Tigre and Tigers

This morning we got up early and went to meet the tour bus at the fancy Hilton hotel downtown. The bus took us to the Coastal Train (Tren de la Costa), and we rode it to the town of San Isidro. The train drivers were on strike, so after waiting for it, we didn't have too much time to see San Isidro. We got back on the bus and rode through the very very rich part of San Isidro until we reached Tigre. Tigre is a city located on a river delta about 30 minutes north of Buenos Aires. The people that live on and around the delta have no cars or roads - only boats.We had a lovely tour of the delta while sipping on coffee, hot chocolates, and coke lights on a catamaran up the river. We saw people's homes, the "grocery store boat", and even a boat gas station.

After a very nice lunch back in the city (ask grandma about all the pecans in her salad!), we took the 152 bus to the city zoo. After fighting our way through hundreds of families with small children, we paid our 8 pesos and entered. Some animals are not in cages and run free around the zoo - like muscrats, and these weird dog/rabbit animals:

The zoo lets you feed the animals, which, putting aside moral issues, is awesome because they all want to come right up to you. You can almost pet the zebras and baboons.

After the zoo it was, of course, ice cream time. It was also a little bit of packing time! The trip is almost over!