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I'd imagine you're going to Buenos Aires?
Where should I go and what should I do? A friend and I are making plans to go next summer (July, August or September). I'm not all that interested in doing the touristy things. Suggestions?
I'd imagine you're going to Buenos Aires?
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Watch your purse and your posterior.
Manu
stone oak right? i'll house sit. no problem. anything for a friend.
Don't drink the water....or eat the food.
This is actually good information spurschick.
Are you going with another female friend? I'd consider inviting a fairly big guy with you, I'm not trying to scare you but you should watch your back, if it's just you two women, it's not even safe for you ladies to go out walking the streets at night.
?Don't drink the water....or eat the food.
The food's great.
I'm also planning a trip for next summer with a friend, we're goin on a Eurotrip.
I'm going to Corpus on Tuesday for work.
I'm going to the outer banks on July 1st for a week
Go to Bahia Blanca.
Yes, it's another female friend who has actually been to BA a couple of times. I would imagine that BA is where we'll be spending most of our time. I have heard that La Boca is cool. I was just looking to really see some cool places that will give me the local flavor. I'm sure the Eva Peron balcony is cool and all, but it really doesn't interest me all that much. I did want to take a cemetary tour though.
If you like to wing shoot I've been there a few times and can help with tips.
Many Americans assume all of Latin America is exactly like Mexico.
The true way to tour a city is just walking it's streets, especially those famous places and then a little bit of each neighborhood. You should definitely walk around in the downtown area a bit to get to know it, walk around in Palermo and Belgrano which are both nice neighborhoods in the NW side. But even there....you have to be careful. Basically all of my family lives in Belgrano and 99% of them have been jumped before. Most of them a few times. And that's a calm area with many plazas/parks.
Try to learn as much Spanish as you can. And if possible with Argentinian accent/slang. There is a very good level of English in the tourist places, but outside that circuit you might find some people that don't speak it (maybe a taxi driver, or if you want to buy tickets for a show, etc).
There are some who might want to confuse you with the price (again, if you are moving outside the touristic circuit), but if you show them that you understand what they are saying, you'd probably won't get scammed. Watch for the Peso/Dollar currency and ask how much they will accept for your dollars (again, the touristic places have signs that show the currency change). Also, try to remember well the names of the places you are planning to visit, and where you are staying.
The key to be safe is try not to show off. I don't mean to dress a dirty t-shirt, but try not to look too rich
When walking, WATCH OUT, pedestrians are seen as dummies to test how endurable your car is. The traffic is quite chaotic, so if you handle Spanish well, the metro is a faster and cheaper choice to move in Buenos Aires. But my advise is don't take it during rush hour (7am-10am/4pm-6:30pm), unless you'd like to feel packt like sardines in a crushed tin box.
If you are coming to Buenos Aires, well there's a LOT you can do, depending what you like and how much you want to spend. Obviously, you are going to eat, so I recommend you to visit some Argentinian typical restaurants (parrilla), and eat some asado (the closest thing you guys have is a barbacue, but barbacues are to asados what Kenyon Martin is to Tim Duncan). The cattle calf meat is amazing, along Argentinian red wine is a nice choice. Also if you like beer there is the local brands (Quilmes is the best one) or some international ones (Stella Artois, Budweiser, Heineken, brazilian Brahma, Warsteiner), there are others, but in specialized bars. Oh, I must say, this is not the country to visit if you are vegetarian. From cow meat, going through pork, lamb, goat, chicken, fish...If it moves, breathes or moos, you can probably find it on the menu. The parilla grill, is the most popular form of restaurant, with the steaks usually coming well done.
There is also a heavy southern Italian influence, so you can find many variations of pizza and all kinds of pasta with different sauces. There are pleny of "ethnic" restaurants located in the Palermo neighbourhood, with Arab, Eastern European, Chinese, Japanse, Hindu, etc kinds of food.
There is more traditional Argentinian food, I'll post some later.
I got some suggestions to places you can go to eat, I'll post them later if you want.
Oh, something else. Eating times at night. Dinner or Supper is never before 8pm, and sometimes people eat as late as 12pm. Many restaurants stay open until 2pm or even later.
Well that for the eating part in Buenos Aires. If you plan to visit some place else, I have some suggestions. I'll post more tips later, but now I need to sleep
im a fairly big guy
bring me back a present!
Sounds like an awesome trip, M. I'm excited for you.
My friend is fluent in Spanish, so I'm pretty confident that she won't let me get ripped off in terms of prices, etc.
Thanks for the suggestions, and yes, I'd love suggestions for places to eat.
As for Quilmes, that stuff is crap!
I'd heard that people don't go out and eat til late, so I'm prepared.
Keep in mind that in Argentina, July-September is the dead of winter.
While your friend may be fluent in Spanish, the Argentine dialect is rather different from the Mexican/Caribbean ones and will take some getting used to.
its not THAT different. Is she speak Mexican spanish, she'll do fine here.
With regards to safety, Alvarez over there LOVES to exagerate. I don't know who his family is, but if they ALL got mugged, they're doing something wrong. Like in every major city there are places where one shouldn't go. I have to go now, but I'll post some suggestions when I come back.
By the way, when you get here let me know, I would love to meet a fellow spurstalker and Manu fan from San Antonio
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