Today's tour was "Tigre Basin and River Tour". We drove north of the city for about an hour on nice roads and freeways. This tour was similar to our river cruise in Belem, Brazil. The river we were on is a tributary of the Plate River and life here is very similar. This time the boat was much bigger with two decks. We elected to sit up top even though there was no shade. The temperature was around 80 degrees so that wasn't bad and we were either covered, or had sunscreen and hat protection. The big difference on this river was the quality of the houses. Most were pretty modest, but some were almost palaces. Around 3,000 people live here, but I'm not sure if that includes the weekenders.
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| Part of the Buenos Aires skyline as we sailed in |
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| These boats are used as river buses. People strap their luggage, etc to the top. |
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| The Rowing Club |
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| An art museum |
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| This is a larger property than most, but still sort of typical of many homes along here. |
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| This is a boat from a local supermarket that plies the canals. If you need something, you hang a flag on your pier/dock. This man had some directly on his boat to shop. |
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| This house is a replica of one of 3 owned by a rich merchant years ago. I didn't understand why they have a replica, but it is surrounded by glass to protect it from the weather. |
After our river cruise, we drove to San Isidro city which is suburb and has very ice large homes and a cathedral where we had a photo stop.
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The San Isidro cathedral built in 1896. It's rather simple inside which was refreshingly different.
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Tivia was just the two of us and we stunk it up with 8/15 for no points.
Terry Bisho gave on a lecture on the Battle of the River Plate, which is the river that both Montevideo and Buenos Aires are located on.
We had a lovely dinner with Gordon and Patty who were on the Grand Arctic cruise with us in 2022.
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