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[I previously posted an OTR series about a boat trip taken later in our South America travels. This short photo series starts at the beginning—in Buenos Aires.] Given our long flight from San Francisco to Buenos Aires via Houston, we decided to spend a few days in Buenos Aires to catch our breath and acclimate to the 5-hour time change before flying on to Ushuaia. Friends who’d been to Buenos Aires loved the colonial districts so I was looking forward to visiting. We stayed in a small village near the airport as the flight to Ushuaia left fairly early in the morning. Our first full day we took a taxi into the city and bought tickets for the yellow hop on / hop off buses to get our bearings. We hopped off in the colorful La Boca barrio, originally home to Italian & Spanish immigrants in the mid 1800s who settled at the mouth of Rio Riachuelo adjacent to the old port.The main street in the La Boca barrio is lined with souvenir shops & stalls, artwork plus tango dancers. A bit crowded too.
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