La Boca

Went off to see La Boca on Tuesday morning, this is the poorer part of Buenos Aires just next to the river mouth however there is one interesting bit called the "Caminito" which has a bit of history to it.

Boca is home to the working class argentinians, its next to the docks and is relatively rough in comparison to the northern neighbourhoods. The argentinians here managed to repel an english invation in the 19th century by mounting an attack on the soldiers that were disembarking from the english vessels. Argentinians dont like the English very much, due to this and more recent Faulklands war and because England tends to side with Chile in international issues which they see as meddling.

I read on my guide that the reason why the houses are painted so coloufully in this part of Boca is because the residents asked of the passing boats that they hand over any spare cans of paint, which in turn they used to paint their houses. I also saw a couple of tango dancers performing in the street for passers-by and I took a picture of them, it struck me that the girl who was dancing Tango so well was Japanese (although she looked more chinese).