El Tigre

One day we visited El Tigre, which is a short train ride from downtown BA. The city is on a huge river, Rio de la Plata. It is too wide to see across and empties into the ocean through a huge delta. El Tigre is an area right on the delta. Many middle class Argentinians have vacation houses scattered around the delta. There's a boat shuttle to get around, and we took it to one of the little islets, where we went for a hike.

All the little channels and boats reminded me of Venice...only a little muddier. But perhaps actually LESS polluted. And not sinking!

We had lunch and took a map that described a two hour loop hike around the island. Everything seemed straightforward, but about a third of the way around the trail abruptly ended. We took a path that looked like it was possibly the trail, and ended up bushwhacking through a swampy area where suddenly we were attacked by a swarm of mosquitos. Literally, we could see them flying after us in a pack. I sustained several bites, but for some reason Argentinian mosquitos are much less noxious than Ecuadorian ones. I was still irritatingly itchy from week-old Ecua-bites, and the Argie ones strangely barely even itched. I love Argies!