Yacht Club Argentino. Impressive Gomero tree.
Lunch at an upscale restaurant in Colonia del Sacremento, Uruguay.
Basilica del Santisimo Sacramento en Colonia. This church was built around 1680.
A man standing against a wall in Uruguay, smoking.
An old Citroen in Colonia. European influence can be found throughout the architecture in Colonia, as well as through their automobiles.
The lighthouse in Colonia. A great view of the city as well as the Rio de la plata.
Lisandro de la Torre, an Argentine politician from Rosario.
The Barrio of La Boca, where the tango was supposedly born. Probably the most recognized image in all of Buenos Aires, La Boca is a colorful neighborhood in many ways. It is my understanding that this very popular tourist attraction is under the control of a mafia-esque group that takes a portion of all sales from artisans selling their stuff in the streets. It is actually a fairly impoverished neighborhood for this reason. La Boca is home to one of the most popular football clubs in Argentina, the Boca juniors.
Here is a co-operative in La Boca that is trying to give more people in the impoverished barrio access to books. They have an old printing press in the facility and collect cardboard all around the city to use as book covers. Interestingly, the collecting of cardboard around the city for these book covers has morphed into a city wide recycling program.
One of the employees at the co-op paints the title 'Esa Mujer' on the cardboard cover. The book by Rodolfo Walsh, was once a banned book in Argentina, depicting the life of the famed Evita Peron.
One of the only places in the world you will see Coca-Cola advertise their brand in black and white. Why? Because the yellow and blue dawning Boca Juniors football club is one of the most famous and successful clubs in the world. And their rival, River Plate, also from Buenos Aires, wears the colors red and white. Don't even walk around in La Boca wearing red and white.
A bicycle tour stops in front of the former house of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara.
Self- explanatory. Actually, maybe not. This rock formation is not a sculpture. But it does resemble something amphibian despite being in the desert.
Locro. Here is a traditional dish found in Argentina which dates back to the Inca empire. It is a hearty stew that can include many varieties of vegatbles and meats. But corn is the basis of this delicious stew. I sampled locro everywhere they offered it. This particular locro came from a restaurant in Salta, and included corn, a braised beef, onions, beans and hot sauce.
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Vinos Artesanales. Mistela, Patero. Made by treading the grapes with what else but your feet. Very traditional.
A vendor selling his jewelry in an eroded river gorge that has long since dried up.
A paradise of wool products. I believe this was taken in Jujuy, or just outside. We came across a couple of villages that were selling the ubiquitous woolen products.
El Fortin restaurant in Jujuy. Here two girls perform a dance while visitors enjoy their lunch.
A statue in Jujuy.
A view of Buenos Aires from the air.
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