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Orientation |
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On arrival...
The entry point to
Buenos Aires is Ezeiza International Airport,
located about 25 km southwest. The company Manuel Tienda
León provides bus, shuttle and car transport with prices
ranging between 28$ (pesos) for a bus ride to Madero Terminal
in downtown Buenos Aires, till around 75$ in a remis (private
car with driver) that carries up to three passengers to specified
destinations. Several taxi and remis companies offer their services in
the airport lobby and in the outside yard adjacent to the main
building. For your safety, hire your transport EXCLUSIVELY at
some identified counter
where you will get an official receipt and an assistant, or the driver
himself,
will lead you to the car. You should neither leave the airport area to
look for
a street cab, nor accept offers voiced by unidentified drivers. If you
need to change money, we highly recommend you to go to "Banco de la
Nacion Argentina", that is in the airport main lobby, outside the
baggage claim area (where you also can change, but sometimes at a
different rate). You have to clear customs before you can reach it.
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Transportation within Buenos Aires...
Taxis in Buenos
Aires work with meters, and remises can drive
passengers point to point at a rate agreed in advance. Taxis are
painted black and yellow, and carry on the roof a sign identifiying the
cab company. This identification must be clearly visible on both back
doors. Never board a cab without proper identification; although they
are usually run by the owners, who as an overwhelming majority, are
decent people who work for their living, it is not advisable to take
risks if you do not know the city. At hotels, restaurants and shops,
the staff may phone a taxi or a remis for you.
Buenos Aires
possesses an excellent public
bus service, in addition to subway and suburban trains. Due to the high
density of buses, traffic is rather chaotic, and unfortunately, drivers
are not highly disciplined, so you must be very careful at street
crossings. Note also that in Argentina, people queue to wait for the
bus and keep the line when boarding. A bus ride costs 0.80$; coins -no
notes- in any combination must be deposited in indicated slots on the
bus.
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Map of Buenos Aires, with CAC (Constituyentes Atomic Center) detailed on it
(Tandar Laboratory is part of CAC) |
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Location of Tandar Laboratory (in red)
inside CAC
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