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| Mark Creery | profile | all galleries >> South America >> Argentina | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Ecstatic to finally make it to the Argentine border... |
 Dusty gray hair from the dirt roads |
 Crazy rock formations |
 Buenos Aires architecture |
 downtown Buenos Aires |
 Plaza de Mayo |
 Tango dancers |
 Need a lift? |
 More sultry moves... |
 Mark showing them how tango is done |
 The colourful neighbourhood of La Boca |
 Lots of art and tango dancers |
 The locals are very welcoming... |
 Maradonna even came out of retirement to play soccer with me |
 More interesting paint jobs |
 Caminito (little street) |
 A groups drums up some energy... and money |
 Plaza Dorrego (don't forget to roll your 'r's!) |
 A huge meatfest at the restaurant with some locals we met |
 One of the many nice European-style parks |
 Recoleta - cemetary for the very rich... |
 ....and for their cats to play in |
 Eva 'Evita' Peron's grave |
 massive tree nearby |
 Antique market in Plaza Dorrego (San Telmo) |
 Interesting artifacts |
 More wares for sale |
 Some really bizarre antiques.... and lots of them |
 Exhausted from the trip... |
 ....waiting for our final trip to see a soccer match |
 At La Boca Stadium. A picture of former player Diego Maradonna |
 Pre-game warm up for La Boca fans |
 The game hasn't even started yet... |
 Quilmes (rival) fans try to muster up a cheer |
 It wouldn't be South American soccer without debris on the field! |
 It's raining ticker tape |
 Hola, Allison! ¿Que tal? |
 The banner slides down quickly |
 They're defintely not following the game |
 Ball stuck in the barb wire fence... |
 ...but not to worry... |
 ....the local yahoo ball collect to the rescue |
 Sequence leading the first goal for La Boca... |
 Player gets tripped up |
 ....then after some rolling around... |
 ...he curls in the free kick... |
 ...and it's headed in... |
 ...the crowd goes wild. THE END! |
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