From the Falkland Islands we made our way to Argentina, stopping first in Montevideo, Uruguay, then ending our cruise in Buenos Aries. After the workshop finished, Dianne and I stayed on in Buenos Aires for a few days to explore the city.
Montevideo Doorway – Orange Bike260 air conditioners – MontevideoBeautiful old timber dock crane cabin – MontevideoBuenos Aires skylineBuenos Aires looks very European – many of the buildings were designed by French architects in the early 1900’sBuenos AiresBuenos AiresLa Boca is an old area of the city full of bars, restaurants and tourists. Lots of artists, musicians and tango dancers fill the spaces between wandering visitors. The old buildings have all been brightly painted but kept authentic by maintaining an interesting state of semi disrepair.Buenos Aires sketches – lots of great subjects all over the city, but I love the old buildings in some of the back streetsBuenos Aires – San Telmo Markets – great stalls, food and fantastic street music.Buenos Aires – The guy in the background is busking – stands like that for hours. The girl was just walking by as I passed.Peter, Maree, Yves, Dianne, Margaurite and Evelyn at the famous Cafe Tortoni, Buenos AiresThe beautiful old training ship, Sarmiento, has been converted to a museum and moored permanently at the docks in Buenos AiresMore back street sketches – As amazing as these areas look, they are not safe. we were warned a couple of times not to enter some parts of the city.Our workshop included a great trip out to a ranch for a barbecue and demonstration of riding by the Gauchos Chimango – Small South American bird of preyThis little guy looks like a bulletproof rat, but is a hairy armadillo, native to ArgentinaAnother Argentinian native is the Rea. Similar to an Emu, but smaller and more muscularThis little bird is a burrowing owl – nests in a hole in the ground and only as big as your hand.Argentine guanaco
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