Blogs from Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America

À environ 35 km au nord de Buenos Aires, dans la province du même nom, la ville de Tigre est facilement accessible par le Tren de la Costa qui la relie à la grande ville plusieurs fois par jours. Comme son nom l’indique, ce train longe la côte de l’Atlantique sud en traversant une dizaine de petites villes, tantôt cossues, tantôt plus délabrées jusqu’au delta du fleuve Paraná qui lui, prend naissance dans le Rio de la Plata. Tigre compte environ 30,000 habitants répartis, pour la plupart, entre la terre ferme et les nombreux canaux qui se déploient à partir du fleuve. Ce delta de 320 km de longueur rend la voiture inutile puisque toutes les maisons sont construites le long des canaux. On n’a donc aucun autre choix que d’y accéder par bateau. Il est ... read more

For our last day in Buenos Aires, we spent it...not in Buenos Aires. We went out to El Tigre, which is the town where the Paraná River meets the River Plate. The delta is impressive, with a bunch of inhabited islands and murky brown waters that are actually clean enough to swim in. The color comes from the silt carried downstream. The island inhabitants are mostly disconnected and lead a very different lifestyle. Most of their houses look like those "mini-houses" you see online, with only a room or two of space and just very efficient use of what they have. Trash boats come around every few days to pick up whatever they've created, and supermarket boats make regular trips. Medical boats with a physical therapist, a dentist, and a general practitioner also make rounds, and ... read more

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

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

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