My main event in Buenos Aires was ‘An Evening at the Tango’ with three friends from our dinner table, Ruth, Christine and Dave. Our evening included a three course meal, a tango spectacular and all the wine you could drink.
It was just brilliant. The dancing display, the food and wine, and the music played by a wonderful traditional Argentinian five-piece orchestra.
The steak was huge, an inch and a half thick, but so deliciously tender.
The orchestra were located in a section of the stage above the dancers.
The orchestra of course included a fine bandoneon (traditional accordion) player and a very good violin player. I’ll put some on YouTube when I get back.
The dancers too, with their precise footwork, dramatic pauses, and intricate leg movements, created plenty of awe-inspiring moments.
And outside the theatre a most obliging armed police officer kindly joined me in a selfie. What a nice way to end an evening.
We are now heading directly southwards and it’s getting cooler every day. Maximum 18 degrees today but about 14 degrees when we reach Punta Arenas in the Magellan Straits on Friday.
I will be leaving the ship very early on Friday and flying up to Santiago in Chile. Then on Saturday we fly to Calama in the Atacama desert, then by road to San Pedro de Atacama, where the temperature will be 30 degrees or more.
From our base in San Pedro, we will visit ‘Rainbow Valley,’ ‘Chaxa Lagoon’ with its salt flats and flamingos, and ‘Moon Valley.’ Additionally, we will explore a geothermal field and embark on a late evening astronomical excursion.
We fly back to Santiago and eventually re-join the ship in Valparaiso late in the evening on Wednesday, 5th February.
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