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Know what the unluckiest thing to do in South America is? Bump into travellers fresh out of Argentina. Invariably they'll bore the arse off you about the place. They'll have you believe it's full of supermodels, the food's world-class and everything's so cheap you'll be left wondering why their worthless currency even bothers changing hands.
Land of Milk and Honeys
Graham Perkins2006-08-21 12:59:48
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Know what the unluckiest thing to do in South America is? Bump into travellers fresh out of Argentina. Invariably they'll bore the arse off you about the place. They'll have you believe it's full of supermodels, the food's world-class and everything's so cheap you'll be left wondering why their worthless currency even bothers changing hands.
The country famously spent many years sliding into economic meltdown culminating with an unpegging of the currency from the US dollar in 2002 that led to most of the population effectively losing two-thirds of their wealth overnight. Things have settled down now, but in reality, the weakness of the Argentine economy means the people here really don't have much. Yet in the 1950's the place had one of the biggest economies in the world. I mean, there are cheaper places in Latin America, but Argentina really has the feel of a first world country.
Ask anyone else in Latin America what they think of Argentines and you'll be surprised with how negative the response can be. Most of the world really considers them as a bunch of stuck-up snobs who talk funny. The reality is on-the-whole they're incredibly warm and friendly people. Who talk
ha, border greeting.
Yeah, righto.funny. Oh, and the men keep kissing me which is nice.
First thing I did was not stop in Puerto Iguaçu, after having been disappointed with the thing from the Brazilian side. HA!! That'll teach them. Something. Although I did hang around the town long enough to go to a decent restaurant and have a fat steak and wine, while laughing to myself at how cheap it was. I then travelled the 20 hours to Buenos Aires in the nicest bus I've ever seen. The seats - which were enormous - reclined almost to horizontal and they kept handing out meals and stuff! (HA! And it was free again!).
Stayed in Buenos Aires just long enough to sort out some loose ends as
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See photographs from:
Argentina Gallery
