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I think depending on the amount of people you interact with, will depend on how much crime you hear about or witness. When i first came here in 2007, i stayed at a hostel for a few weeks while looking for an apt, and just about everyday there was someone staying at the hostel who was robbed, or...

What amazes me is that it has taken so long for them to react to the argentine trade/import restrictions...

I would get it in writing that your bank will exchange them when you get back to the states, as i have read where someone was quoted a rate of 5 to the US$ when he phone his bank in the states, and then when he got to the states they told him no, they couldnt change the pesos, but because he was...

August was before all the restrictions came in !!!

Yes, your rate isnt very good if you want to get rid of pesos... I can even get 4.45 for travelers cheques - or that was the rate 1 1/2 weeks ago at amex, probably a bit better now... and if i changed cash/transferred into your US bank account i would expect over 5 to 1 as i have been exchanging...

Do you not have a backup of the site ? You might like to add some more info for people to know what you need.. Like: What is the language it is coded in - eg PHP ? Is there a database backend etc ? What steps have been taken to stop it being hacked again, as if it is just to get it back...

They will advertise the high season price but you should be able to negotiate a better price especially if you are paying in US$ cash.. For example i rent a 35sqm studio in plaza gueme - nothing special but comfortable, just an average place.. i pay US$500 per month all inclusive, so for a week...

I know someone who is working freelance for companies teaching english, and getting 70 + pesos per hour depending on hours, pupils etc, without TEFL cert. I also meet a guy through a friend who was making close to 50 peso per hour working for a language school... cant remember which one...

Ecuador is cheap and interesting. I was there in january. Food is very cheap, i spent around US$3 a day, usually US$1.50 for lunch, soup with main - usually rice, meat and some veges with a juice. My most expensive meal was US$3.50 for a huge plate of chow mein and drink - but enough for 2...

Even thought the ad has now been removed, i saw it and it stated that Alex was the verified owner, when he even admitted himself he was not. His excuse being he did own it but sold it last year and now rents it out on behalf of the new owner. The fact was that the renter had an agreement with...

I have been here for 5 1/2 years, and the expats i met here in the first couple of years have all gone, for different reasons, but the last ones because it was to expensive for the quality of life here, or who were earn local wages, and just couldnt handle having to live on the low wages...

I have spent alot of time in hurlingham, and often go to the club, usually on a sunday afternoon for afternoon tea with friends from hurlingham, and after go for a walk around the park. At that time there isnt many, if any kids around. They do have school fairs there to raise money, and is...

So you were here as a tourist and you met lots if portenos who make less than AR$1000 ? I have been living here for 5 1/2 years.. when i first arrived i met cleaners who made AR$600 a month, and at the time i think the average wage for police/nurse/teacher was AR$800 - after tax from what i...

I actually think this whole YPF thing is going to turn out to have been a bad decision by the Gov. I do like the idea of the gov being in control of some important and strategic industries. Electricity generation being one, and water supply etc. However i also think that when you have total...

The law change took place ages ok, but they havent been very strict policing it.. A friend done the visa trip to urugary, and when she went to come back was told she couldnt enter argentina, which was a problem as she was living here, apt etc with eventhing still in argentina.. So she stayed...

Can someone confirm that the big mac here has 2 beef patties, as i am sure it doesnt... but it could be just my imagination.. as i dont particully like McD's and have only ever had it once here, and i think it was just a one patty burger..

The reason she is in the shit is because they have been keeping the peso artificially high... Brazil is slowing, and the real has gone from 1.70 to the US$ to just over 1.90 since mid feb, around 12%.. what has happen to the AR$ in that time.. sod all... This was a big contributing factor to...

I usually only spend 6 months in total here a year, and the rest of the year living somewhere else or travelling, as the bsas starts to give me the shits big time otherwise.. however when i am away after a couple of months i start to miss the place... i have a love/hate relationship with argentina..

I was living in zurich last year.. the small apt i was living in - about 45sqm was CHF 800 per, just over US$800, it was very moden, quiet, overlooking a park and with a tree covered mountain behind it.. My 32sqm studio in palermo is US$500, not nearly as nice as the zurich apt, or as quiet or...

Its been cheaper in europe for at least the last 2 1/2 years.. I usually spend 3 or 4 months in gent/belgium or zurich, and apart from the price of transport and restaurants (in zurich) everything else is cheaper, and often alot cheaper. The quality of food is better in europe too, with alot...