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My cleaning lady is currently getting 6000 pesos an hour, plus meals, plus bus fare.

The Guardian, as always, dead on target.

Who has the time to count how many days pass without a comment? On someone else's post? Get a life.....!

Has anyone seen "papas fritas souflee"? The most wonderful invention.

Thank Heavens for a poster with a sense of humor, a rare commodity in this board....! Now, where can I go for those empanadas, and my very own religious awakening?

Thanks, Cortazar, a.k.a. Sherlock....! That's the post I remembered but couldn't find.

Thanks, Carride....that is very helpful.

I remember seeing a post about this, but can't find it. Help, please...! My 2017 Dell charger is kaput, and I need a new computer. To much to hope for a replacement charger....

Good point. However, I agree with him about expats being "spectators" in their host countries. If we don't like the music we can just switch channels: move elsewhere when things get hot, or the exchange rate is unfavorable. There are immigrants, and then there are expats - two entirely...

Glad to have your learned opinion, but the thread is not about Theroux - it is about the experience of being expats.

The Hard Reality American Expats Quickly Learn Jan. 5, 2025, 1:00 a.m. ET · · By Paul Theroux Mr. Theroux is the author of “The Mosquito Coast.” Does this annoying American rant sound familiar? “Call this a govment! Why, just look at it and see what it’s like. … They call that govment! A...

Excellent - U$S 1,000 for the implant.

Has this been your experience? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/opinion/america-expat-living-abroad.html

Inland from Colonia can be fiendishly hot. Better stay near the coast. No matter where you go everything is packed in January, when Argentines flee town in a frenzied pack, much like lemmings. February is much calmer, and cheaper as well.

Goodness.... what a glamorous life, zipping around the Mediterranean getting glasses in Morocco and dental implants in Turkey...! Feel ashamed to admit that I got my glasses in San Isidro and my single dental implant in Cordoba and Pueyrredon.

Must confess that I'm no fan of "dulce de leche", which is hard to get away from here. Whatever is not made of DDL, it has some slapped on, or mixed in.

Grammar corrections like that are not only petty, but superfluous as well. The poster's meaning was quite clear. It helps to keep in mind that many on this board are not native English speakers.

I contribute to the Parroquia, the local church, so I tell bell-ringers to go there for help. They seem to understand that.

In suburban Washington, DC, a friend's biking daughter was killed by a motorist while waiting for a traffic light to change. She was only 22. All it takes is one drunk driver - plenty of those in the US.

I've been giving an invented DNI number for years, when paying in cash. No one has noticed so far.