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Buenos Aires Odd Jobs: Old Lady Walkers

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Today I am turning over my blog to Rease of Travelated fame. Rease is an expat living in Buenos Aires, a fellow travel writer, and my cheap wine drinking buddy.  This is actually the first guest post I’ve ever had on The Travel Chica, and I’m thrilled to feature one of my favorite bloggers that […]

Check me out!

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Since I have called Argentina my home for approximately 6 months (and counting) of my travel sabbatical, I am excited to be featured on About.com Argentina. I have really enjoyed sharing my travel experiences and photography on The Travel Chica. Over the past couple months, I have also had the pleasure of writing for a […]

Halloween Photo Fun with Foto-Ruta

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Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.  You get to dress up in scary, slutty (not me, of course), funny, and/ or inappropriate costumes.  You get to eat candy.  You get to stay up partying until 6am. Oh, wait…  The 6am thing is just a normal Saturday night in Buenos Aires. I also really enjoy […]

Buenos Aires Odd Jobs: The Recycling Program

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Cartoneros are the city’s recycling program. Men and sometimes children from the villas miserias (aka slums) come into the city and wheel around a cart collecting the cardboard and paper products from the trash that litters the city.  You see them in every neighborhood at all hours of the day. When I first got here, […]

Buenos Aires Odd Jobs: The Tour Guide Part 3 – Private Custom Tours

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In a continuation of the Odd Jobs Series, I am highlighting expat tour guides who have found their niche in Buenos Aires.   Last time, I interviewed Jonny and Marina from Graffitimundo. Next up…. Meet Chance from BA LOCAL. BA LOCAL provides private tours, including city tours, off-the-beaten-path tours, shopping tours, art tours, and Jewish tours. […]

Buenos Aires Odd Jobs: The Tour Guide Part 2 – Graffiti Art

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In the previous Odd Jobs for expats interview, you met Jonathan from Buenos Aires Local Tours. Next up . . . Jonny and Marina from Graffitimundo What is your tourism niche in BA? As part of our project graffitimundo, we run guided tours of Buenos Aires street art and graffiti. We know many of the artists […]

A Foreigner’s Perspective on Argentina Elections

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I’m taking a break from the Odd Jobs series to write a short post about the Argentina presidential election that happened yesterday.  Being from the US, I found a few things odd about “the rules” and thought I’d share a foreigner’s perspective. Odd Rules for Argentina Elections 1.  Voting is mandatory for all citizens. In […]

Buenos Aires Odd Jobs: The Tour Guide Part 1

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We’ve covered the dog walkers and the human billboards.  Now I present an odd job for expats. The Tour Guide Buenos Aires is such a huge, exciting city with lots of history, grand architecture, diverse artwork, high-end fashion, and much more.  Because of all of this, there are a lot of tour guides in this […]

Buenos Aires Odd Jobs: Advertising

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Advertising is done differently in this part of the world. Sure, we have people dress up in silly costumes and hold signs to draw in customers in the US. But this is different.  This seems much worse. Human Billboards This is on Avenida Santa Fe at Plaza Italia, one of the busiest parts of the […]