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I'm thinking of heading to Rio for a few days in January and was thinking that rather than flying back, I might see more of the country via bus (perhaps stop in Sao Paolo or Florionapolis or Puerto Alegre), the way that you might with in Argentina. But I know nothing about travelling in Brazil...

Sara, You can get thousands of dollars at Superveille Bank in Plaza Guemes (I think that's what it's called, the square around Charcas y Salguero). They will let you withdraw using your ATM card for a minimal price (I think that day the exchange rate was 3.85 and they charged me 3.8 or...

Great -- thanks. Turns out I needn't have panicked: there's a locutorio in Retiro with a printer. Thanks for all the help though.

I've never understood the bags either. I buy the boxes. On the plus side, it lasts for weeks.

Sadly, i don't have a USB key with me, but it's on email.

I second Arty's recommendation to use Andrea at http://www.holidayrentinbuenosaires.com She was a great help to me when I got here, and if she doesn't have what you need she can help find it.

I ordered a ticket to Puerto Madryn on Andesmar for tomorrow, assuming I could just check in when I got to Retiro and pick up my ticket. PERO, it according to the website I have to print it out somewhere before hand. I checked a couple of locutorios near my house in Palermo, but couldn't find...

Can any one recommend good rental sites for weeklong vacation rentals in Uruguay, up-river or wherever?

There's certainly available marijuana here -- you can smell in on the streets and in the clubs -- it's not a big deal. However, the idea of "medical" marijuana is completely foreign to them. I mentioned to a portena that in California it's used to treat illness and I might as well have suggested...

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The Big Mac here is the same size as it is in the US, and just as poor. As a kid I remember it being a more significant sandwich, but it's possible that I've just gotten bigger in relation to it. I swear that the Burger King Whopper is significantly better here. Though I think it's about twice...

0800 vinos looks terrific. I can't wait to try it. If anyone is interested in getting together every few weeks or so to do a wine tasting, let me know and I'll set something up.

Call me a marketer's dream, but Stevia is totally gross and sounds like the name of a middle-aged she-male. Splenda is delicious and sounds like the name of an angel. IMHO!

I'd love to see the list, and any other recommendations. Aside from a small familiarity with Argentine Malbec, I had very little knowledge of Argentine wine coming down. I guess I should look at it as a challenge, but at first glance it's really bewildering. I had a Bonarda this weekend that I...

Thanks Jim. I started a thread in Food and Drink with some starter questions. Any help you can give me as to where to start would be great. Also, if you ever decide to bring down some Shafer, I'll be happy to test it for bottle shock.

I'd love to be able to get to know wine here better. I've had some pretty good experiences with Argentine wine, but lately I've been missing the world of wine that you have access to in the United States. And many of the wines that I see stocked here tend to be the same producers -- Norton...

I went to Amaranta yesterday and cleaned my plate.

I've heard you might be able to get it at Green Bamboo. I haven't seen it at Sudestada.

This may be sacrilegious given local pride around the wine industry, but does anyone know where to buy wine from the US, France, Italy, etc? (Ideally more than three or four high-profile bottles.) Or even restaurants with a more international wine list? I know it's probably prohibitively...

It doesn't really matter if it's legal or not. I told my new landlord that they legally had to accept it in pesos and they basically said no. So, I mean, I could turn them in or something but I think they are aware that it's doubtful I'd bother. It is super easy to get dollars, however. You go...