Friday, May 28, 2010

CEMENTERIO DE LA RECOLETA IN BUENOS AIRES AND COLONIA IN URAGUAY





MONUMENTS AND METAPHORS FOR A COUNTRIES FORTUNES, BOTH GAINED AND LOST.  ONE OF THE WORLD´S GREAT NECROPOLISES.





ONE OF THE CITY´S COLOURFUL MARKETS OUTSIDE THE CEMETARY...SINCE WE ARE BACKPACKING SHOPPING IS NECESSARILY KEPT TO A MINIMUM!


PICK-UP BAND ON THE STREET...ONE GUY HAD A ´¨WASHBOARD´¨ ON HIS CHEST AND GLOVES WITH METAL FINGERS!  MAYBE MY NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT!



MULTI-TASKING MOTHER !


SINCE WE WERE SO CLOSE TO URAGUAY WE DECIDED TO POP OVER THE WIDEST RIVER MOUTH IN THE WORLD, RIO DE PLATA, TO COLONIA FOR LUNCH.


BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY IN THE PLAZA WHERE WE LUNCHED.


EL DRUGSTORE, OUR LUNCH SPOT

 




DIDN´T HAVE ENOUGH CASH TO PAY, SO BORROWED 10 PESOS FROM KURT AND LARRY, FROM LOS ANGELES, AT THE TABLE NEXT DOOR, SO WE WOULDN´T HAVE TO WASH DISHES!






YEA!  ANOTHER PICTURE FOR OUR LIGHTHOUSE WALL!  THIS LIGHTHOUSE IS MOST UNUSUAL AS IT WAS CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF CONVENT RUINS.