Buenos Aires: the phone-snatch, the "bird droppings" trick, and the taxi route

Buenos Aires is a walking city with a specific risk: phones grabbed from hands on the street or through open taxi windows. Keep it away. A classic trick involves someone pointing out a stain on your clothes and offering to help clean it while an accomplice takes your bag; walk away. Use ride apps or radio taxis, and watch that the meter runs. The subte (metro) and the SUBE card are cheap and fine by day; La Boca is for daytime only, and only the Caminito area.