Some pictures
I'm enjoying this city a lot so far, but the police baracades at the government buildings and the big lines of cops are a little disconcerting. But I suppose I've filmed riots in Toronto, so I can't say what its larger meaning is. Anyway, since us North Americans tend to assume that the rest of the world is a shanty town, I wanted to post a few more pictures.
Malls look the same everywhere in the world
As I wrote, this is a very diverse city that reminds me of a lot of places. But these two pictures from the pedestrian shopping district
really reminded me a lot of Amsterdam.
There's a lot of nice older architecture as well, although it does seem a little beaten down both by age, and judging by the amount of anti-government grafitti on them, I suspect that to some extent it has a political connection to previous (or current) regimes that are none too popular.
Finally, these last two pictures are from the Plaza de Mayo (like a central town square).
As far as getting around in English, I'd say it's about as easy as getting around Toronto in French… Definitely do-able, but I'm guessing about 10% of people speak English well enough to have a conversation (and it's not really hard to navigate the rest of it gesturally when it comes down to it). Pricing seems to be about 40% to 90% what it would cost in Canada or America. I wish we were able to stay longer; I'd love to travel farther south, but that'll have to wait until next year.
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