Abandoned Blog returns in Buenos Aires

Apologies for abandoning the blog.  After the last post Mish and I made our way back to Santiago Chile stopping to stay with our friends in Chiloe and Anna in Talca. Berta put us up for the night in Santiago and the next day we crossed the Andes into Mendoza Argentina, an area famous for its wines. From Mendoza we drove to a town named Rio Cuarto. 6 hours of riding though flatlands of industrial corn and soy fields. From Mendoza to Buenos Aires was much of the same, except we entered Buenos Aires, a city of 14 million, at night and in a rain storm. Quite possibly the most dangerous experience of my life as nothing could have prepared me for the aggressiveness of the drivers. Magically we made it into the city center and our destination without getting lost. Mish's wife Susan flew down and met us in the city and we spent the next two weeks doing city things. Museums, plays, restaurants, shoe shopping, etc. A highlight was visiting the famous cemetery in Recoleta, a city within the city that houses the most wealthy Argentineans of the past. The Mausoleums may house entire families and extend 3 stories below ground, the caskets stacked one on top of another all the way up in some cases.

Photos of Recoleta Cemetary