Buenos Aires

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Ola from Buenos Aires! We took a city tour this morning for several hours, hit all the touristy places -- the Pink House where Evita gave her rally speech (sadly, my batteries were dead at that point so that'll come later when I walk back on our return day). Then to a very colorful area called La Boca to hit what is clearly the most 'cleaned up' version for tourists. Flat Stanley joined some of the stuffed locals to say hello.



This is a less sanitized view along the way:

Then on to the large cemetery - quite cool -- needless to say, my favorite part. Could've gotten lost in here for hours (which apparently does happen to people all the time). The final picture in this sequence is of a war memorial tomb, with a Matzel/Lemur like cat laying in the bottom corner. Like Jerusalem, strays abound.



And the major tourist attraction, the grave of Evita. She is in her family tomb "Duarte" (Peron is buried elsewhere) and appears at the bottom on the right side of the entryway. The last picture is of a tomb that's been open - not all of the graves are comparably cared for.


Okay, this is my last post till we come back from Antarctica. I will be keeping a journal on my palm pilot while there, and will provide daily summaries with lots and lots of pictures (and appropriate skeleton action figures) when I get back.

Bye for now. I think I'm going to go thru blogging withdrawal. It's hard to be away from your Mac for such a long period of time ;-)