Buenos Aires. Sunday November 19th 2006.

Sunday and its the bus to La Boca with Carlos taking in the sights of the city including the Sunday football game on waste ground. We are going along listening to Brazilian music on the MP3 player such as Traicion by Miranda.

In Caminito we hit the markets. We also see an art exhibit by Roberto Jofre and I treat myself to a CD of tango music in the home of tango.

You can't describe the atmosphere, it is electric as the sun beats down and a steel band (whom I find myself playing tamborine for) make their way through the streets as couples dance the tango defrente i.e. straight ahead of us as we luncheon at Filiberro.

La Boca is the football mad home of the Boca Juniors which sits along the port at the mouth of Rio Riachuelo and it was built by the Italian immigrant population from Genoa and it is still very much an Italian neighbourhood today.

We then take the bus to Retiro Station from where we will take a train out of town to Tigre.

They even pass the Mate on the train and I love the sights onboard as we are entertained by windpipe and guitar players.

The train though quickly becomes very overcrowded particularly after we pass the exclusive tennis clubs and the race track as we head out of the city.

Carlos is very concerned that I might die if I lean too much against the doors...Morir is his cry every time the doors look like opening.

Tigre, a favoured weekend destination of the Porteño, is well worth the visit. Along with thousands of others we spend the afternoon strolling its river bank.

Situated just off the Rio de la Plata it is time to take to the water and explore the Delta del Paraná.

Our cruise will take us on the Rio Lujan, the Rio Carapachay, along the ARR Angostura, the Rio Espera and the Rio Sarmiento.

This could easily be Putney with all the rowers of the Buenos Aires Rowing Club out on the river.

After another successful day in Buenos Aires, its back home by train and tube.