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I'm sorry if this seems like an exotically particular or otherwise stupid question, but every place is different and has its cultural and supply chain proclivities: Does Buenos Aires have peppermint tea? Is it easy to find? Mint will do in a pinch, but I really mean peppermint specifically...

Hello, I would appreciate it if someone please confirm my understanding of internal Argentine dial plan rules: 1. Internal numbers are often represented with the leading trunk code (0), even though this is unnecessary for fixed-line calls originating from within local rate centres, e.g. (11)...

To be honest, I was a little surprised not to find Buenos Aires on this list, at least after reading this forum for more than a year. :-) http://www.businessinsider.com/most-dangerous-cities-in-the-world-2012-10?op=1

I would be curious for opinions on Comodoro Rivadavia as a side trip--I mean on its own terms, not as compared to something else, like Ushuaia. It looks rather interesting. However, I have discovered in my travels that what I deem, a priori, to be interesting, is often not, in fact...

Hello, In light of occasionally unreliable power and sometimes flaky fixed-line broadband in Buenos Aires, it would be nice to have a backup 3G/HSPA+ data connection of some description. My assumption is that I can get a prepaid SIM with a data+voice tariff of some kind, from...

"The game is simple: you select one of eight available products, such as bread or meat, and you enter the price that you usually pay for it. Immediately, the product falls into two shopping carts which, after a traveling along a route position themselves at a distance proportional to the...

I haven't heard much on this forum about the infamous crime wave lately. Anecdotally speaking, has it somewhat decreased in severity, at least to the extent that it registers in relevance to your daily life? Or is it more that it has become such an existentially inescapable fact of life that...

Does anyone have any experience with short-term/furnished tourist apartments in BA available on Airbnb? Granted, this might be a stupid question, since there are quite a lot of them, in a lot of different areas. They're likely to be as hit and miss as anything else. However, there are some...

This is sure to add to Argentina's prestige among tech/open-source nerds: http://www.devthought.com/2012/06/09/richard-stallman-robbed-in-argentina/

I've been traveling a bit lately, and I'm currently spending some time in my not-so-distantly-ancestral home of Yerevan, Armenia. I was thinking about all the street crime-related discussions we have here. I think you guys are right in some ways. The more I travel, the more I am inclined to...

http://gma.yahoo.com/argentina-grieving-parents-baby-alive-morgue-143230302--abc-news-topstories.html

You know, before you lot carry on about how Argentina is the grand Mecca of theft, particularly in some semi-official context, consider: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/26/exclusive-the-stunning-jfk-airport-baggage-scandal-200-thefts-per-day/

Question: The reason the "Colonia visa run" approach to visa renewal works is because Argentine preclearance officials there (so far) look the other way on "renewing" visa stamps, i.e. giving you another stamp after your allowed 90 days and without the necessary Migraciones extension. What...

Really, Argentina? http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1452115-el-oficialismo-prohibio-que-atraquen-en-usuhaia-dos-cruceros-inlgeses

So, I know this is a can of worms, but I'm looking for some advice on the best way to "permatourist", since I presume that is the only method by which I can stay in Argentina for a period of at least one to several years. I've read many prior threads here on this issue, but can't seem to find...

At the risk of self-aggrandisement, I did want to offer answers to your voice telecommunication questions, in return for your kind and extensive answers to my dumb BsAs newbie questions. I am a VoIP engineering consultant by trade, chiefly doing work for American VoIP companies, but also some...

When I come back, I am going to need to bring in a quantity of personal electronics. A mere laptop won't do; I need to bring a large monitor and related accessories, and those aren't cheap. I wish I could say that it'd all fit in a carry-on bag, but it won't. From what I've read here, the...

I am working on realising my plan to relocate to BA. (No, don't worry, I am not going to do anything overly committal at first. Initially, my plan is to come back down for 3-6 months and rent a short-term apartment and just make sure I'm not deluding myself. But I don't think I am.) I do...