Honeymoon in Argentina - November - Any Recommendations?

[filmfan]

Hello,

I've been away from RFFfor some time now and could be making a foray back into my long-lost interest in photography. I think my honeymoon in Argentina will help provide a setting that will inspire me to take photos again.

I am looking for advice on where to go and what to do while in Argentina -- this can be as specific or general as you wish! I am simply taking all thoughts into consideration as I know practically nothing about where to go or what to do.

My time in Argentina will be the first 2 weeks of November 2015. I think I am going to bring a Contax G2 with me but am still unsure of what camera to bring...

I appreciate any ideas you have!

- Sam

 

[Lauffray]

Spend a few days in Buenos Aires, it's a great city (got my Ricoh stolen there on my first day 😀)

Iguazu falls, Salta and Mendoza are also very interesting.

 

[whitecat]

If you are in Buenos Aires at the end, you can go to Casa Jose and have your film developed and put on CD. Cheap. Cheaper if you use the American dollar.

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

Second the vote for Iguazu as a destination. Despite what some folks might say, the Sheraton in the park at Iguazu, to me, was totally worth the extra money. Not only do they have very good food, but they are INSIDE the park. If you get up early, you can enter the park and explore a good half-hour or more before any other tourists get there, because everyone coming to Iguazu from outside must first go to the visitor center, park, then board the little train that brings them to the falls. Get a room on the falls side of the hotel, then get up at the crack of dawn and go out on your balcony to watch the sunrise through the mist cloud thrown up by the Garganta Del Diablo.

In Buenos Aires, take in Palermo SoHo (lots of boutiques, good restaurants, very hip and happening), Recoleta (for the cemetery where Evita is buried - her tomb itself is rather uninspiring, but there are some in there that are truly magnificent), San Telmo where they have an antiques fair every weekend and a really cool covered market, and do check out La Boca, but don't wander around it at night by yourself. It's been a rough neighborhood for the better part of a century, perhaps more. Go see a tango show or even dance in a milonga yourself, but get a taxi to and from. In daytime it's fine.

 

[lynnb]

Hey Sam, congratulations!

 

[David_Manning]

Suggestions? Use room service!!! 😉

Congrats.

 

[astro8]

Hi Sam,
Congratulations!
I've missed your postings to the gallery as I always enjoy them. I like your style.
I've been slightly absent myself ... We should rectify that 🙂

 

[raid]

Hm. Focus on your bride?

 

[pobe]

Eat meat and drink wine 🙂

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Your wife will love San Telmo and La Boca. Those are fairly touristy, but worth the trip. Be aware of your surroundings all the time, as petty crime is always a problem (pickpocketing and squirting mustard on tourists; google "the mustard trick"). And take a walk down Florida, the longest pedestrian street in the world. There is a lot of places to eat a good "asado" and, when in doubt, try (the food). Don't be picky about eating.

That, and enjoy!

 

[Roger Hicks]

No suggestions that are repeatable in polite company.

But I wish you at least as long and as happy a marriage as Frances and I: 32 years and counting...

Cheers,

R.

 

[pagpow]

Sam,

Congratulations.

I found Argentina highly varied between Buenos Aires and the more rural areas, and its diversity from the sub-tropical north to the significantly chillier south.

I second Iguazu Falls, and Buenos Aires, and would add a drive across Patagonia to the glaciers and a short stay in Ushaia. That should begin to give you an appreciation for the country's variation in climates and cultures.

Giorgio

 

[JMQ]

Hm. Focus on your bride?

That a terrible pun Raid. 🙄

 

[raid]

he he he I gave it some thoughts ... focus

 

[filmfan]

Thanks everyone!

Keep it coming...

 

[Greyscale]

When are you going to have time to take any pictures?

Congratulations.