Recent content by BA_Life

There is a street near av. de mayo which I think is Talcahuano that has a bunch of guitar stores. However, as was mentioned, it’s probably cheaper to buy abroad and bring one back. I bought a new guitar that has a relic beaten up finish and breezed through EZE with my foreign passport.

Has anyone used Azimo, Remitly or Small World?

I brought my electric guitars with me but I did buy a second hand Yacopi classical guitar in BA from the maker's son in 2011. Paid 2500 pesos for it then (circa $600) and now it's worth $5000.

I'm currently in Dublin and Europe is about to open up for us to travel next month but only if you've had 2 vaccination jabs and can prove it. So that means no quarantine upon return. The curve ball is the delta (Indian) variant which could result in another lockdown. So I would wait at least...

Opinions might change when world governments demand vaccination passports in order to be able to travel. I can almost hear the bureaucrats crafting the rules into granite as I type....

I think you'll find that when times are hard (which is the case right now) people add much more pasta to their diets because it's cheap and filling. That's always been the case amongst the poorest people in the community but it's now impacting a wider range of socio-economic groups, even those...

I lived in Argentina for three years and had a foreigners/temp resident DNI (the purple book) plus I have a CUIT and CUIL. Just before leaving the country, I married a wonderful argentine lady and we are currently living in Ireland. My DNI expired (as it has to be renewed each year) and every...

Hola a todos, I'm interested in buying an apartment but it doesn't need to be straight away and I wondered if anyone had bought a place before the building was built. I'm especially interested in the process here (deposit, sequence of payments etc) and of course advice on current new builds in...

Thought you might like this.... http://pickupthefork.com/shopping-guide/

Would love to go but I really don't like fish...maybe next time...although that torrentes is almost worth suffering the fish for!

This has turned into a lively debate! I live in Puerto Madero and I've seen robberies here as well (although I must admit that I've seen more in Palermo & the Micro Centre). Plus I wouldn't dare go near Costanera Sur after dark nor eat at one of the Parrillas whilst watching the sun come...

Not that I'm aware of! But they do have a very low tolerance towards petty crime and there is no freedom of speech. So I prefer BsAs, despite some of the downsides. :)

There's some great advice here and at then end of the day it amounts to common sense. Please don't become paranoid....things can be bad here but I've seen the same in the many other countries in the USA and Europe. The only place I've ever felt safe was Singapore....

For me the prices seemed to improve when my spanish improved! I also made sure that the stand I used last time saw me at another ;-) Once they saw me as a local, then I got a better deal and sometimes some freebies. However, food prices are high everywhere right now but the quality in the...

It might be a bit of a distance from you but even though I live near the Jumbo in Puerto Madero, I always buy my fruit and veg at the Mercado de San Telmo (located between four streets: Defensa, Bolívar, Estados Unidos and Carlos Calvo) http://wander-argentina.com/san-telmo-market/