Well, that was a hectic week in Buenos Aires, but I think we hit all the sights. Monday was spent in the dead centre of town - that's right the cemetary! Recoleta cemetary is quite famous as Eva Peron is buried there. A somewhat goulish but interesting place to visit. The 6ha public cemetary houses the remains of National heroes, independence warriors, presidents of the republic, writers, scientists and artists. Some of the architecture of the "tombs" is pretty awesome. Tuesday we went shopping! Well, we walked to the main shopping precinct of Avenue Florida for a bit of a look around. Lucky really as the heavens opened and it rained for the rest of the day. Wednesday we took a trip up to Tigre, about an hour north of BA. Tigre is like the Dunsborough
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