What's Countryside LIVING in ARGENTINA Really Like? 🇦🇷🌄🏡 10 Ways Rural Life is Different! 🐗🌿🦊

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Country living in Argentina is different from what we're used to, so I thought it would be fun to sit down and chat about some of the differences we've noticed and how we're adapting to rural life.
These are some of our first impressions having recently arrived from Canada. No, it's not our first time in Argentina - far from it! But these are the things we tend to notice during our first weeks whenever we're back here.

How is rural life in Argentina different, you ask?

Well, if we want water in the house we have to pump it from the well to a tank on top of the house. If we want to go into town we have to hitchhike or make sure we catch a very infrequent bus. And because there's no garbage collection system, we have to deal with our own trash and try to recycle and produce as little waste as possible.

Things like that, which are very different from city life back in Canada.

So join us for a little chat about what countryside living in Argentina is really like.

Long story short, we're adapting and having a great time even if there's a bit more work involved!

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What's Countryside LIVING in ARGENTINA Really Like? 🇦🇷 | 10 Ways Rural Life is Different! 🐗🌿

Canada → Rural Argentina: 10 Surprising Daily-Life Differences

We’ve just swapped big-city living in Canada for life in a tiny mountain village in Argentina—here’s what’s caught us off-guard so far!

Our New Project in the Sierras

Sam and I moved down to renovate a multi-house property and hotel on seven hectares of family land. It’s the smallest place we’ve ever called home!

Water by Pump, Not Pipe

Every few days we flick a switch to run our well pump and fill the rooftop tank. Forget to pump, and you’ll find your shower reduced to a trickle. This arid climate has made us ultra-conscious of every drop.

Manual Hot Water (“Calefón”)

No instant hot taps here—our gas water heater must be lit by hand: turn the knob, hit the spark button, hold for 20–30 seconds, then adjust the flame. Skip it, and you’ll be washing dishes in ice-cold water!

DIY Garbage & Recycling

There’s no weekly trash pickup. We stash cardboard and paper for our wood stove kindling, drive our garbage 10–15 minutes to the local dump, and bus out 40 minutes for plastic/glass recycling. Zero curbside service!

One Bus Every Few Hours

Public transit exists—but only one morning bus, then nothing for four hours. Miss it, and you’re either hitchhiking (locals will happily stop) or shelling out for a mountain taxi. Lesson learned: be at the stop early!

Hand-Washed Laundry

No washing machine in our rental cabin means sink-scrub sessions and line-drying under the strong mountain sun. Heavy items? We pay a neighbour to wash by the kilo and deliver.

Three-Way Heating

Winter warmth comes from an electric bathroom heater, a gas heater in the bedroom, and a roaring wood-burning stove in the main room. We keep quebracho logs for slow, lasting heat—plus pine cones to get the fire going.

Specialty-Shop Grocery Runs

Forget one-stop supermarkets: we hop the bus to a fruit & veg stand, butcher, bakery and dry-goods mercado. It’s more work but feels like supporting small-town artisans—and the quality is fantastic.

Wildlife on Our Doorstep

Foxes saunter through our garden at breakfast, local predators roam the hills (we’ve spotted their tracks!), and every day feels like a mini National Geographic episode.

Word-of-Mouth Only

No Google listings for local plumbers, electricians or roofers: everything runs on personal referrals. We ask the corner store or neighbours for trusted names and call them up the old-fashioned way.

Embracing “Country Time”

Life up here moves at a gentler pace—meetings start late, jobs finish when they’re finished, and patience is the secret ingredient to every project.

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Discover rural Argentina through our eyes! 🌄🏡 After years in big cities (and 10+ years of travel vlogs), we’ve traded concrete jungles for a mountain village—and WOW, it’s a whole new world. From hand-pumping water ⛲️ to sparking up a gas heater 🔥, from hauling your own trash 🚛 to riding the local bus 🚌, join us as we share the 10 wildest differences between life in Canada and in the Sierras of Cordoba:
• No HOT tap water? Meet the “Calefón”! 💧🔥
• Washing laundry by HAND 🧼👖
• Meeting foxes at breakfast 🦊
• Chasing down the weekly bus ⏱️
• Specialty shops for bread, meat, veg 🥖🥩🥕