La Boca is a neighbourhood near the Riachuelo river that is famous for its colourful “buildings”. La Bombonera, the stadium where the greatest football club of the country plays, is around the corner too. Apart from Caminito (i.e. the couple of well-known streets everyone takes photos of) and Boca Juniors’ stadium, it isn’t really a very safe area so do your research if you ever want to go.

I was a bit disappointed with what I saw this time. It was a very sunny day, so sunny that I took photos blindly for half of the afternoon, but the mix of people in the streets was a bit odd. Everyone was either a tourist, a local trying to sell something to a tourist, or a local giving me weird looks because I was a strange mix of a local and a tourist at the same time.

The colours in the sun though.

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