Today we moored for the last time, this time in Buenos Aries, Argentina. Our tour today was a short one of the city. This is probably the most modern of the cities we have visited.
There were only two stops, plus we chose the wrong side of the bus to sit so there aren’t too many pictures!
Like many of the cities we visited, murals were everywhere
Also prevalent was Eva Peron, below is a statue
and a sculpture, for want of a better word. It shows her with a microphone in her hand and it is on the building where she made her final public broadcast. I suspect it is lit at night.
We passed another sculpture, this time a flower. The petals used to open at dawn and close at dusk, but if you look at the photo you may notice the left most petal has fallen. This was due to a very rare tornado that hit the city a few years ago. It also damaged the cruise terminal.
On the tour we passed through the richer parts of the city, which was nothing spectacular. Many of the old waterfront warehouses have been converted into up-market condos.
To balance things out we also went to the poorer part of the city. As usual these areas have far more character and colour than the “posh” areas! Some pictures below to illustrate the point! Some are a little blurry as they were taken inside the coach.
In the picture above you can see the houses are built from corrugated sheets. These houses were build in the early 20th century by sailors from the ports. The materials for the houses were found in the waste areas of the ports and brought to the area to build with.
Much like Ushuaia, there is a massive cemetery in Buenos Aries, just a couple of shots from this one.
The last two photos show the mausoleum of Eva Peron
Tomorrow will be a very long day, we depart the ship at 0700, but don’t fly out until 2200. We have booked an all day tour, which will be similar to the one we did yesterday in Urugauy, but at least it will help pass the time.
I’ll try to do a final blog from the lounge, if not it will be later in the week when we get back to Alabama.
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