Stories and News of Expat Life in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Welcome to the first of several guest posts on the Discover Buenos Aires site. We’re happy to give some additional exposure to other BsAs bloggers and businesses. As an expat in Buenos Aires, the occasion will eventually come up when some friends or family members may come to visit you in this far away city. … Read more
I’ve needed to replace my old MacBook Pro for awhile now and was waiting patiently for last week’s announcement from Apple of their newest models. The announcement turned out to be worth the wait as they announced their beautiful, new MacBook Pro with Retina Display. The retina display, solid state drive and thin size make … Read more
UPDATE (12/17/15): This information is no longer accurate as the government has eliminated the blue rate. I know, I know… We’ve had a lot of posts about using Xoom to transfer money to Argentina (and here), but today they’re offering a rate of ARS $6.0213 to USD $1 which we had to write about. This is … Read more
Hi, I’m Dave. I’m a points whore. In the last year and a half I’ve become addicted to collecting points and miles for travel. What sparked this addiction? Well, that was about the time I realized that traveling from Buenos Aires to the States used to cost me about $850 for a roundtrip ticket. These days … Read more
We’re always on the lookout for good airfare deals to Buenos Aires being that normal coach fares are now over $1400. So when we came across two recent deals, we knew we had to share them. First, LAN is having their “the big deal” mid-year sale with fares to most South American countries on sale. … Read more
A few weeks ago I wrote about using Xoom to transfer money from the United States to Argentina (from the UK, use Azimo) and I thought now would be a good chance to follow up on my experiences and the experiences of a few others. First of all, the rate has skyrocketed to 5.5357 dollars to 1 peso … Read more
UPDATE: I’ve had some problems with TunnelBear connecting from my provider in Argentina. I have since started using Private Internet Access for VPN and am much happier with it. One thing you quickly realize about living in Argentina is that many of the US-based websites either block you or try to tailor the experience for … Read more