Rio de la Plata Sea Wall
by Bwana_Brown
We never got very close to the Rio de la Plata during our city tours, except for La Boca during our final afternoon. This is because the riverfront along the west bank of the river has a large buffer zone of streets, railway tracks and green zones between the water and the built-up Recoleta and Palermo districts.
However, as we flew out of BA from Jorge Newbery Airport, for our internal trips in Argentina, we had a good aerial view of this very wide waterway. Fed by the mighty Parana and Uruguay Rivers, the Rio de la Plata is a light chocolate brown colour, not very attractive for swimming at all. Further out, from the air you can see where the clear waters of the Atlantic swirl in conflict with the brown river waters.
This photo was taken from the departure level of Jorge Newbery, showing the sea wall that runs along the river here. It was a grey and humid day, but several people were fishing off the wall using very long rods, catching who knows what?
TANGO IS NOT A TRADITION
by RafaelTheSecond
It is a religion....if you really see deeply the eyes and the real feeling of Tango by the faces of these great dancers, Graciela and Javier, you will feel that Tango is not only part of the argentinean culture...it is part of their intimacy, it comes from the soul, it comes from everything sacred they consider...
Tango is felt in the blood and the tango makes people from all age to experience it, and to live TANGO.
I am proud to introduce you this lovely couple which shows to the world the impressing SENSUAL DANCE!
Sep 15th, 2005
Put a Little Spice in Your Life
by jakelorenzo
Bring a lot less luggage than you usually do. Laundries are on every corner and they are very inexpensive, about $3 US for a whole washer load. They'll usually have clothes ready the same day. Since Buenos Aires is a very casual city, you don't need much in the way of fancy dress. Bring comfortable clothes and do a load of laundry every few days. it will make your life much easier than hauling large suitcases filled with clothes you don't need. Buenos Aires is a great city and Argentina is a terrific country, but one thing they don't get is "picante." They love pizza, but don't have any dry chile peppers to spice it up. They have tons of delicious empanadas and meats, but only have timid chimichurri sauces to titillate the taste buds. Bring a small bag of dried red chile flakes and a small tube of Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce. Use them surrepticiously if you must, but you'll be glad you have them with you.
Go to Colonia, Uruguay and come back in a day!
by luzmaria
Crossing the worlds widest river is an interesting activity that doesnt take longer than 3 hours... so why not go see some of the neighbouring country during our stay in Bs As? Colonia is a magical, historical, beautiful town that i highly recommend for a weekend escapade.
Here you have the schedules when the ferries leave Bs As... be aware that you must be there one hour before departure...
http://www.buquebus.com/argentina/fr_horariotarifas.html
More wine to take home with us
by Gypsystravels about Duty Free
Between us both we had quite a few hundred pesos left over when we arrived at the airport. We thought we would have time to grab a decent bit to eat, but because we were delayed due to traffic we barely had an hour before our flight was scheduled to leave so we decided to spend that money in the duty free shop instead.
I definitely should have spent the other $200 pesos on some more wine, but we had already more than 18 bottles (checked) and I wasn't sure how many more bottles we could each take. At this point I figured, well, it is checked, so shouldn't really make a difference and we bought another 8 bottles between us.
The prices of the wine were quite good and well worth spending those extra pesos on!! The process is quite easy, you purchase your wine and you are given your receipt and the wine is delivered to the gate and as you board your flight you pick up your bag. Wine of course, I have to check my wine fridge to see what wines I purchased at the Duty Free, but I do believe they were mostly Malbecs
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