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Hey my Steemit friends! In this post I’d like to show you a place full of colors and culture value. That is - Caminito in Buenos Aires! Caminito means “little alley” in Spanish, and it is located in the ghetto barrio La Boca. This traditional alley is a colorful street museum with great cultural significance.

今天我要带大家看看阿根廷首都布宜诺斯艾利斯的一条多彩街道 – 卡米尼托（El Caminito），意思是“小通道”。这条街位于贫民区博卡区，以街道两边五颜六色的波纹铁皮和木板房而著称。

It’s this place that inspired Juan de Dios Filiberto to compose the music for the famous tango “Caminito” in 1926. Thus it’s claimed as the birthplace of Argentinean tango. Today, plenty restaurants and bars here offer tango and folk dance shows to visitors. Besides that, you can also watch visitors who dressed up to try out this famous dance on the street(see the picture below). Not at the same level of course, but you get the feel! ;)

Later in the evening we went to the traditional cafe - Cafe Tortoni to watch a tango show, which included several different performances. All of them were truly impressive - I should do a video post about this Argentinean gem someday(it will probably come to my mind again when there’s a contest themed DANCE…).

Juan’s relative, the local artist Benito Quinquela Martín also used the buildings as his canvas to create paintings. Nowadays, more vivid and vibrant artworks by local artists have incorporated as part of the Caminito.

这个街头博物馆和传统胡同因为其多重文化内涵，在布宜诺斯艾利斯的历史上和当今时代都具有重要意义。因为这块地区激发了诗人胡安·迪奥斯·菲利·贝托的灵感，从而于1926年创作出著名的探戈舞曲 – “卡米尼托”。所以这里也被认为是阿根廷探戈的发源地。

历史上由于这里靠近港口，渐渐聚集了多家为船员服务的餐馆、酒吧、旅馆、色情服务场所。如今街道两旁的色情服务场所变为鳞次栉比的画廊、纪念品小店等。而且几乎每家餐吧门前都有探戈表演，我也在路过时简略地看了个大概。

当天晚上我们又专门去市内的Cafe Tortoni观看了整场精彩的表演，这家历史悠久的传统餐厅名气很大，带有舞台剧场，具体细节我以后会写到（估计如果将来我看到个跟“舞蹈”有关的竞赛活动，我这健忘的脑子会再度想起这一茬儿）。总之非常受震撼，阿根廷的探戈果然名不虚传！

At the end of the 19th century, around 3 million Italian (another 3 millions from other countries) immigrants arrived in Argentina, among them a significant number came from Genoa. Most of the Genoese immigrants stayed in this port area (La Boca) in Buenos Aires. So the exciting new life began!

But with all these immigrants pouring in, there weren’t enough homes for everyone. To solve this problem, their traditional housing - Conventillos came to the rescue. These communal buildings had only one street entrance opening onto a patio interior that accessed a few tiny rooms. And the immigrants had to build many of their dwellings on raised foundations or piles due to frequent flooding. Imagine how crowded and hard it was to live in that environment!

To build their Conventillos, these poor new residents went to the docks/shipyards to collect thin corrugated sheet metal and wooden planks. And the materials were painted with the leftover paint used for the ships. As a result, the houses became a colorful patchwork when they didn’t have enough paint of the same color to cover an entire house. That’s the first version of these colorful houses in Caminito.

Later in 1950s, some locals, including the above-mentioned Argentinean painter, Benito Quinquela Martín, restored this neighborhood, with Benito’s initiative of painting the houses in more bold colors. In 1959, the government built a street museum with the name given by the well-known song “Caminito”.

19世纪末期，约有3百万意大利移民涌入阿根廷（还有另外3百万来自欧洲其他国家），其中大部分来自热那亚。这些热那亚人聚居在布宜诺斯艾利斯的港口区（博卡区）。充满希望的新生活就要开始了！兴奋！激动！然而人多地少，这么多人怎么住得下？于是他们便着手建造了来自家乡的传统民宅Conventillos，这种集体房屋含有多个小房间，可供大批人聚居，只有一个大门通向窄小的街道。而且为了防洪还要搭起高台。

刚到一块新大陆，怀揣满满的憧憬，但是一穷二白的现实生活显然没有那么容易。这些房子一般由廉价的木条和铁皮边角料建造，是从造船厂里捡拾而来。而粉刷墙面的也是造船厂里刷各色船只用剩的涂料，因为东拼西凑而来的涂料不够刷完整面墙壁，于是色彩各异的房屋外观雏形就诞生了。

到了上世纪50年代，在博卡区出生的著名艺术家贝尼托 · 金克拉 · 马丁（他也是探戈诗人胡安的亲戚）带领一些当地人在原先建筑的基础上进行改进，提倡用更大胆的色彩来装饰外墙。他还以这一区域作为灵感来源，创作出许多绘画作品。他不仅在废弃街道的墙上做画，还搭建了一块跳探戈的临时舞台。1959年，当地政府把这块街区建成了街道博物馆，以胡安那首著名的探戈舞曲 – “卡米尼托”为街道命名。

这里也随之涌现出大批模仿贝尼托风格的画家，建立艺术工作室，展示出售自己的作品。各种画廊、街头即兴创作给这里增添了更浓厚的艺术氛围，也给我们这些游客购买纪念品提供了各种多姿多彩的创意选择。

Caminito reminds me of many other places in Latin America which boast colorful architectures and decorations. You may think it’s too dramatic or effusive if you see this flow of colors on some other continents, but here, it just works. You feel the wild imagination and vibrant vitality, and it’s contagious, well, at least to me. I was strolling in this bright-colored neighborhood with a cheerful mood. =)

Though this cultural site is more of a tourist attraction now, let’s not forget that this neighborhood used to be built from scratch by the poor immigrants, and it housed a whole community’s hopes and dreams.

写到这里，我联想到拉丁美洲很多地方的建筑、装饰色彩都是如此浓烈鲜艳，如果放在别的大陆，比如以性冷淡风格著称的北欧和日本，你可能会觉得有点恶俗，但是在这里，这一切仿佛都找到了自己的归宿，和谐地向路人展示着肆意奔放的生命力和想象力。而且，身处其中的你会自然而然地被这份狂野的美所感染。好吧，至少我是被感染了，走在这些多彩的街巷，心情也是格外缤纷。

虽然这块街区现在是个文化遗址和旅游景点，但不要忘记它曾经是大批穷困的新移民亲手建造的家园，是一个群体共同的希望和梦想之地。

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So that’s it for today’s Caminito. Tell me what you think in the comments! Until next time. :D

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好了，今天关于卡米尼托街区的分享就到这里，一个外观和文化都很多姿多彩的地方。你觉得怎么样？欢迎留言分享！

文字照片皆为原创。感谢阅读！下次见喽~

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我被遣返科索沃 So I Was Sent Back to Kosovo

Light and Shadow ~ Portrait VS Street Style 光影纵横~人像 VS 街头

Spiders and Webs 蜘蛛和网

Colombian Coffee Triangle’s Fun Vehicle 哥伦比亚咖啡区的交通工具

Vietnamese Street Food - Mini-Pancakes 越南街头美味的迷你煎饼

Painting Easter Eggs with Kids 和孩子们一起画卡通版复活节彩蛋

Batik Stories (1) - My First Batik Work in Indonesia 蜡染系列（一）我的蜡染处女作

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Every dark cloud has its silver lining.

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This story is about my travel adventure when I tried to cross the border to Macedonia from Kosovo. Unfortunately, I wasn’t allowed to go to Macedonia due to the visa issue, and the bus just drove away with all the other passengers, leaving me alone at the border. So I hitchhiked back to the capital city of Kosovo, and it’s a fun ride thanks to the kind Portuguese couple who was working in Pristina.

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@tvb姐提醒我可以把平时的旅游经历拿来吐吐槽，我就想到了中国护照的惨烈。关于中国护照过境还有申请各国旅游签证的血泪史真是罄竹难书，我就把其中最“空虚”的一次写出来参加吐槽大会吧。

同时，我在这次“散漫”的旅行中也体验到了“行到水穷处，坐看云起时”的真谛。所以这篇吐槽也用来参加这期以“散”为主题的“三个一”活动。一向有点后知后觉，这两个活动我都是第一次参加，欢迎大家留言评论。下面的照片就是我在故事中的旅行地科索沃所拍，也是用来参加“三个一”的“一画”，窃以为此画恰好绝妙地表现了“一诗” – “行到水穷处，坐看云起时”：

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常有朋友问我，你经常背个小包就出发，独自在各国游荡，有没有在边检、签证之类的事情上栽过跟头？ 我的回答是：常在河边走，哪能不湿鞋。还真有几次意外经历，最坑爹的一次便是在科索沃和马其顿边境。 故事的原委是这样的，且听我细细道来：

那是一个月黑风高的夜晚，我打包好行李（其实就是把几件衣服和洗簌、电子用品装进小背包），离开科索沃首都Pristina市中心的青年旅馆，来到汽车站坐中巴打算陆路过境到邻国马其顿。巴士载着一车人晃悠悠地开了大概两个多小时，终于到了边境检查站。这也是我悲剧的起点。

检查站的一名官员上车来收了所有乘客的护照，拿去检查盖章，我和其他人就在车上耐心等候。不一会儿那叠护照被送回来，官员五音不全地大声叫着我的名字，我一惊，心想可怜的中国护照又要被特别检查了吗？然后我就被带进检查站的小黑屋进行审讯。

我心一沉。怎么办？撒泼？大哭？喊叫？然而，这一切都没有发生，只有沉默。死一般的寂静。空虚。那一刻我能感到的只有空虚。大脑一片空白，仿佛坐在那里等死。

空虚了大概半分钟，大汉终于发话：“你这签证不能进入马其顿，你回科索沃吧。”

接着，他朝外面挥挥手，一高大威猛的女官员就走去中巴那里把我的小背包取出来，然后车子就载着一车人无情地开走了，把我一人丢在这无边黑夜的边境小黑屋里。

女官员走过来把背包给我，对还沉浸在无限空虚中的我说：“你回去吧。” 我想尼玛怎么这么倒霉事已至此，也没别的办法了。于是接过背包，踉跄着走出小黑屋。

“天无绝人之路。” 我努力把自己从空虚中拉回现实，这么安慰着那颗受伤的小心灵。旅行还得继续，但是，且慢，我倒是怎么回去？科索沃就在旁边的脚下，但是这边境也没我的容身之地啊。我几乎再度陷入空虚。看着马路上来往停留接受检查的车流，我大义凛然地背着包走向那位女官员，问她：“你能帮我拦辆车回Pristina吗？” 还好她答应了，估计也是看我太可怜， 走到路边拦下一辆开往科索沃方向的小轿车。

对了，这里插播一下，刚才全程的交流其实并没有我写的那么顺畅，因为这些边检官员几乎不说英语，我自然也不会说当地语言。所以大部分时候都是各种手势、猜测。这不，现在这位女官员也没法跟小轿车的主人交流清楚为什么要拦下人家。

我走过去，开始跟司机讲英语碰碰运气。没想到这位儒雅的司机先生竟然一口标准的伦敦腔。他打量了我一番，问清楚了情况，就说可以带我回科索沃首都。他旁边美丽动人的女士也点头示意。我心想，嘿嘿，是不是我浑身上下都散发着质朴真诚的气质？每次搭顺风车都挺容易被人信任。

然后司机夫妇跟边检站人员出示了他们的证件，全程用流利的德语交流。1999年科索沃战争结束后，虽然科索沃获得了形式上的独立，但实际上还是依赖于国际社会的保护。派驻的德国军队士兵仍然在国际维和部队的框架下在科索沃执行使命（照片里就可以看到四个德国士兵）。因为和德国的关系密切，科索沃很多官方人士会说德语。

我就纳闷了，这对夫妇会说这么多语言，到底是哪里人呢？上车后，答案终于揭晓，原来他们是葡萄牙人，被联合国派驻在科索沃工作。难怪都如此气质不凡，各国语言无缝切换。因为妻子刚查出怀孕，所以开车去医疗条件更好的邻国马其顿进行身体检查。他们听说我在葡萄牙从北到南背包旅行过，而且非常喜欢这个国家，都觉得很开心。于是，伴着车载音响舒缓的爵士乐，一路神聊我在葡萄牙的经历和他们在科索沃的生活，很快车就到了首都。

他们按照我给的地址，把我送回原来住过几晚的青年旅馆。我还记得那位先生帮我把背包从后备箱里提出来时，对我竖起大拇指说：“你就这样一个人背着小包闯荡巴尔干，真的很勇敢。但是也一定要注意安全啊。” 我点点头，心中充满感激。道谢、告别后他们便继续开回家。

我想起多年前看的《背包十年》，旅行作者小鹏写到他在法国尼斯得到一位当地女士的帮助，开车送他去目的地，告别时他道谢，女士说：Love is a circle. 她说自己的儿子当时就在亚洲旅行，如果在中国遇到困难相信也会有好心人相助。帮助别人就是帮助自己，一起将爱心接力。旅途中不免遭遇挫折，但是随之而来的这些善举总是让人感动。你会学会感恩别人付出的爱心，并将这份爱不断地传递下去。

塞翁失马，焉知非福。

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Light and Shadow ~ Portrait VS Street Style 光影纵横~人像 VS 街头

Spiders and Webs 蜘蛛和网

Colombian Coffee Triangle’s Fun Vehicle 哥伦比亚咖啡区的交通工具

An Abandoned Boat on the Island of Vieques 波多黎各蚊子岛上的废弃小船

Vietnamese Street Food - Mini-Pancakes 越南街头美味的迷你煎饼

Painting Easter Eggs with Kids 和孩子们一起画卡通版复活节彩蛋

10 Creative Mailboxes & Trash Cans from Australia & Chile 旅途中的10个趣味邮箱&垃圾桶

A Photo Journey: Exploring Aryapala Meditation Temple 蒙古禅修图片之旅

Zombie Walk & Fantastic Lille & My Halloween Look 视觉的狂欢

Batik Stories (1) - My First Batik Work in Indonesia 蜡染系列（一）我的蜡染处女作

Some SMILE Portraits in My Travels 旅途中的微笑

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Here are some screenshots from my Instagram. Follow @ItchyfeetDonica for more adventures around the globe!

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What’s up Steemit friends! Today I’m sharing some pictures taken with my phone, inspired by @juliank’s smartphonephotography contest themed “Curves”. They also serve as entries to @vandadream’s new challenge My Smartphone Photography. Check out their pages and join the fun! =)

I wrote about this cool museum from Brasilia 3 months ago, if you are interested, please read this previous post. See you soon!

大家好！我先发几张关于“曲线”的手机照片，未完待续。有兴趣的朋友可以先看看我以前写的关于巴西首都这个复古未来主义博物馆的帖子。谢谢关注！

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I travel a lot, and I like documenting people in their daily environment in a candid way. So when I saw the @portraitcontest themed Light and Shadows, I went through the sea of my photos from travels and found these two with interesting light and shadows. Believe me, there are so many more, but I’d like to use these two as an example to discuss the possibility of turning a street style photo into a portrait one.

Both of the photos here were shot when I was strolling the streets looking for food, so neither of them is a composed image of the subject. Like unplanned babies, they are kind of accidents, or pleasant surprise if that sounds better? ;) And I didn’t have enough time to set my old camera but to react immediately, so quality of the images is shit, not to say after cropping. They surely can’t be as good as the studio portraits shoot, and it’s different on many levels, but my main point here is to show you the difference between the first 2 (let’s say) street photos and the following 2 focusing more on the portraits. Do you think it works or not? What are your thoughts on these 2 set of photos and the general idea of the transformation? Tell me what you think in the comments! Until next time. =)

这两张照片都是在街头信步觅食时偶然看到后抓拍的，所以就跟计划外的娃一样，完全是意外，没有足够时间反应去设置我那破旧的老相机，导致原本的图片质量就差强人意，更别说裁小之后的肖像照了。这跟专业设置的人像照当然不可同日而语，不过我这里主要是想讨论下这种变街头照为人像照的可能性。

你觉得这样剪裁可行吗？更喜欢前面的街头照还是后面以人像为主体的？前后图片给你的感觉有什么区别？欢迎留言分享你的看法哦！下次见。

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Spiders and Webs 蜘蛛和网

Colombian Coffee Triangle’s Fun Vehicle 哥伦比亚咖啡区的交通工具

An Abandoned Boat on the Island of Vieques 波多黎各蚊子岛上的废弃小船

Vietnamese Street Food - Mini-Pancakes 越南街头美味的迷你煎饼

Painting Easter Eggs with Kids 和孩子们一起画卡通版复活节彩蛋

10 Creative Mailboxes & Trash Cans from Australia & Chile 旅途中的10个趣味邮箱&垃圾桶

A Photo Journey: Exploring Aryapala Meditation Temple 蒙古禅修图片之旅

Zombie Walk & Fantastic Lille & My Halloween Look 视觉的狂欢

Batik Stories (1) - My First Batik Work in Indonesia 蜡染系列（一）我的蜡染处女作

Some SMILE Portraits in My Travels 旅途中的微笑

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Colombian Coffee Triangle’s Fun Vehicle 哥伦比亚咖啡区的交通工具

An Abandoned Boat on the Island of Vieques 波多黎各蚊子岛上的废弃小船

Vietnamese Street Food - Mini-Pancakes 越南街头美味的迷你煎饼

Flowers 花

Painting Easter Eggs with Kids 和孩子们一起画卡通版复活节彩蛋

10 Creative Mailboxes & Trash Cans from Australia & Chile 旅途中的10个趣味邮箱&垃圾桶

A Photo Journey: Exploring Aryapala Meditation Temple 蒙古禅修图片之旅

10 Creative Benches Around the World(1) 世界各地的创意长凳来10条(一)

Zombie Walk & Fantastic Lille & My Halloween Look 视觉的狂欢

Batik Stories (1) - My First Batik Work in Indonesia 蜡染系列（一）我的蜡染处女作

Some SMILE Portraits in My Travels 旅途中的微笑

Stories of Shadows (2@Europe + 2@South America) 光影交错的瞬间

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