Moving to and living in...Argentina

Expat Blogs in Argentina

Just one year ago there were only a few blogs on Argentina, not enough to even count on one hand.  Now, I can't keep up with all the new ones popping up seemingly each day. Here's a partial list broken down by the the blogger's main interest.

Musings from Expats:
Argy Bargy
Lulu from the U.K. and Lulu's of London Salon
Pej n Ron
Pregnant in Buenos Aires
Yanqui Mike

Foodies:
Asado Argentina
El Cuerpo de Cristo
La majuluta
La otra dimensión - cocina asiática-australiana moderna
Online Deli
Pomelo Pleasures
Salt Shaker

Tango Blogs:
Tango Cherie
Miss Holly from Vancouver...Tango in her eyes
 

   

Pet related links

ANIMAL TRANSPORATION SERVICES

Air Animal

Animal Transportation Association (AATA)

Delta Airlines Pet Rules

IPATA

Jet a Pet

Pet Transporter

PET CARE AND SUPPLIES IN GREATER BUENOS AIRES (more to come)

Buenos Aires Pet Boutique

City Pet a pet supply shop in Buenos Aires northern suburbs

Las Lunas

Links for Argentine media for expat

This is a list of the various media outlets including print, normal TV, and online TV. The Spanish links are a great way to improve your Spanish reading comprehension.

Buenos Aires Herald (English)

Clarin (Spanish)

El Cordillerano - Bariloche, Patagonia (Spanish)

Google News Buenos Aires (English)

La Nacion (Spanish)

Los Andes - Mendoza (Spanish)

Media Argentina (English)

The Daily Journal - Argentina (English)

TN24 Horas - Telenoticias News (Spanish)

Live TV Webcasts (English)

Yahoo Argentina (Spanish)

Useful Argentina expat links

These are some links that I've found useful if you are planning to become an expat in Argentina Some are specific to Buenos Aires and surrounding areas, while others are more general and are useful throughout Argentina.

If you have a great link that you’d like to see listed please feel free to email it to me.

BA Newcomers Yahoo Group – “To inform, share ideas and concerns, and learn about living as an expatriate in Buenos Aires, Argentina.”

Buenos Aires International Newcomers Group – “Our aim is to help the newcomer settle into the BA lifestyle, to provide an understanding of the BA culture and to offer a forum where the newcomer can ask questions and seek recommendations from fellow expats. The Group organizes various monthly social activities such as lunches, dinners, daytrips, and workshops as well as annual family and charity events. The Group has two locations: downtown and suburbs.”

Freecycle Buenos Aires – "is open to all who want to "recycle that special something rather than trhwo it away."

BA Expats - another helpful forum dedicated to Buenos Aires expats

Craigs List Buenos Aires - free classifieds for everything from used furnitire to apartment rentals to services, etc.

Online Conversions – great site with conversions for everything imaginable from cooking to temperature to weight and more

Electric Power Around the World

Typical Electric Pin Type for Argentina

World Wide Phone Guide

World Television Standards

Salt Shaker Buenos Aires Restaurant Reviews

Salt Shaker's been at it again. First it was the Spanish/English food dictionary (a great resource), now he's got a great restaurant review list going. There are a lot of restaurant guides available but at least he's telling you what you can expect from the food, not just where to find it!

chau!

Visa & Documentation Links

These are just a few links I currently have. I will post more in the near future.

The official documentation and laws for immigrating to Argentina can be found at Migraciones (site is In Spanish).

To get your CDI you'll need to visit the AFIP office for your domiciles jurisdication. Then you'l visit that office to declare your domicile.

Argentine consulates are located in most of the major cities across the U.S. To find your nearest consulate simply look for the location nearest to you. I've added website links wherever they were available.

Grocery Stores (Supermercados) in Argentina

These are the major supermercados in Argentina. Although small family run markets are available everywhere, these are the biggies where it's sometimes easier to find those obscure items you might be looking for. Of course some have better product selections than others so you'll just have to decide what works best for you. But, case in point, I was looking for REAL buffala mozzarella the other day, the mozz made from water buffalo milk, and I found it both at the Jumbo Mall on Av Bullrich and Cerviño as well as at the Carrefour located in Palermo Chico in the Paseo Alcorta shopping mall.

Coto

Carrefour ; map of locations throughout Argentina

Disco

JUMBO

Norte

Blogs & Forums for Expatriates

BANewcomers Yahoo Group is a fabulous yahoo group that is free to join. You can post questions,  as well as read other people's threads.

Expat Blog is a forum/blog with posts in English, Spanish and French. It has members from all over the world who are either expatriates already or are interested in expatriating.

More links to come as they are available.

Chau!

Useful links for Apartment Rentals & Real Estate in Argentina

Here a just a few rental and real estate links for Argentina. Most are in Spanish but if you can navigate the Spanish part with someone they can be very useful. I'll continue to add more links as I can.

If you want to visit Mendoza the Anatabi Villa is a beautifully redone place to vacation.
The Anabtawi Vacation villa, Mendoza, Argentina

Top Inmobiliario and SISTEMA DIXON are similar to the MLS system in the United States.

Reporte Inmobiliario provides links to current real estate activity in Argentina.

Publicasas Clasificados Inmobiliarios offers an online search as well as print version.

Zen Argentina offers short-term tourist rentals. I've used their services three times and highly recommend them.

Chau!

Google Earth image of Acassuso in Zona Norte

A few weeks ago I mentioned Google Earth, which I've listed in the sidebar links under "maps", as a great way to view an area. We actually used it for our pre-house hunting searches before we left for Buenos Aires to look at the areas around potential rentals to view green space, tree canopy, buildings, etc.

It's an interesting tool to play with and on many cities around the world you can see all of the street names overlaid onto an area, as well as grocery stores, hospitals, etc.

I created an image to show just one piece of its capabilities. The area we chose is San Isidro and Acassuso in the Zona Norte suburbs of Buenos Aires. The river shows up on the right side as a big brown splotch. The Tren de la Costa and TBA trains are marked as well. Click on the thumbnail at the left to open up a full view of the area.

I'll be scanning some more maps of Buenos Aires and the Zona Norte areas, including street maps, and will post them soon.