The Last Continent - Antarctica

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BUENOS AIRES



Our adventure begins with a two night stay in Buenos Aires. It allows us to have a quiet day in the city and recover from the flight from Sydney via Auckland ans Santiago.

We decided to just have a wander around as we were last in BA 4 years ago and saw many of the sights then.

We walked up the shopping street of Florida to the sounds of "cambio, cambio" from the many people trying to get us to exchange money at what I am sure would be a great rate. Buenos Aires has some beautiful buildings with very ornate street frontages.

Our main purpose was to visit the historic Cafe Tortoni - a very ornate bar and coffee house founded in 1858. It has a very long main section and smaller rooms including a tango room complete with stage. Very olde world from a different time.

Off to Ushaia tomorrow where we board the Le Lyrial for our Antarctic voyage.

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Photos

Cafe Tortoni
Tango lounge

Obelisk
Built in 1936 to femme orate the 400th birthday of the city