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    Sube Card And More

    Actually I reactivated Viaja Facil: http://www.viaja-facil.com/ It was some stupid administrative issues that forced me to temporarily shut the site down, but it's back up for a few months already! If it's down I'll try to provide an update of when it will be back on facebook...
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    Skiiing Advice - Better In Argentina Or Chile?

    I found Ushuaia (Cerro Castor) nice. I can't compare it to Las Lenas or Chilean resorts because I never tried them. Compared to Austrian skiing resorts, of course, it is a joke (being Austrian, I might be biased though). Therefore I recommend to combine the trip with other Ushuaia activities...
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    Why do people without work visas think they can come here and find work?

    Probably because it actually works for some. The high rate of unregistered (en negro) workers might also cause people to think that it actually doesn't matter. Additionally, at least when BsAs was inexpensive, the consequences of failing were less of a problem (because you could spend quite a...
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    Effects of eventual rise in colectivo fares

    2,5 does not sound so bad. One big issue (when colectivo fares rise too), if you need i.e. colectivo=>subte=>colectivo to go to your destination, you pay three times. Those who have the money might be more likely to use combis since the price difference decreases, leading to more traffic. Those...
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    Colectivos de Buenos Aires Web Map

    @Lobo Marino: To give you some statistics: There are over 10,000 colectivos in use in Buenos Aires City + GBA, with about 1.5bn tickets sold each year.
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    Colectivos de Buenos Aires Web Map

    I created http://www.viaja-facil.com/ which has an optimized site for smartphones and an App for Android.
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    Sending a birthday present to Argentina

    Thanks for all the feedback. I ended up sending money through Western Union. Worked fine. Fees are high (17.5€) but at least it is done and I already have the confirmation that the money reached its destination :-)
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    Sending a birthday present to Argentina

    Hi! I am not living in Argentina any more but I'd like to send a friend a birthday present. Is there anything I can send that does not cause any troubles with the aduana? Should be something around 100€ worth, but at the same time unlikely to cause the necessity to pick it up at Retiro (and pay...
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    Desarrollador Web Bilingue Inglés

    Basically they are searching a web-developer/software engineer who speaks perfect spanish and english. The rest should be easy to understand for anyone who meets this requirement :-) IMHO they should have posted in english though.
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    Buying a gun...

    I'll just leave this youtube-link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gME0TUdLGew Title: "como matar a un ladron y ser inimputable". Not to be taken too seriously.
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    CREAMFIELDS! Who's going?

    Last year it was the 10-year anniversary and as far as I know, it never sold out. The autodromo really has a lot of space. I don't remember the numbers too well, I think it had 40.000 people and 50k or 60k available tickets. Maybe somebody else remembers better. Like anneirene said, you can buy...
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    Interesting Economist article today on trade restrictions in Argentina

    The thing that is really funny is that they had to (maybe still have to) buy peso bills from brazil and chile since they were not able to print enough on their own. At least they did not declare a yearly quota for that.
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    Horrible accident in Flores

    Concerning the colectivo drivers, it has already been said that it is a stressfull job. AFAIK their companies collect the fines and then appeal all at once and they expire since no judges are available to treat those cases. Don't know if it is true. And I think they collect several hundred or...
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    Riverplate riots

    Too long for me to read in detail. I am just wondering whether it mentions the ties that many barrabravas have with labour unions and politicians? IMHO the most interesting part about all their shady activities, which frequently remains unmentioned in international coverage.
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    UK riots

    I understand very well, that people get angry when on one side the funding for education gets reduced to a point where schools are unable to prepare people for a job, and on the other side investment bankers with enormously high wages (especially when put into relation with the low/zero value...
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    Cross Country Skiing in Ushuaia

    They should have good discounts right now, since hardly anybody goes there due to the closed airports. Anyway, when I was in Ushuaia exactly one year ago, it was rather quiet too. Now it must be a ghost town.
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    Why a facade of indifference?

    I don't understand the facade-part. People actually ARE indifferent to strangers, all over the world. Especially in the big cities. That "they robbed me and nobody cared" etc. stuff happens in NY, Paris, BsAs, Vienna, London, wherever you look. Meeting somebody and not being able to show how you...
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    Scam Artist Cab Drivers

    We all know that scams are common in Argentina. Concerning taxi drivers I must say that I found them extremely honest. The only case where I really got ripped of was when I was quite drunk. A few (very few) times they did not take the most direct route, but never more than 5 cuadras (you know...
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    Another Argentina Story........

    I don't understand why police should or could act on this without a court order. I understand that the situation sucks, but if police could act on such stuff they would more than once take a wrong decision or simply abuse their power. I can't imagine that in any developed country, you can go to...
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    9 de Julio, high viewpoint? - filming

    There is that building right on the 9 de Julio (the lane towards south even bends around it), I think it's the ministerio de salud. Might offer a good viewpoint but I don't have any good contacts there. Anyway, the best thing about filming from there would be that it is one of the ugliest...
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