"Vamos a bailer en Buenos Aires de Nuevo! " a Buenos Aires Travel Page by Waxbag

We´re back! After a 3 year hiatus we are back in the city of tango. This time we are really buckling down, learning the language and dancing our butts off.

(2003 write up) My mission in Argentina was to discover the beautiful parks that the country has to offer. My mission in Buenos Aires was to discover the Tango. I was really blown away by the dancing opportunities here. There are classes and milongas every day here. There are some excellent shows to go as well. The dinner and tango show are offered all over the town. Check out www.tangodata.com or the local BA Tango to get information about where to go.

But this town has more to offer than just tango. It is the "New York" of South America. You can get see all kind of shows from modern dance and ballet to comedy shows and plays. The price of the ticket is also extraordinary because it is affordable for those travelers who may not be able to see high quality performances at home.

Come to B.A. and discover the Tango, an expressive and passionate dance. There is every type of tango to suit your style and loads of venues to suit your taste.

My beautiful wife and excellent travelling companion joined me for a portion of this trip to Argentina. She is a great tango dancer and is pretty good in humoring me for a silly photo. Thanks Cara!

In case you are visiting the city of ‘Good Air’ and you have a sudden case of amnesia, here are ten things to remind you just where you are.

10. As a greeting, it is common to kiss on the right check just once. This is true for guys as well. It is rather funny watching male tourist, or new students at the school for the matter, getting kissed on the check for the first time by guy.

9. Advertisements use tango to sell everything from Coke Cola to Bridgestone tires.

8. ESPN and Fox Sports all have models in low cut shirts and skirts to assist with pre and post game analysis. They are usually introduced with a zoomed shot of their cleavage before the camera opens up a wider shot of their face. Of course they are very knowledgeable about the game.

7. The first (or last) rush hour of the day is at 3 am when the roads are completely congested with black and yellow radio taxis taking portenos (Buenos Air-ians) back from the late night clubs or dinner. The streets, by the way, are clear of traffic until about 9am when portenos go back to work.

6. Pizza delivery guys can be seen flying down the streets at breakneck speeds on rollerblades while carrying red insulated pizza pouches during the traffic-less hours of the late night early morning (That is until rush hour kicks in around 3am).

5. People intentionally list starting times for events advertised in the paper or online 30 to 45 minutes earlier so when the Argentines arrive late as usual, they will be on time.

4. Breakfast consists of a burnt crust-less square of bread with dulce de leche, a delicious caramel like cream. Argentines aren’t hungry anyway because they just had dinner.

3. Professional dog walkers with no less than 5 dogs leashed in each hand cruise the sidewalks of the city to exercise apartment ridden dogs and to get the poop out. The sidewalks our littered with dog-mines, many have shoe imprints in them and skid marks.

2. Argentines are window shoppers. The city is full of tiny boutiques selling chic and stylish clothes of the latest trend. Argentine women are frequent offenders of causing backups and delays on the sidewalks as they browse and size up merchandize in their favorite shops from the comfort of the dog mined sidewalk. It is not uncommon to see fender benders when a woman abruptly stops from a full stride in front of a shoe store. Tailgaters beware! Guys, by the way (this writer included), are frequently found outside home entertainment stores blatantly loitering in the side walk while watching a world cup match.

1. Restaurants don’t even open until 9pm and most portenos eat around 11pm. I can just see a bus load of retired blue-haired American tourists getting frustrated when they can’t get their 4:30 pm night’s dinner anywhere.