Buenos Aires in Pictures

This past week, we felt like we were in a big city when we visited downtown Mendoza. Well ... Mendoza is but a small village compared to Buenos Aires. I just did a bit of research and discovered that B.E. is the 3rd largest urban area in all of Latin America (including Mexico, Central America, and South America). In 2003, Greater Buenos Aires had a population of 13,000,000. Wow! (In 2001, Greater Mendoza had a population of 850,000.) Contrast this to New York City, which has 8,000,000 in the city and 19,000,000 in the greater metropolitan area (which covers parts of 3 states). So, when I told Carissa today that it felt like NYC, I guess I was right.

Our Hotel ...



The View from our 9th Floor Room ...








A Taste of Home ...






The Port ...





The Old Port Warehouses made into Shops and Restaurants ...



A Walking Bridge ...




A Demonstration (which we hear are quite common here) ...
Don't worry, we will stay away from the demonstrations.
Pictures were taken from the 9th floor.



Stopping Traffic ...



Masked Men Carrying Big Sticks ...




The tour company booked us an amazing hotel in the perfect location. We are within walking distance of about 5 distinct areas that we would like to visit (the first area, being The Port, where we walked for dinner tonight). Tomorrow morning, we will be taking a City Tour with the tour company, so that we can really make the best of the next 3 days.