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| The Cabildo de Buenos Aires, the original colonial seat of government | Banners of the "Mothers of the Plaza Mayo" against the "Dirty War" of 1976/83 | The "Casa Rosada" on the Plaza de Mayo, home of the Presidential Offices |
The "Puente de la Mujer" or "Bridge of the Woman" by the Puerto Madero |
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| Florida, a main shopping street of Buenos Aires | Home-made ice cream in a shop on Florida |
The colourful La Boca district of Buenos Aires, once the home of 19th C Italian immigrants |
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| The bright paint was "borrowed" from the nearby shipyards. The raffish area is now home to many artists and artisans |
The church of Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Pilar in the Recoleta district | Nearby is the Cementerio de la Recoleta | |
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| What are they so interested in? |
The tomb of Evita Peron | A nice day for walkies! | Not Britain but Buenos Aires! |
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| Sunday afternoon at Plaza San Telmo flea market | These brightly painted signs are very popular |
Impromptu demonstrations of tango dancing | A crowd gathers around musicians in the Plaza |
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| No escape, tango everywhere! |
Even in Florida | A famous haunt of writers and thinkers for over 150 years. "Café Tortoni" | Inside, very little seems to have changed |
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| In the evenings things change with an intimate tango show |
These take place regularly every evening | Another old establishment, the "Confitería Ideal". A favourite haunt of the older Porteños ladies |
Inside the huge "Galerías Pacífico" shopping mall on Florida |
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| Artists display their work on Florida |
The lovely Plaza San Martin in the business area | The trees in the Plaza give welcome shade from the sun |
The Obelisk on 9th July Avenue commemorating the 400th Anniversary of Spanish settlement |
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| One of the multi-lane highways circling B.A. | The "Floralis Genérica". It opens and closes its petals at dawn and dusk |
Some colourful blossom on the trees in Plaza Francia | There were many such trees to be seen around B.A. |
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| Visitors to a nearby Estancia enjoy a cart ride | The gauchos on the Estancia show their skills | The horses seem to be enjoying the activity | Punta Tomba, south of the Península Valdés |
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| It is the home of a large colony of Magellanic penguins |
The penguins share their home with a guanaco, a relative of the camel! | They are quite accustomed to the presence of we humans | Some young penguins, still with their downy feathers |
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