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    Legit camera shop?

    Buy one in Colombia.
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    where to buy dvds?

    As already mentioned, Solo Cine is a great shop to pick up some dvd's, especially if you're in the market for something foreign. There's a few other shops in that area with some not so bad selections. The streets in Pelermo and Recoleta as well as other neighbourhoods are littered with folks...
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    where to buy a nice mate gourd, thermos, bag etc.

    Yes! You are officially my favourite person ever. That is exactly what I was looking for.
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    where to buy a nice mate gourd, thermos, bag etc.

    Hey, while were on the topic of mate, I have a question for any of those who may be in the knowing. I'm in the market for a more modernish looking gourd but i have yet to find anything worthy of a purchase. The other day I saw a woman drinking out of the greatest little bright orange gourd. It...
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    Is this a joke??

    What the fuck is with #6 "6. Children's Performer -- Dress up as a lobster and chase my super-sweet, lobster-obsessed and -fixated son around the house until he freaks out and begs you to stop even though he kept pleading with you to do it in the first place. Extra bonus: If you love looking at...
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    One of the Many On My Block

    I think more than anything it was just interesting to see how much the locals are so unaffected and accustomed to crime and theft in this city.
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    One of the Many On My Block

    I was walking through Abasto not that long ago and some guys on a bike pulled right up to the window of a car about a metre away from me and smashed in the window and pulled the stereo right out of the dashboard. It was broad day light and there were a number of people on the street. Nobody even...
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    Your Favorite Restaurants?

    Oh really? Their website says they are open from 12pm to 3pm. Well maybe I'll go for dinner instead.
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    Your Favorite Restaurants?

    I think I'm going to stop by there tomorrow for lunch and give their ceviche a try. I'm a ceviche virgin, so I'm pretty stoked. How I haven't it tried it yet I don't know, I'm in Lima quite often. Which of their two ceviches do you recommend, the ceviche de mero or the ceviche mixto?
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    Coca Mate - Interesting to try

    Yeah, they sell it in the markets and the coca shops in Cusco. It comes in a couple of different forms. There's the "black gooey stuff" as I had mentioned before that is sweetened and I believe it is called llipta(I think that's how it is spelled) and it's from Bolivia. There is also a much...
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    Dutch Treat

    Good to hear. They are a top notch airline.
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    Coca Mate - Interesting to try

    Coca leaves can be pretty potent. When I was in Cusco I had the opportunity to chew some leaves with some of the locals and they chew the leaves with a little pinch of this black gooey stuff that activates the alkaloids in the coca. It gives you a a pretty good buzz and will make your mouth...
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    Coca Mate - Interesting to try

    I love coca tea. The best is fresh brewed loose leaf coca leaves. Isn't it illegal to sell in Argentina though? I might have to go pick up a box of the stuff.
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    Looking to pick up some DVD'S

    I am looking to find a shop in the city with a good selection of DVD's for sale. Somewhere with a good selection of foreign films would be ideal. I know when I was in Brazil and Mexico the bookstores had some of the best selections to choose from. I'm not sure if it's like that in BA, but any...
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    Fed Ex here? reliable?

    I used FedEx a couple weeks ago for the first time here in Buenos Aires. They were really great, I will definitely be using them again in the future. I went to the location in centro, I believe it was a couple blocks off Plaza de Mayo. The guy behind the counter was super helpful and spoke great...
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    What do you all cook down here?

    Oh man, I would kill for some butter chicken right about now. Yumm. Can anyone recommend anywhere to get some good butter chicken in the city or good indian restaurants?
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    Developing film in the city

    That's good to hear. Back home they are getting pretty hard to come by, except for a few specialty photography shops. I came across a couple places on the net that I might go check out. One place is called megaphoto and the other Buenos Aires Color. Although something in Palermo would be a...
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    Developing film in the city

    I have a question for the few people out there that still use good ol' fashion film cameras. Can anyone recommend a shop in the city that develops 35mm film as I have a few rolls of colour negative and B&W that I would like to get developed plus printed sometime soon.
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    Drinking Horchata with the Contras...

    Vampire Weekend are in town?! Awesome, I might just have to go to that show.
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    Good quality mate gourd & bombilla

    Hi, can anyone recommend a good shop to pick up a well made mate gourd and a quality bombilla. The last time I was here I bought a set at a market in Recoleta but they ended up being cheaply made and the gourd cracked on me after about a month and the bombilla was total junk and started to rust...
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