La Boca

"Don´t go to any of the other streets ok! You are only allowed on Caminito, any other street is very very dangerous and something will happen to you" said the receptionist of our hostel as he pointed out on the map the few places that are safe to walk in.
So we went there today to have a look, and it was great. It is a very colourful neighbourhood, the houses are all painted different colours, the reason being that they used all the leftover paints from the shipping yard nearby because they couldn´t affort to buy paint. It has been preserved that way too, each house a different bright primary colour, and the street artists add more with their paintings of passionate couples dancing Tango.

There is loud tango and salsa blaring out of the bars and restaurants, and an old man is teaching a bashful tourist to dance in the middle of it all. It´s the picture of what I had imagined South America to be, raw and latin.

It´s just a shame the street was about 100 meters long, and you could really see that any other street would be a bad idea. Mostly because groups of teenagers looking mean sat at the entrance to them smoking and spitting.
But La Boca is probably my favourite neighbourhood so far.