Recent content by Mahara

It's $500,000.

I also have an HSBC card and there are fees at both ends - in Argentina and at home. It is free to bank within Canada, but not internationally. It's not possible for Canadians to open a bank acccount with Citibank from Argentina. There is only a couple of branches in Canada and you have to...

Just a further note to this. We rented for six months late last year and earlier this year. We are Canadians and do not have access to American funds any more than we have access to Chinese funds. We were not coming from Canada, but from Europe. We paid in pesos but at the exchange rate...

Hi I think you need to take a long-term view of your life, especially in light of the recent financial situation. IMO a young professional should work to make as much money as possible, while possible, and nail down some paid-for assets - a house or condo, maybe some savings in a variety of...

Canada, by a country mile. The atmosphere here is positive, national housing prices here are $100,000 more than the US and unemployment is low. Housing defaults are around 1/2 of one percent, compared to who-know-what in the US, where around one-third of the houses are under water. Sure...

How big it this apartment. Is it a one-bed, or a studio?

NOT TRUE: Temporary rental agencies will show suites - the good ones anyway. I've viewed at least a dozen, some with other tourists and some on my own. If the agency refuses, find another agency. Reynolds does show suites, and so does Best in BA.

Hi We use Reynolds Properties. They allow a deposit of 10% by visa, which is non refundable, but a lot safer than handing over money to someone you don't know. Remember the first rule of Western Union - never send money to someone you don't know. We still have to pay the similar damage...

hi Before you do read about the chemical content. Also be aware that what is stated as contents is not necessarily so. I am sorry I don't know how to spell formaldahyde but apparently it's in the product. Many people have had their hair fall out. The Cdn. govt tested some products and it...

Hi How about 2:30 or 3:00 am? Our plane leaves at 5:30

You wrote this succinctly. Can I copy it and post elsewhere, with you name as author, of course.

Deskjet 1600 - only a few months old and hardly used. I found it very handy for the six months I have been down here. Have box, CD etc. We are leaving this next weekend. It works very well. Argentine plug but can be switched with a N.A. plug as well. PM me if interested. M.

http://www.nationalpost.com/Grey+nomads+tour+world/4256418/story.html Hi I received national coverage in Canada last week for my first book. If you are interested, please see the attached link. The story by Jonathan Chevreau includes BA. I was excited and grateful for this opportunity...

Hi I've attached a link to a newspaper article about my new book The Laughing Boomer. It appears across Canada on Thursday in 11 major newspapers. As a new author I was grateful and excited by the response. It's about a happy retirement being a state of mind, not a state of money and BA is...

Hi We've been here six months and are moving on at the end of Feb to Peru and Bolivia. I'm trying to decide whether it's cheaper to mail a box or two of our winter stuff/souvenirs, etc. to Canada or pay the overweight luggage charges. In a way I'd just like to get rid of it. Has anyone done...