Photos from Argentina, 2008

the best shot I took there; looking down onto the birds in the Garganta Del Diablo (Iguazu Falls)

Tangueros busking in La Boca

beautiful doors & balconies are a dime a dozen in Buenos Aires

Yes, this tree was intentionally cultivated to grow through the bars and out the window.

Carlos Gardel is more popular than Jesus in Buenos Aires; his picture is everywhere
(also shows Fileteado style of graphic design popular throughout town.)

shore of the Rio De La Plata, wide enough here to be visible from space

clear river flowing into the Rio de la Plata

anywhere else these would be monuments, but in Iguazu they're barely appetizers

only 2/3 of Iguazu Falls; the plume of mist in the distance
(visible even from the plane) is from the Garganta del Diablo

Juat a fraction of the Garganta del Diablo

inside the Casa de Botellas, made entirely of reclaimed plastic bottles
(even the plant & the beaded curtain)

sundogs

sunbeams in the thickly humid air

flooded forest among the fields

Back in Buenos Aires, the megacity (360° pano)

radio towers live on rooftops, guywires web across multiple blocks

not mailboxes--electrical panels

stairwell elevator shadows

La Boca, birthplace of tango, is nothing if not colorful

remembering the disappeared

the booming riverfront is raising skyscrapers like weeds

dancer in Candome parade (not a typical costume)
(also, admission: cheated & blurred background in Photoshop.)

  more photos (not as good, but still okay)