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    Help Me Read A Quote For A Wp Site

    The most important part of SEO is the actual content, the text written on the page, the keywords etc. You can get loads of quality (responsive-mobile friendly) free WordPress online and there are loads of plugins that help with SEO as well in terms of editing the page title /description etc...
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    Going From Peru To Bolivia To Argentina?

    If not backpackers then: Fly Buenos Aires > Lima Fly Lima > Arequipa: Colca Canyon, Monasterio de Santa Catalina, Museo Santuarios Andinos Fly/Bus: Arequipa > Juliaca (flight + transfer to Puno)/Puno (bus): Lake Titicaca/Floating Uros islands, Yavari, Amantani & Taquile islands (overnight...
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    Border Crossings In The South To Chile

    An article in the news today: http://www.diarioandino.com.ar/diario/2015/09/15/afip-agiliza-los-tramites-de-aduana-para-viajar-a-chile/ Don't forget one of the most expensive border crossings: http://www.cruceandino.com/en
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    Going From Peru To Bolivia To Argentina?

    Sorry, no up to date advice about Yellow fever or direct bus routes from Bolivia to Argentina... Is Machu Picchu the main and only objective for the trip or are you wanting to see some of Peru & Bolivia as well? Have you considered a return flight to Lima then a circular route round Peru...
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    Getting Fired.

    It sounds like your contact was for a fixed term...? Therefore the company has no obligation to renew it, therefore they aren't firing you...
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    Getting Usd Out Of Uk Atms?

    shop around: buying us$1000 at the Post Office will cost you £ 667,56 (http://www.postoffice.co.uk/travel-money) buying us$1000 at Thomas Cook will cost you £ 659.07 (http://www.thomascookmoney.com/whatstherate)
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    Getting Usd Out Of Uk Atms?

    If you withdraw GBP£ and want to exchange to us$ this website will give you the best place to do it: http://travelmoney.moneysavingexpert.com/ Choose: US Dollars from the currency selection Collection and tick collect from London DON'T enter you email, just press 'search'
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    Senior Expats And Taxes

    Never heard of a law that exempts people over a certain age from taxes. Technically if he is renting his property he should be a 'Monotributo' so will pay taxes associated with that. Not sure of the taxes in Buenos Aires, but here in Bariloche as a Monotributo you also have to pay 'Ingresos...
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    What To Do About A Car In Bariloche For 1-2 Years?

    Volcanic ash started falling in central Bariloche at 11pm last night, but in general we has received very little, there is a very light dusting on the ground. There is an ash cloud in the air and I have the lights on as home as the amount of sun light getting through is reduced. There is also a...
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    What To Do About A Car In Bariloche For 1-2 Years?

    $18,300 for the whole season. Here are last years prices: http://www.pinamar-bariloche.com.ar/tarifariocerrocatedral.php so add 20-30% to get this years rates. The 2015 rates will probably appear on the Cerro Catedral Website (http://www.catedralaltapatagonia.com/invierno/) towards the end of...
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    What To Do About A Car In Bariloche For 1-2 Years?

    Resident ski pases for the 2015 season (AR$1800) were only sold until January 2015 and you needed to have been living for 6 months in Bariloche prior to purchasing them; then of course prove that you were a resident in Bariloche, DNI with Bariloche address etc.. It's an expensive place to ski. A...
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    Self-Employed - What Is The Procedure?

    Start reading here: http://www.afip.gob.ar/monotributo/
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    Xoom Money Stolen, Anyone With Experience? Help!

    No personal experience for this but if you didn't tell anyone that you were doing a transaction (I doubt if someone had a copy of you passport they would be calling into a xoom pick up location every 5 minutes on the off chance you had made a transaction), then it must be an inside job by...
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    Cyclists Looking For New Friends And A Bed In Buenos Aires

    just take the last full stop off the end of the link: http://theworldcan.org/biketrip.html
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    Share Your Favorite Pictures Of Argentina

    Descending from Refugio Lopez, Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina
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    35% Afip On Uk Visa Card?

    On BA.com a flight costing US$1000 purchased with your UK CC is equivalent to AR$ 12,500 (blue rate) At a travel agency in Argentina buying the same BA flight for US$ 1000 and you will be charged the official rate so it would be equivalent to AR$ 8500 + 35% AFIP = AR$ 11475 Only slightly...
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    Sheets

    I purchased some good quality, 100% cotton sheets from here many years ago...not sure what sort of stock they have now: http://euroblanc.com.ar Azcuénaga 578 Capital Federal, Bs. As. de Lunes a Jueves de 8 a 19hs y Viernes de 8 a 17hs Ubicación del Salón de Ventas
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    Anybody Been To Meliquina?

    Never been there myself but: This website (http://www.meliquina-patagonia.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3&Itemid=3) states: OMNIBUS CORTA DISTANCIA La empresa Ko-KO brinda dos servicios los días sábados y domingos únicamente. 09.00 y 16.00hs de San Martin de los Andes a...
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    Hiking The The 4 Mountain Huts Trekking Traverse (Bariloche)

    I would just buy them when you get to Bariloche: http://www.trekbariloche.com/bariloche-maps.php I haven't got a clue if they sell them in BA...
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    Hiking The The 4 Mountain Huts Trekking Traverse (Bariloche)

    Yes, it's a very slow snow year. It looks like the Cerro Bayo ski resort in Villa la Angostura will close to skiers at the end of the month (article from 20th August): http://www.diarioand...ra-esquiadores/ Cerro Catedral ski resort (Bariloche) currently only has 40cm of snow at the mid point...
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