Buenos Aires

Chris (the Scottish fellow who I met) and I spent yesterday obsorbing the sights of Buenos Aires. The citys layout and feel is reminiscent of classic European-late 18th-19th century architecture. As for the flow of the city, one could compare it -partly- as a New York. The pace of life, to some degree, is more mild but the amount of traffic and amount of people in such a dense area is similar. As for cost, take the price of an item in the states and devide it by 3- Basically, everything is about the 3rd of the price.

The combination of a bustling city with European flare, and prices that guarantee any traveler will have a good time, has so far created for an enjoyable stay.

I think I´ll stay in the city a couple more days, and then... most likely head south.

Interesting information about Buenos Aiers:

In 1880, when Buenos Aires officially became the capital of Argentina, the city still betrayed its origins as a modest entrepot that had only recently emerged from the shadow of Lima and other centers of colonial power. There were few paved streets or multistory buildings. The primitive port required passengers and cargo to be carted up a muddy bank to dry land.

Though, during the next 50 years, the city’s fortune took a rapid turn for the better. European investment and immigration exploded as Argentina’s fertile pampas became one of the world’s principal sources of beef and leather. The sudden prosperity launched a building boom that would come to define the city’s architectural personality. According to Pablo Guiraldes, an Argentine architect and lecturer at the University of Maryland School of Architecture who recently spoke at IDB headquarters in Washington, D.C., Buenos Aires’ landed elites set out to transform the city based on an unabashedly European ideal.
"They wanted to show that Buenos Aires was as big, as magnificent and as elegant as the most important capitals of the world"