| Page Views: 2,300 Last Visit to Buenos Aires: October, 2006 | Buenos Aires the Land Of Tango by fachd - last update: Sep 12, 2007 |
What can I say about BA except it's an exciting city with European flavour. They say BA is Paris of South America.
Tango, passionate about football, cafe culture, eating well or just simply of having a good time is the daily lives of the Portenos.
Restaurant displaying whole cow on a spit, serving 'Parilada' mixed grill consist of blood sausages, kidneys, intestines. Good stuff mate. 'Mate' is a local drink, tea like, serve in Bombilla. Bombilla makes great mantle piece in my lounge.
Local delicacies empanada is like meat pies to OZ, lumpia to Indo, spring roll to Chinese.
Street tango in Florida St, La Boca, San Telmo is free to see (two pesos to the empty hat is quite generous).
The pilgrimage to BA for hunting leather bags, jackets, wallets, shoes, good steak and others.
Visit Plaza de Mayo where Eva Peron spoke to the people from the balcony of Casa Rosada the Pink House.
Visit Recoleta the famous cemetery where famous and rich are buried. When they were alive they could have been rival and when deceased they buried next to one another, how ironic. Observing photos of the missing children from the dirty war at Recoleta museum made us sad, to think how human can behaved for the sake of power and greed. In the brighter side, Recoleta is known for fashionable shops, cafes, boutique apartments.
See the modern BA Puerto Modero - University, casino, no shortage of restaurants.
In picturesque San Telmo the atmospheric flea market come alive every Sunday. At Dorrego Square the buskers will entertain the tourist, antique shops, historical buildings and more cafes/restaurants.
At Palermo visit the Japanese garden, the Zoo or take photos of Portenos having a family picnic beside the lake. For 60 pesos you can have a half hour coach ride.
La Boca with colourful corrugated houses, where Tango begun, Maradona the Argentinean football legend started his career.
In general the Buenos Arian is quite friendly. We didn't have problem communicating; we usually improvised by using our hands. During conversation it won't hurt if you throw in broken Spanish, they respect you more. Hotels, restaurants and most shops understand English. There are plenty to see plenty to do for young and old. |
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| Pros: | "Vibrant and exciting city with a touch of class." | | Cons: | "can be very crowded at certain time. Poverty can be seen" | | In A Nutshell: | "Exciting city with European flavour" |
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kokoryko Wed Aug 20, 2008 22:55 UTC
Condom, towers, vertical monuments. . . oops!? looking at your excellent tango photographs, I guess (only guess!) you were in “naughty” mood Farid.;)) I enjoyed reading this excellent page about this South American metropolis, I hope to visit one day. | Andraf Mon Jan 21, 2008 08:30 UTC
Nice page with good info. I hope you'll be adding more. | Luchonda Sat Dec 8, 2007 13:11 UTC
Buenos Aires, Argentina in general, a must to visit in SA Greetz and thx for sharing | Toshioohsako Sat Dec 8, 2007 13:04 UTC
Good photos. BA seems a sleepless city where people in love need only two-hour sleep - 4 to 6 am. |
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