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Here are some pictures from the city of Buenos Aires to round up my trip to Argentina. I was there for one month but spend most of my time indoors watching the 2010 World Cup. In contrast to my last trip there 4 years ago, I didn’t go crazy with food and “only” put on 2 kilos (about 4.5 lbs). What surprised me was how cold it was almost every single day. I didn’t remember the city to be that cold while growing up there.

Casa Rosada

Plaza de Mayo

Corner of Roque Saenz Peña and San Martin

It was my first time ever visiting Caminito in the neighborhood of La Boca. Despite being a very cold afternoon in Buenos Aires, there were a lot of tourists visiting the place.

Caminito, La Boca

Maradona on the balcony

Wall art

Caminito, La Boca

Caminito, La Boca

Caminito, La Boca

Maradona, Evita and Gardel

Caminito, La Boca

Old tram rails

Maradona stencil art

Evita and Che Guevara

Celebrities on the balconies

Street art

Caminito, La Boca

Caminito, La Boca

Caminito, La Boca

Caminito, La Boca

Caminito, La Boca

Caminito, La Boca

Old cafe

Caminito, La Boca

Cementerio de Recoleta is a must for people visiting Buenos Aires. The place is so jam packed with mausoleums statues and architectural details that one could spend a whole day to see it all.

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Tomb of Liliana Crociati de Szaszak

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Mausoleum interior

There are lots of important Argentine people buried here, from former presidents to artists to sports figures.

Luis Firpo

Evita’s burial place is easy to spot because you can always find a group of people standing around it at any time. She is in her family’s mausoleum.

Evita Duarte (de Peron) resting place

Evita Duarte (de Peron) resting place

Some tombs were unkept and in pretty bad shape. Some have even been vandalized.

Unkept Tomb

Vandalized tomb

There were however workers doing restoration work at the main entrance.

Restoration work at front entrance