Tigre comprises loads of islets. A few houses dotted about, only accessible by boat. Norfolk broads, meets the Riviera meets Miami. Beautiful at times but a bit antiseptic and most definitely smacking of exclusivity. This place is another classic example of the rich building big houses,then spending the next fifty years hiding in them worrying about getting robbed - along with the isolation comes the usual gin problem.
Walikng was much easier, the crowds had gone back to work. But the place is setup for you to walk only to the nearest restaurant, a shame the canal paths are cut so short, to see the area properly you need to take a tour ( don't - boring) or rent a boat (do but pricey). A new Fine Arts (Bellas Artes) museum is opening there soon, looks like the whole building was shipped over from France, wonderfully inappropriate for the setting. The novelty of the day were these industrial sized car parks for speed boats - huge warehouses stacked to the rafters.
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