views in Mendoza.
Grand old bank building.
WhatÂ´s a city without a horse statue? This one; San Martin, ArgentinaÂ´s liberator.
A great open-air museum: glass boxes with scenes tracing the history of Mendoza.
Another museum scene.
Main gate to MendozaÂ´s fantastic and huge city park.
Lagoon inside the park.
Statue in the park with the Andes in sight.
Fountain in the park.
Our best camping spot yet! Under the poplar trees in the Uspallata Valley above Mendoza. We arrived at night and were amazed by the views as we unzipped our tent in the morning!
Mountain views from our campsite.
More mountain views.
Fantastic!
Beautiful!
Could NOT get enough of the moutain views! What a sunrise it was!
The movie Seven Years in Tibet was filmed in the Uspallata Valley and we could see why!
More mountain views in the valley.
Roadside shrine to Gauchito Gil (more on him later) as we began our long day hike into the hills and mountains.
Ashe hiking in the canyon.
Another roadside shrine.
A cross marks the spot. Dotting the hill below this cross are several small shrines and grottos to Argentine favorites Lady Correa and Gauchito Gil.
Hillside shrines.
Fantastic views in every direction!
Ashe on the trail.
Small grotto shrine honoring Gauchito Gil, a cowboy who was wrongly beheaded and, itÂ´s said, his severed head then began to talk to the executioner. The rest is history and now he is a national hero honored and worshipped at shrines across the country.
Gauchito Gil or, as we prefer to call him, Hippy Jesus.
Oh! Gauchito Gil!
Cactus.
Ashe as we began our off the trail venture into the rocky hills.
Maciej in the hills.
Red rocks and snow-caps.
Great cliffs.
Maciej after doing his rock climbing thing.
Every plant, thorny or prickly.
Views from up high in the rocky peaks.
Views.
Views.
Love the views.
At this place, the Andes are at their highest with the highest peak, Aconcagua, not too far away.
Brilliant snowy peaks! Must be cold up there with all that snow blowing off the peaks.
Nice!
Red rock canyon.
Great!
Colorful hills.
Searching for the Â´seven color mountain` ...
Incredible sunset!
Look at those colors!
Wow! Like the sky was on fire! Most sunsets weÂ´ve seen in Argentina are a deep red.
Great!
More red sky and mountains.
Final one.
The next morning and beginning the drive to the 4000 meter plus mountain pass separating Argentina and Chile in this incredible stretch of the Andes.
Great colors!
Mountain views along the road to the border.
Ashe at Penitentes Ski Resort. We were looking forward to a day on the slopes but the weather was a bit too snowy and cold for us and MaciejÂ´s jacket had just been stolen in Uspallata the day before...
Us, trying to make the best of a cold, snowy day in the mountains!
Hitching a ride 25 km. further down the road to the Argentina-Chile border was tougher than we thought! We waited a long, long time...
Finally, someone picked us up but we had to sit in the back of the truck!
Ashe at the Punta del Inca, a famous natural stone bridge near the border.
Can you see the natural stone bridge? We could barely see it too...
Historic buildings along the canyon wall at the site of the stone rock.
Snow dog!
People at the site were doing all they could to enjoy the snow.
At the border! Still always exciting to enter a new country!!
One last one of us in the snow!
Another tango image in San Telmo.
A very pretty Russian Orthodox church in San Telmo.
Chess in the park.
An old tree.
Sweet ride.
Kitties in the park.
Fine old apartment in San Telmo.
Old Danish church, all brick, in San Telmo.
University building. Nice.
In San Telmo, even McDonalds tries to look classy.
Maciej with his first new shirt in months! We saw the Batman t-shirt in a local shop and couldnt resist calling it a month-delayed birthday present.
San Telmo, not all cobblestone, but a lot of it. We could just imagine these streets crowded with tango dancers back in the day.
The thinnest house in Buenos Aires.
Che!
Another great mural.
Another great old building in San Telmo.
More tango murals. This corner, empty by day, is hopping by night.
Love it.
Sick of the tango yet? We werent.
View out the front door of our hotel and right across the street to the fruit market we bought three of four kilos of fruit from daily! The guy loved us!
Nice doorway just down the block from our San Telmo hotel.
Relaxing in the park.
San Telmo corner.
The Buenos Aires metro system -- we got to know it well during our week in the city. All of it, classy but old like this station.
Waiting for the train.
Nowhere else have we seen great old, all wood, subway cars like these! Fantastic!
Even the escalator steps in the subway tunnels were made of wood!
Entering Buenos Aires La Boca district, with this mural/art piece on the first corner. La Boca is the old port area and long-time working class neighborhood. Today it is also home to the world famous Boca Juniors football club.
Boca mural.
The mural has 3D elements!
More of the mural.
The Boca definitely has a more gritty feel to it and much of it is considered dangerous for tourists.
The touristy part of La Boca is known for its colorful buildings. We were happy to learn that there was a historic reason for all this tin and color. The poor fishermen and dock workers who once inhabited the neighborhood had only tin at their disposal and lots of colorful ship paint available.
Colorful windows.
Tango was also a big part of life in La Boca back in the day.
Today, free tango shows at cafes lure tourists to the tables.
A final pose as the music stops.
Its all about the tourists in La Boca, something we didnt like about this neighborhood in Buenos Aires.
Yet another tango image on a La Boca wall.
The most famous of La Bocas streets, the Caminito, which is lined with those great colorful buildings.
Corner building at the head of the Caminito.
Caminito color.
La Boca kitty.
Row of tin homes.
More colorful, tin homes along La Bocas Caminito.
The colors of the Boca Juniors soccer club with statues of Peron, Evita, and Maradona!
More color and art.
More color in La Boca.
This is the only way that Maciej could take the field with the Boca Juniors.
Another great Boca building.
Us in La Boca.
Of all the free, street tango shows we saw, this pair was the best. Lots of passion!
As we said, they were great!
Check out that passion.
Its not tin, but still colorful!
A more arsty building in La Boca.
Love those colors!
Couldnt help ourselves, we started to dance the tango too!
Ashe with a Boca Juniors player.
Maradona, still a hero!
Maciej doing the a bad job of dancing the tango.
Thats better!
Argentina was once one of the worlds wealthiest nations and downtown Buenos Aires is filled with reminders of this illustrious past.
A palace in downtown Buenos Aires.
Downtown Buenos Aires is filled with small parks and plazas all surrounded by wonderful old buildings.
Leave it to us to find the one plaza where politically active youth gather in the evenings!
Looking down Avenida 9 de Julio towards the obelisk.
The English Tower just outside Buenos Aires main station, Retiro Station.
One of the capitals most impressive avenues, Avenide de Mayo is lined with cafes and beautiful buildings.
One of the fantastic buildings along Avenide de Mayo.
Another one.
And another one.
One of Buenos Aires few colonial churches.
Another fine building.
Lots of neo-classical buildings downtown.
Inside the Metropolitan Cathedral rests San Martin, the liberator of Argentina.
The old cabildo on Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires main plaza.
The Casa Rosa, the home of the Argentine Parliament and famous as the place where Evita made her appearance on the balcony to a plaza packed with people.
A painting of Evita and General Peron in the Evita Museum.
Inside one of Buenos Aires churches.
Simple altar cross.
Church tower.
More fine Buenos Aires architecture.
Planet of the Apes?
Looking up in Buenos Aires.
Buildings off the Parliament plaza.
The obelisk!
Selling the flag.
Downtown scene.
The Central Post Office. Nice!
Asado! It wouldnt be Argentina without the barbecue restaurant, on every corner!
The English Tower, by day.
Walking the windy streets of Buenos Aires.
Another clock tower in downtown.
A HUGE flag.
More beautiful architecture in downtown.
Neo-classical.
Fancy hotel. We didnt stay there.
Love.
While in Buenos Aires we got to see Esteban one more time. It was great! We even visited his office downtown, Maciej interviewed, but didnt get the job.
Angel.
The famous Cafe Tortoni, home of fine coffee, food, and tango at night.
Inside the Cafe Tortoni.
The old waterfront in Buenos Aires has been gentrified and now offers a welcome relaxing place to go to get away from the hectic downtown area.
Businessmen along the Puerto Madero waterfront walk.
Boat parked at Puerto Madero.
Old warehouses are now business and commercial space.
Modern bridge crossing one of the diques along Puerto Madero. Named the Puente del Mujeres it kind of resembles Barts Bridge in Winnipeg, Canada.
Puente del Mujeres.
Downtown buildings as seen from Puerto Madero.
Downtown, again.
Buenos Aires high tech sector developed along Puerto Madero.
Another view along Puerto Madero.
One final Puerto Madero photo.
The amazing Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires is the New Worlds finest.
We bought 7 peso ($2.50) tickets for the ballet on Halloween night just to see the interior of the Teatro Colon, but the ballet was great too!
Our $2.50 tickets didnt exactly get us the best seats in the house. Heres us climbing all those stairs up to the upper, upper balcony.
First glimpse of the incredible interior!
Wow, look at all those balconies!
The Teatro Colon is renowned for good reason.
The great chandelier.
The curtain.
Looking down to the orchestra from our seats.
The National Legislature, modeled after the National Capital in Washington.
The Legislature.
Stained glass ceiling in the main hall of the Legislature.
Argentinas representatives of the people meet here.
The Rose Room, a room decorated in pink to recognize womens suffrage.
Inside the halls of the Legislature.
The best part of the tour, a visit to the Congressional Library.
Old clock in the Library.
Old, old books.
More books, were in a library after all.
The yuppified Recoleta district, home to lots of green space, museums, and trendy dining.
Fancy condos in Recoleta.
The Recoleta is also home to the embassy district, each housed in a fine old mansion.
Richie home.
The Swiss Embassy. Even out of Switzerland the Swiss like it fancy.
A huge flower statue that opens at dawn and closes at dusk in a Recoleta park.
Cool Whirlpool ad on the street.
A visit to the car museum.
Old car.
Back in the day, cars were built like carriages.
Old Ferrari Indy car in the museum.
Monuments, everywhere!
Recoleta street scene. How can you tell that these are the stomping grounds of the wealthy in Argentina.
Buenos Aires Design, a nice shopping, dining, and art complex in Recoleta.
Walking along the courtyard at Buenos Aires Design.
Patio dining.
Inside the National Museum of Fine Arts. A work by famous Argentine Benito Quinquela Martin. We loved his work!
HUGE tree. Nice roots!
Entering the fantasit Recoleta Cemetery, final resting place of Argentinas elite.
Inside the Cemetery, tombs mimic the lifestyles of the residents.
Row of tombs.
Tomb entrance.
On top of the tombs.
The reason many come to the Recoleta Cemetery, the tomb of Evita Peron.
Angels.
Angel.
Angel guardian on a tomb.
One of the tombs.
One block in the Cemetery.
Lots of art in this Cemetery.
View of the Cemetery from above.
Another statue.
Another statue in the Cemetery.
The chapel at the Cemetery.
Chapel bell tower.
Inside the chapel.
Inside the chapel museum.
Chalice in the museum.
Crown in the museum.
Old Bible.
The chapel by night.
Palermo, further north from Recoleta is a very green neighborhood with lots of parks.
Old Palermo mansion.
Palermo apartment block.
Palermos Old Town is the bohemian quarter of Buenos Aires. We loved it!
Palermo Old Town was also full of colorful buildings.
Muscle car in Palermo.
Hippie car in Palermo.
Art and shoes.
Enjoying a Sunday.
Mural.
Ashe by mural in Palermos Old Town.
Checking out the shops in Palermo.
While in Palermo we had to visit the Japanese Garden!
Fountain in the Garden.
Bridge in the Garden.
Walking in the Japanese Garden.
Lantern and blossoms.
The bridge.
Bridge rail and lantern.
Stupa.
Us, in the Garden and Ashe in her pants stained with olive oil!
Another bridge in the Garden.
Reflection.
Building rising over th Garden.
Buenos Aires, a HUGE modern metropolis whose wide (10+ lanes) Avenida 9 de Julio lined by tall buildings and advertisements was a shock to us after more than a month in desolate and wild Patagonia.
Buenos Aires, the most European of any city weve seen in South America. Its incredible downtown area is full of buildings like this one. To us it was like Paris in look and New York in feel and activity.
A great thing about Buenos Aires is that it offers tons of escapes from the hustle and bustle of busy downtown. There are dozens of plazas, parks, and green spaces not to mention the revamped, trendy waterfront area known as Puerto Madero.
Further south along the river, the colorful, lively, working class burrough of La Boca, an old port and home to the world class soccer club known as the Boca Juniors.
What would Buenos Aires be without tango? Lots of bars, clubs, and theaters offer shows for any price youre willing to pay but why pay when dancers tango in the streets?!
We decided to stay in the historic San Telmo district of Buenos Aires, the home of the tango.
Our time of arrival was good, the next day was Sunday and San Telmos Dorrego Square hosts a wonderful antique fair every Sunday.
Historic buildings fill the San Telmo neighborhood and line Dorrego Square.
Everything is about tango in San Telmo.
Most streets in San Telmo are quaint cobblestone.
Not all buildings in San Telmo are in perfect shape, but they all still look great!
As we said, its all about the tango in San Telmo! Lots of tango art was for sale along the more touristy streets.
One of Dorrego Squares more historic tango bars.
The local church.
Great balcony!
Finishing our week in Buenos Aires (and celebrating Ashes birthday!) with a visit to Palermos Rose Garden!
Statue in the Rose Garden.
Roses. We stopped to smell them all.
Ashe, in her birthday shirt and matching the roses!
Bridge in the Garden.
Path in the Rose Garden.
Together in the Garden.
Walking through the Rose Garden.
We only took one day trip out of Buenos Aires. We went to Tigre, a popular weekend getaway for Portenos, residents of the capital.
The riverfront in Tigre.
Tigre is used as a base from which to take boat cruises into the Plata River Delta, a huge maze of thin waterways and lush vegetation.
Old mansion in Tigre. Its full of them.
Lots of lush, tropical vegetation along the waterfront.
Another riverside mansion in Tigre.
And another one.
One of the grandest mansions is now a great art museum.
More riverfront property.
The Tigre Art Museum.
Colonial church in Tigre.
The Museum.

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