Los Gatos!

On Thursday we visited the Recoleta Cemetery, an ornate mini-city of mausoleums located behind imposing walls. Apparently, only the incredibly wealthy can afford to have their coffins placed in these ostentatiously decorated tombs. However, many of the tombs are so badly dilapidated that one could (if one wanted) reach inside, lift the coffin lid, and see the rotting remains of some legendary tango dancer. It's actually more tempting than it sounds. Anyway, we did manage to find Eva Perón's resting place, and we snapped some pictures of some of the more elaborate graves. We also survived all of our encounters with the hordes of feral cats who roam the narrow alleys between the mausoleums. They're the biggest cats I've ever seen, and I don't really want to think about what they're subsisting on. -NSH