Teatro Colón

We saw the opera Il due Figaro on Tuesday night

The theater apparently has one of the best acoustics in the world

Outside the theater

Tango Mundial Finals

I go to see a bit of the finals of the tango competition here as part of the tango festival. There were two competitions going on: one for tango salon, the more traditional dance and for second tango escenario, which is more flexible I think, with jumps etc. I watched the first 6 couples of escenario finals before going to Teatro Colon to see an opera.

Here's a video of the best couple, in my opinion

Iguazu: The Falls

Iguazu is apparently a "7 New Wonder of Nature," although of course identified by our guide as a 7 wonder of the world

Our guide Fernando

Me in front of the Garganta de Diablo (Devil's Throat)

Garganta de Diablo

We took a short boat trip (as pictured) which went around this area of the falls and got soaked by the water

Getting ready for the boat trip

Iguazu Falls: Getting there and the first day

The bus we took on our 18 hour ride which was quite nice. They provided breakfast and dinner and showed movies and the seats reclined quite far

Our hostel

The dingy town of Puerto Iguazu

A mate machine, they had these in a lot of stores in Puerto Iguazu

Hot dog stand

An example of the touristy restaurants and bar which make up the strip of the town of Puerto Iguazu

Tango Competition at the Tango Festival

Inside the exposition center, one of the venues hosting the free events for the festival

The Competitors - from all over the world - dancing

A bridge right outside the Exposition Center with political chalk graffiti 

Tigre

Sunday was the first day of nice weather in a while and we visited Tigre - a town on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. To be honest, it was too touristy and crowded. The path along the water was very manicured and nice but the other side of the street was pretty run down and full of touristy restaurants. 

This is near the Tigre Museum of Art, probably the most impressive part of the town

The Tigre Art Musuem - we didn't go inside because it was closing soon and wasn't going to be worth paying but it was a beautiful building

The Tango Festival

The tango festival is going on right now in the city with a bunch of events - concerts, lessons, lectures and the competition. All the events are free!

Usine del Arte - where one of the concerts took place

me on the right - on an art instillation in the Usine

The art installation

The Luis Salino Trio

The main hall in the Usine had turned into a Milonga when we had gotten out of the concert

At one point a hip-hop group did a tango inspired dance

Another free concert on Tuesday night - Cristian Zarate and Leonardo Sanchez

Los Periplos at Vicente el Absurdo

We went to see a local band - The Periplos at a cafe/bar called Vicente el Absurdo on Friday night

Paintings in Vicente Absurdo

A clip of one of their songs

Subte (subway system) running again

After a 10 day strike, the subte is finally running again today. The protest began with a 5-day shut down of the system but after that the subte remained closed and no one had any idea when it would open again. Apparently, this happens quite often; Argentina is known to have a culture of protesting.

Celebrating not having to take the colectivos (buses) with more coffee