the last scheduled tour of my trip was dinner and a tango show. i knew going in it was going to be touristy. but i figured it’s ok, i’m a tourist, and i usually enjoy a little dinner theater.

the pick-up was scheduled for 8:30 PM, and knowing everything runs late, i wasn’t too concerned when they were 15 minutes late. 15 turned into 30, 30 into 45, then i figured i’d better check in. thanks to Doris at the front desk for getting to the bottom of the situation.

well seems the shuttle driver went to the wrong hotel, and i needed to take a cab to the show. i got a surly taxi driver who overcharged me, but got to the show in plenty of time, and the restaurant paid for the cab.

i was supposed to order off a preset menu, but since i’m a vegetarian they had to make some accommodations. i didn’t go hungry, but i’m pretty sure i’m a walking cheese ball. cheese plate & salad for a starter, followed by cheese ravioli for dinner. dinner was accompanied by a half bottle of a decent red wine and a glass of champagne…..nice.

the show was actually pretty good, but my pictures are terrible. hard to get good moving shots in the dark. just pretend these are “artistic”.

 

earlier in the day i went on a boat trip through the Tigre Delta. Tigre is a town in the Buenos Aires province, not to be confused with the city of Buenos Aires. the town received the name because if you see it from the air it looks like a tiger head. that is one story, the other is that at one time there were tigers (actually jaguars) in the region, brought in from North America.

it was a fun little trip in spite of the rain. it´s been a long time since i´ve been to our Delta, but this reminded me more of swamp land and the houses are built up on stilts like you often see in Hawaii. you can purchase a home for as little as $25k or go really big for $125k.

 

 

seems like a good deal until you have really bad weather, then you could end up with this.

 

people living on the islands can only get to/from via boat, and there are no businesses on the island. they either work in the city or they make goods and sell them at the port.

interesting place to live, but i think i´ll stick to my place on dry land.