A close up showing some of a gaucho's traditional clothing. The belt is called a riestra and is covered with coins.
A handmade horse's stirrup on a gaucho's horse, in San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. San Antonio de Areco is located 110km from the city of Buenos Aires and is known for it's colonial buildings and Gauchos, the cowboys of Argentina.
A close up of a the head of a gaucho's horse, showing the hand made bridle (the name of this part of the bridle is 'frontera'). San Antonio de Areco is located 110km from the city of Buenos Aires and is known for it's colonial buildings and Gauchos, the cowboys of Argentina.
Los Principios is one of the oldest bars in the town of San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It moved to this location in 1920 and every detail has been lovingly preserved.
The interior of the 200 year old Boliche de Bessonart, San Antonio de Areco. A Boliche is a traditional bar, and this is one of the oldest in the town.
La Esquina de Merti a pulperia and parrilla in the town of San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires province, Argentina. A pulperia is an old fashioned style of bar and a parrilla is a restaurant specialising in barbecued meat, cooked Argentina style.
The Boliche de Bessonart, San Antonio de Areco. A Boliche is a traditional bar, and this is one of the oldest in the town and is 200 years old.
One of San Francisco's most recognizable streets, it's almost cliché to come here during a visit to the city, but the novelty of such an unusual street is inarguably fun. Most locals never come here, but visitors line up for a block or two west of Hyde Street to drive down the eight or so bends at five miles per hour, while others taking photographs line the sidewalk staircases on either side.
Originally built in 1915 for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the Palace itself is antique architecture - the massive columns dwarf human scale. It's very Arcadian or Picturesque - there's a swan-inhabited man-made lake.
This is what it is now, not what it was then...
The nearby Exploratorium is a science-based art gallery with exhibits designed by some amazing artists that work with natural phenomena like Ned Kahn and Doug Hollis - great on a rainy weekday if you can swing it....
Caffe Trieste, in San Francisco's Little Italy, is the coolest coffee shop in the world. Caffe Trieste was opened in 1956 by Giovanni Giotta, or Pappa Gianni as he is known to friends and family.