La Boca La Boca is a region of Buenos Aires, but its more like a suburb.  It was the first port of Buenos Aires, but it is too shallow for modern ships.  First we ate at a restaurant in front of the Boca soccer stadium.  After that, we stopped to walk around El Caminito, but I also took some pictures of the neighborhood from the bus.  El Caminito is a very colorful, touristy street, following the old tradition of painting the houses with the left over paint from painting the ships, as was done by the area's first inhabitantants.  The neigborhood has artists displaying their work and lots of tango. La Boca is very pretty, but a place to avoid at night. La Plaza de Mayo Our second stop was in the Plaza de Mayo.  Argentina's most important events happened here: May Revolution of 1810, the Constitution of 1860, the massive Peronist concentration of 1945, the events of December 2001.  From the plaza you can see El Cabildo, the church and its eternal flame, la Casa Rosada (seat of the National Government) which is only pink on the front of the facade, but not the sides.  Many protests take place here, and every Thursday las Madres de Plaza de Mayo gather to claim for their missing children ("desaparecidos").  Also, the French influence in architecture is very clear in some of these buildings.     El Cemiterio de Recoleta This is a cemetery where the rich people of Buenos Aires are buried.  However, it has been filled up, so only people who already have paid for spots or have relatives buried here can now get that privilege.  Among the graves we looked at, we stopped by Evita Peron's grave (the one with all the flowers around it). Other random pictures from the bus Puerto Madero, Secretaria de Comunicaciones, the electric flower, the Monumental Tower (also called the English Tower, as it was donated by the British residents to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the May Revolution in 1810), a street artist, and some other pictures.