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Here in Argentina, I am staying in my dad's extra bedroom at his super-cool, ultra-modern, high-rise flat in the Puerto Madero district of Buenos Aires. Puerto Madero was the old port of the city that had been full of abandoned warehouses for many years before being revitalized into a luxury shopping, dining, and residential area, starting six or seven years ago. The streets here are now some of the safest in the sprawling city and certainly the safest anywhere near the city center.

Over the first few days I was here, I took the following photos from the balcony of the apartment.

Sunset over the Buenos Aires skyline and Puerto Madero.

The easternmost part of the downtown area of Buenos Aires, with Puerto Madero in the foreground.

Puerto Madero, highlighting the Puente de la Mujer, or Women's Bridge, which, as you can see, looks very neat when illuminated at night. The big building in the background, I think, is the Ministry of the Interior.

A thunderstorm rolling into the city from the south. Winds from the storm reached about 60 mph and caused water to pour into the apartment through the stove vent and a vent over the kitchen window! It was very exciting. And wet.