Saturday, March 19, 2011
Bicycle ride in Buenos Aires
This morning I went on a guided bicycle ride through the southern part of Buenos Aires.
Meeting point was Plaza san Martin. I had to get there from Flores by Subte (subway-metro) linea E departing from station Varela. Changed at Independencia to linea C direction Retiro then towards Plaza San Martin.
Just had to wait a few minutes before Jantien, the Dutch tour guide, arrived with 2 bikes. Later she was joined by 2 guides and they brought the 2 bikes for the other visitors, a couple form Kentucky. As it is the end of the tourist season there were just the three of us to make the tour.
We started a downhill ride and plunged into the traffic of Buenos Aires.
They had warned me over and over again how aggressive and dangerous Argentineans drive, but this was beyond my comprehension. They ignore red lights, cut you off when taking a right turn and you go straight ahead, take over leaving just a space of one centimeter and sometimes almost seem to want to run you over just for the fun of it.
So the answer to this is, ride your bike on the footpaths.
Anyway the tour took us through a large part of southern Buenos Aires, not missing the statue and tomb of Eva Perron.
Visiting Buenos Aires by bike gives you the opportunity to cover a bigger distance then walking and giving you a better view then when traveling by bus or taxi... It's the best of two worlds.
We had a stop at the park of xxx and had a drink in the garden of the museum of xxx.
I was struck by this painting and for some stupid reason I forgot to write down the name of the painting as well name of the artist.
We visited the botanical garden and I saw more kinds of roses then I imagined that excited. And the rose, no matter her name, smells sweet. (free after Shakespeare :-) )
At 1 pm we arrived back at our starting point but now we had to pedal up hill which was the hardest part of the tour.
I really enjoyed it and if you even visit Buenos Aires, don't miss the opportunity to see it by bike.
Philip and Jantien at Plaza San Martin
Meeting point was Plaza san Martin. I had to get there from Flores by Subte (subway-metro) linea E departing from station Varela. Changed at Independencia to linea C direction Retiro then towards Plaza San Martin.
Just had to wait a few minutes before Jantien, the Dutch tour guide, arrived with 2 bikes. Later she was joined by 2 guides and they brought the 2 bikes for the other visitors, a couple form Kentucky. As it is the end of the tourist season there were just the three of us to make the tour.
We started a downhill ride and plunged into the traffic of Buenos Aires.
They had warned me over and over again how aggressive and dangerous Argentineans drive, but this was beyond my comprehension. They ignore red lights, cut you off when taking a right turn and you go straight ahead, take over leaving just a space of one centimeter and sometimes almost seem to want to run you over just for the fun of it.
So the answer to this is, ride your bike on the footpaths.
Anyway the tour took us through a large part of southern Buenos Aires, not missing the statue and tomb of Eva Perron.
Visiting Buenos Aires by bike gives you the opportunity to cover a bigger distance then walking and giving you a better view then when traveling by bus or taxi... It's the best of two worlds.
We had a stop at the park of xxx and had a drink in the garden of the museum of xxx.
I was struck by this painting and for some stupid reason I forgot to write down the name of the painting as well name of the artist.
We visited the botanical garden and I saw more kinds of roses then I imagined that excited. And the rose, no matter her name, smells sweet. (free after Shakespeare :-) )
At 1 pm we arrived back at our starting point but now we had to pedal up hill which was the hardest part of the tour.
I really enjoyed it and if you even visit Buenos Aires, don't miss the opportunity to see it by bike.
Philip and Jantien at Plaza San Martin
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