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In Plaza Francia next to La Biela (next to the necropolis) is this huge rubber tree which is 20 meters high and 50 meters wide (!!!) To give you a sense of scale I've posed next to the massive tree, to the right of the main trunk. |
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This massive Palo borracho (drunken branch) has huge thorns covering its belly and has very, very odd limbs and shoots. It is huge- this is a quite large panorama. |
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Caminito is a tourist-centered street in the La Boca barrio of Buenos Aires where the typical corrugated-metal structured are painted brightly and artists show their wares. |
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Here is the wides street in the world, at this point 20 lanes wide (July 9 Avenue) and the center obelisk completed in 1936. |
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El Ateneo Grand Splendid, una joya entre las librerías del mundo |
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Taken from the highest building in Buenos Aires. |
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The Plaza de Mayo was the colonial plaza and changed name to celebrate independence on 25 May 1810. |
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This massive, 3 block by 3 block city of the dead has alleys and streets filled with mausoleums. |
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Plaze de Mayo was the original main square. It became Mayo on 25 May 1810 when independence came to Argentina. |