Argentina

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I'm going to be in Buenos Aires for 3 days (not long!) and was wondering what everyone's opinion was on the best AREA to stay? I've narrowed it down to the microcentre, San Telmo and Recoleta and I've found nice places in each area. I thought perhaps the microcentre (as I'm not there for long and it seems to be close to everything and easier). I just worry it is more dangerous, busy and dirty than the other areas?

I understand I could appreciate San Telmo from spending a day wandering around…

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will be travelling around chile and argentina in december and then need to get to lima to start at tour on dec 25th. has anyone done overland from B.A to Lima? how long did it take? what towns did u stop, where did you stay>?

thanks

Could some one please recommend a budget optometry shop in Bs. As. that handles prescriptions sunglasses.
Does anyone have a sense of the prices for lenses?

Thanks!

Hi, Im currently in Buenos Aires and Im trying to get tickets for the Argentina V Ireland Rugby match next Saturday, May 26th, in Santa Fe.

I know that Irish fans can buy the tickets online via the Argentina Rugby Association but these are €40!

I would like to buy 2 regular tickets for the cheap section and I don´t mind to sit with the Argentina fans. I know that tickets are $30 Pesos but where can I buy them?

People have told me that the Argentina Rugby Association do not sell match tickets and…

Just had all our stuff stolen from our private room where someone has gone through a window

the other private room available has a lock that you can open from outside.

beware if you do choose to stay here.

but at least the owners family all had haircuts, new Ipods and new chairs in the livingroom the next day!

Hi,
I plan to go to the north of Argentina in July (Jujuy, Salta Tucumán, La Rioja) and I would appreciate any advise about the most convenient itinerary. (we plan to rent a car).
Also advise about hotel/hostels, places to visit, how many days in each place, etc.
Thanks in advance,
Johan

I´ve had a string of bad luck / bad planning the last few days and am looking for a place around Recoleta or Palermo for about 120 pesos a night with a private bathroom. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Only a few weeks till we head off to Argentina... Can anyone please suggest good quality hotels in El Calafate & Ushuaia in June?

For El Calafate we are looking at Xelena & in Ushuaia we are looking at Los Acebos?

For Ushuaia, (if possible) we want somthing that is close to town and has a "log cabin winter feel" to it... (however, I realise the Los Acebos isn't like this)...

As always, many thanks...

Enclave and exclave ---- are usually small land areas outside their home countries.

Isla Martín García is an island off the Río de la Plata coast of Uruguay that is part of Argentina. It is in the Río de la Plata estuary. The enclave island is within the boundaries of Uruguayan waters; in 1973 both countries reached an agreement establishing Martín García as an Argentine territory and also as a nature reserve. The island of 1.84 km² has a permanent population of about 150 people (50 families)…

Explorers saw that natives had silver objects (Latin argentum: silver).

Buenos Aires: = Good Winds. Former name Nuestra Señora Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires, after the Virgin Mary, revered in Seville as protectress of sailors.
Catamarca: from Quechua qata: slope and marka: region.
Chaco: from Guaraní chako: hunting ground.
Córdoba: named by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera for his wife's home, the city of Córdoba, Spain.
Corrientes: = Currents. Originally the city was named Ciudad de San Juan de las…