We left Ushuaia at 22.00 p.m. yesterday. After a quick 3 hour flight to Buenos Aires at 2 a.m. I checked in my hotel in the city of Buenos Aires "Microcentro".
I mentionned yesterday, that a second chapter of the trip is starting now...What does that mean for me??? I always liked contrast and changes and definite styles. Therefore after the Spartan circumstances of Patagonia I decided to go for a kind of luxury / metropolitan style during the "second chapter". Accordingly the hotel I stayed a short night has a Jacuzzi on its roof terrace, which I used in the early morning.
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| Származási hely: Buenos Aires |
At 8 a.m. I had breakfast and plunged into on of the biggest cities on South America. I took the subway in the morning rush ours and went to Recoletta district, which is famous about its chick apartment complexes and its cemetery. For the usual tourist it is a must to see the mausoleum of the Evita Peron. I´m a usual tourist....
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| Származási hely: Buenos Aires |
During the first hours of my walk, I didn't really like the city (it was like any european metropol) but after looking more carefully I saw a lot of interesting things. A lot of people has dog here and as they go to work early, there is a need for somebody, who let's the dogs out....
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| Származási hely: Buenos Aires |
Around 10 a.m. I met a group of young school kids. I'm not sure, but I can easilly imagine, that they start the school every day like that.
An other video is here;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHz8QNqjwxE
After experiencing that scene, it was clear I'm in South America:)) if I have to describe my first impression of Buenos Aires; I would say it is a mix of New York and Paris with a touch of latin style.... Am I right? What do you think? It is still only 12a.m. I went to book some programs for tomorrow and took the taxi and was heading to the airport.
Just in brackets short about the transportation in BA. There are I think 6 Metro Lines; a ticket costs 1.1 pesos, which is like 20 EURO cents or 50HUF. There so many taxis like in New York. Accordingly they ae cheap as well and they drive in my style:) There are a lot of one way avenues with 8 lanes each in 1 direction. Cars do easily between 70-90 in the very city. 1km costs 2 pesos.
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| Származási hely: Buenos Aires |
At 3p.m. I took a flight to Iguazu. Iguazu is famous about, that it is on the corner of Argentina and its waterfall, what I wrote about a few weeks ago. I arrived there after 1200km and 2 hours at 5p.m. So just after 19 hours of leaving Patagonia I found myself more than 4000kms to the north and was confronted after the arctic winds of Ushuaia to 32 degrees and 98% humidity. It hits....
After a quick check in into my Hotel (Sheraton Iguazu), I ve got my first look on the falls at early sunset. It was easy, just had to go out on the terrace of the hotel.
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| Származási hely: Iguazu |
To have a closer look I had to walk a few 100meters and was faced to something, which was far above my expectations. It is huge, the nature is breathtaking....The next picture is only one of the small side falls.
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| Származási hely: Iguazu |
We are still within the 24 hours, just to remember you. After the sunset at 8 p.m. there was 1 program left. The "Hito", which is the point in Puerto Igauzu, where the borders of 3 countries run together in a point. (Paraguay, Argentina and Brasil). If you are tall enough, you can be in 3 countries at the same time..:)
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| Származási hely: Iguazu |
So that was the story of my last 24 hours and the next 24 is going to be at least that dense as well. Are you curious??? Follow me...
Latest pics are;
http://picasaweb.google.de/szaipandras/BuenosAires02#
http://picasaweb.google.de/szaipandras/Iguazu02#
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