Naranjo en Flor Tango Guesthouse Buenos Aires

... hours catching about organic certification, his farms here in Argentina and other topics of interest. We get back to the office at 3.45 pm and Sophia is not quite ready to join me. Instead Pedro introduces me to another kiwi working for him as his Sustainable Systems Director - Peter Pottinger. Peter is running the OIA MSC fisheries programme and other work but is very well known in NZ for his work as a leading Scientist at Ruakura. We talk about many certification ...

... round after Ben who they'd assumed had <br>discovered Evita. It turned out that in fact what Ben had discovered was a narrow allow <br>where the local vagrant community relieved themselves and had waded through a fragrant <br>puddle left behind by the last visitor to the alley. "OK now I'm ready to go to the pub" <br>agreed Ben and the posse rounded the next corner to leave the cemetary where they discovered a group of ...

... Aires and stopped at Recoleta, here we visited the famous cemetery where Evita is buried. The cemetery sits in the plushest of neighborhoods, ritzy Recoleta and is surrounded by<br>high walls. Generations of Argentina's elite rest in ornate splendor, its fascinating to wander around and explore the extensive minicity of lofty statues and detailed marble facades.<br>Continuing the tour we head back to the City Centre, which holds many of the city's historical buildings ...

After wearing the same clothes for 3 days straight and a 16 hour bus ride, we made it back to Buenos Aires. What a relief. Even though we basically had full beds on the bus, I never want to ride on one again. At least for a good long time. At one time, drug sniffing dogs searched the bus, which made the trip a little more exciting. It makes the plane ride down here look ...

... sealed the fate of the military government which eventually ceded power to civil rule. The veterans of that war can be seen below protesting in front of the pink house. Apparently they haven't been receiving veterans' benefits. And finally, the most famous tourist site in BA is the Recoletta cemetery. This is the cemetery of all cemeteries. Famous people are buried here in this tomb mini city ...

... Italian influence in Buenos Aires and most of the people have a European look to them, there were a lot of designer labels on show and I think they were genuine -not like the woolly jumpers with Nike labels in Bolivia! We headed to the downtown area and saw the iconic Obelisco, the Casa Rosario where Evita and Peron made their big speeches from the balcony. In the evening we decided to treat ourselves to a tasty meal, so being in ...

... home that night, stuffed after endulging on a fantastic meal and an ice cream sunday! On the next day we went on a pilgrimage tour of Rosario, where we saw a murial; a bronze statue (appropriatley cast by using the bronze of 75,000 keys of abandoned houses, donated by families that fled Argentina during the military dictatorship in the '70s); and an appartment block that contained Guevara's fisrt home. Whilst waiting ...

... of Movil Rent a Car. We remember some of the driving experiences - of curves, passing on a two lane road, parallel parking, night driving, gravel and dirt roads. It's been fun to feel the freedom of the road! We are surprised that the airport is not busy since it is almost Christmas Eve. Harvey uses our waiting time to purchase a really good bottle of Malbec. A young pretty woman in the store helps him with the selection and suggests this ...

... Boca District where people were dancing tango on the streets and the area itself was just adorable - Walking Tour: We took a free walking tour - our tour guide was Gaston. It was incredibly informative and a great way to spend your first few hours in BA. - Tango lesson: I think tango is an AMAZING dance and went to take a class at a Milonga - an old ...

... br><br>All in all, the price of the tickets that the tour agents (Tangol) provide divided by the experience we had was much too high... we had fun but it was MUCH too expensive.<br><br>I'd love to know what Tangol buy the seats for, I bet it's absolute peanuts... <br><br>All they really do for all that money is to get you to the ...