4/28/2013
今天是俺们在布一诺斯的最后一天了。下午八点的飞机。吸取上次的教训俺们从出租车公司订了车，提前四个半小时走，车费只要180比索，比酒店便宜多了。
今天还有大半天怎么打发呢？到网上咨询了一下，本地的网友说巴勒莫区可以去看看。还有个远一点的区可以坐船去，俺们嫌太麻烦就放弃了。打了个“radio taxi”来到了巴勒莫区，时间太早，餐厅酒吧神马的都正在准备开门儿，周围还没什么人气。
这个小狗在阳台上观风景
本地的网友貌似都比较推荐这个地方。但是对于俺来说这只是个不那么脏乱差的比较富裕阶层的生活区，完全没有什么旅游的价值。也许是阿根廷人为了展示他们觉得比较光鲜的地方反而不太推荐博卡区。
这都十一点多了，还在不紧不慢的，没有哪家像是准备好了的。餐馆也都在卖早餐。大概是西班牙意大利遗风。
正好街心有个儿童游乐区，俺们就进去消磨了会儿时间。小孩纸也活动活动手脚。
玩儿了一会儿就去找地方吃饭。从网上找了附近的一家餐厅，网评还不错。俺们吃了海鲜饭，火腿，和阿根廷“烤包子”- empanadas，加上一小瓶葡萄酒共消费375比索。身上没比索了给了他们50美元现金。烤肉看着很不错可是不敢吃了 - 太费牙！
类似西班牙的火腿，味道不错
烤肉看着真的很有食欲
火腿就是从这上面“凌迟”下来的，生的。
烤肉店里都有这样的牛肉图
吃完饭，看看还有一小时俺们就到酒吧去坐了会儿，看看过往的行人，顺便把多余的比索喝掉。然后打车回酒店拿行李跟着订好的出租车去了机场。一路顺畅，从布一诺斯，经纽约旧金山顺利地回到了家。还剩12比索作纪念。
吃午饭的餐馆
像不像老电影里的场景？
阿根廷这一段就结束了。除了伊瓜苏没去成这趟跑的还挺成功挺高兴。俺们去过的这几个地方俺觉着这几个点最好：
1。佩里托莫雷诺冰川 - 震撼，美景
2。布一诺斯 博卡区 - 探戈，音乐，餐厅，酒吧，愉悦的气氛
3。乌斯怀亚海峡游船和火地岛公园 - 风光旖旎，靠近南极
4。布一诺斯墓地 - 独一无二，很特别，不一样的风景
day nine
today is our last day in argentina. we were to fly home at 8pm from eze to newark, then sfo, then boise. it will be a super long day for us.
i sent an email request to eze taxi last night for a 3:30pm reservation, got a confirmation first thing this morning. the rate is for 180p all inclusive. much better than 250p offer by my hotel.
we checked out at 11am, left two bags with hotel, took a radio taxi to palermo soho. i have to say that all the taxi drivers we used in buenos aires were very nice and friendly. all gave back changes. we always gave 5p for tips and the drivers seemed to be happy. 50 pesos later we were in palermo soho. it appeared that we were here too early because many shops and bars were in the middle of getting the day started. we wondered around and took some photos.
my baby daughter had a great time stompping in water puddles left from last night's raining. she's got a pair of waterproof booths, too! later, she played at the playground doing the slides and swings and making friends with other babies. it was a very leisurely sunday at noon time for the locals. my take is that most of people we saw around seemed to be local.
by 12:30 we started to look for a place to have lunch. we took a leaflet from a guy advertising for his restaruant when we finally figured that we didn't like to have lunch at the bars or restaurants around the playground because most of them seemingly were still at breakfast mood. looking up the name, , on my cell phone, it's got some decent reviews. we decided to give it a try. the waiters didn't speak much english, however, we got use to it already. had some seafood and empanadas and a small bottle of white wine. it was all good for 375pesos. we paid with 50usd cash.
because we still had some extra pesos we went to the bar area to have some beer and people watching. pretty soon it was time to head back to the hotel. took another radio taxi back to the hotel and our eze taxi was already waiting for us by the curb. the car was clean and the driver was nice. we paid him 200 pesos and he was trying to give us 20p back. of course, he gets to keep it. we had 12 pesos left by the time we were in the boarding gate. i have to say we did a great job managing our cash in pesos.
final thoughts:
other than the disappointingly unsuccessful attempt to visit iguazu falls and being tagged for a robbery subject our trip to argentina has turned out to be pleasant. i am a bit disappointed about buenos aires because of all construction sites. the safety issue is bothersome. however, it does seem to be safe if you don't look like you have something expensive on you.
the highlights of our vacation:
#1 - perito moreno glacier park - stunning, beautiful, you pretty much don't get to see this else where!
#2 - la boca caminito - music, tango, drinks, foods, and people watching. the vibe will keep you happy and up-spirited for a few days.
#3 - the beagle channel cruise and the tierra del fuego national park - pretty sights combined with the sensation of being the southern most city.
#4 - recoleta ceremetries - unique for the layout and styles, shall we say the encyclopedia of fancy tombs?
