Tips for a trip to Argentina:

[FredLC]

Hello there, fellow fanatics.

Me and my fianceé (who should be my wife by that time) are going to spend 5 days and 6 nights in Argentina - Buenos Aires, actually - from April 28 to May 5.

Anyone here from Argentina, or who have been there before, that can gimme hints on what is worth seeing in town, what restaurants aren't traps for tourists and, specially, how the weather will be there at that time of the year? I specially would like to hear from someone who lives(d) there, which could possibly point me to the best places...

Regards .

 

[Abaddon]

So jealous! I would love to go there.

 

[Fifty]

Watch out for asteroids hurled by giant arachnid space aliens.

(just watched Starship Troopers yesterday )

 

[sysyphus]

I spent two months down there, but in a rural area outside Cordoba, very little time in BA.

Seems to me the thing to do in BA is not plan anything, take the city in as you find it (but be very careful where you find yourself!)

I'd also suggest you try to make it to Iguazu (sp?) falls if you can, though that's quite a bit out of the way.

 

[FredLC]

The Iguaçu Falls? That's frontier between Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina - and it is over a thousand Kilometers away from BA... nah, I don't think I am going to go for that. Besides, the best place to visit the falls is the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu, and i'm not about to make an international trip to see an inferior version of a trip I could make domesticallly...

Regards .

 

[Kayak]

OT, but congrats on the upcoming wedding. When is the day?

 

[FredLC]

April 21.

I'm gonna than travel to South of Brazil for a week, spend the time on the Porto Alegre and in the surrounding mountain ranges; right after that, i'm off to Argentina for another week, before I get back to reality. This is actually my honeymoon trip.

 

[sysyphus]

The Iguaçu Falls? That's frontier between Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina - and it is over a thousand Kilometers away from BA... nah, I don't think I am going to go for that. Besides, the best place to visit the falls is the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu, and i'm not about to make an international trip to see an inferior version of a trip I could make domesticallly...

Regards .

Yeah, I know, from the perspective of a Canadian that' s "in the General area" but from your perspective it may be a bigger trip than as I see it. I should know better from all the Europeans who visit Toronto thinking that Vancouver is a short trip away.

I figured though that Foz do iguacu was closer to BA than you live in Brazil, perhaps I was wrong.

Anyway, as Kayak said congrats on your pending nuptuals (from a fellow newlywed).

 

[Ramius75]

gratz on the wedding fredLC !!!

Sorry for threadjack, but i also like to know more about travelling in Argentina.
Is the place safe ?? What about the rural and suburb area ? Safe for an Asian carrying expensives camera around ?

Thanks...

 

[FredLC]

Yeah, I know, from the perspective of a Canadian that' s "in the General area" but from your perspective it may be a bigger trip than as I see it. I should know better from all the Europeans who visit Toronto thinking that Vancouver is a short trip away.

I figured though that Foz do iguacu was closer to BA than you live in Brazil, perhaps I was wrong.

Anyway, as Kayak said congrats on your pending nuptuals (from a fellow newlywed).

Thanks.

Anyway, I'll probably not get in a range of 500 km from Foz do Iguaçu... Porto Alegre is a thousand miles away, but I'll go to the cities of Gramado and canela in the Mountain Ranges, which are closer but still too far away...

 

[luiz]

The Iguaçu Falls? That's frontier between Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina - and it is over a thousand Kilometers away from BA... nah, I don't think I am going to go for that. Besides, the best place to visit the falls is the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu, and i'm not about to make an international trip to see an inferior version of a trip I could make domesticallly...

Regards .

Actually Iguaçu is on the frontier between Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. I hate to be annoying but the paraguayans would declare war on us again if they read your post

As for Buenos Aires, it's a really cool city with surprisingly few tourist traps(except of course those tango-themed restaurants, but tourists who go there deserve to get ripped off).

Enjoy the cheap peso! You will find food to be extremely cheap down there, and the other stuff is relatively cheap as well.

Have a good time.

 

[FredLC]

gratz on the wedding fredLC !!!

Sorry for threadjack, but i also like to know more about travelling in Argentina.
Is the place safe ?? What about the rural and suburb area ? Safe for an Asian carrying expensives camera around ?

Thanks...

Guess i'll know when I get back.

Anyway, never heard of Buenos Aires being particularly dangerous. In fact, I'd fear more a trip to Rio de Janeiro, and unless i'm way off mark, with good reason to.

 

[luiz]

gratz on the wedding fredLC !!!

Sorry for threadjack, but i also like to know more about travelling in Argentina.
Is the place safe ?? What about the rural and suburb area ? Safe for an Asian carrying expensives camera around ?

Thanks...

It's pretty safe.
That said, asians carrying expensive cameras are a thieve-magnet anywhere in the world, so minimum precautions should be taken. Not that anything will happen, but precautions are always good to take.

 

[FredLC]

Actually Iguaçu is on the frontier between Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. I hate to be annoying but the paraguayans would declare war on us again if they read your post

Well, that is actually what I recalled, but the map in the site I linked shows it's very close to the Uruguay border as well...

As for Buenos Aires, it's a really cool city with surprisingly few tourist traps(except of course those tango-themed restaurants, but tourists who go there deserve to get ripped off).

Really. Oh, man, I already have a Tango-dinner scheduled. Well, if they do rip me off, I'll actually get the nerve to walk in front of the Casa Rosada with my Brazilian Football Team T-Shirt.

Enjoy the cheap peso! You will find food to be extremely cheap down there, and the other stuff is relatively cheap as well.

Have a good time.

That's what I hear as well. And my cousin said that there are some Chourizo steaks there which are pure ambrosia. I'll have to check that out.

Regards .

 

[luiz]

Guess i'll know when I get back.

Anyway, never heard of Buenos Aires being particularly dangerous. In fact, I'd fear more a trip to Rio de Janeiro, and unless i'm way off mark, with good reason to.

Unless you plan going to Baghdad or Port au Prince, a trip to Rio de Janeiro is probably the one to fear the most regardless

 

[Elta]

If anyone calls you a pelotudo respond with - La Concha de tu madre and while you do it engage in alot of hand signals like your from italy ...sorry argentinos step family ...all I can think of

 

[Ramius75]

Guess i'll know when I get back.

Anyway, never heard of Buenos Aires being particularly dangerous. In fact, I'd fear more a trip to Rio de Janeiro, and unless i'm way off mark, with good reason to.

It's pretty safe.
That said, asians carrying expensive cameras are a thieve-magnet anywhere in the world, so minimum precautions should be taken. Not that anything will happen, but precautions are always good to take.

ok, thanks guys. coz beunos Aires is one of the 1st place i want to go to if even i visit south america. Safety is of coz one of the concern becoz will be travelling with GF and some camera equipments... just need to be sure...

thanks.

 

[Elta]

Unless you plan going to Baghdad or Port au Prince, a trip to Rio de Janeiro is probably the one to fear the most regardless

Rio or Favelas ...I've allways wanted to see na cuidad de deus

 

[luiz]

Rio or Favelas ...I've allways wanted to see na cuidad de deus

Do come to Rio, it's a great place. But I don't see why anyone would want to visit that hell-hole named Cidade de Deus.

 

[Elta]

Do come to Rio, it's a great place. But I don't see why anyone would want to visit that hell-hole named Cidade de Deus.

Humanitarian reasons?
...yes it was a joke