Prepare for landing...... (Buenos Aires)

We are "preparing for landing" in Buenos Aires at the Aeroparque International Jorge Newbery. Coming from the east and over the River Plate (not silver at all, more brown and muddy) we head straight for La Boca. You can recognise La Boca from the air by the iron bridges near the harbour.  To the right of the bridges is the Stadium "La Bomboneira" of the "Boca Juniors". La Boca is known for the bright colored houses where you can spend the day sitting on a terrace while watching tango. 

As we proceed we pass Puerto Madero, the converted old docks. Now it is a very "upmarket" place. Extremely modern sky scrapers posh restaurants and shops, beautiful opportunities to make pictures..... a yuppie paradise.

We even see the Puente de la  Mujer in full glory.

Here the Puerto in full length.

 Next there is this large park. Buenos Aires looks so nice and green from this angle. The main railway station, the Estacion Retiro, is in the middle of the picture. In the middle (left) is theTorre Monumental (the former Torre de los Ingleses). More in the front is the main busstation.

On the upper left side of the park is the last part of the Av. Florida, a famous long shopping street, taht begins on the Av. de Mayo.

We are almost at the airport....  The railway tracks form the boundary between the favella (the slums) and the rest of the city. The highway cuts right through everything.

A last look at the town....

And we are happy to be on the ground again. We flew with this beautifully colored airplane of GOL. Don't forget to take some paper napkins or such to clean the windows before take off.... your pictures will be a lot better.

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