¨Don´t cry for me...

...Ar-gen-teeeeeee-na¨

Evita. Eva Peron. Wife of former president Juan Peron and an infamous Argentinian much loved by her country for her charity work and her support of women's rights. Even in death, Evita still has something of a celebrity status, and to find out a bit more about this interesting figure I went to a museum that is entirely devoted to her life and times. It even had english translations!, a timeline of her life, and displays of a few of her outfits. I guess she is to Argentina what Princess Di was to Britain.

What most people see of Evita here though, is her gravesite at the Recoletta cemetary, final resting place of the rich, famous and Argentinian elite. And it shows. Some of the "graves" here are more like miniature chapels, some even come close to small houses. A place up for sale will cost you a few hundred thousand dollars at least, depending on location location location (near the entrance is more expensive, near Evita they are having trouble selling)!

So I jumped on an English tour around the cemetary with a fantastically charismatic guide Francesca, who was not only very informative but also gave in insight into Argentinians themselves, such as how they believe that "god made a mistake and instead of putting Argentina in Europe he dropped us in the southern hemisphere accidentally".

The woman could talk, and for 2 and a half hours she took us around and told us a few of the fascinating stories behind some of the tombs, including the one of a young girl who was wrongly pronounced dead after an epileptic fit and buried alive. The family realised when her coffin was found on the floor of the tomb thing 3 days later as she'd obviously tried to get out.....

In comparison to some of the huge graves, Evita's was quite nondescript, in fact pretty understated considering her celebrity. Francesca told us the dirt on Evita and Peron though, so it seems that not all in Argentina "belong to the Evita fan club" as she says. Evita's body was actually missing for 25 years after her death, hidden in a cemetary in Milan. Franscesca said that "only in Argentina could this happen", and I can believe it!

Last fun in BA was the San Telmo market on Sunday. Went with a bunch of people from the hostel and wandered around. They were selling everything there you can imagine, you´ll see in the photos pocket watches, records, jewellery, soda bottles, nick nacks, collectables, cutlery and even gramaphones!! My personal favourite was the Spanish version of Help by ¨Los Beatles¨!

So that's it for now. Next up is the Iguaçu falls , let´s see how they measure up to Niagra!