Tigre is such a lovely place, and is a good weekend retreat for those who want to escape the monotony of city living and the bad air pollution. The boat ride is a dream; just stick your head out and breathe in the fresh country air, and with olden-day scenes of wooden cabins, long grasses and tall trees everywhere, you might just imagine you were back in the olden days.

 Grace enjoying the scenery from the boat

 Small trees

 Big trees

 Many of these holiday cabins looked like they haven’t been used for years

 This delta has many different turns

 A rowing club

 Lush greenery

 Moon high up in the sky

 A vintage-looking docking area

Nowadays Tigre is regarded as “Argentine’s Rowing Cradle”

Here you can see the ferris wheel from the amusement park

 Interesting trivia:

Tigre has a current population of 3000 inhabitants and its “isles” are exploited mainly to supply the paper industry with cellulose and agglomerate. The markets here are famous for their wicker products, and the cultivation of wicker for craftsmanship purposes represent between 80 and 90% of the entire production of Argentina.

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