Dancing til Sunrise

Shall we dance?... probably not based on my tango skills. Instead, I chose to watch tango in and around Buenos Aires, the tango capital. In the neighborhood of San Telmo, where I spent most of my time, dancers will dance around the plaza and then pass a hat for donations. They are quite incredible and I feel like I am in a different decade watching this style of dance. Most of my time, I laid back in a chair with my cup of cafe and allowed the Buenos Aires world to float by me. I now understand why people never leave this country once visiting it first on their travels. Buenos Aires screams with energy and radiates vibrantly in true Latin style.

Each neighborhood has a flavor all its own. If I lived here, I would take up residence in Palermo that has cute boutique shops, international restaurants, and quaint cobblestone streets lined with trees. San Telmo is a little edgier with more antique shops, but my favorite to photograph was La Boca because of all its color. Although, La Boca is not necessarily in the safest neighborhood, it has the most interesting 2 blocks of colorful architecture.







In Recoleta, a ritzy neighborhood, one of the most famous cemeteries resides here. The rich and famous of Buenos Aires including Eva Peron and past presidents are buried in some of the quite large and elaborate crypts. One of these crypts is probably worth more than my house these days and seems more spacious.



To end my final night in Buenos Aires, I met up with Ankit, an old co-worker from work and we danced the night away. We started dinner at 10:30pm and finished it around 2am and then danced til 6am when the club eventually closed. I really didn't notice the time and was quite awake til sunrise. I could have kept going if there was another club close enough. Ankit almost bailed out on me early, but then decided that he needed to close the club down with me in the end. This is typical Buenos Aires night life and plenty of after hour clubs exist to keep people dancing until noon. I didn't have it in me and headed back to my hostel as people started their work day.