Buenos Aires for You baby

Trip Start Mar 05, 2008
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Trip End Jul 15, 2008


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Friday, May 9, 2008

OK,
Don't cry for me Argentina, I will be back, hasta la vista..

So I javen't been writing at all these past weeks, which sucks, so instead of throwing a list of all the things I did, I'll just make a few theme posts about Buenos Aires.

The first two ones will be: well Buenos Aires is just like Paris. If you live in France, you don't have to go. If France is too far, too expensinve, or you just don't like the French, go to Buenos Aires. In addition you'll get the fun and beautiful Argentinians  - so far the most beautiful people in the world according to Salomon Ranking Inc - instead of the Parisian dickheads, but will spend about 20% of your awaken time thinking about how to access your own money: usually, ATMs don't work, are empty, are not where you need them, and you need exact change to pay for almost everything including the bus (no coins, no bus, no smile), given that there simply is not enough coins in circulation (rumor has it that some people just melt coins to sell the raw material - urban legend?) The view from home
The view from home
 . When we rented the beautiful apartment (see pictures, haha my friends these days are long gone, youth hostel power baby), the rental agency asked us to pay the rent and the deposit in cash, and we had one hour to find a few million dollars in cash in Buenos Aires, just like in the movie. MI 4 was shot in Argentina.

Bon bref, en gros c'est ces memes banques argentines, et meme les filiales des banques etrangeres, qui du jour au lendemain en 2001 ont interdit de retirer plus que quelques pesos par semaine, avant que le pesos finisse par ne plus etre indexe sur le dollar pour perdre les 3 quarts de sa valeurs en quelques mois, et ouais pas de bol Juan Paul fallait claquer ton fric au casino et pas economiser betement pour ta retraite blaireau. Bref, la difficulte d`acceder a son propre argent et donc l'absence de confiance des gens envers les banques se sent jusqu'a aujourd'hui, et honnetement ca donne pas trop confiance en l'economie du pays. Cela dit, avis aux amateurs, l appart ou j habitais qui est hors de prix est dans le meilleur quartir d'Argentine (Palermo) valait 90,000 dollars, louable a des touristes pour 1500 dollars par mois. Et oui, c'est du 20% par an. Mel, tu dis mieux?

Allez enjoy Bs As brought to you by Salomon photographic services. Plus tard je mets les films.
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