Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 6, 2019 Author #501 Share Posted April 6, 2019 As we came ashore we thought that it would be interesting to revisit some of the places that we went to in 2013 First the 2013 photos followed by the 2019 photos [/URL] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 6, 2019 Author #502 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Lunch at the Mercado I love the name of this beer and we both wanted to try one with lunch We ate at this place in 2013 at almost the same table ( It was air conditioned on a very warm day ) They were all out of Patricia beer so we split a 3/4 L of this I had beef tenderloin brochette with onion , pepper and bacon And she had rack of lamb - 6 chops So yummy ! And of course we shared . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 7, 2019 Author #503 Share Posted April 7, 2019 We stopped to pick up some water next we tried here next for water Street walking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 7, 2019 Author #504 Share Posted April 7, 2019 A little walk on the deck to work off the big lunch . Oops , we're listing to starboard ! A picture window 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 7, 2019 Author #505 Share Posted April 7, 2019 We had a ring side seats to watch the Sun's sail away in Montevideo The video clips : Sunless in Montevideo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 8, 2019 Author #506 Share Posted April 8, 2019 We bought this 6.25 L of water for $ 2.50 to refill our 1 L bottles that we paid $ 5.00 for on the ship . The small bottles cost 12- 1/2 times as much as the large one ! Leaving Montevideo Navy ships People fishing On the horizon The next stop came with a advisory from the Captain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 9, 2019 Author #507 Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) After leaving Montevideo we were treated to a nice sunset We had entered the murky waters of the Rio dela Plata en route to Buenos Aires on a warm overcast day . The blue water was gone , replaced with brown The ferry to Montevideo was clearing it's throat Coming in for a landing Edited April 9, 2019 by scubacruiserx2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 9, 2019 Author #508 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Moving out We were docked next to these containers Going in or out requires a bus ride 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 10, 2019 Author #509 Share Posted April 10, 2019 On our first day in BA we left the ship on the bus . At the terminal we met our guide Elizabet from Tours by Locals and our driver . There was a lot of traffic but we didn't go far . There was a photo op with perhaps Argentina's most famous soccer star Lionel Messi . Not far away was a HUGE Ficus tree that needed a little support with it's branches We were headed to this church the Basilica Nuestra Senora del Pilar A screen shot from Google Maps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted April 10, 2019 #510 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Awesome pics, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 10, 2019 Author #511 Share Posted April 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Copper10-8 said: Awesome pics, thanks! You're welcome . We had we a lot of beautiful subject matter to photograph . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 11, 2019 Author #512 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Our next stop was next to the church at the famous La Recoleta Cemetery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Recoleta_Cemetery The Dorrego - Ortiz Basualdo Family Admiral Guillermo Brown was considered to be the father of the Argentine Navy . He was born in Ireland and his tomb is painted green remembering his Irish roots . Another amazing structure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat shepard Posted April 11, 2019 #513 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Amazing tomb markers. They are too ornate to refer to them as stones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 11, 2019 Author #514 Share Posted April 11, 2019 2 hours ago, cat shepard said: Amazing tomb markers. They are too ornate to refer to them as stones. Our guide told us that it was the most expensive real estate in Argentina . Over a million dollars a plot currently . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat shepard Posted April 11, 2019 #515 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Gulp. Too rich for my blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 12, 2019 Author #516 Share Posted April 12, 2019 12 hours ago, cat shepard said: Gulp. Too rich for my blood. Ours too but we can look . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 12, 2019 Author #517 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Most of the cemetery wasn't crowded but this is the one grave that most people come to see . Evita Peron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 12, 2019 Author #518 Share Posted April 12, 2019 There are a number of interesting graves here with beautiful stained glass You have to peek through the doors to see some This cross was on the ceiling of a former President's grave . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 13, 2019 Author #519 Share Posted April 13, 2019 More from Recoleta Cemetery Pat and Elisabet were looking inside and this is what they saw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted April 13, 2019 #520 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Well, I finally caught up. Love your sunset pictures. And that ficus tree - amazing. I wonder how old it is? The stained glass is beautiful. I never thought I would like touring a cemetery, but now, maybe. Thanks again for sharing with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 13, 2019 Author #521 Share Posted April 13, 2019 58 minutes ago, puppycanducruise said: Well, I finally caught up. Love your sunset pictures. And that ficus tree - amazing. I wonder how old it is? The stained glass is beautiful. I never thought I would like touring a cemetery, but now, maybe. Thanks again for sharing with us. Great , we do like our sunsets . I think that she said the tree was about 200 years old . We have something similar growing with our pine trees here . We also have 3 "spine babies " under some pine trees . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 14, 2019 Author #522 Share Posted April 14, 2019 More from Recoleta Cemetery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat shepard Posted April 14, 2019 #523 Share Posted April 14, 2019 The tomb with the wreath carved on it is amazing. Did you get a sense that this was a “one-up-manship” kind of place? Or were people simply trying to honor their loved ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted April 14, 2019 Author #524 Share Posted April 14, 2019 1 hour ago, cat shepard said: The tomb with the wreath carved on it is amazing. Did you get a sense that this was a “one-up-manship” kind of place? Or were people simply trying to honor their loved ones? I think both but our guide did mention that it was a competition . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted April 14, 2019 #525 Share Posted April 14, 2019 On 4/12/2019 at 4:49 AM, scubacruiserx2 said: Most of the cemetery wasn't crowded but this is the one grave that most people come to see . Evita Peron Interesting tidbit (source Wikipedia) The Argentine government took elaborate measures to make Perón's tomb secure. The tomb's marble floor has a trapdoor that leads to a compartment containing two coffins. Under that compartment is a second trapdoor and a second compartment. That is where Perón's coffin rests. Biographers Marysa Navarro and Nicholas Fraser write that the claim is often made that her tomb is so secure that it could withstand a nuclear attack. "It reflects a fear", they write, "a fear that the body will disappear from the tomb and that the woman, or rather the myth of the woman, will reappear." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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