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The other two people were father and daughter, and they were voyaging to
Antarctica for 10 days on the Lindblad Expeditions cruise.  They were initially
supposed to go a month or so ago, but the expedition had to cancel for
mechanical problems.  The young woman, approximately mid 30 to late 30s, is
named Jennifer.  She’s an ad exec in New York, and deals with search engine
marketing and optimization quite a bit.  I enjoyed talking with both her and
her father about their plans for the trip, and what their expectations were.
They were flying the same day down to Ushuaia, and then planned to travel out
this weekend.

I arrived at my friend’s apartment in downtown Buenos Aires.  Wow - what a
city.  I don’t really care for such large cities - there are 5 million in the
inner circle of Buenos Aires and 15 million people in the outer circle of
Buenos Aires.  When you fly away from Buenos Aires, if flying during daylight,
imagine New York City without the tall buildings.  The tallest buildings were
about 10 or 11 stories that I saw, although I think I might have seen a few
that were perhaps 20 stories.  All in all - Buenos Aires is flat, very flat.

I was beyond exhaustion and working on a major sleep deficit for three days, if
not perhaps longer than that.  I took a shower, quick nap, and then went to my
friend’s office.  I was quickly impressed by the company, its environment and
its people.  Despite having just one hour scheduled, I ended up spending
several hours that afternoon and evening with this technology company.

There is a promenade that reminds me of Stockholm, only longer and dirtier in
the Microcenter in Buenos Aires.  It’s called Florida - you can get to it from
Lavalle - but be prepared - this area is claustrophobic - you can not walk
quickly without watching every step - the sidewalks exist, however, there are
broken stones - so bring comfy walking shoes and be prepared to just go with
the flow.  It’ll also take you one hour to walk from Esmeralda to Lavalle to
Florida - due to weekday chaos.  Weekends are much, much better so wait until
the weekend to do heavy walking if possible.  There are few crowds then.

What is very cool on Florida Avenue is the carnival-like atmosphere - such
strange walks of life, and performers - I was unable to spend time on pictures
here, but when I return if possible, I might be able to grab a picture or two.
From flute players, to bandolinos, to street tricks, to strangely dressed
frozen mimics - which were absolutely stunning and worth slowing down to take a
shot - only I was running late due to the time it took to walk from place to
place.