we pull into BA on the 8 lane
9th July boulevard, widest in the world

street entertainment in the centre

handy police car ... not exactly Starsky & Hutch tho

it took 5 mins to tow away this car ... now there's a lesson for car thieves

good wine in our compact & bijou flat

Dakar motors, sound people

empanadas (little pasties) are made fresh ... cheese, cheese & onion, tuna, roquefort, chicken, meat ...

flat decoration

Jacko's Big Bear Kiosk

down by the pink palace ...

Casa Rosario is the parliament

the disputes over farming spill into the city centre again

there's some fantastic architecture in BA

un poco de queso y vino sobre el balcon de nos departamento ...

a dog walker neglecting duty ...

the 70s style university library built in the 90s over Eva Peron's birthplace

dinner in the trendy Madera area by the rejuvenated dock section

Sara at the wheel for a change

Palermo viejo, another trendy area to eat, drink & shop

street music, San Telmo style

tango-tastic

more street entertainment, San Telmo style ;)

how tickled I am ...

empanada delivery boy ...

mobile library ?

Recoletta cemetry ...

fantastic cakes too !

top value ! only missing the mushy peas ...

trendy micro brewery bar in Palermo viejo

We ride out to the Polo, 80Km out of BA, on the bike

they're a little confused as we're not in a large, expensive motor ...but have to let us in as we have a ticket

the FREE drinks are appealing ... wouldn't happen in the UK as the beer would run out before the match !

pristine white leather sofas at the exclusively expensive watch stand, where we ate our empanadas & drank our free beer ;)

2 marching bands start the proceedings (late of course)

very strange game, like live spot the ball ...

for the ridiculously rich

credit is not big in Argentina, so the big credit machines are keen to sponsor to get in

the bully off - the ref throws the ball in & it's sticks akimbo

Sara trys the cow pelt chair

this was a big fixture in the polo calendar

we visit the zoo ...

capybara

viscacha, just like we missed narrowly at 4,500m crossing from Bolivia to Chile

9th July road again

street entertainment

interesting theatre

a working dog walker

exhibition at the Belles Artes

some crackin old bikes ...

Harley engines haven't changed tho !

La Poderosa ... Enersto Guevara's bike