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    Orphan

    Please help me I. Am very fat ( 118kgs) I have no family. I am an orphan
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    Most interesting expat you have ever met ?

    We all know digital nomads but have you ever met an expat in BA for some interesting reason? Any stories to tell? My one story would be an American I met here. He was gay and from an extremely wealthy but conservative and bigoted family. His family basically told him we will give you...
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    Is it weird you never hear about expats being robbed leaving Western Union

    The 'Chorros' here will seemingly take any risks to brazenly rob people of their second hand android phones, even in broad daylight. Meanwhile you have a steady stream of tourists pouring out of WU with enormous stacks of cash. Everytime I leave WU I'm expecting someone to stick a pistol in my...
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    Anyone got any overstay "horror stories" ?

    I don't care if they are true or not. I don't care if it's a rumour your best friends' dog's wife cousin told you "Hit me with your best shot" as the song says. What is the longest overstay you have ever heard of and what were the consequences? Ever met someone who overstayed 5 years ? Did...
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    How do you buy credit or "saldo" for a pre paid cell phone ?

    I have a pre paid plan with Movistar, every month I pay 3k pesos and get another month and a few gigas. I need to load the "saldo" into the Movistar app then pay. It won't let me put credit in with a foreign card and no DNI. I went to about 15 kioskos and all said they don't do it. Finally I...
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    Tourism in Argentina

    I am posting this so forum members can discuss the facts about tourism declining in Argentina. In a city Barloche where I lived 8 years the worst crisis since 1990. We all want Argentina to be the premier tourist destination in the world but Milei is making it unaffordable. If this is not...
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