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An aerial shot of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Argentina's population in 2005 was 39 million, with about a third of those living in greater Buenos Aires and 3 million in the centre, the capital district.
The people are 85% from European stock which makes it easy for Anglo-Saxon travellers to slip into the background in order to reduce the chance of being targeted by thieves. Just keep the valuables out of sight and Argentinians will be asking you for directions in no time.
With a literacy rate of 95% and a keen interest in the world as well as local current events, local people are knowledgeable and keen talkers once you get past the stony city face, with soccer, rugby or politics as a natural starting point for a lengthy conversation, but remember that a pleasant greetings is a vital start.

Drinks in Café Tortoni, Microcentro, Buenos Aires.

Café Tortoni has been in business since 1858 and is Argentina's oldest traditional café. Still popular with just about everybody from tourists to bohemians, it's a must-try for a drink at least, or, even better chocolate con churros for breakfast, but the dinner and tango show event in the back room is good value too and in an appropriate atmosphere.

Tancat, Catalan tapas bar, Microcentro, Buenos Aires.

Travellers who enjoy meat, drinking and late-night revelry - serious partying starts in this city at 3am - in an urban setting at a very low cost, with regular doses of soccer and cheap travel will find BA very attractive, even if the subway trains/metro /tube does close down from 11pm to 6pm. But taxis are plentiful and cheap and many porteños party all night anyway, tubing back in the morning.
Travellers who are keen to avoid cheap pizzas or massive chunks of dead animal will find they can easily afford to dine at one of many foreign restaurants such as Tancat, where the cuisine is modern, vegetarian is not a dirty word and an excellent dinner will cost the same as breakfast in Paris.
Decent dining in Buenos Aires starts late, Spanish style, with many better establishments opening from 8.30pm till past midnight, so visitors still on a north European or American meal timetable will easily find tables as Porteños will not start arriving till later.

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