considerate people that always end up spoiling it. Why someone feels the need to stand at the top of the stairs and yell down to his mate at 7.30 am is beyond me, but hey we’ve stayed in an awful lot of hostels and met some really annoying sorts. I do have to say that most of the people we have met have been really sound but like I say there is always a minority!

After our rude awakening we realised that it was our last full day in not only Buenos Aires but South America. It was a really strange feeling but we were determined to fill our day with remarkable memories so we were up like a shot and ready to hit the streets in no time at all. Today we were heading down to La Boca. La Boca is one of the poorer areas within the city but is home to Boca Juniors the number one Argentine football team. It is also famous for it’s fascinating markets and brightly coloured houses. The tradition of painting the

houses started many years ago when the sailors from the port used to use the paint from the ships or so the story goes!

We took a bus and have decided to call in at the Boca Juniors stadium as they have a museum so we thought we’d go and check out where Maradonna learned his trade. The museum was really interesting and its amazing how many famous European teams have played against Boca Juniors. We also saw the sacred tuff through a window but decided against an actual pitch tour - we weren’t that interested!!!

After this we made our way down to the colourful streets. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t at its sunniest but the houses still looked great. The streets were full of vendors and we bought ourselves a wonderful original painting and I got a hand painted t-shirt! There was