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Well, I never expected to have the owner of this site comment. Nice start! You read my comments at the start of the thread. I'm comparing Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires and Mendoza. Rio is probably even more expensive than your numbers indicate due the strength of the Real (and only God...

I found this site while doing a cost of living comparison between Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires and Mendoza. You'll have to be the judge if the costs are correct or not. For me, Buenos Aires or Mendoza (where we plan to go) would be a great improvement, especially since Rio also has a lot of...

Check out Mendoza. It's beautiful, great wine, good quality of life and lower cost of living than BA. Small enough to have a good quality of life, large enough to have everything.

Well, you can also follow the common sense Rio de Janeiro rules: 1. dress down, 2. don't take anything on the street you don't want to lose. If you do, like an ATM card, go directly there, get cash, go directly home. Get rid of what you don't need. 3. at night, take taxis everywhere. If...

Janet & Chad, Make sure you check out Mendoza before you decide on Buenos Aires. Completely different than Buenos Aires and wonderful. It'll make you think of the Texas Hill country. But the hills are mountains, the wine is great, the people are also friendly and courteous, but no Mexican...

We just returned Tuesday March 16 after two nights in Ushuaia. It was very nice. About 1-4 degrees C in the day. We stayed at a Bed and Breakfast at the following link. It's on 9 de Julio near Av San Martin. www.martinfierrobyb.com.ar We had a suite with three beds, bath, and mini-kitchen. It...

Wanderbird: I agree, get the new Visa if you plan to stay there longer than your Visa permits. It's NOT worth going through the hassle there, especially if you don't speak Portuguese. However, if you wish to go ahead without the new Visa, you should check with my friend in Brazil who does...

That's good information on the laptop power converter, I didn't know that. I just used the word switch to shorten the reply. The plug converter I use has a fuse to protect from surges. It's already proven itself to blow the fuse and not the things attached to it.

Even if his laptop power block can switch between 110 and 220, he'll probably need at least a plug converter for the outlets here. Although, I never really believe what the PC maker says, I always use a plug converter and power transformer. After 40 years working with computers, I am a firm...

We just returned from 3 nights in Mendoza on our continuing familiarization trip to Argentina to determine if we want to move here from Rio de Janeiro. Well, we already liked Buenos Aires well enough to move to Argentina. But, in Mendoza we found everything we were looking for, for us and our...

WiFi and Personal VPN If you're going to use WiFi, you should consider using a personal VPN to protect yourself. It encrypts your data so anyone intercepting the signal can't read it. I use the following one, but there are several. At least look at what it does for you if you're not already...

Be the change that you want to see in the world. Mohandas Gandhi If you don't like it, start by fixing you, in the way you want the world to be.

Argsteve, you are absolutely correct, people should be able to express themselves on this forum without Political Correctness. BUT, why throw politeness, normal courtesy, and respect out the window? People should imagine that they are having this conversation in personal and not through...

This is a nice, informative forum when you're NOT beating each other up. Having lived in corporate business all my life I learned early on, never put anything in writing that you don't want to see posted on the bulletin board or forwarded to your president. So, why do you beat each other up...

I'd also like to know of any good experiences with Martial arts schools in BA or Mendoza.

Thank you for your input. All of it has merit. I'm not in favor of liposuction either, but I do want references in case she really wants to talk to someone about this. The thought of sticking a vacuum cleaner inside me doesn't make me very happy. I agree, diet and exercise usually thumps...

Any recommendations for clinics or doctors in BA? Any experiences good or bad? My girlfriend is interested in this while we're there in February/March. Thanks

Thanks. Any thoughts on visiting Cordoba or Mendoza if I wanted to check out these cities in case we want another option instead of Buenos Aires?

We are going to Buenos Aires February 25 to see if we'd like to move there from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I am thinking of checking out Cordoba or Mendoza also. But I only have time to check out one or the other. We haven't yet made any travel arrangements for these cities but I did read the...

:confused: Why is it that the people I want to see naked at the beach, never are? And the ones I'd never want to see, always are? A common misconception about Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, people think topless, but topless is illegal here. The movie "Blame it on Rio" is all about something that...