#5

This was Day 5, a day we were real excited about since we were going to Tigre, a town one hour north of Buenos Aires by train, which is situated on the Parana Delta. There are all kinds of islands, canals, and waterways in this area, and seems it is a vacation spot for people that live in Argentina and surrounding countries Uruguay and Brasil. Looking back, this was easily one of the best days of the trip.


Saw this badboy on the way to the train station. Everytime we walked by here it was there...no idea what the deal is with it. Often wondered if B.A. Baracus was inside...

Before we started our mission to Tigre we needed to exchange some legal tender. This is Florida Street in the Recoleta neighborhood; very touristy. If you need to exchange legal tender, go to where the tourists are. We never went back to this street though since it was a bit much for us.

From Florida Street we walked through this parque/plaza to the train station. Very pretty...the flag is nice.

The train to Tigre...all during the ride people would be trying to sell you the most curious and random stuff: socks, candy, bobby pins. Some people wouldn't even be selling stuff, just yelling random things in Spanish and looking for free handouts. A great experience.

Tigre train station. Tigre is a real beautiful place; it was a beautiful day as well.

A Tigre canal, or waterway. Since Tigre is on a delta, the water is real brown and murky. You will see more of the brown and murky waters below.

We jumped on a boat for a 45-minute ride to a small island called "Tres Bocas". There were lots of destinations; we picked this one in the interest of time. Some were an hour or more away.

View from the boat. That bridge in the background is where the first water photo was taken.

Random boat that at some point ran aground.

This is the type of boat we were riding on. It is real crazy in these waters...boats just haul ass all over the place, creating big water disturbances (wakes). Would be very stressful to drive a boat around in these parts.

A closer shot of a boat similar to the one we were on. Objects in photo are closer than they appear.

Ahhhh...a beautiful (except for the brown murky water) canal running near the island of Tres Bocas. We did a short hike around the island(s) in this area. Came across this bridge and stopped to snap a couple photos.

Actually, the brown kinda adds to the vibe.

We came across this restaurant called "El Hornero"...don't know if that means "The Horny", or "The Horny Guy". Should probably look it up; actually, would prefer to have it mean our little stop there for lunch. There were three restaurants on Tres Bocas...this one was the farthest from the boat dock, which meant less North American/European tourists. There were definitely less NA/Euro tourists; everyone was either a local, a weekender, or on a day trip like us, but from Argentina or a neighboring country (no English spoken here). Again, was an amazing dining experience...very relaxing! The Quilmes was especially tasty on this day!

Chorizo or Blood Sausage? Chorizo please...

Meg opted for the Blood Sausage...just kidding.

They had these real cool coolers for the brewski. Kept the Quilmes nice and chilled. The whole patio area was covered with trees as well, so we were nice and chilled tambien.

The mission back from Tigre was basically filled with the same images as the mission there. Back at the B&B...siesta time! Our days would generally start at around 10am, we'd go on our mission for the day, and we'd be back around 6 or 7pm, which was our siesta time. We would then chill for a couple hours before going out for a drink around 9pm and then get dinner around 10pm. Argentine's don't really eat dinner before 10pm... We became very comfortable with this arrangement...

This is the "Obelisco" on the widest street in the world (apparently). The street is called "9 de Julio", and it is mahoosive! This photo is taken from one side, and the buildings in the photo line the other side.

For dinner we went to this tango show at a real famous tango spot called "Confiteria Ideal". I guess some badboy tango has gone down at this spot in the past. Unfortunately, we went on an open tango night, which meant "a bunch of f*ckin' amateurs" (thanks Walter) were getting their tango on. We were hoping for like professional, fast tango vibes, but what we got were amateur, slow tango vibes. Oh well, was cool to check it out anyway. A live band played, which was nice; the food stunk, which wasn't so nice.

This video depicts cruising on the Parana Delta in Tigre. Should've filmed when it was a bit busier...oh well.