Trip planning and hydrating at cafe on Puerto Madero
Sunday morning’s plan was to catch the speed boat to Colonia, Uruguay and spend the day walking the old cobblestone streets and relaxing on the beach. But the boat sold out before we got to the front of the line. By this time Ava (and me) were fixated on getting out on the water somehow someway. So we found an article about taking a train to Tigre, then returning to BsAs by boat. Good enough we thought. What we ended up with was a boat tour of a very unexpected Argentinian low country vacation spot in the lower Parana Delta. Then a great fast ride back to the city on the Rio De La Plata. Blue line on the map shows train, red line shows boat. Google Map link. Some of the best adventures happen by accident.
Most folks are on summer holiday here, so the the little rivers were stuffed full of swimmers and boats, but other than that it looked a lot like Charleston in spots. By the time we hit the main River, the wind was howling. To step out into the open area on the back of the boat was to be instantly soaked. We stepped off the boat at Puerto Madera back in town and walked into to a movie set. They were shooting some kind of car sequence but the wind was howling.
Tigre waterfront area
Lots of locals playing in the creeks as we headed up into the delta
wow. That could easily be Johns Island.
Couple of boats playing around in some big breeze in the River
It was just a cheesy tour boat, but it had REALLY nice seats.
Prepping for our close up on the movie set.
First view of Buenos Aires skyline from Rio De La Plata