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Published: June 22nd 2017
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Hotel Madero, Room 505
The weather deteriorated during the day but it was a nice morning view. Geo: -34.6176, -58.3623
Our 90min LAN A320 flight landed at 1:30pm on Wed. From the air the city looked well laid out and prosperous, with lots of green space and attractive buildings and homes. Our hotel is in the rejuvenated Puerto Madero district, a 10min walk from Centro. After settling in we spent a few hours walking around the city and exploring the Galeria Pacifico shopping mall. Despite our initial good impressions, close up the city's several fine historic buildings were at odds with derelict sites, crumbled footpaths and graffiti. We have personal half day tours on Thu and Fri and will learn more.
My tip is, "if you come to Argentina, bring US cash". Confusingly, the official exchange rate is about 9.5 pesos to the USD, and that's what you'll get at a bank or if your credit card is in USD. But for US currency, you can easily get 13.5, or even 15 pesos to the dollar at shops or restaurants. Citizens cannot easily obtain US currency which is universally accepted in Sth America, so a black market exists that apparently is not in the least surreptitious.
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Jan Scott
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Looking good Sel lol