Photos from La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America

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Note the size of the salt shaker, an incentive not to ruin a meal with too much

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Bulk buying, bring your own containers of seeds, nuts, rice legumes

Each in area this is a common sight collecting anything worth selling

one whole area has citrus trees in full fruit

Camouflage tree

huge queues to get into the movies

Typical architecture of government buildings

Shopping is at its busiest around 6pm to 7pm each day

Firecrackers and lots of noise

A protest in the distance

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Vege and fruit shops are in all suburbs, owners go to BA each day to get fresh

Juan and Eva Perron married at this church in La Plata

Graffiti everywhere and nothing done to clean it up

Mosaics in random places

Wall art

Typical single storey house, solid concrete construction

one way tree lined streets

Opening of the station when rail and steam were kings

The Madonna statue is seen in many train stations

Old railway station in La Plata

Good old fashioned play equipment

Green parks and walkways, old railway land

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Our on board snack

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Real Nob Hotel- think no one knows English

Stunning bridge

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Beautiful highways

Lake views

front seat upstairs views

Smog/fog/mist

Menu in Spanish and Basque

I was hungry

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Our fine dining started with these breads and a fish dip

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concert venue

my sightreading challenge today

The neighbourhood

neighbourhood art

The house, the whole 2nd storey

todays coffee adventure

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