Buenos Aires and Iguazu
Falls
We passed through Buenos Aires twice, the first time en route to Patagonia
and enjoying a full day or two there, and the second time for less than a day en
route home from Iguazu Falls. But we made good use of the time, visiting a few
of the neighborhoods: the colorful Boca and the iconic Recoleta, the latter home
to the cemetery where Madonna...er...Eva Peron is interred. We saw the
presidential palace (the aptly-named Casa Rosada, or "Pink House"); went by boat
through the Venice-like town of Tigre where people live on the water; viewed the
city from above from a rotating restaurant; toured the famous Teatro de Colon
opera house; and generally took exchange of the black market exchange rate.
We spent a day and a half at Iguazu Falls on both the Argentine and Brazilian
sides. We saw the cataracts up close on a walkway; from above on a helicopter,
and from underneath -- where it was very, very, wet -- on a power boat.
You can see the appropriate photo album or video by clicking on either the
titles or the thumbnail images.
PHOTO ALBUMS
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Buenos Aires. ...known to its inhabitants as "The Center of
the Universe". A large and diverse city with a multitude of different
neighborhoods and a characteristic French-Italian architecture. It sits on
the Rio del Plata, which (per its name) ought to be silver in color but is
in fact chocolate brown. |
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Iguazu Falls.
One of those places that truly must be experienced to be understood.
275 cataracts producing a million roaring gallons of water per second
during our visit, shortly after heavy rains, it dwarfs Niagara. |
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