Casa Museo Sarmiento
The house is located on the Rio Sarmiento, there lived the former Argentine president Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. The house is a museum and library. According to the Municipality of Tigre, which was in charge of building the the glass structure around it in order to protect it from the inclemencies of the weather and the passing of time.
Tigre’s Fruit Market
Shopping tour around the fruit market in Tigre
Along the canals in Tigre
Canals in Tigre
Cotton candy
Spinning candy floss in a street in Tigre
Paseo El Tigre
Picnic lunch on a Sunday in Tigre
Mate ritual
Drinking the yerba mate is considered to be more than just good for the body; it’s also good for the soul. Drinking it can be a form of meditation or reflection – allowing the goodness to infuse into the body while stimulating and resting the mind. Those who share the mate join in a kind of bond of total acceptance and friendship. Generally the server will start a new infusion and then take the first drink. This is considered an act of kindness by the other people in the circle, because usually the first serving is considered the worst.
Mate is served with a metal straw from a shared mate gourds
Boats strolling on the Paraná Delta
Boats strolling on the Paraná Delta
Going for a stroll: Tigre
Tigre is the starting point for a visit to the Paraná Delta. For locals and tourists alike, vintage mahogany commuter launches and motorboats are the favourite way to travel through its web of inter-connecting rivers and streams. Tigre has, in recent years, seen an influx of people relocating to the city from other parts of Greater Buenos Aires.
Going for a stroll: Tigre
Tigre Art Museum
In 1979 the Tigre Club [picture] was declared a National Historic Monument, and after extensive restoration it now houses the Tigre Municipal Art Museum , opened in 2006. It is definitely worth the visit when you go Tigre.
Algodón de azúcar [cotton candy]
Wikipedia explains:
The machine used to make cotton candy consists of a small bowl, into which sugar is poured and food coloring is added.
The sugar reserve bowl is spun at high speed while heaters near the rim melt the sugar, which is squeezed out through tiny holes by centrifugal force.
The molten sugar then solidifies in the air and is caught in a large metal bowl surrounding the central sugar reservoir bowl. The operator of the machine twirls a stick, cone, or their hands around the rim of the large catching bowl, gathering the sugar strands into portions. Modern cotton candy machines work in much the same way as older ones.
At the fruit market
When visition Tigre, you should visit the mercado de frutos [fruit market], the market has a good variety of activities, crafts, pottery, rustic furniture, bars and restaurants, plants, fruits and boat rides. These are among the many offerings, where you’ll find tourists from everywhere.
Inside the Delta’s streams
In El Tigre, using the commuter passenger boats and motorboats are the favorite way to travel through its web of inter-connecting rivers and streams of the Delta. Inside those streams’ nodes, you’ll find many houses. This is one of them. The people can reach the boats by the little bridge in the front.
Gas station
The city of Tigre, that lies on the Paraná Delta, is an island created by several small streams and rivers. To navigate one can use taxi-boats. This is where and how they fill in their tank :=)
Replica
When you are going for long rides on the vessels, touring rivers and streams of the Paraná Delta, you can do so on board of a replica of those old paddle steamers. Of course, that one in Tigre [18 miles north of the Buenos Aires] uses gas.
Delta-Parana
The Delta is a type of fluvial opening, in this case, a river, called Parana. The great sediment deposition which is dragged to this current forms its space, and for that reason it is constantly growing, characterized by a labyrinth made up of innumerable islands, streams, brooks, rivers and channels. This is a picture taken along those numerous channels.
