Help me make most of my 5 week stay in Buenos Aires.
July 6, 2011 2:38 PM Subscribe
Help me make most of my 5 week stay in Buenos Aires.
I am 30 (male), and I telecommute for work from Europe. For work I just need have a solid internet connection and my laptop, but I need to be able to work from 6am to 2pm when in Argentina (European client).
I have decided to take advantage of my remote work and move to Buenos Aires for 5 weeks in August.
I will be able to take 2 weeks off to do some traveling, but during the remaining 3 weeks I will need to be working.
My goals are to brush up my Spanish (it got a bit rusty after years of not using it, but I know it relatively well), see some parts of Buenos Aires / Argentina and to make as many friends and get to know as many people as possible.
During those 3 weeks of remote work I was thinking to stay in hostels to make my stay cost-effective, and to have a chance to meet as many people as possible.
Can you please suggest any hostels in Buenos Aires. I need to work from 6am to 2pm and have a solid internet connection - I'm not sure if working from a hostel is a comfortable option; can you suggest any internet cafes or coworking offices that would be open between 6am and 2pm?
Also, can you perhaps suggest some ways of meeting people, some afternoon classes for example, I'm mostly interested in meeting Argentinian people, but I don't mind meeting expats either.
I will have 2 weeks of holidays and I want to do some traveling, but I don't want to do it alone; Can you suggest any organized tours, ideas, or websites to find people for travel apart from meeting people in hostels?
Will appreciate any advice!
I am 30 (male), and I telecommute for work from Europe. For work I just need have a solid internet connection and my laptop, but I need to be able to work from 6am to 2pm when in Argentina (European client).
I have decided to take advantage of my remote work and move to Buenos Aires for 5 weeks in August.
I will be able to take 2 weeks off to do some traveling, but during the remaining 3 weeks I will need to be working.
My goals are to brush up my Spanish (it got a bit rusty after years of not using it, but I know it relatively well), see some parts of Buenos Aires / Argentina and to make as many friends and get to know as many people as possible.
During those 3 weeks of remote work I was thinking to stay in hostels to make my stay cost-effective, and to have a chance to meet as many people as possible.
Can you please suggest any hostels in Buenos Aires. I need to work from 6am to 2pm and have a solid internet connection - I'm not sure if working from a hostel is a comfortable option; can you suggest any internet cafes or coworking offices that would be open between 6am and 2pm?
Also, can you perhaps suggest some ways of meeting people, some afternoon classes for example, I'm mostly interested in meeting Argentinian people, but I don't mind meeting expats either.
I will have 2 weeks of holidays and I want to do some traveling, but I don't want to do it alone; Can you suggest any organized tours, ideas, or websites to find people for travel apart from meeting people in hostels?
Will appreciate any advice!
What do you mean by "solid"? Public/hotel/foodplaces wifi tends to be pretty random in quality here. In a rented temporary apartment it can be better but don't expect it to be much more than a basic service. You may be able to buy a 3G modem to use in prepaid increments, but it will be SLOW. Very.
Depending on whether you wanted to travel outside Buenos Aires, you should know that we still have lots of air flight disruption due to the active volcano on the Andes. Nobody has any clue how much longer it will keep throwing up ashes so keep an eye on the news to plan your movements.
posted by Iosephus at 6:31 PM on July 6, 2011
Depending on whether you wanted to travel outside Buenos Aires, you should know that we still have lots of air flight disruption due to the active volcano on the Andes. Nobody has any clue how much longer it will keep throwing up ashes so keep an eye on the news to plan your movements.
posted by Iosephus at 6:31 PM on July 6, 2011
I spent a week in Argentina last year. It was incredible.
While there, I stayed at Hostel Suites Obelisco. It's smack dab downtown, excellent location. Staff speaks English, they have a number of computers and WiFi available. I had a single bed room and it was great (though the city is noisy at night, obviously). I've stayed in a lot of hostels in Europe, and this would rank up with my favorites. It's built into an old apartment building -- only thing to note is that with that, the bathroom are equally old and while they were clean, water pressure was weak.
Very pleased with it.
posted by smitt at 7:48 AM on July 7, 2011
While there, I stayed at Hostel Suites Obelisco. It's smack dab downtown, excellent location. Staff speaks English, they have a number of computers and WiFi available. I had a single bed room and it was great (though the city is noisy at night, obviously). I've stayed in a lot of hostels in Europe, and this would rank up with my favorites. It's built into an old apartment building -- only thing to note is that with that, the bathroom are equally old and while they were clean, water pressure was weak.
Very pleased with it.
posted by smitt at 7:48 AM on July 7, 2011
Oh, and the hostel hosted Spanish lessons every other day (I think), and a ton of other daily activities.
posted by smitt at 7:51 AM on July 7, 2011
posted by smitt at 7:51 AM on July 7, 2011
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You should look into Spanglish, a sort of a socializing/language exchange program. I was there for only 2 weeks but went to spanglish events/informal gatherings 3-4 times and have a couple life long friends from the experience. I actually can't recommend it enough.
posted by sandmanwv at 4:27 PM on July 6, 2011