[Leica] Buenos Aires 2

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Don D & Jim N

Thanks for looking. I saw no evidence of any unrest while I was there, both
in Buenos Aires and Ushuaia. Everything seemed totally normal.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 10:58 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> You provided a great sampling of Buenos Aires, Jayanand.
>
> My favorites were Tango and Mathieu.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 11/16/2019 7:54 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> > The second installment of Buenos Aires photographs is up. This mainly
> > consists of two locations. Firstly, the iconic La Recoleta Cemetery,
> where,
> > most famously, Eva Peron is interred, together with droves of Argentina's
> > rich and powerful over the decades, which is part cemetery and part
> > Disneyland - the only cemetery I have ever been to where children run
> > around playing as if it were a park, without a care in the world,
> > unburdened with the lingering traces of ghosts. Maybe it is a public park
> > at that, judging the atmosphere is so sunny, festive and light.!
> >
> > Discussion:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14716.jpg.html
> >
> > Conversation:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14722.jpg.html
> >
> > Modern Times:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191006-14764.jpg.html
> >
> > Portrait (at Eva Peron's grave):
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14746.jpg.html
> >
> > Looksee:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14747.jpg.html
> >
> > Impatience:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14727.jpg.html
> >
> > Curiosity:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14755.jpg.html
> >
> > We were supposed to go to Mendoza, the wine growing heart of Argentina,
> but
> > a pilot's strike put paid to that. So we stayed on in Buenos Aires, went
> to
> > a soccer match featuring River Plate, one of Argentina's top two teams. I
> > did not take a camera with me into a crowd of 70,000 screaming
> supporters,
> > but it was an experience, all the same. Walking back to the vehicle, in
> the
> > night, in the midst of 25,000 singing fans gives me the goose pimples
> even
> > today, when I think about it. The other place where we spent some time
> was
> > at a local flea market, which was great fun:
> >
> > Shop:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191006-14777.jpg.html
> >
> > Craftsman:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191006-14781.jpg.html
> >
> > Pose:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191006-14790.jpg.html
> >
> > Tango:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191006-14933.jpg.html
> >
> > The last photograph of this set can be put down to serendipity, so
> > important when exploring a city on foot. The four of us walked into a
> wine
> > bar for a refreshing glass, only to find that it was run by two
> youngsters,
> > and had opened only the day before. We found it to be a most agreeable,
> and
> > well priced place, and asked Mathieu, the young bartender, to arrange a
> > wine tasting (for missing Mendoza!) the next day. This is Mathieu in his
> > environs:
> >
> > Mathieu:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14667.jpg.html
> >
> > Please see LARGE
> >
> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome!
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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