Jan-2014
Strolling around in Tigre
Buenos Aires is a big city and you can’t get bored if you like parks, museums, shops, restaurants and bars. Still, I am not a city girl. Tigre is a river town that’s close by Buenos aires and 100% worth a visit.
Waiting for the train from Buenos Aires to Tigre
The fruit market
Paul, who I’ve met yesterday in Uruguay, and I take the train today to Tigre. The train ride from Buenos Aires costs 2 pesos per person and the price for the ride back somehow is just 1,50 pesos (that just a couple of cents back in Europe). When you get to Mitre you get of the train and take the “Tren de la costa” which costs 20 pesos for a single trip and it shows you some nice scenery of Tigre during the trip. The train is a busy one, so we couldn’t sit down, but that’s okay.
Upon arrival we see the fruit market with handmade decorations for your house and hippie accessorizes. There are incredibly many stalls who sell all kinds of things. I sincerely think there’s like a thousand stalls or maybe even more. You can buy kind of anything really.
Have a waffle! Or a really healthy pizza… We decided to get a Pizza. The most healthy Pizza I’ve ever tried probably! With ham, tomato, olives and eggs.
The Bambi of Tigre
It seems there’s not a lot more to do in Tigre than strolling around at the market and having a bite or a drink, but there is a river so there must be a boat ride somewhere!
The guide explaining about the river houses during the boat tour while holding her mate
A boat ride company named Bambi is the first one we bump into and for 60 pesos it takes you on a guided boat tour across the river of Tigre.
We see a lot of lovely houses near the riverside and many boats, people swimming and for some reason there are dogs everywhere. Also in the boats.
The afternoon has been well spent in Tigre, but after a couple of hours we decide to go back to Buenos Aires for the best food in town… empanadas! When we arrive in Buenos Aires our walk to the place where we can find our favorite food gets weird, when we think we see a toad walking on the pavement. But no, it was actually a little bat and I am still not sure if they are seen a lot in Buenos Aires. I guess you don’t see them normally on the pavement anyway, but this one was literally walking around! We tried to push it to a safer side of the pavement before someone would step on it, but it just kept walking back to the street. A Suicidal bat?
About Renate Rigters
Ever since I left my home country I felt at home at any other place I went to. I enjoy getting to know more cultures by talking to strangers and hearing their philosophy about life. Speaking with gestures when you can not find a shared language, finding places only the locals go to and learn about their customs and values. Hanging out with local people makes me happy. The experience of every new place is a step out of your comfort zone where I like to wander around until it feels like a second home.
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