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Apparently there are three landfills /processing plants in the city of Buenos: In the barrios de Flores, Colegiales and Pompeya. 90% of solid waste goes to those places, according to offical sources, the rest to the Province of Buenos Aires...

Just a brief note to comment to you that an article on Freecycle (and the argentine chapter) has appeared on the Clarin website (in spanish) Here goes the link: http://weblogs.clarin.com/shopping-urbano/archives/2006/07/freecycle.html

Sarkis at Thames 1101 in Palermo would be my choice? I was told last time I was there the food was armenian, it is very good and not expensive... plenty of room for people inside, if we are early (say 8 oclock) we will have no problem finding a table for however many poeple we are. Only a...

Yes, It´s the Young Expatriates Society of Buenos Aires (YESBA). At the moment it is a sort of Classifieds ads forum, that goes out as a newsletter once a week, and a Wine & Empanadas meeting once a month, I believe.

YESBA is holding an expat gathering (Wine & empanadas) this Thursday 6th of July (http://www.yesba.org) When: This Thursday and every first thursday of the month What time: 8-12 PM Where: THE ACADEMY OF RECOLETA (http://www.academyrecoleta.com.ar) Ayacucho 1571 (corner Av. Las Heras).Recoleta...

There is an official website which has information on working in Argentina http://www.argentina.gov.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=1333

Another option could be: http://www.despegar.com.ar/homes/viajes.html Haver never flown through them but I believe they are ASATEJ´s competition..

Don´t travel much to the States but checked on despegar.com for tickets to another destination and found there were tickets to NY for $569 plus taxes ($253) Miami $369 plust taxes... don´t know what the catch is but they are supposed to be a well know company - they may specialize in last...

Asatej sells all kinds of tickets, it´s a backpacker´s/students Travel agent (they would be the equivalent to Sta travel in the UK). They have offices dotted around Buenos Aires.... If you clik on the "Contactanos" you will be able to search for offices near your area...

I Called the General Directorate of licenses of the City of Buenos Aires recently (Dirección Gral de Licencias de la Ciudad)- Tel: 4604-1444 - Av. Coronel Roca 5252 to check about obtaining driving license both for tourists and expats. Am passing on what they said just in case: what they...

Esquina Homero Manzi has also been recommended http://www.esquinahomeromanzi.com.ar

Have been recommended: " Esquina Carlos Gardel" show near the Abasto Shopping center. Frommers writes: You'll find a more gracious experience at Esquina Carlos Gardel, Carlos Gardel 3200 (tel. 11/4876-6363), in the Abasto neighborhood where Carlos Gardel, the city's most famous tango...

Welcome to the forum Jennifer, hope it provides information of use to you and your husband... If there are topics you find have not been covered or are not being covered to the extent that you would wish to, feel free to ask, we´ll do what we can to answer them...

The Buenos Aires, Argentina Freecycle(TM) is open to all who want to "recycle" that special something rather than throw it away. Whether it's a chair, a fax machine, or an old door, feel free to post it. Or maybe you're looking to acquire something yourself! Everything posted must be FREE, legal...

Sorry to hear your offers to volunteer where not aswered. :-( Am not directly involved with the organisation or the event but will be attending the dinner. Heard about Habitat though CNN, and it is a US-born organisation. (Tickets are actually $175- yes!! quite steep!! but it is for...

Hábitat para la Humanidad Argentina, is holding a fundraising dinner on Thursday the 8th of June of 2006 Where? Sheraton Buenos Aires Hotel & Convention Center - Salón Retiro - Time: 20.00 hs The proceeds of the dinner will be used to finance the current proyects of Habitat.. Habitat for...

Great. Thank you admin

Hello, For those interested there is a map available of the route the Fight for Hunger walk will take this Sunday at 10 am at the Palermo Woods. It shows route/streets , starting and finish point as well as possible public transport to take to get there. Anyone interested in receiving it...

Great!! Thank you on their behalf for the food, the friends & of course the walking you are all going to do to raise awareness!!! I have a map in .pdf format of where the Walk starts, the area covered in the 5 km as well as where it will end. Is there any way to upload the file to this...

The Fight Hunger-Walk the World (Lucha contra el Hambre -Recorre el Mundo) is an organized walk on a global scale by the UN World Food Programme and TNT with the objective of raising awareness on the issues of hunger in the world which today kills more children than HIV, tuberculosis and...