Gerrit Gillespie Photography - Buenos Aires, Argentina-April-2007

Buenos Aires, Argentina - April 2007 The day before I left on the trip I got that tenacious virus that's going around that clogs your head and lungs and hangs around for a month or more. Joy. Oh well, press on! Flew from San Diego-Atlanta-Buenos Aires. The last leg is about 10.5 hours. Got there at ~7:30 in the morning and had my cab waiting, I'd found Dante The Driver on the Internet. Nothing like major latin city rush hour exhaust. GAG. Got to the hotel and slept for six hours. Next day after a great hotel buffet breakfast, Dante took me on a tour (five hours for US$40) which is where I got all the LaBoca, church and 1/2 the park shots. Next day/night was the concert. The next day I wandered around taking pictures amid flagging energy, fever and clogged head. I didn't get around as much as I wanted, nor did I get all the shots I wanted, but I'm pretty happy with what I got. It was good to get out of the US for a while.
Tango in the streets in LaBoca, birthplace of Tango.	The bright buildings of LaBoca, seen in all the travel guides.	Walkup to the viewpoint of the buildings to the left.	Me in LaBoca, the white clad figure behind me is a street performer. Taken by my cab driver, Dante.
Shooting up the tourist camino of Florida St.	LaBoca again, odd to see a street tango performer of oriental persuasion.	The dog charges of these walkers were very well-behaved. All the males have balls.	Tango art in LaBoca.
The sign of the sandwich shop next to my motel.	$7 steak dinner with three sides and a drink anyone? Argentine beef is AWESOME.	Basilica Neustra, built in 1732.	The place in the middle really stuck out, this was a driveby shooting.
Recoleto street scene, I call it Blue Dog wall. The dog on the sidewalk made the shot.	Dining room of my motel.	Congress building with the "post bills here" placard in front. Those green "post here" signs are all over the city.	Plaza de Mayo casualty.
Casa Rosada or the "Pink House" naturally it was raining when I got to the park, this was taken from the shelter of a tree.	Congress dome detail.	Breakfast nearing its end at the Claridge Hotel.	Hip shot. :) Argentine women are GORGEOUS. How they stay so slim eating steak at midnight I can't figure out, must be small portions.
Beagle bay boys. If one of my dogs was in this group the fence would not be standing.	Colorful bar in Recoleto.	Just another downtown bum.	Contrasting building styles.
Supports for big old tree and street performer jumping into the shot.	The not-so-glam side of tourist Florida St.	Making out in the park.	Church? No, the ceiling of an upscale shopping mall! Great work.
Cop and bellhop in front of the Claridge hotel. All the BA cops are federal, there is no city police force.	LaBoca courtyard scene.	Random Florida street shots.	This is the George Washington of Argentina, but his name escapes me. I waited around until the pigeons returned.
Inside Basilica Neustra.	Pedestrian bridge, or Puenta De La Mujer across the old docks. The moved the docks closer to the river, so now tons of condos and shops are going in to fill in the space.	A park near the Sheraton, I call this one Suicide Garden Path for the graffiti on the walkway wall.	Tucuman, the street my motel was on.
Loved the paintjob on this house. Driveby shooting.	More contrasts.	Argentine flags along the Sheraton.	Working hard at the construction site.
Lone cop outside the Basilica.	Veintecinco de Mayo con bird residents.	I don't know why they had smocks on, but I shot them anyway.	Another hip shot. :) Ladies, ignore that clicking sound behind you.
One of the oldest cafes in Buenos Aires, I neglected to take a shot of the front so I could recall the name. Bad photographer!	The posh new walks along the docs near the marina.	She was across from me in the park and looked to be nursing a headache...	... he was next to me and certainly would have a headache when he came to.
Just a license plate.	Shooting a wedding shooting. Great remote flash rig.	Rubble walk.	View from the room.
Dante, my driver setting up his next tango tour and trying to keep the bee out of his coffee.	I'm not sure who these hombres were, I wandered into the door thinking it was the bathroom, then saw the navy uniform. ?	One mans trash...	Wreaths from the Portuguese and Danish embassies adorned this statue.
Silver street performer making up for the Sunday gig.	Widest street in the world, Avenido de 9 Julio and the obelisco	More Plaza de Mayo buildings	Statues, graffiti and politics.
Lobby of the Claridge Hotel	Drugstore and Bar, my kind of place!	Some street someplace in the city.	Crossing the world's widest street.
Front of the Claridge Hotel.	Conpiteria Del Molino, I think. I liked the windmill doohickey on it.	More well-behaved perros.	Spot the tourists? I wandered a park at the end of Florida street just shooting urban stuff.
The tulip sculpture that opens in the morning, closes at night.	View up Florida Street.		No respect for history or art.