Interlude 8: Boca

This weekend I took advantage of the bank holiday and did a bit of travelling - not too far, about an hour away to one of the Buenos Aires barrios called Boca, home of the football team Boca Juniors (but that's the last you'll hear of them for now because they deserve their own post).

What to say about Boca - well, on the way back the bus passed some 'houses', although you wouldn't really think they were houses because a few of them had the entire facing wall missing - it was very saddening to see.

However, this is not what Boca is known for - it is probably the most vibrantly decorated and colourful place I've ever been to. I'm not entirely sure how this came about, but here are some pictures to illustrate what I  mean:

Definitely goes straight into the top 5 'things to see' list in Buenos Aires!