Study Spanish in Buenos Aires. Safety tips.

Study Spanish in Buenos Aires and Stay Safe!

We all know the big safety tips, such as don’t walk down a dark alley alone, don’t talk to strangers, etc, but there are some other precautionary tips that just might help you avoid those annoying situations such as stolen passports, upset stomachs, and cultural clashes.

How to keep safe while learning Spanish in Buenos Aires:

1. Make photocopies of your passport and hide them in various pieces of luggage or exchange them with a friend. If your passport does go missing, you have a photocopy of it.

2. Leave your itinerary, contact information, travel plans, etc, with your friends and family back home.

3. Head to the doctor/dentist before you come to Argentina, make sure your health is as good as it can be!

4. Leave the expensive, bling-bling, jewellery back at home. There is no need to cause attention to yourself and your costly accessories.

5. Women & Men – Never accept drinks from a stranger!

6. If any sort of government authority figure (police, military, etc) approach you, always ask to see I.D and if you don’t trust it, call attention to yourself or ask a local for help.

7. Arrive at your destination while there is still daylight. It is so much nicer, and much safer, to arrive in the day.

8. If you have a sensitive stomach, leave the street food to the locals. As yummy as it may be, the possibility of an upset stomach is there. Every country has its own bacteria, and for a foreigner, your body may not be used to these bacteria’s and not deal with them well.

9. Don’t do drugs! They are always BAD.

10. Read about local customs and abide by them, this will help you avoid any awkward situations.

11. Don’t walk down the street with your purse (ladies) or wallets (men) flapping in the breeze. That is just asking for it.

12. If you stay in a hostel at any time, always lock your personals up, you can never be to careful.

13. Don’t do things that you wouldn’t necessarily do in your own country because you are abroad. If you wouldn’t take a nap on the floor of the train station while waiting for your train in your own country, don’t do it abroad either.

14. Get to know your local embassy where you traveling, if you ever need anything, they will be a big help.

15. Remember that it’s better to be safe than sorry. So without losing your adventurous spirit, be careful on your travels while still having fun!

Getting traveling today! Start Studying Spanish in Buenos Aires and Immerse Yourself in the Culture in Argentina!

How to keep in touch with family and friends while you’re studying Spanish in Buenos Aires!

This may mean that you have to say “goodbye” to your family and friends for a while but nowadays that doesn’t mean that you can’t keep in touch with them.

Thanks to the latest in technology, you only have to decide what kind of medium you want to use to communicate with your loved ones back at home! Do you want to write them an e-mail or a text message? Do you want to chat over the internet or call them?

Writing a text message is one of the easiest ways to keep people at home updated. The only thing that you have to be sure of is that you have a text connection to foreign countries. And if you have decided to stay in Buenos Aires for a while to learn Spanish, it might be the best if you buy a local card and get your own Argentine phone number. This way, you are always available for your new argentine friends but can also send text messages back home at a cheaper rate!

By using the internet you can either write an e-mail or you can chat directly with “Skype” ! It doesn’t matter if you didn’t bring your own laptop with you to Buenos Aires, there are plenty of internet cafes all over the city available for use. Most of them also provide headsets, just make sure you ask at the front desk. FYI: In many places, for only 3 Pesos you can use the internet for an hour.

If some of your friends or your family members don’t use “Skype” you still can call them very cheaply. At all kiosks (corner side stores) in town you can buy a phone card that is called “hablemás” . You can buy that card for either 3, 5, 10, 20 or 50 Pesos. FYI: With a balance of 10 Pesos you can talk for about an hour!

For those friends or family who don’t like all the new technologic inventions or if you want to send something more personal there is also the possibility to write a letter or a postcard by hand and send it by mail, possible at any of the post offices located around the city.