Cabanas Espera 502 Tigre

... you'd probably get slapped for ordering chips. But this is the land of STEAKS so we're not arguing. And Brasserie Petanque for classic French dishes - anywhere that greets you with a free Kir Royal gets my vote. In South America it seems that people with small children don't go out with the rest of society, here dinner starts at 10pm and you start at the first club at 2am, subsequently we've seen no clubs ...

... career, to meeting her husband and the political career. It ends with her death and the story about stealing her body and the eventual return and burial. It was more interesting than I thought it would be, helped by English information panels and subtitles for the films. On leaving here we walked to the nearest subway and got that back to the main station, once again very easy. Once we reached Tigre again we found that we would have to wait 1 ½ hours for the next water taxi ...

... to ´La Bomba de Tiempo' - a huge drumming group that plays in a massive warehouse every monday night - the place was chockers and pumping! http://www.labombadetiempo.blogspot.com /
See video attached..

Lazy day, La Bocca, Tango show, Recoleta Cemetary, restaurants, chocolate calliente..

Clearly a highlight was the steak too... my god, they know how do brew up a dead cow. The slow ...

... in all, I am feeling just a bit puffed up about myself. But then I can remind myself about my dismal attempt to order a cab by phone this morning. It was bad. Spanish over the phone is tough, I find. So anyway...the tour. I hadn't any clue what it entailed (only that it was free), so was pleasantly surprised. First, we drove to "El tren de la costa"--a touristy sort of train that rides a few kilometers up to the city of Tigre. It's nice to see more of ...

... outside market while he dropped off his stuff at home. There wasn't anything I wanted to but and it was all pretty much the same stuff as you could get at home. I bought myslef a Mate cup and metal straw thingy as a souvenir from Uruguay for the house and while we were walking around I went into a supermarket and bought the tea stuff. If I have to try this vile drink then I'm sure as hell gonna inflict the same punishment on my mates when I get home ...

... huge steaks and drinking beer. Our mate Karl managed a bbq steak marathon (for lunch and dinner) that lasted 6 days- we wanted to make sure we didnt grow cow horns so had to find a pasta or chicken now and again! We just managed to find time for a day at the Falls, which were actually spectacular. There are approximately 275 separate cascades spread over a 3 km crack in the earth along the Iguazu river, spilling over 12 million litres of ...

... time settling on a spot highly recommended by one of Arik's previous bosses who had visited the city a week prior. Luckily it was only a few blocks from our hostel, but as per Argentine standards our meal didn't start until 10:15. The steak was big, tender, and full of steaky flavour! Yum! Not as cheap as the Lonely Planet suggests, with 12-20% inflation a year, but still very cheap for international standards. Two BIG steaks ...

... the pudding was puke. I ordered Queso y Dulce, which I was pretty certain meant Cheese and Quince, imagining a selection of fine cheeses with a small amount of tart quince jelly to cleanse the pallet between gooey camembert and picante roquefort. What I got was a f***ing great slab of miscellaneous rubbery yellow cheese with a f***ing great slab of quince jam (with the consistency of quickly drying glue) slapped on top. They cannot do ...

... a casino. I see a billboard of a chick with breast cancer or some **** but her tit is hanging out and it`s a pretty nice one so I take a couple pics of it. I will include it in the blog later. The train there and back only costs $2.20 pesos, can`t beat the price, not even Walmart or Cosco could compete. I walk around a bit and check out an art mueseum that was converted from a Yacht club or some kind of pretentious hangout for those with too much ...

... burbs of BA - our impression is that a few zoning regs would have been useful - upscale houses, followed by upscale retail followed by downscale houses, followed by jetski rental, etc. - all next to each other. Tigre itself is attractive. After lunch at Villa Julia we took a boat tour of the delta, (made up of numerous small islands with vacation homes (and a few permanent residents - all ...