Steve on X

Buenos Aires

27ยฐ, Sunny
avg high

Trips

When I was here, and what I got up to

  1. December 2023

    6 Dec โ€“ 10 Jan · Sunny, 27ยฐ

    Staying in Buenos Aires for a couple of months, cash is a total painโ€ฆ

    Staying in Buenos Aires for a couple of months, cash is a total pain here, but the $17 steak dinners ainโ€™t so bad ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿฅฉ

    Argentina peso is so rekt that there is a parallel market calledโ€ฆ

    Argentina peso is so rekt that there is a parallel market called blue dollar ๐Ÿ’ธ

    The official rate is half the blue dollar rate, so if you use an ATM you pay 2x ๐Ÿ™…โ€โ™€๏ธ

    Instead, you can trade $100 bills for a sack of pesos, theyโ€™ll even deliver it ๐ŸŽ’

    The largest bill is worth $2, but you mostly get $1โ€™s, so this is $500 ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ

    Spending cash involves carrying a ton of paper, 3x more than in ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ or ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ ๐Ÿคฏ

    Happy New Year from Buenos Aires ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐ŸŽ‰

    Happy New Year from Buenos Aires ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐ŸŽ‰

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Stays

Averaged $75 a night

Where I slept

Airbnb

Checkins

Where I kept going back to

Photos

What I saw and did