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carolain11 comments on best beaches in colombia

You're missing so many nice beaches, you really have to know the country well because only in one section of Parque Tayrona there's around 35 beaches....how about el golfo de Morrosquillo and archipielago de San Bernardo off the coast of Sucre and Cordoba?
And the ones in the pacific?

carolain11 comments on Colombian Islands

why don't you try a trip to parque tayrona, from there you can go to islas del rosario, and then the islands in the golfo de morrosquillo? Those are paradisiac places. Or yoiu can go to Nuqui, Bahia malaga, Gorgona and Malpelo in the pacific coast.

carolain11 comments on ESTA ES UNA QUEJA CONTRA MI PAISANO DEL BMW AZUL

pregunta tu amigo llegara alguna vez a leer este mensaje? o si no dime como contactarlo pa romperle la jeta...

carolain11 comments on Traslado a Cartagena

puedes consultar www.cartagenainfo.com, un buen hostal es el santo domingo, aunque no se cuanto este costando, y aqui en este sitio tambien hay bastante informacion sobre alojamiento en cartagena. acerca del apartamento, 350 dolares son como 800.000, por ese precio podrias conseguir algo pequeño, te recomiendo los barrios de crespo (cerca al aeropuerto) y manga (cerca a la terminal maritima) bocagrande es aburrido si no estas en plan turistico y castillogrande es muy caro.

carolain11 comments on Un dia en Bogota

muy lindo la biblioteca luis angel arango, siempre hay exposiciones y conciertos, y al frente esta la casa de la moneda que es operada por el banco de la republica, hasta hace poco habia una exposicion de numismatica y la historia del dinero colombiano, hay una tienda de souvenirs de fernando botero adentro de la casa y tiene unos jardines super lindos. es en la candelaria, pero no recuerdo exactamente la direccion. de ahi puedes ir a almorzar a algun restaurante en la macarena ( te recomiendo altamente el restaurante "yo, urbano"), y bajarte a la septima por las torres del parque, entrar al museo nacional y que se yo, visitar iglesias en el centro. aunque si estas en domingo, puedes ir al mercado de pulgas del centro que es muy divertido.

carolain11 comments on

esto es en cartagena, las playas de marbella, entre la ciudad vieja y crespo

carolain11 comments on Alguien sabe como fue esta reunion? Arriba con los arabes colombianos!

ay oye me hubiera gustado ir, lastima no haber podido estar en bquilla en esa epoca... cochopechocho (me da verguenza decirle asi a un desconocido), porque dices que nadie quiere admitir que tiene algo que ver con los arabes? yo si soy 50% arabe y me enorgullezco de mis genes, sobretodo por mis ojos!!

carolain11 comments on islas rosario

are you talking to hunter or me? if the question was aimed at me, I'm Colombian, and I know a little about trips to islas del rosario...

carolain11 comments on islas rosario

hey are you really divino?? we'd have to see some pics and be able to give our own opinions...

carolain11 comments on VIDA GAY EN BOGOTA COLOMBIA HOY EN DIA

nojoda elmo pero deja a la pobre pela en paz eche.... hablando mas seriamente, es cierto que se habla mas abiertamente y se acepta mas a los homosexuales, ya que tienden a asociarlo con algo chic y glamoroso, por aquello de que los trolos tienen buen gusto (aunque no en todos los casos). lo peor de bquilla, es que la gente va al desfile gay por morbo, y esta lleno de machos mariquitas que se mueren por estar ahi pero son unos maricones que no se atreven a salir del closet y lo que hacen es ir a sabotearse el desfile... aqui en bogota hay hartisimos tipos (mas que viejas) y algunos ya son demasiado afeminados, creo que es una manera de chocar a la gente, porque tambien hay mucho puritano por ahi suelto.

carolain11 comments on vacaciones en la costa

quiero saber cuanto me cobras a mi, hazme el favor yo soy colombiana 100% y bien viva asi que no me pueden meter gato por liebre.... bien bartao espero.

carolain11 comments on necesito un consejo tonto...

claro esa siempre la uso hey... me refiero a la ropa.

carolain11 comments on This might be a bit irrelevant, but...

gib I can't dress up as daisy duke, since I'm not a blonde, plus, i work with kids, and it might be a bit confusing to them to see their teacher parading around showing her butt... and you can see photos of myself in my image gallery...

carolain11 comments on Education in Barranquilla

all of those are pretty good schools, but she's sponsoring a girl, and the ones named above are only boys schools, except for san jose, aleman, sagrada familia and americano. I highly recommend the german school, it is a very good school, i don't know how expensive it is right now, but i attended there when i was little, and it wasn't son expensive.

carolain11 comments on My Indigenous Roots

around the area of santa marta, riohacha and valledupar almost everything has an indigenous name, and it doesn't seem like they're ashamed of it, on the contrary, guajiros in general are very proud of their wayuu ancestors. in santa marta you can find buildings and hotels named iroka, nabusimake, posihueica, maratea, zuana, zuca,tamacá, yuldama, tucurinca,irotama, karimar,mendihuaca, towns named gaira, minca, taganga, in atlantico there are towns called galerazamba, tubara, malambo, usiacuri, etc, etc. I do know that some people feel embarrassed of having indigenous roots, others don't care about it and some feel proud of it. In my case, I do not really know how identified I should feel with the colombian indigenous tribes, since my father is 100% arab, my mother is santandereana, but comes from a spanish background ( now don't misundertand i'm not saying this like being proud of not having any indian blood, i'm just exposing a fact), so i'm not sure if i have any indian roots at all, i probably must have, since one of my mother's aunts is dark-skinned, but one thing is for sure, i feel 100%colombian!!

carolain11 comments on Nombres indigenous de colombia

el unico nombre indigena que conozco es chenoa, aunque no se si sea originario de estos lados del ande...

carolain11 comments on EARTHQUAKE!

yeah i felt it last night, imagine, i live in the 18th floor, i was feeling pretty anxious last night, first i heard the story about the three soldiers killed by lightning, then i felt the earthquake for a reaaaally long time, then i saw these weird flashes of lightning outside my window ( from which by the way you get a spectacular view of the west and el campin), i kinda thought the end was near.

carolain11 comments on El comedor en Colombia

en general en las casas se usan servilletas de papel para ocasiones informales, a veces ponen servilleta de tela, pero solo como para adornar la mesa, y ponen la de papel tambien. cuando es algo mas formal, utilizan servilletas de tela, o servilletas de papel de las grandes que es un papel diferente, como liso. como ponerla sobre la mesa depende de la persona que arregle la mesa, a veces la ponen sobre el plato, o en esos aros portaservilletas... ahi si va al gusto de cada quien. vas a hacer fiesta?

carolain11 comments on Has anyone seen this Colombian film? Do you recommend it?

UC do you really think that us witty and clever and "vivos" colombians hadn't thought of making colombian porn before you came up with the idea?? those movies you can find downtown, or in san andresito here in bogota they're called something like "chicas calientes en girardot" the series extends to cali, san andres and i think cartagena.

carolain11 comments on Un mundo de desigualdades

por eso es que yo digo... "tan rico los ricos". puede sonar a resentimiento, pero no lo es, sino que quiero decir que a veces las personas no se dan cuenta de las prebendas que tienen solo por nacer donde nacieron. yo naci aqui en colombia y siempre he vivido aca, ni pienso irme, a veces me quejo de mi situacion, pero se que hay personas que verdaderamente estan en la inmunda y les toca muy duro, y no estan tan lejos de mi, es una parte de colombia que le agradezco a Dios, hasta ahora no me ha tocado vivir. De todas formas quejarse es el deporte nacional (de todos los paises) y asi hayan nacido en el pais mas civilizado, que mas proteccion ofrece a sus ciudadanos, va a haber motivo para quejarse.

carolain11 comments on For you guys and gals

it's been difficult for me, my boyfriend and I are both Colombians, he's from Bogota, I'm from Bquilla, and we've had a hard time adjusting to each other's habits and views on both relevant and irrelevant issues...

carolain11 comments on Pa' Colombia Me Voy

hey let me know if you're coming to bogota, i'd be curious to meet you

carolain11 comments on me pregunto que pasa

gracias a todos por dar su opinion, uno en ocasiones se siente medio perdido en este mar de voces tan distintas, casi invisible, podria decirse, y nunca llega a saber si lo que "dice" repercute de alguna manera en una sola persona siquiera. por muy ilogico que parezca, y siendo lo ultimo que esperaba, en este foro he aprendido. de la gente sabia, de la gente que tiene la vision total y no parcial, de la que nunca dice nada con la cabeza caliente, de la gente que ha visto y ha vivido, de los mayores. la edad trae consigo una sabiduria que no se adquiere estudiando, el ser joven tiene una cierta arrogancia que puede ser chocante a veces. lo se, porque tengo 24 años, y en ocasiones siento que me puedo tragar al mundo entero.
platano y desi, ambos "hablan" o escriben un excelente español, y sus mensajes son absolutamente claros.
utopiacowboy, aun no he conocido el primer ser humano que no piense que se van a burlar de el si comete un error hablando un idioma que no es el suyo. yo hasta ahora no me he burlado del primer extranjero que cometa un error en español, pero si tengo la mala leche de pensar que alguien que no me conoce se va a burlar de mi si digo alguna burrada en ingles. mas o menos lo que quiero decir es: "si yo no lo hago, porque creo que los otros si lo van a hacer?"
ay me dio pereza seguir escribiendo.

carolain11 comments on Chistes en castellano... favor añadir sus chistes aquí...

otro de juanito Estaban los niños en clase cuando la profesora les dice: "yo les digo una letra y ustedes me dicen una palabra cuya inicial sea esa letra.a ver andreita, una palabra con la letra v", empieza juanito a soplarle a andreita en el oido: "vergaaa, vergaa, di verga pelaita pendeja!"

"veneno, profe" responde andreita.

" marito, una palabra con la letra p" vuelve juanito "pichaaaa, piiicha gran pendejo, di pichaaa!"

"perro, profesora" responde marito

"con la letra c, marianita", y otra vez juanito " di culooo, cuulooo, cuuloooo maricona!!"

"carro, profesora" responde marianita

cuando la profesora se da cuenta de que juanito esta tan interesado en participar le dice " a ver juanito dime tu una palabra con la letra e"

se queda juanito pensando mucho tiempo y responde: "profe, solo se me ocurre la palabra enano, pero eso si, con una monda de tres metros!!"

perdonaran la plebedad, pero en estos momentos es el unico que se me viene a la mente

carolain11 comments on No es lo mismo ...

no es lo mismo el crepusculo de la mañana que el crespo culo de la marrana
no es lo mismo un hambre atroz que un hombre atras

carolain11 comments on ¿Qué le diría usted a la gente que se quiere ir del país?

... suerte es que les digo...

carolain11 comments on Places to live in Bogotá...any suggestions?

where i live (septima con cincuenta y siete) they're renting an apartment, but it's not furnished... if you're interested pm me...

carolain11 comments on Do you have a dream?

my dream is a lot easier to achieve than yours (or at least so I think), I'd love to go to Sta Marta and Bucaramanga in December, spend time with some of my relatives, remember old times, nicer times, when I was a kid and had all the fun in the world just by going to el rodadero, the real one, the sandy one, have some of the wonderful arab food that pablita makes, go to minca perhaps, have an "asado" with chivo, simple things that I haven't been able to do in such a long time. that's my dream for now.

carolain11 comments on the many diffferent colors of Colombianos

reality check, everyone I'm not making up this story:

I was born in Bquilla and (to many people) I look jewish, spanish, new yorker (I swear they've told me that), since I've got green, droopy eyes, light skin and very dark hair, a big nose and thick black eyebrows... I was once riding a taxi here in Bogota, and the taxi driver, who was very kind and polite btw, tried to strike up a conversation, when he heard my accent he asked me where I was from, when I said "Bquilla", he was like "No way, but you have green eyes and light skin!!!" I truly felt more amused than upset and replied: "can you believe that!! we even have blondes over there!!!"

the whole purpose of this story is to tell you that it happens not only over there but over here too, I've been told a hundred times here in bogota that I don't look like barranquillera at all, and I think it's plain stupid, even in barranquilla, some barranquilleros themselves will make you feel as if you're not a "real" barranquillero, because you're not dark skinned or have curly hair or dark eyes or a big butt, or all of those together, it happened to me with my neighbors they used to call me "cachaca" all the time!

carolain11 comments on colombians where are you living?

I'll answer for myself 1- where in colombia are you from?
Barranquilla
2- where do you live now?
Bogota
3- since when?
2003
4- what do yo miss the most?
being able to go to the beach anytime i want, platano costeño, mag mondongo, el aguacate de carmen de bolivar, restaurante tripoli, the zoo, la 72, el merendero, villa country, el centro, etc, etc.

carolain11 comments on Help from the cooks on this site

rubiazo, it's not masculine you say "la sal", not "el sal", "echala" no "echalo"

carolain11 comments on Puerto Colombia

a nice hotel in puerto colombia is the hotel pradomar, you can look up the address and phone number in paginasamarillas.com, it is still a small town, haven't been there in about two and a half years, so I don't know what it's like right now...

carolain11 comments on Anyone interested in a meetup tonight at Lotus Club (Bogota)?

it'd be nice to join you, but i'm thinking i won't be allowed in, since it's a "men only" type of club, you see, the the thing is, the owner of theatron owns lotus as well, and his idea with that bar was to make it a little more exclusive for gay men...

carolain11 comments on Where to buy/make a wedding dress in Bogota?

if you are willing to spend good money on your wedding dress, i'd suggest you go to olga piedrahita's store, she's an excellent designer who makes wonderful clothes, not only wedding dresses but all sort of...

carolain11 comments on "Classic" Bogota Restaurants

according to what I've heard, el museo del tequila is the best mexican rstaurant, calle 86 carrera 13... but a really classic restaurant is tramonti, in la calera...

carolain11 comments on Hair transplantation in Colombia

try Doctor Giovanni Bojanini, he doesn't do hair transplantation, but he makes your hair grow back, I swear I'm not lying, he's the most popular guy right now, EVERYBODY goes there, a friend of mine did, and even his eyelashes grew!!!

carolain11 comments on Drinking and clubbing age?

In places like teathron they ask not only for the cedula, but they ask you for the number, and the date on which it was issued, not many people remember that!!!

carolain11 comments on Gucci in Bogota or Cali

In Andino There's not a gucci store but there is a loewe store, whose items I think (cause I've seen them on magazines) are very nice...

carolain11 comments on cuanto dura un premio? articulo soho

lauthra y que_envidia asi es, increible pero cierto, se gano toda esa plata, y la historia es como para hacer una novela... y a que_envidia le digo, esta historia la hizo mi hermano que es como sobrino de el, con su aprobacion, el se entrevisto con juancho, y fue el quien le dijo que si podia publicarla... o crees que se va a poner a escribir esto a la bulla de los cocos, porque si???

carolain11 comments on cuanto dura un premio? articulo soho

pues mij at yo no se quien seras tu, y de una te digo, yo de esa plata no vi ni un peso!!! de todas maneras en ningun momento se me cruzo por la cabeza que el me diera plata a mi, porque eso es lo mas obvio despues de que uno se gane la loteria, que venga todo el mundo a echar cuentos pa pedir plata, eso el se lo gano y veria que hacia con ella, asi que mas bien no me juzgues tu a mi... yo no critico a juancho, por el contrario lo aprecio mucho porque de es de las pocas personas en la familia que no ha sido mierda conmigo, ni me parece que el articulo sea una critica hacia el, lo publique simplemente porque en otro post alguien pregunto que si conociamos a alguien que se hubiera ganado la loteria... asi que relajate ok???

carolain11 comments on Gift ideas to bring *back* from Colombia

sweets and snacks sweets are the best... tumes, manjar blanco, espejuelos, pie de mamey, casquitos de guayaba, obleas, arequipe (but not alpina, it's so artificial), bocadillo veleño, chocolatina jet, chitos... I know a family who lives in Panama, and they always take their kids chitos, frunas, and the funniest... salchichon cunit!!!

carolain11 comments on Any help on an apartment rental in Bogota?

i'D PERSONALLY LIKE BETTER THE AREA NEAR ANDINO MALL... SANTA BARBARA, SANTA PAULA, SANTA ANA AND ALL THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE USUALLY POPULATED BY YOUNG FAMILIES WITH SMALL KIDS, TRY TO FIND SOMETHING BETWEEN CRA 7 AND AUTOPIST, AND CALLE 80 AND 100...

carolain11 comments on

you can contact doctor Jose MAnuel Gonzalez, according to some of my realtives, he's pretty good, a cousin of mine was treated by him, and he's kind of a public figure in bquilla, I haven't got his info but you can google it...

carolain11 comments on WHAT ARE THE MOST POPULAR NOVELAS IN COLOMBIA RIGHT NOW?

colombianox I'm gonna have to disagree with you, it didn't take place in the 80s, but the late 90s

carolain11 comments on WHAT ARE THE MOST POPULAR NOVELAS IN COLOMBIA RIGHT NOW?

to antioqueñita and elche.... I'm not sure I watched that one "amarte es mi pecado" but about 7 or 8 years ago, I had el canal de las estrellas and univision, and boy let me tell you, I spent a lot of time watching those!!! alguna vez tendremos alas, la mentira, camila, amada enemiga, girasoles para lucia, soñadoras, amigas y rivales, I could go on forever... by that tiem i was a teenager and it harmed my social life, still trying to get back on my feet... and to elcheamericano, the guy who played pedro, miguel varoni, doesn't really wear a mullet, that was filmed about 5 years ago, and the reason he had it is because, as well as in the U.S, people from lower social strata and little education think of it as a status symbol... he was just playing a part, I actually think he's pretty handsome, and he's been acting forever, he's what we call here a "galan"

carolain11 comments on WHAT ARE THE MOST POPULAR NOVELAS IN COLOMBIA RIGHT NOW?

novelas in rcn, there's los reyes, which is a version of an argentinian one, very funny, great actors, same ol' story about the poor gone rich, but it's very entertaining and not very melodramatic... much to my dismay I must admit I'm a huge novelas fan, and have watched most of them, they're a vital part of my life... you can check the websites of caracol and rcn to find out which novelas are on right now... I'm really hooked on them and now am trying to break free from the slavery...

carolain11 comments on Why are we, Colombians, so freakin' neat?

not all... i've run into people here who are not neat and clean... greasy hair, smelly clothes, but such an attitude...

carolain11 comments on Gabriel Garcia Marquez

he lives in Mexico for security reasons kind of in an exile, and just so you know the people from aracataca ( the town where he was born) do not like him one bit, I do know this because my father was born there...

carolain11 comments on highway Santa Marta

If I'm not mistaken, that's the same troncal del magdalena, which goes along all the magdalena medio and connects cthe "interior" with the caribbean coast

carolain11 comments on Portaretratos y Marcos

yo se... me meti a la pagina de fotojapon y aparentemente esta en construccion... lo siento, pero cuando llegues seguro no va a haber problema