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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 was inspired [...]

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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.  Well, that plan was put on indefinite hold — until now that is.
According to the Argentina Immigration web site, the new fees are imminent.  The following file [...]

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For the moment, there have been no reported cases of swine flu in Argentina, and the number of dengue fever cases seem to be on the decline.  However, the Argentine government is taking no chances and has temporarily suspended flights from Mexico to Argentina. The U.S. Embassy in Argentina just sent out this alert:
This warden [...]

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We were told that the Carnaval parties in Florianopolis, Brazil do not compare to the scale of the ones in Rio, and if that’s true, all I can say is that the ones in Rio must be amazing!  In Floripa, the Carnaval parties started on Friday and went until Tuesday (just before Ash Wednesday).  There [...]

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