Beunos Aires Plumbing World tour

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What a day! First of all we took the city tour, stopping off at Recoleta Cemetery and La Boca Caminito St. The entrance to the cemetery is through neo-classical gates with tall Greek columns. The cemetery has many elaborate marble mausoleums, decorated with statues, in a variety of architectural styles. The entire cemetery is laid out in sections like city blocks, with wide tree-lined main walkways branching into sidewalks filled with mausoleums.
While many of the mausoleums are in fine shape and well-maintained, others have fallen into disrepair. Several can be found with broken glass and littered with rubbish. Among many memorials are works by notable Argentine sculptors.
Each mausoleum bears the family name etched into the facade; brass or bronze plaques are added to the front for particular family members. La Recoleta is one of those cemeteries where the tradition of engraving a death date but no birth date has been maintained. It's a fascinating place, it's obvious only the well off can afford to be interned here, with fabulous sculptured stone work and stained glass windows. Some of the monuments have glass doors and the coffins are stacked on shelves for all to see.
La boca Caminito St is hugely colourful, bustling with tourists, artists, craftspeople and the little cantinas have free tango shows to watch as you stroll along.
In the evening we went to one of the top tango shows in Beunos Aires – Esquina Carlos Gardel. The dinner was superb and we a table right in front of the stage, so had a great view of the show. The dancing was superb and very passionate and sexy!

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