http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/06/14/argentina.violence/index.html
As European Argentina seems and claims to be, it's still just as much Latin America as any other part of South America. Street vendors and their beautiful calls, thieves and their clever tricks, toilets that can't handle toilet paper, history of dictatorships, and a government more corrupt que la mierda. As Buenos Aires was my last destination, and I'm now headed back home, I have a lot of thoughts in my head, so I don't quite know what to say, so I'll let the pictures do the talking.
stay tuned for a summary of my trip and a special feature post I'm calling "the lost videos." basically videos I never had time to post before. Ciao!
me and my buddy Guillermo (Guishermo in Argentina)
singing jazz on the streets of Buenos Aires with the Jazz Friends jazz band.
Plaza de dos congresos
Orquesta Filarmonica Buenos Aires tuning up
Old guys gambling in the park
Cat gettin som grub on a trash can
Feeding time at the botanical gardens
hungry cat want cheese
The ever so famous "Evita´s" grave (Eva Peron)
Uh yeah that´s a coffin you're looking at.... right inside the grave... asi no mas
big ass grave
typical graves
some people put stained glass in their mauseluem
coffin inside grave
the cementery is arranged like city blocks, with streets and alleyways... the graves are like houses
Recoleta cementery
caseroleado por el campo! thousands of argentines took to the Obelisco with pots and pans in hand to show their support for the farmers (and show their ire for the government)
caserolazos!
???????
Argentina, Ecuador
Arg vs Ecuador, final score 1-1---- what's up with the friggin ties in soccer?
argentinean national anthem
light up that stadium
River field in Buenos Aires before the game
there are a lot of antique shops in the San Telmo neighborhood. beeeautiful stuff
walls in La Boca
walls in La Boca
La Boca soccer stadium
walls of the boca stadium
another wall in the boca stadium
this was a house in the Boca neighborhood a few blocks away from the touristy part... it's one of the few that remains like the original houses with the different colors
poltical graffiti in Boca
Popular militants that went missing from Boca between 1976-2006
houses in the Boca neighborhood. the supposed story is that it was always a poor immigrant neighborhood, and the people didn't have paint, so they took metal from the boats that came in to decorate their houses, leaving them multicolored
Tango band!
Tango dancing!
more houses in Boca
Boca is really a very poor, run down neighborhood once you leave the touristy part
pics of tango dancers
it's kind of weird, unfortunate, and interesting all at the same time, but this neighborhood obviously isn't what it used to be, or what they say it used to be, so to give the feeling that there is still life in the neighborhood, they've placed a lot of mannequins on balconies meant to look like typical neighborhood people
mannequin street musician... i gave him a peso
the architecture in Boca is strikingly similar to that of the french quarter
tango dancers
beginning of Boca
to realize how big this thing is, zoom in and look at the people waiting at the bus stop
Dennis, Ken, Will, and Sarah (France).... these guys are from Seaside New Jersey, and taught me that a bedet is actually to be used before the actual wiping process which I was not aware of. They also introduced me to my new favorite Youtube video, My New Haircut, which is unfortunately a daily reality for New Jersians.
Ah, here we go.... so there's this thing in Buenos Aires... on the days when people put out the trash... these other people come and open all the trash, sift through it for bottles and stuff they can recycle, and sell it.... then the garbage men come and this is what they have to deal with... this shit is literally alllll over the city on certain nights... you literally have to sidestep garbage for blocks. pleasant, no?
Puerto Madero, touristy part of BA on the river... lot of steak restaurants... very pretty
why don't we sell ad space on street signs in the states?? brilliant idea!
waiting for trouble
plaza de Mayo
There are people living in this plaza as well
people sleeping at Plaza de Mayo
guy finds interesting way to get out of the sun
foot painter
El Obelisco... I stayed a few blocks away from here
tango dancing in Boca
Arg vs Ecuador, final score 1-1---- what's up with the friggin ties in soccer?
argentinean national anthem
light up that stadium
River field in Buenos Aires before the game
there are a lot of antique shops in the San Telmo neighborhood. beeeautiful stuff
walls in La Boca
walls in La Boca
La Boca soccer stadium
walls of the boca stadium
another wall in the boca stadium
this was a house in the Boca neighborhood a few blocks away from the touristy part... it's one of the few that remains like the original houses with the different colors
poltical graffiti in Boca
Popular militants that went missing from Boca between 1976-2006
houses in the Boca neighborhood. the supposed story is that it was always a poor immigrant neighborhood, and the people didn't have paint, so they took metal from the boats that came in to decorate their houses, leaving them multicolored
Tango band!
Tango dancing!
more houses in Boca
Boca is really a very poor, run down neighborhood once you leave the touristy part
pics of tango dancers
it's kind of weird, unfortunate, and interesting all at the same time, but this neighborhood obviously isn't what it used to be, or what they say it used to be, so to give the feeling that there is still life in the neighborhood, they've placed a lot of mannequins on balconies meant to look like typical neighborhood people
mannequin street musician... i gave him a peso
the architecture in Boca is strikingly similar to that of the french quarter
tango dancers
beginning of Boca
to realize how big this thing is, zoom in and look at the people waiting at the bus stop
Dennis, Ken, Will, and Sarah (France).... these guys are from Seaside New Jersey, and taught me that a bedet is actually to be used before the actual wiping process which I was not aware of. They also introduced me to my new favorite Youtube video, My New Haircut, which is unfortunately a daily reality for New Jersians.
Ah, here we go.... so there's this thing in Buenos Aires... on the days when people put out the trash... these other people come and open all the trash, sift through it for bottles and stuff they can recycle, and sell it.... then the garbage men come and this is what they have to deal with... this shit is literally alllll over the city on certain nights... you literally have to sidestep garbage for blocks. pleasant, no?
Puerto Madero, touristy part of BA on the river... lot of steak restaurants... very pretty
why don't we sell ad space on street signs in the states?? brilliant idea!
waiting for trouble
plaza de Mayo
There are people living in this plaza as well
people sleeping at Plaza de Mayo
guy finds interesting way to get out of the sun
foot painter
El Obelisco... I stayed a few blocks away from here
tango dancing in Boca
Buenos Aires Filharmonic tuning up
more tango dancers
i love this music
beautiful music
old tango couple
gameday
Argentina!
I started walking home, and I found myself cut off with a march in the road... lot more pots and pans... turns out it's people supporting the farmers (el campo). see link
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/06/14/argentina.violence/index.html
Aint Misbehavin' with the Jazz Friends (Tony, Adrian, and Cesar)
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