Comment on [Kind of weekly thread] Men over 30, how is your week going?
RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I’m currently digital nomading in Buenos Aires for another week. I plan to go to some tango shows, do some dance classes, check out the local cuisine, etc. This weekend I plan to go to another town for a bit and say hi to a friend I made while traveling a few years ago. Today is a work day and calls with my life coach/men’s group. I look forward to those as it adds some stability or sameness to be able to talk with the same group of dudes while I’m constantly changing location and people, etc.
Sounds fun, enjoy!!! Affordable barber shops are my guilty pleasures from living abroad in a considerably cheaper environment as well. Love it.
How’s life in AG? I’ve got friends from there but all living abroad and keep telling me that recently the economy is going to hell. Most of them send money home to their families, and apparently the purchasing power quintupled (or more) in less than half a year. Good for those who earn in hard currency I guess.
Oh yeah, regular people are screwed. You never know what your purchasing power will be next week, so just buy whatever you can. A year ago the exchange rate was like 500:1, now it’s officially almost 1000 and the blue rate is ~1,300. You can’t rely on menu prices on Google maps.
If you can earn not-pesos, it’s still not too expensive to live here. It’s not as cheap as it used to be, but cheaper than the US, for instance.
But overall, public transport is good, access to goods is better than many Latin American countries. I’ve only been to Buenos Aires so far, but it’s a gorgeous city. People have been super friendly to me. I highly recommend it. I have friends that have been to Iguazú falls, Córdoba, Mendoza wine country, Patagonia and their photos are amazing. And Brazil is right around the corner. I highly recommend visiting!
Definitely on my list, my only challenge is that it’s in a less than ideal timezone since I mostly work with EU, China and Korea, so I’ve settled on Malaysia for the time being. But friends are now moving to Mexico, so I’m planning to stay a couple weeks with them and then travel South and have a look around.
awesome! that’s literally the trip that I did. Feel free to DM me and I can give you some tips!
Btw, if you go to Mexico city, check out www.theworlds50best.com as they have a lot of the globally best rated bars, restaurants, and speakeasies. There’s also a whatsapp group for dancing salsa and bachata that’s really good there.
I’d love to share some of the things and places I’ve found along the way! :)
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
That sounds great! What kind of job lets you work remotely and internationally?
RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I do software and all of my jobs have been fully remote since covid. My company is cool with it, but I also use a portable router from GL - iNet to get a VPN onto a VPN so it looks like I’m in the US for the Okta stuff.