Recent content by ben milne

agreed nowhere is 100% safe Bella Vista (40km north west of BA,near Hurlingham) is very family oriented and my kids (and the kids in the neighbourhood) cycle or walk the 6 to 10 blocks to school alone no problems in the 8 years ive lived there but ........ regarding plaza san martin...

first watching my 3 children grow up in a wonderfully sociable and sane environment and perhaps having a more fruitful childhood than i did in Scotland although i had a great childhood, i never had 5 mates around every 2 months or so for a sleepover or had pateadas at 15 years old and had a...

hi, regarding thieves, common sense applies as mentioned previously in a starbucks outlet, an argentine entered, left hi backpack on a sofa then went to order at the counter 5 minutes later (to his suprise !) his backpack was gone and he started complaining about the insecurity ! thieves...

maybe on a temporary basis, english teaching till you get something better if you are a people person and are business and IT savvy, should be no problem I teach full time and run a virtual team of 10 teachers minimum pay per hour is 50 pesos which is something i could recommend which...

after having visted the international correo office several times over the years and having found the contents (if there were any) significantly reduced, i recommend using fedex or dhl (ridiculously expensive) or get a visiting friend or relative to bring stuff over sometimes stuff arrives if...

hi I have lived in bella vista for the last 7 years (5km from hurlingham) bella vista has more children than mother teresa had ! at least 7 schools in the zone and the highly recommendable 'regatas club' for hockey and rugby I think minimum age for girls is 6 very sociable place and kids...

like most of the country i imagine, some things cant be gotten cheaper however, you adapt to the environment whenever possible instead of steaks from disco, local butchers do probably better and cheaper stuff e.g. 1 kg of jamon natural (the best ham i have ever tasted !) 23 pesos, you need...

easy option that worked for me was for all movies / tv shows in english cable tv maybe a little complicated apart from dora and diego ! I have 3 kids (6,9 and 12) and despite inital complaining, they happily watch movies and tv series in english nowadays also, regular skype with friends...

I have been here 12 years and it gets better all the time but, I live in the suburbs with a nice garden,pool etc after 5 years of life in the city, I had to get out aswell this country has a spirit that can allow you to have a fantastic quality of life without ps3's and ipads it depends what...

you may have an issue with the play 3 if its from the uk and is configured for the pal system no problem from the us