The dollar is strong

Buenos Aires is said to be the most expensive city in the country, but right now the dollar has about three times the buying power as the peso.

Here are just a few things you can get for a nice price: Remember, US$1 = 3 pesos

- Roundtrip ticket from Baltimore, MD to Buenos Aires, Argentina = US$800
- 1 liter of local beer = 5 pesos
- 1 week of Spanish class and housing = 650 pesos
- Internet access for one hour = 1 peso
- (Relatively cheap) tango show = 40 pesos per person
- Cafe con leche = 4 pesos
- Steak = 5 to 35 pesos
- Beef empanada = 2 pesos
- One-way subway fare = less than 1 peso
- International stamps = 4 pesos each
- McDonald´s Meal Deal = 12 pesos
- All-you-can-eat Argentine buffet = 16 to 40 pesos
- Harry Potter book in español = 39 pesos
- Cheap men´s haircut = 7 pesos
- 2 tickets to B.A.´s "Broadway" production of La Joula de Los Locos (The Birdcage) = 120 pesos
- New heels and a little black dress = 145 pesos
- One-way overnight bus ticket to Cordoba (a 10 hour trip) = 100 pesos

Unfortunately the economy here is bad for the locals, but certainly a benefit to the traveler, particularly those with the dollar, Euro or pound.

- JMH