Anyone been to Buenos Aires recently?

[joe royal]

"Done a bit of googling and it looks like you can get double the exchange rate if you change up $$$ at lotto and western union shops. Anyone actually done this or is it one of those BS travel tales? Only there for 3 days so not a massive thing, only going to eat steak solidly for my duration. Cheers all."

[joe royal]

"Fonz, what rate did you get? The official one is 1035/1"

[The Fonz]

I changed up money at a small shop next door to El Secreto de Oro in Palermo and it went fine and they were legit. My hotel gave me a pen to check the notes to know they were real. Enjoy BA.

[WHU(Exeter)]

"No, but someone at work did and looked into travelling by rented car to different regions/long journeys. They got stung by slightly speeding (but no more than the majority on the road) by two coppers who were basically out for a bit of money in their pockets. Just don’t give them any slight excuse to stop you, as apparently it’s quite common practice, especially if you’re not local."

[Far Cough]

"Me and a couple of mates took a wrong turning in BA some militaries stuck a machine gun up our noses, I shat a brick, it was in Junta days though."

[joe royal]

"Fonz , im flying out tomorrow afternoon."

[The Fonz]

Flying their today funnily enough. My Argie mate says take dollars and you get nearly double the rate on the black market.

[joe royal]

"OTB, just looked on various websites via a google question. Hotels can point in the correct direction, just don’t fancy bumping into Carlos & co in an alley. Apparently fake money is an issue, they take the good cash and return it saying fake (they switched it) so you give them another note. Just wondering if it’s. 1000/1 if it’s worth bothering risking it for just a few days."

[On The Ball]

"What I should have said is that the official exchange rate was FAR below - stupidly below - the unofficial one, so you just did it in unofficial places (markets etc). It was a little worrying but never a problem. Have you looked on Reddit and the like?"

[joe royal]

"Argie exchange rate was pretty flat at 400/1 , it shot up to 1030/1 a week ago. Got some $$ just in case"

[On The Ball]

"Haven't been to BA lately so can't comment specifically, but did experience similar in Zimbabwe. This also wasn't recent but it was definitely a thing."

[GoalLazio]

Argie pussy will taste better than the steak. Then use your meat to torpedo her hairy Belgrano