On arrival from La Plata, it became clear that I should make haste and organise travel elsewhere forthwith, lest I become stuck in the city. Accordingly, I spent the next day visiting the airlines and bus stations, searching tickets. After much frustration, I plumbed on going to Bariloche, and bought tickets.
This left me with a couple of days to kill in the city. I had not yet seen all of the tourist sights, and thus decided to join an expedition leaving my hostel for Recoleta. Here one finds a famous cemetery, so exclusive that one is not guaranteed a place even if one enters oneself into the waiting list at birth. Many Argentinean notables, including the famous Evita (but not her husband), lie here.
|
|
|
|
|
On Sundays the plaza next to the cemetery hosts a large market, which was the real destination of the group I was with. We spent not a small amount of time shopping.
Later that day we decided to walk to the Camanito, in La Boca. As I remarked earlier, La Boca is a little dodgy. The Camanito, however, is tourist central, so fairly safe. It is principally distinguished by its colourful houses.
|
|
Soon after my sight seeing I left Buenos Aires for Bariloche.