Argentina Photo Diary

This is one of the oldest, and most photographed parts of Buenos Aires. Immigrants who came here painted their houses bright colors with pa...

Buenos Aires gave us a good send-off. It was cold and rainy before we left and on the day we left (getting to the airport at 3:00 a.m. to f...

Here is a view of our hotel, the Colonna Park Hotel, which sat on a cliff between Joao Fernandes and Joao Fernandihno. It had a nice pool, ...

This is Ferradura beach, named because it is shaped like a big horseshoe. I liked it, but it was hard to get to (we had to take a combi and ...

This is Joao Fernandihno, a little beach right next to our hotel. It was my favorite beach. While it got crowded for its size, it's lo...

A room with a view. One of my pre-requisites for our hotel was that we had a room with an ocean view. If I was going to pay for a hotel, I...

Danger number 1 - caipirihna's on the beach. These were terribly addictive, and the most we ever had were two, but we could have gotten...

Here is Hernan doing his second favorite activity (after smoking). His three-hour siestas made me very irritable, as I was unable to watch ...

Tartaruga or Tortoise beach. I thought there were tortoises here, and thus the name. I'm not really sure about it, though it was expla...

This is at Pinguim, a little restaurant outside of Joao Fernandes on the way to the center. We passed it often and had a coupon for it and ...

This was by far my favorite restaurant in Buzios. Hernan laughed at me that I wanted to return here again and again, but for me, after a fe...

This is dos Ossos beach (I think). It is down in the touristy center of Buzios. It's not the nicest beach, by far, and I wouldn't ...

This is Rua das Pedras (rock street?) - a lovely part of the "center" of Buzios - actuallyt the tourist center. This is where all...

Brigitte Bardot is the one who put Buzios on the map. Before that, it was a sleeping little collection of fishing villages. After she visit...

Many of the houses near where we were staying had roofs that reminded me of Japan. This little market in a part of Buzios called dos Ossos...

Killing time in the airport. Hernan started smoking again after quitting for several weeks. There was this weird smoking room at the Rio ...

Here is Hernan's profile as we flew over Brazil. He wanted me to erase this photo, but I think it's cool.

Avenida de Mayo is one of my favorite streets in Buenos Aires. It is a grand avenue that runs 13 blocks, from the Plaza de Mayo and the Cas...

Stencil graffiti. While I really like it, I think the Avenida de Mayo should be spared. Unfortunately, this is the route most protests tak...

Random scenes of faded glory.

Blocked off to traffic and looking very lush on a late spring late afternoon day.

The Cabildo stands at the end of Avenida de Mayo across from Plaza de Mayo. It is one of the few reminders that Argentina was one of the ma...

Broken sidewalks. Gigantic villas. Park where weekend artisan fair is held. The cemetary where Evita and other well-heeled Argentines are la...

Fancy hotels.

Greenery.

New construction.

Shiny buildings.

The canal.

This is my local fruit and vegetable market. Actually there is another right across from my apartment building that no one ever seems to sh...