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In the afternoon to Recoleta. Recoleta is a rich neighboorhood in the northern part of town. There is a famous graveyard. Among others Eva Peron is buried here. It's a long walk - it's very hot - so im quite burned out, when I return back home.

I had a good chat with a guy at a kiosk this day. He was good at english. It's to bad, that I myself, is so poor in spanish, because argentinians likes to chat about where you come from, what you think of Argentina etc. But unfortunately most of them are just as bad at english, as I am at spanish - and a conversation in finger-language doesn't often go long.

There are lot of wall-paintaings og colourful houses - but also a lot more poverty and decline. I pass a fire-station, and while a take a picture of a wall-painting opposite, a voluntering fire-man that is bored, asks if I want to se the station of the "bombadores". Of course I will, and he shows me all their old and new fire-engines.

I'm also passing "La Bombonera" - homeground for Boca Juniors. You can see the stadium for free - so that I do.

On to Caminito, and the dirty river of Riachulo. This is more "tourist-boca" with plenty of restaurants, people wanting to sell their "homemade" paintings, panhandlers etc.

A little more relaxing today. A little shopping on Lavalle and Florida - actually without bying anything.

In the evening it's time for some local folklore. It's tango-night in the amfi-theater at Parque Lazema, which I passed yesterday on my La Boca trip.

Sexteto Mayor and Leopoldo Federico is playing, Raúl Lavié, María Graña and others are singing, the dancing is  Compañía Tango Pasión - all good, solid, wellknown names for me.  I can stand it for a couple of hours, before I return to the hotel.

Morning-tour to San Telmo. Every sunday morning there is a market where you can buy everything. There is also tango-dancing, harmonica-music - and whatever that always turn up when people gather.

Back to the hotel - siesta - in this heat you start to like that invention.

The late trip today is to Puerto Madero, a kind of new-rich area, with boats and cafe's at the old docks. But a good place to stroll around, doing nothing (like the rich people do).

And in the evening it finally arrives - what you have been waiting the last few days - the huge rainfall. Thundering and lightning - and water pouring down. I sit at the hotel-window and enjoy the sight - and especially enjoying that I'm not out there.

First to Teatro Colon - the famous (?) B.A.-opera. There's a guided tour at 11 am in english. I join in. Very lovely place to be honest - even for an opera-hater like me.

So insted I take a walk in a local park. I'm in the rich part of B.A. - a city with huge differences between rich and poor. Here you hire someone to "walk the dogs" when you are to lazy to do it yourself.

Back to the hotel for sieste - in the evening just a walk around the neighbourhood.

Take a local-train to Tigre - a suburb north of B.A. There you find Delta del Parana. The rivers Uruguay and Parana meets here, and create the delta before going into Rio de la Plate where B.A. is placed.

Take a great boat-trip in the delta. It's a 4 hours trip - it's not just a tourist-thing - actually we are very few tourists. It's a normal boattrip for the local. The boat docks at the different private boardwalks at peoples houses - and people are getting on and off along the river of Carapachy. So it's ment for the local people on the small islands in the delta. But it's also a "schoolboat". We dock at scool no. 14 (all shools down here have numbers), where 20 kids get on board to go back home. Finally we also carry freight, packeges, newspapers and mail.

Back in Tigre at 4.30 pm - and an hours train-ride back to B.A.

Wednesday, december 13'th

Last day in South-America. A little sad - but you have to get back to work and christmas. I don't know whats worst. No honestly - I'm looking forward to get back home.

I just spend the day walking around - no specific goals.

The hottest hours of the day I spend in the cinema. My first and last visit to the cinema on this trip. "El Protegiro" featuring Bruce Willis - awful.