after preparing for adrian’s visit to the brazilian consulate this morning (he needs a visa), we took the train over to tigre. the train was packed…like a crowded tokyo subway. tigre was also packed with tourists…including a lot of portenos (people from buenos aires), on account of the holiday weekend (dia de colon). we wandered over to the river and caught a boat which then drove up and down the river for a couple of hours….which was really nice. it turns out the tigre has tons of little islands and narrow channels between them. it’s kind of like a more natural version of venice (or kinda what i imagine the bayous to be like). the islands are all covered with nice green grass and cool trees, and lining the river are houses…from small rusted shacks to beautiful mansions. it’s really peaceful and feels like you’ve been transported to another world. in addition to taking passengers like us, the boat also serves as a shuttle and a delivery boat.

unfortunately, my pictures aren’t too good…and can’t capture the beauty and calm of tigre. later, we went to a nice little cafe. i don’t like mayo, so i tried to request the salad (rice, tomato, palmito, etc) with chicken instead of chicken salad. as expected, i ended up with a heaping bowl of chicken salad instead.