Trip to Tigre

Its been a while since I have updated this so here is some filling in. Went to Tigre the weekend after Thanksgiving (I didn´t know any Americans so I just brushed the holiday off). The hostel I was staying was full for Saturday night so I decided to take a day trip to Tigre, about an hour outside Buenos Aires on a commuter train. Its a small town on the delta of Rio Parana de las Palmas that was a big casino town. The state outlawed gambling in the 1933 and the town has become a little run down, though all of the buildings and clubs from its day are still around. There were a bunch of rowing clubs and cool buildings. They have a pretty extensive market on the weekends that weirdly reminded me of home. A lot of shops around the area looked like they belonged on Ballard Ave. A little strange. The hostel I stayed was pretty bad. It was outside of Tigre and you had to take a boat to get there. So many beds in the room you couldn´t move. I was in the room by myself though which was nice. The place was pretty poorly constructed but right on the river. No one spoke English which made it a little difficult. Luckily another guest ran a Spanish school in Buenos Aries and was able to help me out.
To get back to the train station on Sunday, I had to take the lancha collectiva back to Tigre since the hostel´s boat was not running. This turned out to be great since the hostel was in a real sketchy area and the water taxi took us all over the different waterways to get back to town, a bit of a free tour. It was beautiful and pretty cool looking.