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As of June 4, 2010, the United States has increased the price of the visa application fee from $131 to $140. Since the Argentina entrance fee is a reciprocal fee to what the US charges Argentine citizens, it also increased by $9 to U$S 140 as of this date. This fee applies to any American [...]

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When I came back to Buenos Aires for this most recent trip, I was determined that I was bringing a Herman Miller Aeron chair with me.  Good office chairs are almost impossible to find in Buenos Aires or are ridiculously expensive, and I was pretty sure it would be nearly impossible to find this particular [...]

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Here is a new service that is sorely needed in Buenos Aires – economic luggage storage. Catty Shack Buenos Aires is now offering a place to store your luggage in Buenos Aires.  From their web site: Catty Shack Buenos Aires began as an idea for a luggage storage service in November of 2009. It’s conception [...]

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UPDATE: As of June 4, 2010, the Argentina entrance fee has increased from U$S 131 to U$S 140 in reciprocity for the US increasing their visa fee. In October 2008, we reported that Argentina was planning to charge a reciprocal fee to tourists entering from countries that charge its citizens a visa or entrance fee. [...]

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