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| big al | profile | all galleries >> Travels >> Other Places: New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina >> Argentina, December 2012 | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map |
 Jill in front of Floralis Generica, a massive scupture in a Recoleta park |
 A stele describing Floralis Generica |
 Floralis Generica |
 View overlooking Recoleta Cemetery |
 Recoleta Cemetery |
 Lighting the menorah in Recoleta Cemetery |
 One of the avenues in Recoleta Cemetery |
 A not-very-well-preserved mausoleum in Recoleta Cemetery |
 The Duarte family mausoleum, where Evita Peron is buried |
 Plaque honoring Evita on the Duarte family mausoleum |
 Recoleta Cemetery |
 Plaza San Martin, in the Retiro section of Buenos Aires |
 Memorial to the victims of a 1992 suicide bombing at the Israeli Embassy |
 El Ateneo - a fabulous bookstore in a former theater. |
 El Ateneo |
 El Ateneo. The bookstore is a popular tourist attraction and has a pleasant cafe on what was formerly the stage. |
 Interesting building at the corner of Av. Santa Fe and Av. Callao in Recoleta |
 Casa Rosada (the "Pink House") - Executive Mansion and Office of the President of Argentina |
 Piramide de Mayo |
 Christmas in a Buenos Aires shopping mall |
 Buenos Aires traffic |
 Street scene in Palermo |
 Palermo shops |
 Palermo |
 Lunch just outside the Reserva Ecologica |
 Buenos Aires skyline through the weeds in Reserva Ecologica |
 Walking path in the Reserva Ecologica |
 Relaxing in the Reserva Ecologica |
 Outside the Reserva Ecologica |
 Jill and Malfalda in San Telmo |
 A couple of comic characters in San Telmo |
 More San Telmo comic art |
 Comic statue in San Telmo |
 Plaques in memory of "the disappeared" who were kidnapped and murdered during Argentina's "dirty war" |
 Me enjoying a cup of wonderful Freddo ice cream in Recoleta |
 Underside of a pedestrian bridge over Avenida Pres. Figueroa Alcorta |
 Modern art in MALBA (Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires) |
 Jill in MALBA |
 One of many paintings by Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes in a spectacular exhibit at MALBA |
 An overgrown bench in MALBA |
 Wading back to our hotel from MALBA during a deluge |
 The next day's English language paper |
 Me and a Pinguino - a popular style of wine carafe in Buenos Aires |
 Beet soup (borscht) with a dollop of chili ice cream |
 Portrait of Evita in the Evita Museum |
 One of Evita's hats |
 Iguazu Falls |
 Iguazu Falls |
 Jill at Iguazu Falls |
 Iguazu Falls |
 Iguazu Falls |
 Jill and an unidentified man looking at Iguazu Falls |
 One of the boats that goes right up to the falls |
 Butterfly or moth at Iguazu Falls |
 Butterfly at Iguazu Falls |
 Coati along one of the trails to the falls |
 If you know what type of bird this is, please let me know in the comment field |
 One of many well-constructed walkways in the national park |
 Iguazu Falls |
 Rainbows appear in the spray when the sun is low in late afternoon |
 Rainbow at Iguazu Falls |
 Jill at Iguazu Falls |
 Unidentified spider and its web |
 Garganta del Diablo (The Devil's Throat) close up and personal |
 Jill in the spray at Garganta del Diablo |
 Yet another coati |
 Iguazu Falls |
 Me at Iguazu Falls |
 Macuco Trail at Iguazu Falls |
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