Arrived
in Buenos Aires, docked in the commercial dock so must get a courtesy bus to the terminal that takes 10 minutes. After
navigating our way through a very large terminal we have booked to do a 3-hour
city tour in an air-conditioned bus as they are expecting a top temperature of
36 today. They advised the tour guide would do it in English which he managed
to do some parts of in English he also couldn’t tell his left from his right
the first hour or so he kept saying things were on the right but we worked out
they were on the left everyone just seemed to get the hang of that when he
managed to sort out his left and right sides. The tour was quite good would have been better
but, the majority of the group constantly didn’t come back in the allotted time,
so he spent ages chasing them up while we sat on the bus. We saw Government
House it’s a pink building which is quite grand and located in Plaza de Mayo a
19th century central square with beautiful buildings around it, it’s
the foundation spot for Buenos Aires in 1884. We also saw the Metropolitan
Cathedral, Obelisk 67mtr high, San Martin Square, Buenos Aires University and
next to that in a lovely park is the newest sculpture Floris Generica inside a
reflection pool which is a large silver flower with stamens that light up at night,
this is the new symbol for them. We went past Boca Jr, Stadium which is huge
but in a seedy part of the town wouldn’t want to walk around there at night.
After this we went to La Boca which is colourful neighborhood very interesting
lots of brightly coloured shops and markets outside one restaurant on the steps
a couple was doing the tango. The city is huge and parts of it are beautiful a
lot like Paris in a few parts with very wide boulevards and all the high-end
shops you can think of and more. We went past Teatro Colon which is the main
opera house for here and considered one of the ten best in the world it opened
in 1908 and we hope to go have a closer look before we leave here. We finished
this tour and made our way back to the port which was good as the temperature
hit 40 degrees it was lovely to get to the Crows Nest for our last happy hour
and say goodbye to Kate Sara and Chris the lovely girls who served us on the
cruise, after this time to go to the cabin and pack bags ready for
disembarkation tomorrow. After a lovely dinner off to the theatre to see Pampas
Devils Gauchos 2 guys and a girl was who gave a very entertaining show covering
the Tango, Tap Dancing, Drums and Bolas which is a Gaucho ball/rock on a string
that they used to kill prey when horse riding.
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