Blogs from Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America
Riding the Train in Argentina
Published: November 24th 2011South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Tigre
November 12th 2011
I love the train in Buenos Aires. Its really fast and cheap because it's subsidized by the government. I take it a lot home from school if I don't feel like waiting for a bus during rush hour. However, because the trains are subsidized, the city lacks funding to keep them up and they're pretty rickety and old. This saturday I decided that I wanted to go to Tigre with my friend Shannon to visit the amusement park that they have there. I was pretty excited to go and they also have a really cool feria there that I was hoping I could go to to get some souvenirs. Well, I was supposed to meet my friend Shannon at the train at 1pm at the ticket window. I don't know what happened but someone told Shannon ... read more
August 14th 2011
Pequeña excursión al Delta del Tigre. linda ida en el Tren de la Costa, que es para turistas y porteños de porte, que salen a hacer deporte junto al rio de la plata. Huimos de los tradicionales tours de barca+restaurante, y paseamos por las orillas del río. Imaginando el ambiente que deberá haber en verano, con tantos clubs de remo y náuticos. El regreso en el tren "normal" y 10 veces más barato, también es 10 veces menos romántico.... read more
January 10th 2011
We braved the train today!! A friend who lives in BA warned us not to take daypack but we decided to after all as had water etc. No probs on train at all - a few beggars but no-one bothered us. Tigre is about 50mins north of BA & beautiful place on river, Walked to port & took a boat for hour's trip along river - quite cheap & gave us good feel for place. If we only been travelling for short time we may have splashed out on private small boat & guide but this would have cost over 100 quid. It takes you down small rivers & you can fo swimming but frankly wouldn't fancy it as water very murky!! There's a place where you can walk out across water - looked good so ... read more
camping en la isla del delta de Tigre
Published: November 24th 2010South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Tigre
November 23rd 2010
estuvimos durante tres dias en una isla del delta de tigre: 1 hora de tren desde buenos aires y despues dos hora de barco. Fuimos con el grupo de amigos de Anais: "los gasoleros", un grupo de jovenes que hacen camping juntos. Este finde fue genial: sol, banarse en el rio, fuego, musica, parilla, etc grazias a Nati "organisadora oficial" del viaje!!! Vamos a extranar a todos pero nos vemos en febrero tal vez para un otro camping!!! This weekend we went camping on an island in the delta of Tigre. We had a great time enjoying the sun, swimming in the river, eating barbecues, etc It was nice to go away from the city and to relax in good company. As you say it here "muy buena onda"!!! ... read more
October 28th 2010
I went on a tour today of the town of Tigre on the river delta by catamaran and then on to the town of San Isidro by train. The river people live in houses on stilts because of the rising river at times. Several private clubs in BA have rowing practice on the river from their private docks, and also vacation houses. The vegetation in the are is semi tropical and lush. The town of San Isidro is the fifth of ten stops on the train from the station where we embarked, Delta, and is a short ride on a quaint little train. I don´t think the train is more than a tourist attraction, but it was pleasant to ride. There is a cathedral in the town and the usual shopping opportunities, but it was a ... read more
June 11th 2010
We crossed from Carmelo, Uruguay, through the Tigre Delta to Tigre in Argentina. The Tigre Delta begins at Tigre, with waterways that wind through the land for miles and miles. However, close to Tigre, some of the land has been given over to the well to do Portenos (BA natives) to build their holiday homes on. As we approached the town there were countless boat-wrecks rusting near the banks of the river - it is crazy that they are left there as they really are an eyesore. Tigre is considered part of the Buenos Aires district and is no more than 15kms from the centro. But it is very different - relaxed and green with some grand detached houses. We found the most amazing place to stay - a hundred year old house in a convincing ... read more
Hablo Espanyol Poco pero Tigre es Lindo
Published: February 7th 2010South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Tigre
January 31st 2010
So, in the spirit of trying to actually get up to date with my attempts to let everyone know what I'm doing, I'm going to talk about my trip to Tigre and my week of Spanish lessons in the one post. This way I'll only be about a week or two behind where I actually am... and I may finally complete my travel writing sometime in 2012. Having explored the sites of Bs As in the days after I first arrived, I expanded my range and started to look at the city's hinterland. The one thing that was starting to get to me was the lack of large expanses of open water. Now, I may have been spoiled by my place back in Sydney, but the artificial confines of Puerto Maedryn really didn't do much for ... read more
Tigre and Tres Bocas - a feel far away from B.A.
Published: December 8th 2009South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Tigre
September 25th 2009
We broke up our trip to Buenos Aires with a day trip to Tigre and Tres Bocas out in the suburbs. Tigre is a cute town on the river, Tres Bocas is a little neighborhood in the deltas. We left the hostel with a few other travelers and took the suburban rail to Tigre, where we walked around, saw the marketplace, then took a commuter boat out into the river deltas. It is hard to imagine that this region, so wet, green, and beautiful, is so close to Buenos Aires proper! I was thrilled to be here! After about an hour, we got off the boat at the Tres Bocas dock and started walking around, walking along the river, through gardens, through what seemed to be peoples yards, and back, then sat down at a restaurant ... read more
May 9th 2009
Tigre is where people from Buenos Aires go to in weekends to escape the city. One gets there by taking a train, which gives a good view of the less fashionable sights of Buenos Aires: slums and dim suburbs galore. Tigre itself has a friendly 'local tourism' feel to it, but the real fun starts out of town: a massive delta of teh Rio Paraña makes for hepas of islands and canals, with lush green banks. Boats are the most common form of public transport in Tigre, and what's not to like about that. It's touristy nature does make it a bit of an uninteresting town for people that like to go to more tranquil places. I tried for a long time to find a boat to a remote island where i could just camp and ... read more
