[Going strong]

(11-08-2015 05:19 PM)godzilla Wrote:  

Also any opinións on the elections? Everyone talks to me about it.

Correct me if Im wrong. Its interesting here how the city votes conservative. Seems like a lot pf city people own the farmland though. Also the left here is more nationalist. Not what we usually see in other countries.

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[mammal]

(11-07-2015 06:45 PM)Going strong Wrote:  

"And being illegal, you risk arrest if caught"

dude, no Westerner has ever been arrested changing on Florida street...

As to "express kidnapping", it does not target foreigners, only local portenos, and it's very unusual even for them...

Only thing (99%) right in your post is: "many small shops, restaurants will happily accept dollars in payment at the unofficial rate. Hotels (your biggest expense) are difficult unless you are dealing with a very small hotel (you speak directly with the owner) not a chain hotel"

99%, because actually the restaurants, shops, will take your dollar not at the blue rate, but a bit lower (like 13 instead of 15 pesos per USD)

"No Westerner has been arrested" Have you checked the Policia Federal's files? Or do you think that whenever there is an arrest it's front page news? You may be right, but the fact is you're breaking the law. And it's always wise to know what the risk is. $10 fine like for a parking violation? A few days in jail? Being deported? Legal costs to defend yourself? A large bribe? I don't know the answer to those, and am unwilling to take the risk unless I have the answers. Foreign jails all over the world have hosted Americans who thought they could violate other countries' laws with impunity, or who thought the US consulate would do more than give them a list of local lawyers.
You may be a bigger risk taker,and that's cool.

As to the exchange rate, it's all subject to negotiation. If a shopkeeper knows that you know the going rate, you'll get a better offer than someone who doesn't.

[godzilla]

(11-10-2015 03:08 PM)mammal Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 06:45 PM)Going strong Wrote:  

"And being illegal, you risk arrest if caught"

dude, no Westerner has ever been arrested changing on Florida street...

As to "express kidnapping", it does not target foreigners, only local portenos, and it's very unusual even for them...

Only thing (99%) right in your post is: "many small shops, restaurants will happily accept dollars in payment at the unofficial rate. Hotels (your biggest expense) are difficult unless you are dealing with a very small hotel (you speak directly with the owner) not a chain hotel"

99%, because actually the restaurants, shops, will take your dollar not at the blue rate, but a bit lower (like 13 instead of 15 pesos per USD)

"No Westerner has been arrested" Have you checked the Policia Federal's files? Or do you think that whenever there is an arrest it's front page news? You may be right, but the fact is you're breaking the law. And it's always wise to know what the risk is. $10 fine like for a parking violation? A few days in jail? Being deported? Legal costs to defend yourself? A large bribe? I don't know the answer to those, and am unwilling to take the risk unless I have the answers. Foreign jails all over the world have hosted Americans who thought they could violate other countries' laws with impunity, or who thought the US consulate would do more than give them a list of local lawyers.
You may be a bigger risk taker,and that's cool.

As to the exchange rate, it's all subject to negotiation. If a shopkeeper knows that you know the going rate, you'll get a better offer than someone who doesn't.

Don't dig yourself a deeper hole.

They advertise the blue rate in the local paper for godsakes.

[Going strong]

(11-10-2015 03:08 PM)mammal Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 06:45 PM)Going strong Wrote:  

"And being illegal, you risk arrest if caught"

dude, no Westerner has ever been arrested changing on Florida street...

As to "express kidnapping", it does not target foreigners, only local portenos, and it's very unusual even for them...

Only thing (99%) right in your post is: "many small shops, restaurants will happily accept dollars in payment at the unofficial rate. Hotels (your biggest expense) are difficult unless you are dealing with a very small hotel (you speak directly with the owner) not a chain hotel"

99%, because actually the restaurants, shops, will take your dollar not at the blue rate, but a bit lower (like 13 instead of 15 pesos per USD)

"No Westerner has been arrested" Have you checked the Policia Federal's files? Or do you think that whenever there is an arrest it's front page news? You may be right, but the fact is you're breaking the law. And it's always wise to know what the risk is. $10 fine like for a parking violation? A few days in jail? Being deported? Legal costs to defend yourself? A large bribe? I don't know the answer to those, and am unwilling to take the risk unless I have the answers. Foreign jails all over the world have hosted Americans who thought they could violate other countries' laws with impunity, or who thought the US consulate would do more than give them a list of local lawyers.
You may be a bigger risk taker,and that's cool.

Man, what are you talking about? The "Policia Federal" (and do you know there are 2 competing police forces there, by the way?) arresting Westerners in Florida street, or, come to think of it, keeping files ... they can't even be bothered to keep files on their own petty criminals... Have you ever entered an Argentinean police station? keeping files?? between the siesta and the futbol para todos, lol

And... a Westerner being deported from Argentina? for changing dollars in calle Florida? do you think Cristina will pay him the airplane ticket??

No offense but... you are the typical case of someone having spent 15 days in BsAs, and giving advice to people who actually have lived... much longer in this city...

That's a good thing with this forum: do not give advice on cities that you just know a little bit, because this forum has lots of posters who actually live or have lived years in said cities... it's very difficult to brag or bullshit, on Roosh forum...

Because everything points at you not knowing Argentina very well, every detail you wrote... "giving a policeman a large bribe" on calle Florida?? lol, why bother?? don't give anything, and if you ever give a bribe for anything, don't give more than 50 USD maxi... no "large bribe" necessary, ever...

[Mekorig]

mammal, both Going Strong and Godzilla are right. Myself i am from Bs As, so i can support what they say.

[godzilla]

@mammal

I usually have someone come to my house to change. But, I have used a place on Florida St. twice with no problems, no counterfeits or anything. With $100s you should be getting within .50 of the Blue rate. PM me if you want the details

[Mekorig]

Good new guys, the currency clamp on exchange has been lifted, now things are going back to normal.

Link: Bs As Herald

For now, the exchange rate is something like 13.6 pesos/dollar to sell 14.2 pesos/dollar to buy.

[Merenguero]

(12-17-2015 12:16 PM)Mekorig Wrote:  

Good new guys, the currency clamp on exchange has been lifted, now things are going back to normal.

Link: Bs As Herald

For now, the exchange rate is something like 13.6 pesos/dollar to sell 14.2 pesos/dollar to buy.

Is that good news for whom? Argentines or foreigners?

[Mekorig]

Both. Finally this are going back to "normal" after 12 years of the Kirchnners, and at last we dont have to check 3 or 4 diferent exchange rates. The same for the foreigns, they are less in danger of beign ripped off when buying in the black market.

[bootyhuntah]

Just saw this today, and still a little confused how exactly this will work. Does this mean the ATMs will give a good rate now? Travelling with cash is a huge pain, so if that's the case (I can withdraw pesos at the ATM now), then I'm pretty ok with that change. I changed some dollars today at 14 pesos to $1USD on the black market and there will still many others doing so.

But didn't know a change like that could happen literally overnight like this, pretty crazy. It doesn't seem like any of the prices in the grocery stores have changed yet, which I don't understand how that can be possible when the official rate goes up 40%+ percent in one day...then again I'm not an economics pro.

[Mekorig]

(12-17-2015 07:39 PM)bootyhuntah Wrote:  

Just saw this today, and still a little confused how exactly this will work. Does this mean the ATMs will give a good rate now? Travelling with cash is a huge pain, so if that's the case (I can withdraw pesos at the ATM now), then I'm pretty ok with that change. I changed some dollars today at 14 pesos to $1USD on the black market and there will still many others doing so.

But didn't know a change like that could happen literally overnight like this, pretty crazy. It doesn't seem like any of the prices in the grocery stores have changed yet, which I don't understand how that can be possible when the official rate goes up 40%+ percent in one day...then again I'm not an economics pro.

The thing is that the new administration derogate a ruling the last administration created to restrict the adquisition of foreign money by imposing a lot of very bureocratic steps. Right now it went back to it was some years ago, and also it sincered the exchange rate. Also this ruin the bussiness of some people that were doing a killing with the black market.

[Mekorig]

4th day in a row were the dollar keep going down. 12.90 pesos/dollar to sell, 13.26 pesos/dollar to buy.

[Mekorig]

Ok guys, there is a small panic spree around the continent right now because of the Dengue and Zika viruses. Thanks to the El Niño climate around Argentina is getting damper during summer, and that is making the Aedes Aegypti mosquito to advance even to Bs As, and this bugger is the carrier for both viruses, among others. Right now there is a massive fumigation campgaign around the country (and in other countries) mostly by the scare that the Zika virus mean (it is a "apparent" connection between the infection by this virus on pregnant women and the psibility of the babies beign born with microcephaly ), even if the Dengue fever is way worse.


You should be scared of visiting Bs As? Dont, but use mosquito repellent lotion, especially if you plan to go to the northen region of the country, or to Brasil.

[Mekorig]

Almost a year since i post in my own thread. 2016 was a busy year.


Now, in response to the inquiries of some forum members, a little tidbit: Dont come to Buenos Aires in summer-time (about the mid-end of December to the last days of February. Why? Because it is when most of the people in the city goes on vacation. It is not that the city is empty, you will still find some local talent in the usual spots (Palermo, Recoleta, San telmo, etc), but the numbers are lower because most people are either in the Buenos Aires coast, Uruguay or South Brazil (or back to their homes in the rest of the country provincies).

My recomendation: Come around mid-March. Most girls are back in work/university by that time, and also the weather is nicer (way less hot/humid).

[Mekorig]

Had to do some things around the UBA Medicine University/"Clinicas" Hospital. Was very pleased to see a couple of groups of very nice looking girls going out of the building. Probably doing summer courses, good oportunity to daygame (not my strong). Sadly some of the girls were sporting "Nuevo Encuentro" t-shirts (lefty political party asociated to the Kirchnner administration).

[Mekorig]

Well, there is good news, low-cost airlines are coming to Argentina:

http://www.thebubble.com/is-2017-the-yea...argentina/

I have a guarded optimism about this. Buenos Aires-Cordoba can go from 100 U$S to 35 U$S, and thats very good, but most of the airports used will be minor airports, so maybe you ended up spending more in the land trip from it to the city.

[Tail Gunner]

(02-27-2017 06:17 PM)Mekorig Wrote:  

Well, there is good news, low-cost airlines are coming to Argentina:

http://www.thebubble.com/is-2017-the-yea...argentina/

I have a guarded optimism about this. Buenos Aires-Cordoba can go from 100 U$S to 35 U$S, and thats very good, but most of the airports used will be minor airports, so maybe you ended up spending more in the land trip from it to the city.

Thank goodness. It is about time. The few times that I visited South America I have been amazed that it is actually cheaper to fly from the U.S. to South America than to fly between the countries located in South America. I know that there is now also a low-cost airline that now flies between Panama City and various cities in Colombia.

[Merenguero]

(03-01-2017 12:02 AM)Tail Gunner Wrote:  

(02-27-2017 06:17 PM)Mekorig Wrote:  

Well, there is good news, low-cost airlines are coming to Argentina:

http://www.thebubble.com/is-2017-the-yea...argentina/

I have a guarded optimism about this. Buenos Aires-Cordoba can go from 100 U$S to 35 U$S, and thats very good, but most of the airports used will be minor airports, so maybe you ended up spending more in the land trip from it to the city.

Thank goodness. It is about time. The few times that I visited South America I have been amazed that it is actually cheaper to fly from the U.S. to South America than to fly between the countries located in South America. I know that there is now also a low-cost airline that now flies between Panama City and various cities in Colombia.

Copa actually goes from Panama City to Buenos Aires and Cordoba and is considerably cheaper than most, or maybe even, all other airlines. I took Copa from Panama City to Cali, Colombia one time.

[KeepMovingForward]

I'm going to Buenos Aires soon. What's the best plan to exchange dollars? Are ATM's worthwhile?

What's the testosterone situation in Argentina? I've read you need a prescription, and you can't find it in pharmacies anyway.

PM me if necessary, much appreciated.

[Mekorig]

(03-01-2017 02:16 AM)KeepMovingForward Wrote:  

I'm going to Buenos Aires soon. What's the best plan to exchange dollars? Are ATM's worthwhile?

What's the testosterone situation in Argentina? I've read you need a prescription, and you can't find it in pharmacies anyway.

PM me if necessary, much appreciated.

You can exchange in the legal places, or the black market if you want, but its not the same situation than a year before. You can use ATM too IIRC.

No idea about testosterone. Will ask a friend who is a medic.

[TIOT12]

@Mekorig how are things in Argentina now politically and otherwise? Planning a trip to Argentina later this year. Seems like your thread here is due for an update anyway

[Mekorig]

(01-15-2018 02:30 PM)TIOT12 Wrote:  

@Mekorig how are things in Argentina now politically and otherwise? Planning a trip to Argentina later this year. Seems like your thread here is due for an update anyway

Answered by PM. But yes, you are right. Mix of work and study me have makes things dificult to get new material for the thread.

[Rossi]

I'm thinking to come for Boca Juniors vs River Plate game in few months. Any idea where I should stay? Thinking to stay around 2 weeks. Which neighborhood should I look in AirBnB? I want to get something good in a very good neighborhood and close to nightlife. I'd assume, nowhere around Bombonera

[Mekorig]

(01-16-2018 07:34 PM)Rossi Wrote:  

I'm thinking to come for Boca Juniors vs River Plate game in few months. Any idea where I should stay? Thinking to stay around 2 weeks. Which neighborhood should I look in AirBnB? I want to get something good in a very good neighborhood and close to nightlife. I'd assume, nowhere around Bombonera

If you want to stay close to the nightlife you have Palermo. Its a big neighborhood, so you have options to check Airbnb and other sites. Also Recoleta is good (expensier) and Villa Crespo. Or if you want to go extra-expensive, you have Puerto Madero, but be ready to expend a lot on taxis or Uber.



Here you have a map of Palermo. Take in count that the names are bullshit invented by the real state brokers to get an extra buck.

[Elster]

¡Que locura, no sabía que Palermo se convirtió en una ciudad propia!

(De paso ¿Me podes explicar que CARAJO es "Palermo sensible"?????)

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"How crazy, I didn't know Palermo turned into it's own city!"
"By the way, Can you explain to me what the fuck is "Palermo Sensible"?"