Saturday 9 March 2019

La Boca

La Boca (meaning the mouth) is the heart of the old port and features in all the websites, brochures and guide books.  Usually the same picture of this one street, Caminito, and with just a couple doing the Tango.  If you pay someone enough you can find someone to do the Tango in front of the building but the likelihood is that there will be lots of tourists in the shot.  See below.
It is worth perhaps 20mins of your time and we got a warning not to go beyond this street or go back at night.

This is the reality behind the brochures.

The buildings are clad in corrugated iron in many cases and have been painted to brighten up the street.  The below is more typical of the less prominent buildings

This balcony is more typical of the more exuberant areas.

The street art is also unusual with this cartoon character called Mafalda firing grapes from a bazooka.

Lastly, this guy was playing tango music on an accordion while sitting in a furnished shipping container.




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