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As crazy as this sounds, it worked wonders for us living in San Telmo. Fill a tuna can 3/4 full of beer and leave it out overnight. The beer attracts the snails, they crawl in and drown. You have to empty the can and start over every few days or they smell.

Mr Magoo huh, maybe he had the wrong end :)

Hi there I just made the trip in early April with our cat and had many of your same concerns. In the end it was fairly painless. The vet looked her over 5 days prior to our trip and gave me a letter stating she was healthy. I took the letter along with her current rabies certificate to...

Hello All Moving sale. All books first come first served. 5 books for 50 pesos. You can get an idea of what we have here: https://picasaweb.google.com/marisamdana/20110308?authkey=Gv1sRgCIbziY2CqcCMvwE# Whe are in San Telmo. PM Me for details. Rob

Hi Bruce I don't know about other providers. We have OSDE and when on vacation in Maine ended up in the emergency room with a sick child. I assumed I would have to pay the hospital and chase OSDE for a reimbursement. The hospital would not take my money. They accepted our OSDE card and OSDE...

Hi I can't say my info is current. I had no problem buying resident airfare with Residencia Precaria and no DNI about 3 years ago. I just brought the letter with me from immigrations.

So, if you can save 10k come down with that. Find work as soon as you can and go back when your out of money. Not like you need to set a date in stone. Simple, no?

For what it's worth... I just had 2 blankets delivered yesterday from my mother in the US. Sent DHL, declared value 0. Had to pay US 50. DHL did deliver to my door and accepted cash at time of delivery. What a friggin scam...

Welcome to the neighborhood, we live on Brasil right in front of the park. Not too impressed with the local Coto on Brasil, we generally make a Carefour run, the one in Avellaneda being the closest that I'm aware of. PM me if you want to catch up for a cup of coffee when you arrive

Could you share contact info for who gave you what? I am just embarking down the same path and would appreciate it. Thanks

I am an experienced php developer from the US living in BsAs. I went on a total of one interview about 18 months ago and was offered a project manager position for 2500 pesos. I stopped looking then and there and have been freelancing since for US clients. Best decision I ever made. It can be...

Hi Just FYI. I have been to a few doctors that are listed as English speaking in the OSDE book and their English was very limited, so much so that I just stuck with my Spanish.

I am a US citizen living in Argentina and I do freelance work for US companies. Last year I went and saw the embassy tax adviser and they where actually quite helpful although they are only there a few days a year during tax time. You can get all of the information you need from here: U.S...

Hi AllLike soulskier, I am often disheartened by the negative attitude often on display here and don't agree with it. RWS, well said, I like living in Argentina and accept the good and the bad just like any other place in the world. What really made me just have to respond was David's comment...