Barra Posted January 16, 2023 Posted January 16, 2023 Any reviews/recommedations on Satiago de Chile and or Buenos Aires. Trying to decide on February 2023 trip. Thanks! Quote
Members Latbear4blk Posted January 16, 2023 Members Posted January 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Barra said: Any reviews/recommedations on Satiago de Chile and or Buenos Aires. Trying to decide on February 2023 trip. Thanks! what are you looking for? Quote
Members Latbear4blk Posted January 17, 2023 Members Posted January 17, 2023 Depending on where you are coming from, night life can be challenging in Buenos Aires, usually starts after midnight. Rentboy scene in Buenos Aires maybe hard for a foreigner, because they will try to scam you with the current crisis and exchange complications. Check the offer in soytuyo.com and in Skokka.com. I do not know about hotels, I prefer Airbnb. But you have all the international chains in both. Buenos Aires and Santiago. tm_nyc, Connordrick and vinapu 3 Quote
Members msclelovr Posted January 18, 2023 Members Posted January 18, 2023 I agree with @Latbear4blk I had lots of fun in Buenos Aires on regular month-long visits, but it was difficult to get to know people. Chronic lateness can be rather irritating when you have dates. Crime is also a problem and I always preferred hotels for their good security. I paid 2 visits to Chile but to me, it seemed a much more conservative society. Axiom2020, macdaddi and tm_nyc 3 Quote
12is12 Posted January 19, 2023 Posted January 19, 2023 I second msclelvr regarding chile. Axiom2020 1 Quote
Members buttercawan Posted January 23, 2023 Members Posted January 23, 2023 Santiago has a few saunas that have massages and the masseurs offer full service. Quote
Members Riobard Posted January 23, 2023 Members Posted January 23, 2023 On 1/17/2023 at 7:14 PM, Latbear4blk said: [SNIP] …. exchange complications. I understand there is a summit this month to further explore a common BRL/ARS currency, perhaps even eventually including other South American nations. We may be at some point paying in Sul to ‘go south on’ a guy. floridarob and Latbear4blk 2 Quote
Members Riobard Posted January 23, 2023 Members Posted January 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Riobard said: I understand there is a summit this month to further explore a common BRL/ARS currency, perhaps even eventually including other South American nations. We may be at some point paying in Sul to ‘go south on’ a guy. Erratum: strike my post. Sur (not Sul) and may only be for bilateral trade etc, not like € common currency. Quote
Members Latbear4blk Posted January 24, 2023 Members Posted January 24, 2023 8 hours ago, Riobard said: I understand there is a summit this month to further explore a common BRL/ARS currency, perhaps even eventually including other South American nations. We may be at some point paying in Sul to ‘go south on’ a guy. I am not following the developments on deep, but my understanding is that it would be only for commerce, replacing U$S as reference. macdaddi 1 Quote
Members macdaddi Posted January 24, 2023 Members Posted January 24, 2023 2 hours ago, Latbear4blk said: I am not following the developments on deep, but my understanding is that it would be only for commerce, replacing U$S as reference. Just did a long read of the coverage in El País - Argentina (with Malbec in hand) and that is correct. There are several international markets looking to move off the USD as the trade exchange benchmark and move to using a local agreed-upon exchange point, as the cost savings are substantial for regional trade between the two countries. Argentina and Brazil are just two countries openly engages in this talk. Latbear4blk 1 Quote
