My Travels in Pictures

  • Exploring the World
    • Uganda – the Pearl of Africa
      • Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale
      • Queen Elizabeth National Park & the Kazinga Channel
      • Exploring Queen Elizabeth NP on land
      • Mountain Gorillas – Trek 1 – Habinyanja Family
      • Mountain Gorillas – Trek 2 – Oruzogo Group
      • Mountain Gorillas – Trek 3 – Muyambi Group
    • New York City – a small bite of the big apple
    • Kenya & the Great Migration
      • The Amazing Ololo Safari Lodge
      • Nairobi National Park – a treasure on the edge of the city
      • Sheldrick Nursery & the Giraffe Centre
      • A first glimpse of the amazing Masai Mara
      • A very full day in the Mara
      • A day in (and above) the Mara Triangle
      • Helicopter Day
      • Big cats and the Masai village of Andasikr
      • Saying khwaheri to the Mara and habari to Samburu
      • A very special day in Samburu
      • A photoshoot with Samburu warriors
    • Delhi & the Wildlife of India
      • A Walking Tour of Old Delhi
      • Exploring just a few of Delhi’s many monuments
      • 3 Days in Kazaranga
      • Satpura – in search of Sloth Bears
      • Bandhavgarh – Time for tigers!
    • Myanmar and the Alluring Irrawaddy
      • Day 1 – Yangon’s Circular Railway
      • Day 2 – Touring Yangon
      • Day 3 – On the Irrawaddy River – Bhamo & the 2nd Defile
      • Day 4 – Kyun Daw & Katha
      • Day 5 – Katha & Tigyang
      • Day 6 – Kya Hnyat & Kottet Orphanage
      • Day 7 – Kyauk Myaung
      • Day 8 – Mingun & the U-Bein Bridge
      • Day 9 – Mandalay
      • Day 10 – Sagaing
      • Day 11 – Shwe Pyi Thar & a Puppet Show
      • Day 12 – Magical Bagan
      • Day 13 & 14 – Back in Yangon
      • Heading home – a layover trip to the Great Wall of China at Mutianyu
    • Cruising the Adriatic – a trip from Venice to Rome
      • Venice – Part 1 – a city like no other
      • Venice – Part 2 – exploring off the beaten path
      • Venice – Part 3 – On the beaten path
      • Slovenia – Vintgar Gorge, Lake Bled & Koper
      • Croatia – Plitvice Lakes from Zadar
      • Croatia – Dubrovnik
      • Kotor, Montenegro
      • Malta – Valetta & the Three Cities
      • Malta – a road trip to the Blue Grotto & Marsaxlokk
      • Sicily – Taormina & the slopes of Mount Etna
      • Capri, Italy
    • Galapagos Islands – Central & East
      • Quito, Ecuador
      • Tandayapa Cloud Forest – Birds, birds & more birds
      • Galapagos Islands – Baltra & Mosquera Islet
      • Galapagos Islands – Seymour Norte & Plaza Sur
      • Galapagos Islands – Sombrero Chino & Rabida
      • Galapagos Islands – Puerto Egas & Bucanero Cove
      • Galapagos Islands – Caleta Tortuga Negra & Santa Cruz Highlands
      • Plaza Sur (Take 2) & Santa Fe
      • Galapagos – Punta Pitt, La Galapaguera, San Cristobal & NY Eve
    • Victoria Falls, Chobe (Botswana) & Cape Town – an African Photo Safari
      • Victoria Falls
      • Pangolin Better Wildlife Photography Course on the Chobe River
      • EarthArk Mobile Safari – Savuti
      • EarthArk Mobile Safari – Khwai Conservancy – Part 1 of 2
      • EarthArk Mobile Safari – Khwai – Part 2 of 2
      • EarthArk Mobile Safari – The Okavango Delta – Moremi & the Xini Lagoon
      • Capetown – Kirstenbosch & the Bo-Kaap
      • Cape Town – Muizenberg, Kalk Bay & Boulders Beach
      • Cape Town – Betty’s Bay and Stellenbosch
    • Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica
      • A trip to the end of the earth – Falklands, South Georgia & Antarctica–Explorers & Kings
      • Ushuaia–Fin del Mundo
      • Ushuaia–Day 2
      • Waiting for my ship to come in…
      • Come sail away…
      • Day #1 & 2 – En route to the Falklands
      • Day #3 – West Point Island & Saunders Island, The Falklands
      • Day # 4 – Stanley–more British than Britain
      • Day # 7 – Right Whale Bay & Salisbury Plain–Kings, kings & more kings
    • Iceland – the land of fire and ice
      • Iceland – Day 1 – Arriving & Reykjavik
      • Iceland – Day 2
      • Iceland – Day 3
      • Iceland – Day 4 – The Blue Lagoon
      • Iceland – Day 5 -South Coast
      • Iceland – Day 6 – Northern Lights & Jokulsarlon
      • Iceland – Day 7 – Time to head home
  • Closer to Home
    • Fall Colours 2019
    • Sound of Light 2019 – Greece
    • Sound of Light 2019 – Italy
    • Sound of Light 2019 – Chile
    • Bonnechere Cave & Fourth Chute Falls
    • Fall colours, rapids & waterfalls
    • Casino du Lac Leamy 2016 Fireworks Finale
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  • Ushuaia–Day 2
  • Waiting for my ship to come in…
  • Come sail away…
  • Day #1 & 2 – En route to the Falklands
  • Day #3 – West Point Island & Saunders Island, The Falklands
  • Day # 4 – Stanley–more British than Britain
  • Day # 7 – Right Whale Bay & Salisbury Plain–Kings, kings & more kings
  • Day #8 – In the footsteps of Shackleton
  • Day #9 – Elephants & Kings – St. Andrew’s Bay & Gold Harbour
  • Day #10 – Cooper Bay & Drygalski Fjord
  • Day #13 – Elephant Island
  • Day #14 – Setting foot on Antarctica
  • Day #15 – Whales, whales and more whales – a “Tail” of a perfect day
  • Day # 16 – Deception Island & Half Moon Bay
  • Day 19 & 20 – Buenos Aires
  • Antarctica Photo Gallery

After arriving safely back in Ushuaia it was time to head back to Buenos Aires for a couple of nights before my flight home.  Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and it’s largest city, with almost 3 million people.  It is the birthplace of tango and home to some amazing street art.

Fierro Hotel, Buenos Aires

My hotel was the same one I stayed in on the way down, but this time my room had a beautiful balcony.

This is the Casa de Gobierno (government house) which is known as Casa Rosada (pink house) for obvious reasons.  It houses the government offices and this balcony is the location from which Eva Perron (Evita) gave her famous speech.

After taking the obligatory photo of the pink house it was off to San Telmo, the oldest barrio (neighbourhood) in the city, and home of the Feria de San Telmo (a street fair).

Argentinians like their “antiques”, junk and vintage soda bottles

They also love their tango.  I’m told this man has been dancing tango in San Telmo every Sunday for years.  It was hot and even though he was dancing, he looked as cool as a cucumber.

Lunch was a choripan- a chorizo sausage in a bun, with beer of course.  This is Nuestra Parilla, known to the locals as Freddies.  It’s basically a take out place, with just a few spots to stand and eat, and you should have seen the lineup and smelled the food!

Notes from visitors over the years plaster the walls…

From San Telmo we headed to Palermo Soho to take some photos of the wonderful street art.  We were fortunate to find this young man painting this extraordinary piece.

Many of the walls are painted with this beautiful and colourful street art.  I was told that left unpainted, the walls are tagged with grafitti.  Once painted, they are left alone, respecting the work of the street artists.

Here are a few more that I liked..

I had heard about the tree lined streets of Buenos Aires; what I wasn’t prepared for was the size of the trees.  They’re really tall and literally part of the sidewalk.

My second day in Buenos Aires I decided to go to Recoletta, to the famous Recoletta cemetery.  This place is unlike anything I’ve ever seen, some of these mausoleums look like small churches.

There were a lot of stained glass windows, which from the outside were nice, but from the inside they lit up.

And of course, perhaps the most famous of all the “residents”, Eva Peron.

 

 

 

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  • Jack and Teresa Preston February 18, 2017 at 3:43 pm Reply

    An end to a great trip.We really enjoyed your blog.

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