After walking around Buenos Aires for several days, the city reminds me of a blend between Paris, NYC and Chicago. There are many districts, and you can easily spent long days exploring each one. Being there for a week, I only had a chance to visit the following: Palermo This neighbourhood is subdivided into smaller cartiers: […]
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Argentinian pesos
There are two currency conversations in Argentina; the official rate and the blue dollar rate. As of today, the official rate is 1 USD to just under 10 ARS, while the blue dollar rate is 1 USD to about 15 ARS. The reason for the double standard is foreign money is very difficult to obtain and inflation […]
Into Argentina
Whenever travelling, I normally research the country and/or the city, so I know the best locations to stay, the various modes of transportation, how tipping works, basic safety concerns, top places to visit, etc. For this, my top site is wikitravel.org, followed by some google searches. With Argentina however, I purposely omitted this research, in an effort simply to […]