Not a list I scraped off the internet. Every service below is one I put in my own phone, my own wallet, or my own day the week I landed.
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Written while the ink is still wet. The two things I made for you, before anyone else's tools.
How I actually moved, and how you can too. The visa, the money, the neighborhoods, the five things to get in writing, and the people I pay — from someone one step ahead on the same trail.
Available this weekThe spots I go back to, and how to eat like you live here. Thirty-plus places with what to order — not where a guidebook told me to go.
Available this weekThe first thing you need on the ground, before you even leave the airport.
Live data the second I landed. No SIM swap, no kiosk line. This is the one I run.
Set it up →For your US bank, your streaming, and security on public wifi. The one I keep on.
Get protected →The part nobody films. Visas, residency, the stuff that keeps you legal.
Residency and visa rules change fast here. The person who actually handles mine.
Get in touch →Tourist, student, residency — what each actually means. I skip the blog version and send you straight to the lawyer who handles mine.
Ask my lawyer →You can scrape by on tourist Spanish. To actually live here, you cannot.
One-on-one lessons with real tutors. Perfect for learning the porteño accent from an actual Argentine, on your own schedule.
Find a tutor →Holding dollars and moving them cleanly matters more here than almost anywhere.
Still testing what actually works for moving dollars in and out of Argentina. I will not list one until I trust it. That is the whole point of this page.
Coming soonThe handful of things every person moving abroad actually needs. No filler.
Works in any country. The first thing I pack, and the one I never think about again.
See the adapter →Tiny, fast, and it handles the weird outlets down here. Charges everything off one plug.
See the charger →Food. Travel. Toilets. You knew these were coming. Keeps you fresh on the long days when a shower is hours away.
See the wipes →My go-to for the long hauls. The difference between landing wrecked and landing ready to film.
See it →For the long days on foot with no outlet in sight. Brings a dead phone back to life.
See the power bank →In your bag, your suitcase, on your keys. Do not overthink it, just get them.
See the trackers →For a city where the phone is the target. Slash-proof, zip-locked, keeps your stuff yours.
See the bag →Early into a year-plus immersion — becoming Argentine, on camera, in real time. Everything here gets updated as I learn it the hard way, so you do not have to.
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