We headed to La Boca this morning, one of BA's dodgiest areas, so armed with just our old camera and loose money in our pockets we hopped in a taxi and headed there, the streets are nice and colourful but I raise an eyebrow to whether this tourist bubble actually reflects the true area itself as it's one of BA's poorest areas.
The streets are full of touts trying to get you into there into there spot...Where are you from??? "Ireland"...Conas ata tu! Is there a book they get this shit from? I laughed and pretended it wasn't the millionth time I heard this from a tout. It was actually as bad as Spain or the Canaries, I was waiting for someone to jump out and ask if I wanted to go to Linekers Bar!
And just by wandering several blocks over from this trap your likely to be met with someone packing a gun to relieve you of all your belongings. Several tourists with pretty flashy cameras around their necks were wandering from the "safe zone", I question how far they made it through the real La Boca, which is a shame as I would have liked to see the real La Boca, but as personal safety goes it's just not worth the risk.
We had a beer and watched the Tango which was enjoyable but I still felt the place was rather fake.
We headed back in a taxi where we unfortunately were scammed for the first time in 10 months, he was a professional, took the hundred (15 euro) off us, asked had we anything smaller, I'd only 20 and the meter was 38, told us it was OK it was for Bono and handed back a dud 100 which we only realised after getting out of the taxi, seems silly but it all happened so fast..I hope him and his taxi find a nice big brick wall with his name on it.
Verdict on La Boca = Nice to see but definitely miss-able in my opinion.
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