Uwphoto prob. gave details of our current adventure in BA so I´m just going to give some quick current observations for hombres who will be coming here soon.

1. Beautiful women are everywhere.

2. I got robbed the Cambio kiosk at the airport. They xchanged 2.5 peso/dollar, but I later saw several places at 2.75/dollar. So DO NOT xchange too much at the airport. Just get what you need for taxi, tips...

3. Beautiful women are everywhere....ooops I already mentioned that.

4. Weather is great. They said it´s 10C which is about 50F and rainy, but it felt like 70Fs sunshine.

5. If you´re coming to town, try to stay in the Recoleta area. I spent quite a bit of time in Downtown when I arrived and lots of police presents. Thousands people are lined up at Banco de Federal to w/d money.

6. No sign of poverty, demostration in the Recoleta area. Just beautiful women, people with great hospitality.

7. You only need Platynum.com gals on the morning of your arrival. After that, there are thousands of beautiful women at the clubs. Mine didn´t want to leave until 130pm so if you have a TLN, change that to TED (todo el diaz).

8. Platynum ladies are still offering 100-150 pesos for an hour. I had Dayara at 100pesos when I arrived at my hotel. Great lady. I later had Lisa, a blonde braz, for 150US for the night. She didn´t want to leave until 130pm.

9. I scaned through the Clarin newspaper ads, women are asking for 20-60pesos for an hour. Plan to just try some out just for the heck of it. Report will come if I try them.

10. Taxis are everywhere so don´t worry about getting around town. There is no fixed taxi fare. So far, it has been ¨"whatever you can give me" kinda rate for me (7 taxi trips).

11. Haven´t heard any "teep my frend" anywhere I go or from the services I used. But once you do, they take it in great appreciation.

12. An honest observation here, I´m a high-roller and this destination could get very expensive w/o the deva of the pesos. Bar taps were running at 130pesos, 255pesos, and 120pesos on my first night. If any of you guys could make it here, make it so NOW. If they ever got back to normal, things could get very expensive. I think uwphoto shopped for a leather jacket, and he was offerred $400US at the best ¨"discount".

13. BA is a beautiful place, so relax, come, and enjoy....oh yeah...did I mention beautiful women are everywhere.

Forgot one thing.

A solid 9 in teejay and san jose probably would be a solid 7 or a soft 8 here. Can´t compare Bangcock, the PI, and Sai Gon, Vietnam to this region since the women are different build and have different feature.

Sakebomb,

Wow...$400pesos?...I never spend more than $60 pesos in a pick up bar. My goal is not to drink all night but to find an acceptable chica...with whom I can drink at another, regularly priced bar!

Also, check out the leather shops on Florida downtown...you can have a leather jacket custom made for $300 pesos or less, depending upon the style you want. There are several shops on Florida between Plaza San Martin and Tucuman....

Thanks Sakebomb,

Will be en route by next week-end.
Keep the weather warm for us, please.
Don't wear yourself out.

Rgds

Many of the girls here are a little older than the ones I was seeing in Rio, but they make up for the age with passion and experience. It just keeps getting better and better.

I brought stacks of printouts for the escort agencies, but have only used the ones I had setup on email before hand. Next time, I wouldn't do that except for maybe the first day. As I figure out the scene, prices are coming down. Well, the edge is off too so I am taking longer to negotiate.

Sakebomb is right on target with his comments. Old Town Alexandria in the Washington DC area is a pretty good match for the Recoleta area. Although food is so cheap here, it sometimes feels like a crime leaving the restaurants.

Glad to see you guys are having a great time. Now you know why EZY and I love the place so much.

Moondog

Quick updates b4 I go on with my rep. on my 2nd day in BA.

1. Pesos stand at 3.05 yesterday and the same today (no currency trading on weekends).

2. The weather got really chilled and windy today. Partly sunshine, but chill.

3. I don't take vitamin V and I have a hard time supplement my libido. I have always eaten lots of raw seafoods when I go mongering. Have a hard time locating seafood restaurant in BA. Here, IT'S BEEF FOR DINNER....BREAKFAST AND LUNCH. With the long coastline that they have, I don't understand why the locals told me seafoods are extremely expensive here.

4. If you need to shop for leather products. Do it here. Great quality, style, price, and services. They hemed my sleeves in 10min for free. It would cost around $60US just to have leather sleeves hemed.

5. Oh, they use 220V so you need to bring some sources of voltage converter.

6. Beautiful women drew me here, but now I'm in love with BA and its people. Sex is only secondary now. Amo Buenos Aires.

7. At any given night, you could easily find ten beautiful women to have fun with. Uwphoto and I have the same tastes in women and we're on the harsh scale, but we haven't had to ask each other for chica's numbers.


Now about last night. I did something that I really was proud of myself and it really made my day. Miriam and I wanted to have some snacks b4 we hit back to my suite at 4AM. We stopped by this open air cafe to have something. This little young boy came over to sell roses and he told me he was hungry. I told the boy to sit down to eat with us. So the waiter set him up with all the table settings. Miriam was really touched by my behaviors. She rolled her eyes wide open and whispered in my ear...¨"gracias...eres muy buena onda".

Next thing I know, there were 3 more little girls and boys surrounding me. It was one of those things where you tip one boy, you have to tip his whole army kinda thing. I don't have any problem with that. I invited them to sit with us. By the time the food came, the table included myself, Miriam, and 7 other boys and girls. All patrons at the cafe rolled their eyes to admire us. I wanted to tell them..."what...you guys never fed a hungry kid?" I and Miriam received multiple drinks sent by other table. Two table down from mines included 3 hot blondes and they kept rolling their eyes and dropping their tongues at me. They came over to buy us 2 rounds. One of the blonde was really clicking with me, but Miriam is very special to me. More to come on that. The kids ordered ravioli and meatball spaghetti, and they were very nice kids. They joked, played, laughed at the whole time. They kept feeding me and Miriam with their own food. I told them my name is Panchito and they're all cracking up. They were really sad when we said good-night. I really wonder if these kids even got a place to sleep at night.

I met Miriam at Newport. I was actually walking over to ask another pretty blonde to have a drink with me at the bar. I spotted Miriam on the way and changed my mind. We clicked right away. After about 2 rounds, we left to go eat and to go back to my suite. Money was never discussed. We left and that where dinner with the kids occured.

Miriam was a natural beauty. I actually made love to her. Stupidly admitted, I went totally bared with her. In the bed and in the tub the morning after. I´m used to GFE with beautiful women, but Miriam was really something special from the beginning. Shoot, love at first sight...Before she left, she only asked me for 20pesos for the taxi fare. I was really shocked thinking to myself if she is a hooker, a free-lancer, or just a regular clubbing girl. The last reason popped up to my mind because there's actually a regular club upstairs at Newport. Anyways, I gave her 200us and she didn't take it. The most I have ever paid any hooker, well except in the US soil. Sorry guys, I don't mean to screw up the market, but this girl was special. I walked her down to the taxi, and don't know why she cried while she kissed me good-bye and went inside the taxi.

I'm still puzzled by the night.

RE: Banks. It has been widely reported that the government has declared a"banking holiday," beginning Monday. So banks may not reopen for the forseable future....things could take a turn for the worse as people take to the streets. cuidado!

Great story, Sakebomb. Thanks for the update.

Glad you are having a good time.

Very nice Sakebomb...for the kids I salute you...

for your heart, be careful...

Beautiful stories! Give and thou shalt receive, right. Don't be surprised to find that the people of BA love chivalry and respond approvingly to romantic gestures.
Last year I was in a restaurant in Palermo for dinner with a girl and french kissed her at the table. Then clapping erupted, and a table full of executives raised their glasses and called "Bueno!!" It felt great to be honored this way though I blushed like a rose in June.

Newport is reputed to be a mixed crowd. I plan to see for myself next Monday when I arrive.

Sakebomb,

For seafood, go to Plaza Major,(pronounced Plaza May-or) at the corner of Venezuela and San Jose. Great seafood, and they will bring a steak and/or chicken and pasta from across the street if someone else in your group does not want seafood.
Tell Caroline,the hostess, that Jim sent you.

Be careful about falling in love. It is so easy to do in that town.

For leather jackets, go to the address I sent to Uwphoto.

Nice going with the kids.

Traveller,

There is no one better, although I did find a close second.

Moondog

Moondog,

Keeping all options open for my return visit next week.
You know you the dawg!

Good evening Gentlemen,

First, thanks for reading and responding to my post gentlemen. Some quick updates:

1. Weather is still chilled out. It´s their late fall stepping into early winter. But it surely got less colder after you had about 1/2 bottle of Cognac or Jack.

2. Attire: people dress nice here. Most clubs I and Uwphoto visited, men usually wear suits and the ladies wear nice slacks, dresses. Miriam was the only one with jeans and cut off sleeves on who I have met. The women here are very elegant and they carry themselves very nicely. I haven´t seen anybody in shorts, t-shirt, and sandals.

3. Argentinans are very generous with what they do. The liquor drinks/shots served at 1/5 of the bottle and directly from the bottle and you have to tell them when to stop filling your TALL GLASS. Beef is served at 800gr which is close to a kilo and close to 2pounds at 10pesos. The working ladies are extremely generous with their services. I barely got a refusal for what I would like to do with them. Pardon this in advance, I´m gettting a little hard-core here, but the only thing I haven´t gotten is for them to swallow.

4. When you checked in your hotel, notice your room service lady and take care of her for extra towels. Yes, you needed this as your pad IS your loveness. I usually get 6 extra towel on top of 4 provided, but never seemed to have enough.

4a. Stop by Target or Kmart to pick up some dispenable toothbrush-toothpaste combos. You TLN ladies would definately appreciated.

5. After my first day, I was well treated and didn´t have to register my "guests" when they came to visit my suite. This came in handy as I´m sure someone would take a serious look at my log sheet at the end of my stay.

6. I and Uwphoto visited Cafe Orleans two times so far, and I haven´t found any ladies of my tastes except for Claudia who Uwphoto flavored and had a blast with. Claudia is a Smith/Alejandra, teejay legend look-alike. We all talked and she has a great personality.

7. Saturday night seemed to be the worst night for the girl to do business. Less clients but same amount of supply. We visited Hook, Ness, and Cattos last night. Lots of women, but minimal clients. Cattos had a nightly show at midnight but we didn´t stick around to observe because we wanted to check others for ourselves and to report to soon coming hombres.

8. Uwphoto probably reported a new gig called Gypsy. It´s a dumped with ugly women harrassing you the minute you walked in. What can get worse than that combination right? AVOID!!!

9. Newport had many ladies without clients last night. Ladies were gasping and hungry for clients for clients. The owner here is a Middle Eastern decent with a semi aweful attitude when it came to customer interaction. He didn´t hide his behaviors when he treated his workers. The place is extremely nice with nightly live entertainers, i.e. live band, show... The bald bartender with glasses is Roberto, a subdue but really cool guy.

10. My side-kick Uwphoto is leaving town tomorrow. A great guy and I will definately miss partying with him. If any of you guys ever has a chance to hook up with Uwphoto at any destinations, you got my stamps of approval. You know when you have a cool guy to party with when he said "I pick up this tab and you get the next one." He likes tequila and I set him up with a new Cuervos 1800. Loved it.

11. I will spend sometimes at some museums next week and will report some quality sightseeing to you guys.

12. Got 3 messages from Miriam, but I didn´t call back. I had enough of my share of broken-hearted women in Sai Gon, Vietnam and teejay, Mexico so I would refrain myself from this one. I did think about her while screwing red-headed Valeria from Hook and blonde bombshell Erica at Newport last night.

13. As I walked back to my hotel with Erica last night, the kids from the night before ran over to give her a rose. One of the little girl asked me...¨"Oye, Panchito, donde esta tu novia anoche? Hey, Panchito, where´s your gf from last night?" Yep, extreeeeemly embarrasing at my end. Luckily, the older kid tooked my signal and slow down the little girl. Erica rolled and stared her eyes directly at my direction for quite sometimes. Wooooohhhh....Aichiwawa....

Ezy and Moondog,

Thanks for the info. I meant to reply to you guys earlier yesterday, but seafoods at Puerto Cristal was too much to delay.

Ezy, I love to drink with these gals to talk to them and to get to know them. The tabs were never bothered me or Uwphoto. We took turn to pick up the tabs. The girls were really impressed by our concept or technically drunk ass behaviors....j/k. I do definately take your advice on custom-made leather jacket. I already bought one but from what you said it´s a dealthat is hard to beat.

Moondog, we had dinner at Puerto Cristo in Puerto Madero last night. Dinner with wine came out to be 90pesos. 5-star restaurant right on the canal with view. Great food and excellent service. If you guys got a special date, take her here and she would die for you. Seafood restaurant recomendation would never be too crowded here. Recoleta where the Etoile is located is surrounded by BEEF, CARNE....We had great Conichillos (suckling pig) tonight for dinner. All restarant details will follow later.

Again, thanks to the two of you for making my trip so far a GREAT ONE. This would rank second after the trip to the Santa Magaritas Island off the coast of Venezuela which I took 7 years ago. It is hard to beat that trip due to the fact that I went with my best 4 buddy, private catered catamaran, private chef & captain, 2 escorts/day, and in the middle of the ocean. Life is good. Chau for now.

"I...will report some quality sightseeing to you guys"

I thought that is what you have been doing?

SB: I'm very glad you're having an excellant time as I could tell by your demeanor that you were itching to go...except for the fact that you went from "no nights in TJ" to 3 nights in TJ before you flew out!

Glad to hear that SB can do the Tango, as well. Eagerly awaiting for the in-person reports....which I'm sure I'll be hearing for the next 6 mo! Have a blast dude, and we'll leave the light on for you at AB. See you soon, hermano.
pj

Good evening gentlemen and mis hermanos Aardvark y Putajunkie,

1. All banks, cambios, ATM are closed today.

2. It started raining all day today. Cold.

3. Bring enough cash to spend for at least 3-4days and then supplement with atm w/d when you arrive. I brought all the cash I need for the 13days stay and my hotel got a electronic safe where you set your own combo.

4. Clubs info:
Sunday is the worst so far as far as club operation.

Sodoma: close
Password: close
Newport: 1-3chicas when we passed by.

Affaire: this is my 2nd time in this joint and it still does not impress me at all. Bad music (friging who goes to Argentina to listen to late 80s new wave craps), inexperienced bartender, bad chica selections.

Solid Gold: very solid. About 20chicas. I had two in mind who I was ready to roll with. But my buddy, uwphoto, leaves town the next day so it was his night.

Hook (downtown): pretty solid. About 25 chicas. We walked in and I noticed Veronica right away. Uwphoto asked me who I had in mind and I pointed at her. My girl from last night, Valerie, was there and she noticed me and sent me a flirtatous smile. Saw Valerie turned down several invitations from her gf to sit with her customers. I joked with uwphoto that we need to do rocks, papers, scisors for Veronica since we both have the same tastes. It was his last night here so he was the boss.

Veronica came over to sit and to drink with him. Awesome chick. Pretty hot in her hot pants. And this chick can sure pound those cervezas. Valerie came over to kiss me and sat on my lap. We had several rounds, then I invited her friend blonde Kelly to join us. I figured if she blew off other customers for me, I couldn´t be blatantly butterfly at the same club. So if Kelly worked out okay, it was going to be a great 3some. For heaven shake, it was more than I expected. A table with two dudes and hottest looking chicks at the clubs. The tab came out to be 200pesos for about 5 rounds for 5 people. Can´t beat that. We splitted up at the hotel.

5. I found it extremely hard to pump one girl from behind, stroking other with my left hand, AND try to take pix with my right hand.

6. how do they say it...Objects may appear more Honier than in the view finder. Extremely hard to focus while I´m stroking and they are scratching and mourning each other.

7. You can´t tell two horny women what to do. You need to spank, smack their asses, pin them down to give them direct instruction.

8. It´s better to use 36exposure film than 24ex as I had to stop to put in new roll while they were still going at it. (lost my digicam after the last trip to Asia, so you guys need to wait for my film developed).

9. If you guys know and have gotten your films developed here in BA, please let me know. The pix are totally explicit XXXXXX. I´m afraid they will deport my ass home as soon as they see this.

10. Time to go back to mongering. Chau.

Ezy,

Met with Julia last night. The inside information I´ve heard is that she does leave the premise BUT with only selective clients, preferably younger guys and at 300us for short time.

I thought she was only good looking not stunning or extraordinary which one needs to put effort in. Of course, this is only my personal view. She had bulky, tall rubber shoes on, no make up, no hair due. Her scale probably goes up due to the myth that she does not "date" clients from the club. Just average from what I have seen here in the street scene and clubs in the Recoleta area.

"Good evening gentlemen and mis hermanos Aardvark y Putajunkie"

Does that mean we "aren't" gentlemen?

Glad you're having a great time!

Guys. I have been to BA 6 times in the last 18 months. SolidGold, and Cafe Orleans have been the best places for me. Personally, I do not like posting pictures, but I sure enjoy looking at them.

Thanks for the update Snakebomb, and uwphoto. I am going to BA again from 6/29 to 7/6, and Rio from 7/6 to 7/10. Hope the country is still standing then.

hope you guys have a safe trip back.

CP

SB writes "All banks, cambios, ATM are closed today."

According to the paper they're going to be closed until further notice.

sakebomb,

Great reporting....If the blonde Kelly you saw from Hook is from Brazil she is hot. I was out of film and could not take pix, but she saw some of my earlier photos and went wild posing for an imaginary camera. Please get your pix developed soon!

I had some pix of a 3some developed in BA, in a shop downtown on Esmeraldes. It is on the right just the other side of Lavalle as you are coming from Recoleta. There are probably places closer to your hotel that will develop your film, but I don't know where. When I stayed in Recoleta I had my pictures developed in one of the farmacias, but my pix were all pretty tame (some topless) so I don't know what they would do with x rated photos.

Great job of reporting. Thanks.

I have got to get back to BA. Man do I miss that place...I try to make plansd to other mongering destinations, but just torture myself thinking about Argentina...don't know guys, but I think RIO has met its match...Don't cry for me Argentina...I will be back!

Rock - paper - scissors - is just about right sakebomb. We have the same taste. I'd have traded Veronica for either Valerie or Kelly. It sounds like you did ok. What a hombre!

Hats off to both you guys for excellent real time on the scene reporting. SB...Can't wait to see the Pics. UwPhoto gave you high marks for your Chica selection.

Sandman, you have not seen
sakebomb's Kelly! She's a babe...

Good evening Gentlemen,

1. Banks, cambios, ATM are still closed. Underground cambio market are running hot. Repeat, for some of you who are coming, PLEASE BRING YOUR BUDGET. YES, BRING THEM ALL or you are going to be left out in a developing country with econ crisis. Every hotel would have a central or private safe in you room for you to use.

2. Weather is still cold out and will be for the rest of the week. No rain today.

3. My sidekick AMPM arrived today. Too bad UWPHOTO has left the building, otherwise, it´s going be blasted everywhere we went.

4. Sidekick AMPM arrived on Copa airline and he said the plane was extremely small so for future, let us all stick with major US airlines. I´m with UAL and had the whole row to myself. It was 1/3 full.

5. Language: here they said Vos instead of Tu or Usted. Example: "I want to sleep with you the whole night." "Quiero domir con vos para toda la noche". "And you?" is said as "y vos?"

6. Not too many Black people are here, but there are a lot of Koreans.

7. On Monday night, most restaurants closed early, about 2am or so.

8. The men here salute each other by embracing and kissing each other cheek. I´m still an American so I salute them with a handshake and 4 fingers locked punches.

9. I took my sidekick AMPM to Playwomen last night. When Lisa walked in, he noticed her right away. UWPHOTO, Lisa looked stunning last night. She came over and sit on my lap and kissed me. This was my first all dayter on my first night. My sidekick had her younger sister, Giovana, seating with him. He told me he liked Lisa so I told him, alright I gotta pull some strings here. I told Lisa, my friend liked you and it would be good business for you. Aiyaya....the next 20min was dead pissed off lionese attitude from Lisa. To summarize it, "soy un prostituta pero tengo corazone tambien/ I´m a hooker but I have heart too." So after the all the bs, I told her just to forget the whole thing. I hit up with Paola. My first set of saline from BA. Great sets they are. Big, soft and hanging. Paola was a blast. My sidekick left with Giovana and had a blast with her. He gave her a bonus round when we were waiting for him at his hotel suite door. She was all over him.

The thing about Lisa was that if she was going to go with my sidekick, I would go with her sister Giovana. She didn´t take it that well. I really need to ask you guys what is the legit way to tell a girl that "I found your sister to be very sexually attractive and I would love to do the same thing to her as I did to you"? They really do have high morals here. Help out seasoned hombres.

10. We hit Black after the couple hours we spent with our ladies. The receptionist there, Olga, is a solid 10. I don´t give out 10, but blonde stunning next door girl Olga is one. Ooooohooooh...what a beauty.

20pesos a pop to get in. Barcadi anejo was an extra 15 pesos a pop. AMPM spotted the hottest gal in the club, Micaela - Michelle. Morena Beauty. She digged my sidekick right away. The ended up spending the night and day to shop. Her run rate was 120us for the whole night and day.

I did not find anyone I wanted to spend the night with so I left with them. I had a drink with one of my potential but her face up close in persons were not who I wanted to spend the entire night and day with. Yes, I´m picky mothurfoooker. Lots of women at Black are harsh and hard-core lookings. It was a monday so we will definately coming back.

11. Don´t pay usdollar at playwomen, they ripped us of I think as their xrate is 2:1. At Black they gave us 2.7:1. As you have known, all banks, cambios are closed so all we got were powerful green magic papers.

12. alright, ampm is anxious to hit so chau for now. Late. And thanks for reading my posts.

i found your sister to be very sexually attractive and i would love to do the same things to her as i did to you.
i'm not sure i could say that in english, but i'd love to have the balls to.

Quick updates:

0. The sun is out today. Great weather.

1. We xchanged some money at the black market place last night. First place was 3.1 to a dollar. Second place was 3.2 to a dollar.

2nd place addy: Florida 817 y Cordoba. (Yes, here the # came after the street).

2. Custom made leather jacket:
Laffon leathers and Furs
Viamonte 582 (esquina Florida)
(C 1053AAR) BA-Argentina
Tel/Fax 5411 4312-1508
email:laffon_@hotmail.com

The ladies there speaking good English. Their names: Silvia, Beatrice, and Gladys. Custom made to your desire.

3. I´ve heard some confusing regard pricing so I´m going to set it straight here. Short time, 1 1/2 to 2hrs is running from 100-200pesos. TLN is 200-300pesos. Nothing is set in stones. My routine is I go find the one I wanted to screw and pay her for short time. Then I spend the night with the ones I want to. My TLN hasn´t more than 200pesos except Mariam who I gave not paid her 200us. Women here seemed to like my suite, AMPM and I had thought about finding 9 more women to play a soccer match in our suite.

4. New clubs for my fellow hombres besides the well known ones which Ezy and Moondog have already provided:

Monte Carlo Pub
Paraguay 954
Nice club design but minimal selection on Tuesday night. My sidekick picked up a Julia Robert from Pretty woman look-alike. Man, that chick has gotten a mouth so wide.

Salome
Av. Cordoba 3401 in Parlemo
opens from 2-8am
Small bars with underground section. Selection was minimal on Tuesday night. I picked up a Argentina beauty, small frame but pretty. Her name is Sicilia. Great smile.

Tribune, will provide addy later. Beautiful place, but not too many gals on a Wed night. We met who we think is an either Mexican or US imported here. Her name is Carolina and SHE IS GOING TO TJ THIS FRIDAY TO WORK. She pulled some scams on my buddy. 250pesos for an hour , paid at the club "because the club requirement". We spotted her behaviors from the beginning since she speaks english very well, and when she speaks spanish she said ...´y tu´ instead of the Argentinan ý vos....Who is she trying to scam here. Frig´cunt....

Cocodrilo
Gallo y Paraguay
2-10am
this is the place!!!! This place got the most chick of all clubs we´ve seen. 150pesos for both of our tln.

Affaire
Got my approval last night. About 30 women. We set up for two morenas. And we will come back for the two blondes.

Cafe Orleans
my 3rd time and probably would be the last. Haven´t found talent except for Claudia who uwphoto has flavored.

Chau for now. AMPM IS WAITING TO HIT TOWN. CHAU.

Glad to hear Salome is still open. I'v always met nice ladies there.

Moondog

Good job with the continued research. It seems that there are no end of possible venues in B.A. This gives me a whole bunch more places to explore next time. I'm already planning my return trip this fall to hit both Brazil and Argentina.

Have you tried taking a date to Puerto Madero yet? That has got to impress them. Puerto cristal was excellent. Keep up the seafood!

Thanks for all the good work Sakebomb...and for the daily updates.

Hey SB, you are having way too much fun down there. Just think about all those broken hearted putas here in TJ! I may have to console some of them tonight. BTW, "vos" is the formal conjugation which is used primarily in Spain and apparently Arg. as well. Sorry you got lumped in with me Aardvark....LOL!

Hey Putajunkie, you're mistaken about "vos": vos is NEVER used in Spain, but "vosotros" is used exclusively in Spain and doesn't have anything to do with vos despite the fact that they both start with the same 3 letters; "vosotros" is used as a plural familiar, in other words if you're a Spaniard talking to several of your buddies you'd use "vosotros", as in "Vosotros quereis venir conmigo?" meaning "Do you (plural)want to come with me? Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and a few other South and Central American countries but never in Spain and last but not least, when vos is used it's never used formally, on the contrary, people who are good friends, family and familiar acquaintances use vos and "usted" is the formal equivalent. I've been to Spain twice and Argentina 3 times and I speak fluent Spanish with Spaniards and Argentineans, I graduated with a minor in Spanish language and literature and believe me about vos, brother, I know what I'm talking about.

1. I extended my trip to stay 'til this Thursday instead of leaving Monday night.

2. The weather is great today. Recoleta area is full of people at the craft fair, open concert, picnic, cafe.

3. All cambios close at 6pm local time. We changed some money today, Sunday, at 3 pesos to a dollar. Yup, we usually started our day at 6-7pm.

4. AVOID CLUB CALLED TRIBUTO. Nice place but no chicks, and cab driver would recom you to go there so they can collect referal fees. We've been there two times and they both sucked.

5. BE EXTRA CAREFUL AT BLACK IF you are on a budget. Lots of hard body on Friday night, about 60+ women. Tango and strip shows. We had one JWalker Black Label each and it was 50pesos/pop. We bought 6 lady's drinks for 3 gals and 1 Rum each and the final bill was 355pesos... so with tips added, it was a quick 500pesos for couple hours.

6. Thurs and Fri seemed to be the best nights. Sat., lots of girls spend time with their kids and boyfriends.

7. UWPHOTO, if you think Puerto Crital was nice you gotta visit ASIA de CUBA restaurante by the Hilton also in Puerto Madero. One word, INCREDIBLE. Remember, we talked about barely saw waitresses in BA. Asia has all waitresses and they are hot. The lady at the leather shop recom us this place as she said models and tv personnel go here. The place turned into a discotheque afte 1am. Any of you has a special fav, take her here and it would take both your and her breath away. Two orders of combination sushi, two soups, 2 sodas, and 2 teas came out to be 95pesos.

8. Whatever night it was I had a combo of Britney and Chritina Aguerrela in my suite. Rafaella and Romia were incredible. The best 3some I've had for awhile. They surely beat Valeria and Kelly combo. AMPM took two gorgeous and bubbling morena sisters from HOOK into his jazcuzzi suite. The day after, he called and I told him to come to my suite. I set him up with Romia (Chritina Aguerla) and he bagged her 3 times ON MY BED AND ON MY COUCH. douchbag....j/k. Rafeealla, a Brasileria, is a private stock. So now I have two sweethearts in BA Mariam and Rafaella. Both with incredible bods and sweet personalities. When Rafeella left at 6pm, she wrote her number, imprinted her lipstick, sprayed her perfume, and wrote "Gosto de gusto de gustar de vous"....

9. Whatever night it was, We ate at Grant international buffet and it was great. Pretty much like the Rio's buffet in Vegas but included the charcoal fire pit to bbq goat and lamb. We then hit the first discotheque and had a blast. A break from all the screwing. We then hit Affaire, I don't even know why we did that but what the heck...all for the name of fun. AMPM picked two blonde cousins, I picked up Barby again....alright I really don't know why I did that. All five of us hit Safari disco on Junin and finished three bottle of Champaigne. We took the ladies to our suite and the rest of the night wasn't very clear.

10. Last night, we went to Sodoma and it was dead. We left to Playwoman and I picked up Giovana, sister of Lisa, and had a fantastic time with her. This chick wears size 1 pants, but has natural D+ cups with pinkish areolas. Man, it was unbelievable even after 14 years mongering around. AMPM left to Affaire and picked up 2 blonde sisters. After our deeds, we hit Newport, but it was dead so we took off to Hook. I met Martha from paraguay. Incredible butt on a size 1 hot pants. What an incredible bod she has. AMPM left with blonde braz Kelly and one of the morena diva sister.

11. We hit la ciudad de los chinos, chinatown, in Belgrano today to get something different to eat. It locates about 15 min from Recoleta and taxi fare was 12pesos. We had 2 soups, duck, and spicy seafood at Todo Contentos. All that and teas and two cokes for 38pesos.

12. Cutty Sark, Ness, and Pepillo are owned by two gentlemen. UWPHOTO and I met one at Pepillo, AMPM and I met the other at Cutty Sark.

13. Hook and Newport are owned by the same owner. I met the owner at Newport.

14. The Russian mafia has a major role at Black. Lots of Russian women used to work at Black. I guess they all bailed when the economy went belly up.

15. Lots of Brasilerias and Paraguanians are working here. Most of the Brasilerias, Lisa, giovana, Rafaella, Kelly are very beautiful so that where we will be heading next. AMPM has been to RIO and he said there are more girl working there so the ratio of good ones is higher.

16. Martha told me here they called girls as chicas and bendejas(sp) and guys as chicos and bendejos. In Mexico, bendejos mean Aholes.

17. Moondog, I met the owner of Salome and Pablo the DJ guy. They both young, big, long curly fritzy latin hair, and pretty cool guy. We drank there for about 4hrs. The one I took out, Sicilia, is the owner gf and she actually snuck out and no pix was allowed.

18. My new spanish names are Sebastian and Alejandro courtesy of las chicas.

19. What does "maestro" mean? I know it mean "teacher" in Spanish, but all the security guys, waiter, and club shower/barkers have been greeting me as "maestro" since the 3rd day I arrived.

19. Anyway, good day gentlemen. Chau.

Ahh...forgot one thing.

I ran out of 7 rolls of 24exp so went bought a 36exp 400speed for bedtime condition, it costs 18pesos which is about 6dollars. Ouch, so bring all your blank. Electronics equiment are very expensive here. They must have a 100% import taxes on these products. The same Cannon camera sells for 75us in the states is selling at 700pesos here. That's more than $200us. Ouch...

Could any of you give me a quick update on the US financial markets regard moods and sentiments after the first quarter earning reports. Thanks. I really lack news here. Updates on my Lakers also would be appreciated.

SB
Bush wants to invade Iraq next year in 2003.
Dow is barely above 10k, Lakers just swept Blazers today.
Are you saying between all the 3somes and mujeres, you don't have time to check the news?
Chargers D look awesome, am looking for a 7-9 next season, they signed Donnie Edwards ex Chief, maybe biggest free agent prize this year, drafted very well getting a CB, OG and WR with first round stock with their 1, and 2 2's.
Do you have a special move to get pesos or can people exchange money now? I read they had closed all the banks last week. It would help as I have a hombre friend who was supposed to go to BA in a couple of weeks but is getting cold feet now and may just take some sun in Rio instead.
Last fews days, make it good..

Sakebomb,

I think you have been hooked forever on BA. Glad you are enjoying it.

Thanks for the updates and current info. One question for you.....are Credit cards accepted pretty much all over BA now as well as U.S. Dollars?

Thanks again to you and Uwphoto for the curent events.

Enjoy the life,

Moondog

Athos,

Thanks for the all the news. It's really hard to catch up with CNN financial and sports news designated to the USA around here. When I got here the first week, all banks and cambios were still open. My second week, they closed all banks and cambios, financial institutions closed shut down everything. I thought that would deva the peso even further, but it only went as far as 3.2. Local people seemed to hang out less when banks were closed. The black market place we used to exchange is located at Florida and Cordoba. It's an internet cafe.

Moondog, Haven't used my credit cards yet. If you pay in USD, they worship you even more. One thing is that no shops or restaurants has the same rate of exchange. Playwomen raped you pretty good at 2pesos for a dollar. Black sat at 2.7, some restaurants sat at the same rate, others sat at 2.5. SO CHANGE YOUR DOLLARS TO PESOS. Our day started at 6pm and all cambios closed at 6pm so we always used black market.

One thing Athos, my sidekick has been to Rio and he said Rio has better quality due to a larger amount of available working women. Here of all the clubs we visited, I think they only got about 500 working women total. AMPM said on a good day, Help disco in Rio has that much amount of girls. Shoooot, take the top 2% and you still have to screw 10 a day. That a lot of stunnings to screw. My best gals all have been Brasilerias so that's where we are heading next. Shoot, we may even join you guys on your trip. BA is a much nicer place, especially my hotel suite so it makes up for the lack of quality.

Guess who I met while at the internet cafe. The owner of the World Sex Guide, WSG. Small world ehhh...

Last night was pretty slim picking. I came down with a goal of at least one woman per club so I settled with Samatha from Solid Gold. AMPM settled with Micaela at Black. Micaela is a hottie.

Athos,

Thanks for the info. When are you planning Rio?

Moondog

I am going to Rio May 11 for 15 days.
I am planning another trip hopefully next nov. I am leaning BA if peso at same level and fairly stable.
I believe Rio and BA are top of the line, just different flavors.
Dow is now under 10k, I gotta spend before all the money is gone...
And least but not last the Habs eliminated archrivals Boston Bruins in 6 today. Wow that feels great to say it. My heart sank but Theodore made an incredible save for a lifetime.
I am getting the feeling BA could use to have termas while Rio could use having more night clubs.
Help and Lido is just gravy for me as the main course is termas for me.
I speak some Portuguese now so expect better time if at all possible.

Sakebomb,

I return to Ecuador in two weeks. My amiga especial there has moved to the Dominican Republic.

I could find a new amiga especial muy pronto if 500 working girls the quality of those in BA were available in Quito. But neither the quality nor the numbers measure up to BA. So I am thinking about reducing the number of girls in BA from 500 to 499 by bringing my amiga especial from BA to Quito for a week....

Ezy,

Be careful with your heart.

Moondog,

I have sought out others as a means of protecting myself...but I keep coming back to my BA favorita, The no more than 3 dates rule all but forgotten.

This raises an interesting question about how to manage a more extended relationship with a working girl....for us, the rules are....

1. Carpe diem...We have no future together. What's past is past. All that is important is enjoying each other in the moment....

2. Her life is her life and my life is my life when I am not with her. She knows I see other chicas. I know she dates lots of guys. What is important is practicing rule 1. When we do talk about our lives, as we often do, it is about our "regular" lives and not our hombre/puta lives....

My time with her will end, of course. Meanwhile,I have two choices: fight against it, or lean into it...for now, I have chosen the latter.

thanks for your concern.

Ezy...you are like me..a whore but such a softie...always falling for the sweethearts...Ahhh the highs and lows..such a roller coaster of emotions..

Ok..my turn...I'm counting down the hrs..here I am 4 hrs away before I depart from Miami Airport to EZE. I just keep thinking to myself that 24hrs from now, I will have had sex with 3 women.

Good evening gentlemen,

1. Yep yep...still typing to you guys, changed my plan again to stay til Sunday night. I´m in love with this town. Overall, it has been rated #1. From what I've heard from others, Prague and Rio are the only two places which could top this.

2. The weather is great today. It's kinda weird because the day before it was raining and cold.

3. 3.05pesos to a dollar today.

4. So far the best clubs have been Playwomen, Hook, and Cocodrillo. We saw some good ones who we have never seen b4 at Playwomen. One of them looked just like Salma Hayek with a solid bod. AMPM & I tagged two in my suite, Paola and "I 4got her name". I hit the wall last night and couldn't deliver with the double. All the drinkings and screwings start taking tolls now.

5. We then hit Cocodrillo at 5am. AMPM got stolen away by 18 year old rubia Vanessa. I settled down with a Jasmin Bleech (sp) from Baywatch look alike. Her name is Carolina. Frig' bod and face. The first solid 9 so far and my scale is harsh. Cocodrillo hasn't disappointed us during our 3 visits.

6. Lots of women are leaving to work in teejay, Mexico. Four of Carolina friends had left to dance in teejay. The Russians at Black are gone when thing went belly up.

7. The women here are very nice and very understanding. They are easily talked into with other women also. They don't get pissed if you ditch them for someone else. However, they do get jealous.

Ezy, have a great time in Quito. I saw your fav at Cutty sark a couple times and she's definitely worth to take to Quito.

C'mon Sakebomb, don't hold back...tell us how you really like it!

Glad you're having a great time. Looking forward to some first-hand stories when we hook up next!

Sakebomb,

What? Waddya mean you "saw" my favorita a couple of times? smile

Seriously, it's good to hear that others are discoving the delights of BA! What a town.

Extending your trip again! Sakebomb, I think you won't leave until you've done every woman worthy of it in Argentina.

I'm in Moscow now, and I have to tell you there are some stunners here worthy of your attention when you recover, but the scene is nothing like Argentina. Buenos Aires is still one of the top spots in my book.

I look forward to partying again with you sometime, but I can't keep up the pace you have set for a marathon run like this. Good luck!

Sakebomb,

Is this Paola from Playwoman. She is a very pretty girl.

Say it ain't so, SB! I think there will be chicas
jumping off the roof at the Leyva and Hotel Coahuila, this weekend. I guess we'll have to catch them in your absence. Have a great weekend, mi hermano.First Negro Modelo is on me when you get back!

Sakebomb....Flyguy....the BA voyers of clubhombre await...

Where the hell are your reports???? Slow down long enough to update those of us who have no sex life other than what we read in your posts!!!

Have you no shame?

YEP...YEP....Still writing to you guys from BA. Won´t leave til this Sunday. A 13 day planned trip turned into close to a month. I even started to pick up the ads in Clarin to look for an apartment in the Recoleta area. My sidekick AMPM will get one in Rio, Brazil and I will get one here. We are looking for two cool guys to do this with a two-yr lease paid up front. Kinda like a time share thing.

I don´t remember exactly what I have done since my last post, but it is something like having sex, making love, eat, drink, back to having sex with beautiful women.

Met up with the Saint and his friend. Two more cool dudes to party with. Where the hell is Flyguy? Meet up with us to party man. I´m the Etoile, room 805.

We went to Black last night. 100 solid women were around. Our tap came out to be 685pesos. Woo hoo...Playwomen was the party the night before. The Saint did a solid 9 at Playwomen and I saw a stunning 10 at black last night, but couldn´t get her since she´s busy.

Cocodrillo is still the best club for me. The girls there are more energetic. The one I had last night was a Cher look alike in her early 20s days. All she wanted was 100pesos for the night. I gave her 20pesos taxi fare and she gave back 10pesos and said 10pesos was good enough. Where do you find working women who refused money. Only in BA....la ciudad de mi corazon.

I had to take one for the team so I called a gal from Clarin ad yesterday. She wasn´t Ukranian, blond, and 21 like she said on the ad, but doable. So I just let her blow me. All she wanted was 50pesos.

Bro Aardvark, this is your town. You will love it here.

Ezy, I only had a drink with her, but didn´t use her service. She was available for 200pesos for the whole night and day. But I had someone else on mind at that time.

Moondog, yep yep that the Paula from Playwomen. She looked much better in person. The best set of saline I have ever encountered. The are big, soft, and hanging. Ai chi wa wa. This chick digs sex.

Bro Putajunkie, take care of all my women til I get back bro.

Uwphoto, glad to hear you´re having a blast in Russia. I´m always looking forward to partying again with you. You are one cool dude. Surprisingly, most the gals you have done have been asking me about you. No lying here. Emily at Playwomen, petite blonde Barby at Solid Gold asked me by name where you are. Emily just came back since the night she saw you bro.

I met and partied with about 10 mongers on and off this board. Let me tell you, they are all cool dudes. And all of them are financially secure or wealthy. Amazing how much people are cracking in even with this recession. Life is good! Chau for now, time for a session with an incall. Take care.

Just got back from Moscow, but for the money, wish I had gone to B.A. or Rio again. Well, if you see any of the girls like Barby or Emily, say hi for me and tell them that I've been thinking of them.

Sakebomb, are you having much trouble with the butterfly aspect of taking different girls from the same club? These girls all seem to know who did what with whom. Are you seeing a jealous reaction or girls getting upset when you pick someone else? I could easily see that happening in B.A. and some of these girls have a latin temper.

Anyway, glad to hear things are going well. Sooner or later we will meet up again.

Uwphoto, saw Emily at PWomen last night and she asked about you again. I might have to take her up so she could get you off her mind. Butterflying was a minor problem at first, but now they all seemed to get my motive when I´m in the clubs. I had another sweetheart at Playwomen who really digged me hard even though I´ve only been with her once. I saw her two times after that and both times she was sitting cold fish with the clients. When I´m walking in, she got up both times and tounged me right in front of her clients. I went to the bathroom, she followed and stopped me to tounge me again infront of the head. She called my hotel daily in the afternoon while she´s at work as a hair stylist. I really like this girl, but I don´t really don´t want to leave any broken hearts behind.

Haven´t seen them got pissed off yet, but some of them do call me mujeriego, putanero, puto...I guessed my charm really worked. I probably screwed about all the girls who worth screwing at Playwomen, Hook, and Cocodrillo.

Had another Clarin petite blonde yesterday. Not too shabby. Again, went through the same routine to have her blown me sitting on the couch while she was kneeing on the floor. All she wanted was 30pesos and 10pesos for her taxi.

At night, we went to Playwomen and I encountered my first semi-cunt in BA. Marisol was a solid 9 in look. Awesome bod, hair, clothes, skin tone. We had a blast at the club as she was on my lap most of the time. If she wasn´t tounging me, she was busy searching for the tiger. We agreed at 300pesos for the night so I paid her required 5 drinks tap (100pesos), (2drinks tap if you´re doing short time). Back at the suite, the chick couldn´t stop leaving me alone. She was posing, spreading, blowing me while I´m snapping the fotos. Her mariposa, butterfly, as I called it really turned me off. It didn´t match her outside appearance. Her fake tits weren´t as good as her friend Paula. We went at it for an hour and a half anyway. She lied around for another 30min then said she had to go back to PWomen. So we had a conversation about that and I told her if you wanted to do that, you could have just told me so I didn´t have to pay for the all nighter bar tap requirement. She started going on about we´re misunderstanding each other. If I wanted her to stay all night, I needed to give her 150pesos more. Didn´t feel like doing her again away so after awhile I gave 200pesos and asked her to leave. Money wasn´t an issue with me, it was that she had a major hole in her ethnic.

4am, i went to Cocodrillo. Hooking up with cutie read headed Silvina and morocha Deborah. We danced, drank, drive crewing for two hours. I made them get into each other at the bar with groping, touching, and tounging. They went at it pretty well with Deborah clearly taking the charge, this chick surely can kiss and dance. I beefed up Silvina a little more and I could tell it´s time for the suite.

This 3some surely topped the last three 3somes I had. They went at it without any instructions. Ran out of film in the middle with both of them blowing the tiger. Called the front desk to tell the guy to go pick me up a roll. 5min later, he brought it up. Shoot, i 4got to pay him. Anyway, my babydolls and I went at it for about 3 hours from the couch area to the bed. I am drained. They ordered breakfasts, slept and left at 1pm. They asked for 100pesos a pop, I gave them 150pesos since they both leave in some far away provincias. It is like an hour train ride for them. Great girls. Silvina got a nicer and tighter bod. Great snatch too, but I popped twice while screwing the other. Who knows....

4 nuts on the 20th day of straight up, non stop mongering and hard core drinking without vitaminV or supplements. Don´t know how I do it but Not too shabby for a 30 yr young monger. Sex is well alive in BA. Quien es tu papa?? Who's your daddy baby? Chau.

Ahhh, 4got one thing. Some inconsiderate dude on the WSG site which I am not the member nor have ever looked at, said he saw my two friends at the Etoile hotel. He called my friends one as skinny and the other as fat. Dude, have some consideration por favor. If one was to fuck up his own life let one does this for himself, you do not have to provide any help. The fat guy you called actually played football for the UA, Wildcat. You are far from being a world class monger man. If any of you know this dude, please tell him to take that post off. My friend felt bumped when he read the post this morning. I have met the owner of WSG site, I hope he sees my post and honor my request. If you are that guy, and you see my friends or us at the hotel, stop by to say hi...we´re all mongers here. I could give you some nice juicy tasty pussy info. Chau

sakebomb:

you rat bastard, slimebag and klingon...you are my hero!

you have completely confused me...first I decided to head to rio and then read the posts here and them figured i would go to BA....and then figured let's do rio...and now read your post and am confused again...thanks man!

i know you are having a great time..keep it up ;)

Crafter - Sounds like visiting both places seems like the way to go. I haven't been to BA but Rio is awesome and it sounds like BA is great as well. I can't remember who (I think that it was Canonperido but I'm not sure) but somebody suggested visiting both places on the same trip; sounds like great advice to me. Or even plan a couple of trips - one to Rio & one to BA. Just buy a ticket south & start posting some stories.

Sorry for the duplicate post.

youngtom - i agree that a visit to both spots would be in order,but am somewhat time constrained and will realistically only have about 7 days and want to stay in one place for that time in order to really understand where the action is - but think that I owe it to myself to explore both spots - you only live once ;)

Crafter
7 days is not enough to explore either place so you will need 4 trips (2 x 2) to get the job done.

Ay, Ay, Ay, Grande' Puto! You might not have any women left (here) if you don't get back soon. Las vulturas are circling overhead! LOL Party on doood! See ya next week.
pj

Sakebomb- could you step down into our trash talk room YT set aside for us troublemakers so I can hammer you please....30 yrs old and a month in BA...how in the h... ?

sb,

Until I read your most recent report I was quite proud of my fete in BA...21 chicas, 21 days, with a little help from 100mg Viagra.....oh to be 30 again...

ezy

Leaving BA in 4hrs. My bod is flying but my soul and heart are still in BA. Two of my fav. are taking me to the airport. The third one couldn´t stand to say good-bye so she refused to go.

One thing to look 4ward to is I got to watch NBA playoffs, other than that it´s just plain old boring the USSSSSSSSSSA. Set my mind on improving my Spanish, selling my future wife, my dog, my houses, my cars to move to BA.

B.A. gets under your skin. I've spent some part of just about every day since I have been back trying to figure out a good excuse to go again soon.

Congrats on a trip well done. Hope you have a safe flight. I look forward to hearing some stories of your adventures over a cold beer sometime.

Well it's about time you came home! Now the rest of us can get back to mongering, instead of dealing with all the chicas looking for you. Bien Viaje, hermano! There's a few cold one's waiting for you.

Thanks for all the reports. Glad you two had a great time.

Hope you all have a safe flight home and will look forward to your confusing me some more ;) with your exploits.

Muchas gracias mis amigos. I just got home and already had two voice messages from my fav. It's going to be hard to get back to my normal life.

Crafter, if permitted, I would do Rio and BA at the same time. I would fly to Rio first since it's a shorter flying time. From Rio to BA is only a 3 hours flight. Don't know where you are, but VARIG flies from LAX to RIO 12 hour directly. They fly from Rio to BA at 7am and get in at ~10am so you don't loose any time.

From what I learned from seasoned mongers, Rio has more beautiful women due to the fact that it has more working girls. Most of top ones in BA are from Brazil. Can't wait 'til I pack up for Rio. Glucks.

Sakebomb: Of my limited exposure to both BR & AR,
EZE and GIG have both distinct character. Yes,
you are likely to find garotas in EZE, so is true in lean months in EU -- i.e a migration to better climbs during seasonal changes

Nearly all FKK clubs in DE, have talent from Brazil,Argentina,Thailand and Eastern Europe, many of them seasonal.

Sakebomb,

For sheer beauty, BA has it all over Rio, and Sao Paulo has it over Rio. Rio's big draw is the beach local, the t's(termas) and "The Office" (Help), all very close together, and all a lot of fun due to the amount of working working girls just hanging around the beach and Meia Pataeca, a cafe on the beach just down the street from "the office."

Sao Paulo on the other hand is orientated to a business clientle, but the mongering activities are huge, but so is the city. Personally, the beauty of the girls in the clubs in Sao Paulo far outweigh what you will find in Rio.

This is only my personal opinion, and beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. You will have a great time in Rio with some pretty girls, but do not overlook Sao Paulo.

These girls are from Sao Paulo. Enjoy.

sakebomb: good to hear your return travels went well and thanks for the advice - seems that is the prevlant advice i have been receiving and I guess if I am going to be in that part of sur americano i might as well hit both cities - look forward to seeing those pictures.

Sakebomb,

Were the ATM machines working when you left BA, or were they closed down.

Moondog, those are very beautiful women. We're making plans for combo of Rio and Sao Paulo in late June. I have met and been with 5 working girls from Sao Paulo in teejay, Mexico and 2 vacationers in Waikiki beach, Hawaii. Let me tell you, ooops what I'm talking about here...try to enrich the master, they were all pretty girls with wonderful personalities. They also seemed like they were gifted in the bedroom performance department. One gal scratched my back bleeding and another bit me during the sessions.

ATM machices were working on my last night in BA. One thing I needed to mention is that Banelco usually has two ATM machines, one DESINATED for bank clients ONLY, and the other for non-clients. If you use the one designated for their clients, it won't work. Banco Galleria seemed to be at every corner in BA. I stayed in Recoleta, and only used my ATM at Citibank and Rio Bank. All receipts didn't show the xchange rate. Who really cares when you're having a time of your life in heaven.

Sakebomb,

Thanks for the info on the ATM's. Sao Paulo is a great city for mongering.

Sakebomb,
Thanks for the great reports. How much fun can a non-Spanish speaker have in BA? From what I heard, Argentines supposedly have a more arrogant attitude towards the foreigners than the Brasileros. Any truth to that? How do they treat the black and Asian visitors? Thanks.

Lofnlol,

I have been visiting BA for the past three years, about 20 lbs overweight, and am middle aged, and speak only a few words of Spanish. I have had nothing but fun in that town. Just treat the ladies nice, and it will come back to you many times over.

Lofnlol, you're very welcome. My friend who was a lineman in college 6'5, 300lbs, spoke no Spanish and the girls adored him everywhere we went. He did bring along a little Eng-Span translator and was able to communicate with the ladies. Once in awhile, I gave him some assistants during their conversations with my beginner Spanish. There're some of the girls speaking English, but most of them do not.

That's probably a wrong perception or a bad myth towards the Argentinans. I don't know how many times I said it, but I love Buenos Aires AND its people. The women drew me there, but once I'm there I was totally in love with everything. We couldn't get our head(s) to stop thinking of BA since we got back here.

There are a big population of Asians in BA, mostly Japanese and Koreans. They even sing Japanese song on one of the music channel, the MUCH channel I think. The only black we have met are the people from the Dom Rep and Cuba. They were absolutely cool and very helpful people. BA is an elegant and sophisticated city, and it's so mellow. Barely saw a cop where I stayed and partied. And if you saw one, he was there to protect you instead of trying to rob you like the Mexican cops.

For what it worth, I hope their economic conditions would get better for their people. But at the moment, BA offers the best bang for your bucks. No doubt, you will have a great time there!!! For more details info, please review Moondog's Guide to BA. Glucks.

Moondog and Sakebomb,
Thanks for the encouragement, as if I need them. LOL. Can Etoile be booked online, or by phone? How to go about getting the suite at special rates? Thanks.

Just send Maria a message telling her the dates you will be in town and ask for her best available rate in pesos for an executive suite. She should respond with 132 pesos plus 21% tax per night. Just set my return trip up for next week and got that rate. Can pay cash or credit card.

http://www.etoile.com.ar/

Maria Julieta Maldonado
reservas@etoile.com.ar