Tango at La Confiteria Ideal

This is the last entry as I've hardly taken any pictures for the last two weeks while Linda and I have been going to milongas every day, sometimes twice a day with a siesta in between. Theft is a problem in Buenos Aires so I decided not to take my camera anymore - this is us dancing at the Confiteria Ideal, a beautiful old dance hall declared a historical monument in 2003.








On our last night in Argentina, we hit the dance floor at 9pm and hobbled home at 4am with throbbing feet, tired legs and a big smile on our face. We've embraced and danced with Portenos (natives of Buenos Aires) and men from all over the world who all share a love of tango music and thrill of dancing with a stranger.

Linda in La Boca

La Boca is very much a locals' neighbourhood and in the mid-19th century it was home to Spanish and Italian immigrants who settled along the Riachuelo river and worked in the many meat-packing plants and warehouses here, processing and shipping out much of Argentina's vital beef exports. After sprucing up the shipping barges, the port dwellers splashed leftover paint on the corrugated-metal sidings of their own houses, unwittingly giving La Boca what would become one of its claims to fame. 'Camenito' is the barrio's most famous street where you can browse a small crafts fair while watching tango dancers perform in the street.