Tricked again

Well in Australia we got hit with the cloned credit card. Here in Argentina, we got hit with a counterfeit bill. We went to pay for our hotel this morning in cash and the lady wasn´t too happy with one of the 50 peso notes we gave her. We could immediately see why - it was a terrible photocopy of a note. It was in color, but it had a border and was blurry and everything. Man, were we mad. 50 pesos is worth a little over $16. In the grand scheme of things, it´s not too much, but that´s still a meal here.

Speaking of meals, Buenos Aires is pretty cheap. All of our meals have been 40-50 pesos ($13-$17) for 2 people and that usually includes a drink (even a glass of wine) and a dessert. Not bad.

The key thing to look out for in BA (besides counterfeit notes)? ACD - air conditioner drippings. Every time you walk around the city it feels like there´s a light sprinkle in the air. Besides that, we like BA a lot. It feels very European. We´re only here for 3 days this time but we´re coming back in a month for a week or so. It has a much different feel than Rio. Rio felt like one big beach town, with all the girls in bikini tops and all the guys with no shirts, even on the metro and anywhere else. In BA, most people are fairly well dressed, with the guys wearing long pants and collared shirts. The other day we tried to see the movie ¨The Queen¨ but it was sold out. But the line to get in looked like they were going to see the Queen herself. Very well dressed to go see a movie. My shorts and sandals look didn´t really fit the mold.