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oh, that's nice - they really care for your feelings! no traumatic robbery, nice and quiet instead ;)

Ha. i was really planning a counter coup. I think - my gold rolex + my bikini = of course people will realize no tourist will dress like that! and it's not gentelmany to rob someone in that attire, how will they get home? ;)

Thank you, this is really really helpful! Some questions: -attitude. what is it and how do you project it - if/when robbed - i bet i'd just freeze and stop thinking. do they want wallet, or just cash, do they spend time w you to get all jewelry, etc? throwing wallet to side requires preparation...

;) Thank you. Cialu is smart indeed, at least on IQ level ;) I understand what you are describing, yet i don't know how to mix the famous portena 'stylishness and fashion sense' with need to dress down/blend in, these are contradictory in my view. my jewelry was not expensive yet eccentric...

actually, except for mate - this is a Berlin look!! reformed punk vs hippie ;)

Hi, and thank you - this is the most balanced and reassuring view yet. I understand people here are a self selected bunch, so are the topics and views expressed. It is amazing, though, as one compares this forum with say a similar in London - focus cannot be more different! Concrete questions...

;) absolutely. say you walk around congreso/balvanera/palermo, go to casual to smart casual places, and to look that you have nothing of value. most importantly, you want to prevent any following to your building door (near Palacio del Aqua, Once?)

Thank You - that was very helpful. So focus should be on body language/facial exp<b></b>ression like you know what you are doing, in terms of 'dressing down' - well simple things still give you away - eg i recall my shawl/scarf (for cold) caused notice as portenos do not do that... I am not...

Hi, good afternoon - by now we should be on 1st name basis, talking so much ;) I raised this question as have never felt a threat to self/property - and i was fortunate to be able to travel last 15yrs a bunch - big cities: Paris, London, N:YC, Nice/Marseille, SanFran/Miami, Prague...

Love it. NIce! SO: ruby hair - check - bad home colour job ;) Lipgloss to mimic lipfillers - check. Platforms 6inch - check - u must be joking re Louboutins, unless you only go to polo after-parties ;) Spa, hairdresser, mani/pedi - check. Almost there. minus the gold watch and audi.. So...

I was going to call this topic 'Safety" but that one is taken. 1118 times ;) 1st, a confession - this forum scares!!! sexism, piropos, unwanted attacks, verbal agression? mugging at knifepoint/gunpoint entering one's home? ... snatching/stealing? sorry, there's so much time you can spend...

jajaja of course patagonia - u got a private jet ready? it is fantastic, yes, isnt' it 4-5hrs + a land rover?

To return to theme of comparison from my other theme of security and machoism in SoAmerica ;) It's slightly tangential yet related comparison: London. I understand that perhaps Spain/Italy is where many Argentines may find themselves due to language and possibly passport but London is part of...

quote: Being a woman: Adding another one. Madrid wins, hands down. I got harrassed on a near daily basis in Buenos Aires, groped more times than I care to remember, hit on while undergoing medical exams during which I was topless, by the emergency room doctor, you name it. Part of my post...

Ok, i'll share my trick for hot weather ;) jump in a fountain - or a shower - or a friend's shower! The trick is no toweling off water after, it cools you down nicely. Repeat as needed every 15 minutes ;) I was really hoping for swimming beach spots - river beach, or around Tigre, or ?Carilo...

That would be great, really! I also think there is a difference between a girl looking like a tourist and a girl looking like a local and able to tell people to piss off in their native language.

Ha. Non-diplomatic non-cultural elite russians could not get their passport (nor money) to travel outside the country until ?1992-5, when socialism fell and they were trying to build a democracy; travel to Turkey/Egypt/Eastern Europe became an upper middle class pursuit in 2000s ;) and still...

it's there very very much : In London, Siena, Barcelona, Moscow.

Hi - no offense at all, please do not worry! i'm very happy to have nothing to do with Moscow, i don't know it very well but i have not known it to be a crime spot, like NYC in 1970-80s for example. Usually crime there has been high only in gang- and mafia related murders/rocket and...