Vagabonding in Latin America: Buenos Aires

Intro

This blog will record my six-month long trip around Latin America, showing some of my best photos of the trip
Hope you will enjoy it!
Que lo disfruten bien!

Buenos Aires

My six month vagabonding in Latin America started in one of my favourite cities worldwide, Buenos Aires.
Having rented an apartment in Palermo for two weeks, I could see what it is like to live in this wonderful but 'cursed' city.
One the one side, the decadent and yet grand beauty of the buildings and squares built up to the 1920s, with Plaza de Mayo and Avenida de Mayo, the tango quarter of San Telmo, when time has stopped, and the posh and European Palermo, with bars, restaurants and lots of live music.
On the other, I was 'lucky' enough to experience what the locals said was one of the craziest weeks in Buenos Aires. First, the hottest week ever experienced in early november (early spring here), with highs of over 40 degrees. This caused 'el apagon', a massive black out that cut off the whole city for a day, including the subte and the air conditioning. Then there was "siete ene", a huge strike against the government: on 7 november, people took the streets banging pots and pans at ten in the evening (night doesn't start in BA until 2am...). Finally, a 'basura' (rubbish) strike made the whole environment so unreal, and what we were breathing wasn't really 'buenos aires'...
Real life in Buenos Aires couldn't get any more real...