The best description of Buenos Aires that comes to mind is “a beautiful mess of a city”. A melting pot of Paris, Barcelona with a dash of Naples and then, when you least expect it, you come across parts that remind you of New York or Tokyo. Argentina has actually been the New York of South America; people from Spain, Portugal, and Italy followed the conquistadors there looking for the brave new world. Buenos Aires’ location was ideal to establish a thriving port town and it quickly became one of the most important trading centres in the new world. The city was a victim of its own success. Growing disparity between the rich port and other parts of Argentina resulted in numerous conflicts and political tension that lasts to this day. That’s the thing that most people immediately noti...