Fair point! - I don't think I look Argentinian enough. But in general, compared to most Latin American countries such as Colombia where we lived for 2 years.... I am totally a gringo. None the less, I got followed by someone in Buenos Aires for a few blocks. ~Jonny
Se ve que justo les tocó el período de la invasión de mosquitos. No fue normal eso. Suelen haber más mosquitos en verano, pero no tantos como los hubo. Fue increíble y se agotó el Off(bug spray)
Hola chicos!, el problema que encuentran todos los visitantes que vienen a mi maravillosa ciudad, es que "se mueven por lugares turísticos" y por lo tanto los precios son internacionales (U$S) y muy caro para los argentinos en general. De todos modos Buenos Aires es una de las principales ciudades del mundo y ustedes ya lo habrán comprobado !. Un gran saludo desde el barrio de Caballito en Buenos Aires !.
THANK YOU! - Yes, the prices were noticeably higher in the area we chose to stay in. I'm sure if we ventured into the lest tourist driven areas and even the country side of Argentina, the prices would be fairer. Thanks for the tip and the welcome!
Ciudad de Bs As is pretty awesome in my opinion, but if you want to see pure nature you have forests, mountains, beaches and more just a couple hours by plain or some by car away. It's like going to NY and saying that they didn't have any waterfalls close lol The good side is that you can come back, Argentina is really varied in nature especially so you'll love anywhere you travel here :))
Thank you! - Yes, in general, I think we would love the Andean side of Argentina down to Patagonia. We were in Chile's Patagonia region just before going to Buenos Aires... The point we're making here in this video is that Buenos Aires lacks a place where you can IMMEDIATELY step into nature and be completely surrounded by it. This is in contrast to say a place like Bogota Colombia (where we lived for 2 years). Although Bogota is quite different than Buenos Aires, you can literally find hiking on the edge of city within about 15-30 minutes from you home, and be completely surround by trees, mountains, etc. Also in contrast to Buenos Aires is Santiago. The same concept exists in Santiago, on the edge of the city is a variety of hikes you can take and just get lost in nature very quickly. Getting to them takes about 15-30 mins. If you live in Buenos Aires, and you want to escape into nature, you have to commit to a few hours of travel to do so. --- There were some other bucket list items we checked off while in Buenos Aires, so we are more than please with our experience. Since we don't live anywhere, we're really just looking a for that place we might be able to call home. Anywho! THANK YOU again. ~Jonny
HA! - Not the case. We're very good at geography. Please continue to follow our adventures. Thank you for the comment. This was video on Buenos Aires, not all of Argentina. ~Jonny
@@lifetheorycouple actually you have the reserva ecológica costanera norte like 15 min away in a bus, from areas like Palermo. It’s a beautiful hike and super safe as well. But you wouldn’t find mountains here, it’s the Pampas so it’s very flat hahaha
Cómo q no tenían zonas para salir a la naturaleza?? Saliendo de la ciudad hay un montón. Obvio no hay montañas cerca, es la pampa... deben moverse un poco para ir a las zonas de montaña, Argentina es muy grande y tiene de todo. Pero raaaaro q hayan estado un mes en bs as y digan q no hay zonas de naturaleza para escapar.. quizá para la próxima lo disfruten un poco más...😅 😅😅 Tema de mosquitos, hasta para el local fue raro ese tema de los mosquitos, por temas de calentamiento global bs as ahora se considera sub tropical asiq hay bichos q antes se veían menos.. y ese exceso de mosquitos, pues nada, son novedad... 😅
Thank you for the view and comment! - Nature wise, the major point we are making is that we like cities that are much closer to nature or where you can get surrounded by nature quickly. Places like Bogota Colombia or Santiago Chile in contrast are good examples. In both of those cities we can spend about 15-30 minutes in a car and find ourselves on hiking trail deep in the forest. But with Buenos Aires, you do have to commit to a few hours of travel to get to place like the Pampa or fly out to the Andean region. In general, as we travel we're making these city reviews as a reflection of our desired preferences. --- Mosquitoes, yeah, we noticed... Not normal at all. Even our Airbnb host was saying two of her cleaning maids had dengue fever while were visiting. SCARY!
*Creo que no se pueden comparar nuestro asado con su barbacoa, son cosas diferentes, a mi, particularmente no me gusta esa salsa *Se que nuestros horarios son diferentes por eso cuando uno viaja debe adaptarse al lugar, a mi me sería imposible acostarme a las 20hs, pero si estoy en su pais ya se que voy a tener q cambiar eso, me costaría muchísimo😄 *Veo otros youtubers asombrados por la cantidad de verde que tenemos en la ciudad, es una ciudad enorme, no hay bosques, pero si te alejas unos kms vas a encontrar lugares maravillosos en medio de la naturaleza *No dijeron nada de lo que les parecio el argentino
Thank you for the view and detailed comment! - I will respectfully disagree, we all live our lives in comparison. Whether we do any given comparison consciously or not, the difference is always there in our subconscious. If that's comparing how Texans make meat versus Argentina, or comparing how we feel about larger cites like Bogota versus Buenos Aires, the comparison is there for those who have had the experience. --- Regarding the people, we did mention from the beginning that Argentinians are very proud of their identity and excitable people. This was unique to experience. Even in times of currency degradation, the people of Argentina still celebrate themselves and their culture. We do have a lot of respect for that. --- We are definitely early risers... It would be hard in the long run to consider calling a place like Buenos Aires home because the culture is a late night culture. --- Nature wise, we do look for places that are closer to mountains and forest and maybe even beaches. ---- In general, even though we laid out our negative experiences, they are our negative experiences due to our preferences. But that does not mean we didn't love our experience. It was genuinely awesome.
@ggl2947 - Maybe I could have articulated it a bit better. We enjoyed the execution and flavors that were added to the meat served in Chile more than what flavors were in the meat in Buenos Aires. I understand that this is cultural too. Much of the meat that we ate in Buenos Aires, tasted like it had no salt at all. But I did love the portions and we ate ALL OF IT.
Nuevo sub me gusto el doble subtitulo pra practicar mi ingles, y de paso veo videos de viajes que me encantan , no pierdan esa luz que irradian y los veo pronto por Argentina 😊
I lived in Buenos Aires Argentina for 10 years. you can still get a good one bedroom apartment in a great Argentina neighborhood for around 600 dollars US, including everything. I was in Buenos Aires Argentina when Argentina won the World Cup. It was awesome. You didn't do enough research.
Thank you! --- Yes, we noticed that there were quite a few studio apartments without washing machines for that price. We only stayed for a month... So, I could imagine it's a lot easier to strike up a better deal if you're staying for a longer period like 1 year or 10 years. - Since 2022, when Argentina won the world cup, the currency when through a massive hyper inflation event in 2023... So, by the time we made our round to Buenos Aires, things were considerably more expensive and prices seem to have caught up to the monetary degradation. I'm not sure this is a matter of research or just circumstance. We stilled paid less than what we would compared to the city we are from.
Funny thing is that Chileans imports the meat they eat from Argentina lol. If you need loads of sauces to cover the bad quality in Texan meat then the problem is your taste
Not all meat products out of the US or Texas are bad, but there is a lot of bad ones yes... I don't believe there is anything wrong my taste or the taste of others. I'm just sharing my opinion on what I experienced.... Although the meat I ate in Chile was likely imported over from Argentina, I think it was how they prepared the meat that I liked so much along with the sauces/chimichurris they served along side it. In general, in Argentina, although the meat was good and there was a lot of it in the Argentinian plates we had, they just seamed to lack some salt. I do like at least salt on my meat. ~Jonny
We love your videos and opinions! Thank you from Toronto Canada. We travel to many different countries and cultures and enjoy your take especially since you immerse yourselves for a month or more in each new place! Still surprised you don't have a million followers! Keep up the good work Widny and Jonny!
AWWWW AND THANK YOU AGAIN! - You've commented that we should be at millions are few times. Again, maybe some day. But we're going to continue presenting our own experiences.
Thank you! - We said quite a lot of positive about Buenos Aires. To provide more context, we do these city reviews as a reflection of whether we would choose to live here in the long run or not. The negatives/odd things mentioned would be items we might struggle with.
He feels like a target because of his skin tone?, dude there are tons of people your same exact color in Argentina and if a neighbour of your complex got inside de building is because he lives there, did he mugged you inside? Or assault you in any way? If you were safe and sound, then why do you mention this? Just say it was your own paranoia based on your prejudice and ignorance that make you think everyone is prowling on you
Ha! - I think I mis-spoke as I was making a generalization to most Latin American countries. Regardless, I was followed and it obvious. He even had a little microphone he was speaking into while keeping his eyes completely fixated on me. My point in general is... If you're in any large city anywhere in the world, you've got to pay attention your surroundings. And the more different you look on average, the more likely you are a target.
Yasss. Thank you for the Spanish subtitles! Why are your Spanish translations so much easier for me to understand than, say, Spanish subtitles of an actual Spanish language video?
In the next six months or so I'm going to be moving somewhere abroad where my military disability (approx $4k /mo) will carry me. So far the short list includes Prague, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, and Santiago. BA has been calling me for a long time and is still at the top of the list. From what I understand 4k should cover me just fine in all these locations. I'm also thinking about hopping around South America like you guys. I've been to something like 39 countries but in South America so far only Brazil. I'm a cinematographer by trade with a background in journalism so it'd be cool to make videos like you guys. Nice to have a live-in partner to work with though! I'm curious, what kind of remote work do you guys do? Also, BA or Santiago? I feel like Santiago is more pragmatic but it doesn't call to me like Argentina. 🎶
Hey! - Great questions! --- For the majority of this we worked for a company that let us work "from home" because it was remote. Jonny a consultant and Widny a research analyst. Just normal corporate jobs. --- BA or Santiago? We'd choose Santiago again because we love hiking. You're not going to find any hiking near BA. --- We are self taught cinematographers, I think... I feels weird to even type/say that. But it's amazing what you can do with an iPhone 13 pro and a Go Pro. --- Maybe one day we'll bump into each other.
I would just recommend wording things a little bit different to have better and more positive engagement. Like the negatives on the video maybe make different categories? The no-nature part is mostly because Buenos Aires City (CABA) is thought to be *just* a city, Buenos Aires Province is filled with nature and everyone is pretty used to driving 6 hours if you want to go to the beach, you have to take into consideration that comparing Santiago with Buenos Aires is not truly fair seeing how different in size the countries are.
Thank you for your view, comment, and recommendation. - No city alone is perfect. We do tend to throw a negative section on all our city reviews. We often get a mixed bag of opinions, many tend to like the brutal honesty, while others don't. --- The negatives are a comparison to whether we would choose to live there or not or other general things we found quite different or odd. --- Regarding proximity to nature, this is a big one for us. Compared to a place like Bogota or Santiago, the mountains are just too far away, which is something we personally crave. IF the city structure of Buenos Aires is what Bogota was like... I'd probably say it's the best city the world. --- THANK AGAIN!
Que buena pasteleria que probaron! Havsnna don mas alfajores gourmet, tienen que probar los que suelen vender en los kioscos o supermercados: terrabusi, tofi, jorgito, milka, guaynallen.
This is simply a challenging question. And one that we might just make a video about. Right now, we are very impressed by Chile because of it's landscape and how much more developed this country is compared to Colombia. Plus we love hiking, and virtually anywhere you hike in Chile you are safe from robbery... Unfortunately, you cannot say the same about Colombia.
Thumbs down for the "my skin color" comment. I'm as white as you and have never had people following me because of my "skin color", which is quite common in Buenos Aires.
This may not apply to Argentina, but it's more or less true for other Latin American countries... I think more than skin color... It is looking like a foreigner and walking alone that makes you more of a target. I might have misspoke when I was making a generalization about Latin America all together.
Thank you for the view and comment! - Canada? We wouldn't know, we've never been. Plus Canada is huge. In contrast, I would think it's a lot like Canada, because the majority of cities are in flat lower elevated places. --- Please keep in mind that this is only a negative against our preferences... In the answering a big question... Would we live here in the long-run?
Ah I see in the comments you've provoked the wrath of the gaslighting Argentinians by daring to suggest that their country isn't heaven on earth. "How dare you provide an un-biased honest review! You're wrong! I'm right! Shut up! Go home then!" etc. It's so sad to see such aggression, hostility and bad attitudes towards tourists; but welcome to Argentina! A very good summary I'd say. Buenos Aires was also one of my least favourite cities in South America, for many reasons but mostly because of the local people who I found to be unfriendly, rude, aggressive, closed-minded, and to be frank a bit brain-washed into thinking that Buenos Aires was not just a nice place to live, but the best. It was a real shock as South Americans are some of the friendliest, kindest, welcoming people on earth; whereas Buenos Aires was the complete opposite. But then again, Buenos Aires doesn't feel like South America in many ways (food, architecture, culture, etc) so perhaps that lack of South American friendliness should in fact be expected. Keep up the great videos.
@jakezyx - Thank you for such a great comment! And yes! - As we make our round around the world, checking out cities, touring some places, etc... We're constantly asking ourselves... Would we live here? --- Buenos Aires has more pros than cons that's for sure. We loved the city layout and the international influence... The only real big problem for us is it's not close to mountainous areas... For example, if Bogota was laid out like Buenos Aires in terms of it walkability throughout the city... It'd be a no-brainer for us to settle there.
como va a decir que la carne no tiene sabor .. increible.. aca la carne se come con sal nada mas... despues le podes poner chimichurri .. o criolla .. pero barbacoa es otra cosa ... el tipo pretende que le hagan la comida como en estados unidos.. y dice que noi tiene sabor la carne.. es carne .. tiene sabor a carne de echo todos los que vienen dicen que la carne tiene mucho mejor sabor aca que en otros paises.. si lo llenas de salsa estas comiendo salsa con carne.. no aprecias el sabor de la carne .. la salsa son para acompañar no para tapar el sabor la carne.. entiendo su punto vista pero no puede decir que la carne no tiene sabor .. si para el el sabor es la salsa no la carne.. increible.. se quejan del hospedaje pero se hospedan en una zona super comercial centrica de todo lo mas famoso hoy en dia y si te van a sacar la cabeza... pero se entiende que no sepan pero si buscaran bien pueden encontrar.. mas alla de esa critica el resto de todo lo que dijeron estan bastante bien acertados.. con respecto al dinero anda a wester union para sacar con tu tarjeta internacional .. te dan al cambio blue y podes sacar lo que quieras..
Thank you for the view and detailed comment! - The meat is great in Buenos Aires. I think we just prefer dishes that incorporate some type of sauce or added flavor. It just seems like it's the Argentinian way to let meat be meat, so that's how to serve it and eat it.
Thank you for you view and comment! - Yes, and I will comment on that again. My biggest beef (no pun intended) around this topic is that many people claim that, "Argentina has the best barbecue/asada in the world..." I'm challenging this opinion/belief. Since barbecue/asada is done very differently across the world, there's no way this could ever be true because everyone has a different taste and preference. Including me and Argentinians. And hence, in all our dining experiences with meat, steak, etc. There was no innovation or creativity around adding any flavor to the meat. Barely any salt either. And I more than understand that is exactly how Argentinians like to eat their meat. Did I enjoy the meat? Yes! Would I have liked with with some type of spicing and or sauce, yes! But given my experience, I cannot join the camp that say "Argentina has the best barbecue/asada in the world". I did however love how much more affordable meat is in this country. Nearly a third or quarter of the cost you'd pay in the US for the same amounts and quality.
Que disparate la carne argentina es la mejor del mundo y se asa sólo con sal, ¿como vas a arruinar ese sabor único en el mundo poniéndole ketchup u otra salsa?. Eso es un sacrilegio propio de pueblos acostumbrados a comer carne de baja calidad que no tiene gusto y la cocinan demasiado hasta que se pone tierna y luego con el caldo hace una salsa.
Thank you for the view and comment. ---- "Argentina has the best meat/barbecue/asada in the world"... is an opinion. ---- "Argentina has one of the largest cattle industries in the world"... is a fact. ---- "People who like eating meat with sauces or seasoning are used to eating low quality meat"... is an assumption. --- Less of an opinion and more of a fact is Argentinians likes to eat their meat the way it is, with very little salt added. That is fine. But no matter how good the quality of meat, I still want something, like a sauce or seasoning. We bought a lot of meat for the home while in Buenos Aires, and we cooked it how we liked (3/4) and seasoned it (with mostly salt and cayenne pepper) the way we like. The meat is great, but Argentineans just don't seem to like or feel it is necessary to season meat. Therefore, I cannot have share the opinion that "Argentina has the best meat/barbecue/asada in the world".
los mosquitos no son los mosquitos que contagian dengue.Padecimos una invasion temporal de mosquitos. pèro no eran de dengue, los mosquitos de dengue crecen en ambientes limpios que son comunes en los hogares. . Tema tickets tigre, con SUBE cargas los pasajes que quieres, y la suma de dinero que quieres. ida y vuelta, o ida solo.
Thank you for the view and comment! - I'm not sure about the dengue thing... Our Airbnb host said two of her cleaning ladies had dengue at the same time... Scarey!
Thank you for the view and comment! - We understand this is a sarcastic statement. But it's also true. If you crave those things, like hiking up a mountain, it's going to be hard to find it in Buenos Aires.
Our asado is better than barbecue. You needed to experience the culture of asado with friends or in some place in the countryside. "Your color of skin"? Well... not funny... about nature, bs as has a lot outside the capital
We can see how we missed the experience of the asado culture. I (Widny) love my meat with just salt and some chimichurri but Jonny as a good Texan, he loves his meat smoked for long periods of time and with some spicy bbq sauce. It’s a matter of preferences 😊 We did get explore Tigre and had a peaceful experience there.
Thank you for your view and comment! - The quantity and quality of the meat in Buenos Aires was truly great. However, when it comes to the use of flavors like seasoning meat or providing a sauce, it was nearly non existent at all the restaurants we visited. Barely any salt either. Clearly, Argentinians like to their meat as is, with little salt or no salt at all. This was simply our experience. - Just yesterday I had amazing 300 gram steak here in Mexico, which was both seasoned and accompanied by a savory brown sauce. - I would prefer to order a Peruvian Lomo Saltado, or Taiwanese Mongolian Beef, or maybe some Texas Barbecue over an Argentinian Steak any day, just because all those dishes do something interesting with flavor. - What surprises me most about this comment is how fired up Argentinians are about my opinion based on a fact, even though the rest of the video is very positive regarding our experience of Buenos Aires. This just makes me think that maybe the stereotype that says “Argentinians are stuck up” or that “they think highly of themselves” is somewhat true… Although I did not get that sense when I was there. It’s clearly showing itself in the comments of this video. 🤷♂️
