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Staying safe in Buenos Aires - part 2

by Kulprit

Here are a number of tips based on my experience in Buenos Aires:Don't openly display foreign goods or wear clothes bearing obvious designer brands. These are expensive in Argentina and immediately mark you out as affluent.Wear - as do the locals - muted colours without texts, prints or patterns and trousers rather than shorts. You will not stand out as a tourist as much.Get a couple of strong plastic carrier bags. Put one inside the other for strength and use this to carry around cameras and the like. It will look like shopping rather than valuables. Backpacks and cases can be targets.When seated at a restaurant or the like put the leg of the chair you are sitting on through the handles of the bag to avoid both subtle and obvious snatches.Don't carry large amounts of cash with you. One hundred pesos is only 35 US Dolars but it is a significant amount to Argentinians. Therefore seperate...

Staying safe in Buenos Aires - part 1

by Kulprit

Argentina, as you probably know, enjoyed a boom period where their currency was one-to-one with the US dollar and its citizens became very accustomed to having significant disposal incomes which made foreign travel cheap for them. As they learned to their cost, the government decisions which had led to this were dubious at best and the economy balanced on a thread. It all fell apart in 2001 with disasterous consequences for those with savings and investments. Argentina is plagued with civil unrest - the 'picateros' taking to the streets in protest over this or that on an almost daily basis. These protests are non violent, if a little noisy, but they do disturb traffic and draw hundreds of bullet-proof clad police who pull temporary barriers into place around government buildings. The police presence is always strong around the city centre - testament, I feel, to elevated crime statistics...

Protests and soccer celebrations

by sophisticate

People in Buenos Aires love to congregate, whether for a weekly protest in the main plaza or a huge soccer celebration complete with fireworks and burning effigies around the obelisk. I encountered both frequently during my trip and never really felt threatened or unsafe. If you are uncomfortable in large crowds, keep your distance and definitely avoid the tail end of a soccer celebration where things can get messy.

Subway Pick-Pockets!

by WYLENEoftheWORLD

The subways are pretty safe, although in very crowded situations (and I mean barely breathing room crowded), it happens frequently! You can be pressed so tightly against other people that you can't tell if it's just hands squished against you, or someone reaching inside your pockets! Beware! It happened to me!

What!?

by Wiley_Coyote

yup...in case you just don't feel like coming back with cholera, you might think twice before using the toilet. it's one of those situations where you see the sign and you just don't have to go anymore. by the way, this was taken on a bus toilet

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Don't get too close!

by phoebelosophy

While hiking through Perito Moreno near El Calafate, we came across a large wooden sign posted near the glacier.The sign read:"When ice falls, pieces are thrown violently dozens of meters away. This action produced the death of 32 people between 1968 and 1988 - Danger No Trespassing".I guess this one is easy to figure out!

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Dangerous Protest Rally December

by phoebelosophy

If you're visiting Buenos Aires in mid to late December, be wary of the protestors. Although they have good intentions (protesting against bad political leadership), it can get very dangerous, especially if you're a vulnerable tourist carrying expensive cameras, bags, etc.If you are stuck in a rally, the Police may help you out (they actually came up to my sisiters and I and told us to move away quickly and stop taking photographs as we were in danger!)The protestors usually end up congregating at the Plaza de Mayo around December 16-21st.

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LA PISTE aie ouille

by Aurelien5480

-------------En Francais------------------Des fois on rencontre des droles d oiseaux sur la piste.Trois jeunes fous, une vieille ford falcon et 200kms en 6h ..... route de piere et nids de poules: le capeau souvre touts les 50m, et quand ce n est pas le capeau, c est les portieres hihihi.Paysage de westerne, mais ou sont les indiens?Vraiment tres impretionnant----------------en ESPA?OL-----------------------los 200kms en ford falcon en 6h...... un souvenir increible en un paisaje de peliculas.

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Travellerýs Cheques

by reon80

I would highly recommend NOT bringing travellers cheques to Argentina. First of all, because you have to have your passport with you to change them and carrying your passport around with you is NOT a good idea on the streets of Buenos Aires in general. Secondly, because they are nearly impossible to change, after finding a place that will do it, you often have to wait in long lines and fill out papers. Anyway, that has been my experience, and I would recommend just bringing your ATM card! Better exchange rates too!

Visa issues

by reon80

This is great, I haven't even left yet and I already have a tip. Getting a student visa to study in Argentina was quite a lengthy and expensive process and I just wanted to warn future foreign students to start the visa process as soon as possible, and to make sure to call the consulate and personally ask for an updated list of requirements. Also, be prepared to make extra efforts when getting documents sent along from Argentina, as the mail is often slow or unreliable. I would advise the use of DHL or UPS, as regular mail gets lost with alarming frequency, and, trust me, you won't want to lose some of these documents!

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Q:  hey guys i'll be in BsAs from 15th of december until end of january. sadly i don't have really time to travel around, only 4... 

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A: Only one night in Ushuaia! You're joking! All that way! There is so much to see on both land and water. I suggest that you look at the travel guides section of VT as... 

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