Trip to Buenos Aires, March 2007 (107 images)

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Me before I leave for Argentina


The bus to Buenos Aires


The Argentinian pampa


First glimpse of Buenos Aires


Poor neighborhood near the bus terminal


9 de Julio avenue at night


Poor people sift through garbage at night


My hostel, St. Nicholas


Perú, a preserved subway station


Florida avenue is a street for shopping


Boa


Cayman


Iguana


Sea lion


Penguins


Some Japanese fish


Funny fish


White bear relaxing


Black panther


Capybara, the largest rodent


Llama


American buffalo


The zoological garden in Buenos Aires


A solar clock


Rhinoceros


Red panda


Albino kangaroo


Lots of some sort of animals


Spider monkey - warning, it bites!


Elephants


Toucan


Giant anteater


Tiger cub


Tiger cubs


Tiger cubs with their mom


Bengal tiger with cubs


Lake in the botanical garden in Buenos Aires


View from the botanical garden


An alley in the botanical garden


Monumento De Los Españoles


A very old Ford Falcon


Galileo Galilei Planetarium


Floral Generica at sunset


Floral Generica


A park in Recoleta neighborhood


My bed in the hostel


A cat sneaked into the dorm room


A view from the hostel


Palacio del Congreso


The cupola of the Palace of Congress


Street lamp


Funky building in Buenos Aires


A street in Buenos Aires


The obelisk in Buenos Aires


Café Tortoni


View from Plaza de Mayo (1)


Plaza de Mayo and Casa Rosada


Pigeons in the Plaza de Mayo square aren't afraid of people


View from Plaza de Mayo (2)


Casa Rosada


Detail of Casa Rosada


San Ignacio church


Detail of Catedral Metropolitana


Homeless people made permanent shelter at the doors of Banco de la Nacion Argentina


Detail of Puente de la Mujer (1)


Detail of Puente de la Mujer (2)


Puente de la Mujer - bridge of the woman


Fregate Presidente Sarmiento


Puerto Madero


Puerto Madero and Puente de la Mujer


An old crane at the port


Reflections off an office building


Lavalle street


Facades on Lavalle street


The obelisk (1)


The obelisk (2)


Me at the obelisk


9 de Julio avenue


View of 9 de Julio avenue


The sun at the tip of the obelisk


Urban view


Colorful house at La Boca neighborhood


Dolls on the balconies of houses at La Boca


Colorful houses at La Boca


La Boca


Tango show in the street


Coca Cola bottle


I get the benefit of tango


View from the city bus


Market of antiques at Plaza Dorrego


Defensa street on Sunday


Catedral Metropolitana inside


A party on the balcony of a building


Galerías Pacífico shopping mall


Panoramatic view of 9 de Julio avenue


Evening traffic on 9 de Julio avenue


The obelisk as seen from Corrientes avenue


Sweets


Garbage


Morning in the bus back to Florianopolis


One of the Zárate-Brazo Largo bridges over Paraná river


The same Zárate-Brazo Largo bridge over Paraná river


The other Zárate-Brazo Largo bridge over Paraná river


A 7up bottle on the road


The Argentina-Brazil border crossing point at the city of Uruguaiana


View from the bus


View of hills in Santa Catarina, Brazil