Photos for May
I have put up some photos from May in the photo gallery. These photos include the 25th May celebrations in Plaza de Mayo and some photos from a little trip we did to the city of La Plata.
25th of May is a national holiday here in Argentina to celebrate the day of the revolution. On 25th May 1810, the people of Buenos Aires declared their independance from Spain, however this was not formalised until 6 years later on the 9th July 1816 (Independance Day).
La Plata is a small city about 55km south of Buenos Aires. Yamila had a Paleo conference to attend there so I went along one of the days to have a look around the city. We stayed overnight and attended a dinner with all the Paleontologists. La Plata is the capital of the province of Buenos Aires. There are around 400,000 people inhabiting this entirely planned city with grid pattern streets joined by diagonal streets (See photo). It can get very confusing at some intersections with streets going off in all directions. La Plata is the home to the La Plata Museum of Nartural Sciences which is quite large and home to many things including a large collection of fossils and some well preserved mummies.
