Caucasia

jaramillo says on Jul 7, 2007, 19:44:

I have been, more than once. Avoid it like the plague. Hot, dirty, probably has the highest per-capita. gonorrhea in the world. Not a bad place to get Malaria either.

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bartolo_colon says on Jul 7, 2007, 23:21:

Ha Ha, Caucasia, is fine man. They have a cool swimming pool/bar place there, and yes avoid the hookers by all means. There is a good pool hall down town and decent street food . It is a dusty agricultural town, and a lot of the population works in coca facilities and out on legitimate farms. Be carefull, it is rural, and can be sketchy if you are not carefull. If anyone aproaches you in the bus station or in town like they want to be your friend or help you, be very very suspicious. If you are a gringo, you will be the only one in town. This is really a place only for seasoned Colombia travelers. I spent a week there with a girlfriend to meet her family, the mom was about 45 but had 13 kids, many of whom she was whoring out, the other kids who where of working age worked in coca factories or fucked off doing nothing and seemed to always be filthy, the mom sold cold beers from an ancient frig in the house and sold weed. the dad was a chiclet and cigarette vendor at the bus station. All of them were illiterate, but frankly, really cool, and I had a lovely time time hanging out in a ghetto, of a ghetto town. Good luck, and I am a bit curious why you would want to go there?

Hey, careful, man, there's a beverage here!

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Robert Jorge says on Jul 8, 2007, 02:12:

After barto colon's write-up, I am very curious about the town now also, and why you might go there: (OP).

"You can not take the barrio out of the girl you really can't." Oneforamillion

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jaramillo says on Jul 8, 2007, 06:25:

Just take the road from Medellin to Cartagena. When you come down the mountain (after Valdivia). You get to Puerto Valdivia. From there you follow the snaking Cauca River to Tarazá, and then Caucasia. It's juts off the main road. I stand by my assessment, and Jorge's account reinforces my opinion. But travelers have different tastes. My hat off to Jorge for enjoying "a lovely time time hanging out in a ghetto, of a ghetto town" where mothers whore their children. But why the hell do you want to go out of your way to go there?

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greg says on Jul 8, 2007, 14:45:

A women i met in Cartagena is going to school there. She wants me to visit her when i `m
in Colombia in September. She says its ok there but i wanted to get a few other opinions. No one i know in Colombia has ever been there. Thought it might be something a little different than the usual places i go

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jaramillo says on Jul 8, 2007, 17:17:

Going to school there? That's a joke!

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Man Tequila says on Jul 8, 2007, 19:00:

Maybe they want to take the gringo to school? ;)

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jul 8, 2007, 19:02:

more like to the bank....=)

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Man Tequila says on Jul 8, 2007, 20:47:

Either way someone's learning something...

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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bartolo_colon says on Jul 8, 2007, 21:09:

Oh boy. I would be suspicious Greg. I think the University of Antioch has a small branch in Caucasia, But I cant imagine why anyone in there right mind would leave Cartagena, which has dozens of schools, to go to school out in Caucasia. Is this chick a Paisa or Costena?

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jul 8, 2007, 21:13:

whats the going rate for a gringo hostage these days? =)

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Man Tequila says on Jul 8, 2007, 21:18:

C'mon, there IS a branch of Antioquia Universidad there. IIRC, according to the sobering HRW Teenage Combatants .pdf in politics, the going rate is maybe US $25-34,000.

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jul 8, 2007, 21:23:

well, lets hope he was invited for Sex Education Classes there, and not Hostage/Bondage Classes......the price one has to pay to recieve an education these days.....

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bartolo_colon says on Jul 8, 2007, 21:33:

Oh now I doubt she is a kidnapper, but we all know that in CTG "student" is code for unemployed or prostitute.

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jul 8, 2007, 21:51:

sort of like all the waiters and waitresses in Hollywood calling themselves actors and actresses.......and domestic engineers, people "in between jobs" etc??

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Robert Jorge says on Jul 8, 2007, 23:19:

Bartolo, is that a Remington 870 Mariner, or a Mossberg 590 stainless?

"You can not take the barrio out of the girl you really can't." Oneforamillion

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 9, 2007, 01:18:

jaramillo says on Jul 9, 2007, 15:05:

Katica was a bit slow on that one. But she is right, from Tarazá to Caucasia it was always "Hot", and I'm not talking about the weather. What's the current FARC/Paraco ratio?

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 9, 2007, 16:12:

kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 9, 2007, 16:13:

kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 9, 2007, 16:19:

kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 9, 2007, 16:20:

bartolo_colon says on Jul 9, 2007, 18:31:

Mossberg stainless , Roberto, very effective against bears, have to carry it when fishing the rivers up north here.....speaking of fishing there is actually really good fishing in Caucasia, "pescado de agua dulce".

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Robert Jorge says on Jul 9, 2007, 22:14:

Ahhh. I am a Mossberg 590 owner myself. Hopefully I will never find out, but it should be affective against unwanted guests. I figure the sound of the racking of a shell, and then the sight of the tube as long as the barrel, with a bayonet attached, should be enough to make the intruder run for the door.

"You can not take the barrio out of the girl you really can't." Oneforamillion

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