This guest post is by Sophie Lloyd, owner of shop-buenosaires.com that provides customised shopping tours and experiences, and personal shopping services in Buenos Aires. For more info, email sophie@shop-buenosaires.com At the top … Read More
How To Get The Best Exchange Rate When Traveling To Argentina
AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko Article updated on February 11, 2014. After the Argentine peso was de-pegged from the dollar following the financial crisis of 2001/2002, people visiting Buenos Aires with dollars … Read More
The Buenos Aires Survival Guide: Resources For Making The Most Of Your Time Here
The following are a collection of awesome Buenos Aires blogs, websites and activities that will allow you to make the most out of your stay in Buenos Aires. EAT & … Read More
Using Mercado Libre in Buenos Aires
It’s a well-worn theme in all of the blogs, online expat newspapers and forums: new electronics – computers, laptops, iPhones, stereos, TVs, games consoles, cameras and so on – are … Read More
Buenos Aires: How Not to Get Robbed (Part Two)
(In Part Two of this guide, we look at ‘the squirt’ and at muggings and shakedowns. Enjoy!) The squirt The squirt is really just pick pocketing with a specific misdirection … Read More
Buenos Aires: How Not to Get Robbed (Part One)
Buenos Aires is, unfortunately, a pretty easy city to get robbed in. Shock! I know. It’s quite a revelation. The number of expat or tourist forum and blog posts dedicated … Read More
Cell Phones in Buenos Aires
No sane person in this day and age would contemplate living without a cell phone, no matter where they are in the world. So what’s the story with getting one … Read More
Photographing the Obelisk of Buenos Aires
[box type=”alert”]8/28/12: We have had reports that this technique does not work anymore, so proceed at your own risk!![/box] If you’re reading this, then chances are you have at least … Read More
Hacking Argentine Air Travel: Fly For Cheap
Anyone living in Buenos Aires is going to want to take at least a couple of trips inside Argentina during their stay and will want them to be cheap. The … Read More
How to Live in Buenos Aires on Only Five Dollars a Day
UPDATE, April 19, 2012: Inflation has made this post truly a dinosaur! It is now for historical reference only!! UPDATE, JAN 22, 2011: With inflation eating into the value of … Read More
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