August 23: Tigre

We still had never experienced the train in Argentina. Many of them in Retiro station were heading to Tigre. It was the perfect occasion to visit a lovely area and enjoy the funky train. Tigre is a nice little town built in 1820, located on the Parana Delta and just an hour far from north Buenos Aires. The main parts of the town sit on an island created by the river and numerous streams. The port was especially developped to serve the Delta. We could tell by the popular "Puerto de frutos" (fruit port) and the riverside crafts fair (wood and wicker are a most) the port was still quite active. The town knows violent flood desvastation though. As a result, most of the houses are heightened and that surely gives a particular charm to the island. Children go to school on boat, the trees grow in the water among the twigs and there are boat gaz stations lying all over the river. That is certainly not a good advertisement for Greenpeace but it's fun and surprising. We visited the island with a lovely boat tour and spent some time on the "continent". Back to Buenos Aires, we enjoyed a friendly gathering over an electro-chacarera concert in "La Catedral" underground milonga for our farewell night in Capital Federal.