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Enjoying colombia

arrived in Rionegro via madrid and bogota( 1hour connection... made with minutes to spare)
last monday and having a great time..The shuttle bus to the plane at bogota are deathtrap though..lol

Not done many of the tourist places except san antonio and tutucan.. enjoying time with my novia and family and i know has been said before but colombians really are great people..very warm and friendly..
Spent two days on seperate occasions in Medellin meeting PBHers and was looked after superbly..fantastic people

Reading PBH certainly helped but nothing really like experiencing the culture and people for yourself.
visiting 1 sister in estrato 1 barrio in Rionegro was an eyeopener on how some people have to live and made me appreciate how fortunate i am living in the uk

Will post some pics after i return and figure out how to stick them on here...
ciao and have a great day

By thepieman on Oct 7, 2009, 08:38 in Friendly Talkzone.

kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 7, 2009, 08:51:

Thanks Pieman for sharing with us your Colombian experiences, look forward for the pictures :))

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Haddeman says on Oct 7, 2009, 09:02:

Nice one pieman,will be in the Barking spider tonight if you want to come down for a drink.

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ddluzdelsol says on Oct 7, 2009, 09:03:

Please!!! Pictures Pictures Pictures!! =D

Christmas and New Years in Ibague!!

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dwmte7 says on Oct 7, 2009, 09:06:

bud..........if you think srata 1 is bad in rio negro, go to bello, or triste or nikitao. you'll think you were in strata 6.
d

patriarch

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thepieman says on Oct 7, 2009, 09:58:

thanks haddeman.. not going down to medellin till the weekend though.. am based in Rionegro..
I will post pics when i get back to the uk.. unfortunately my cellphone wont upload to this pc..

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thepieman says on Oct 7, 2009, 10:13:

i must have put on half a stone since ive been here.. novia wont stop feeding me..and is most upset if i cant finish another meal.. and coca cola is for breakfast lunch and dinner.. they all think im crazy when i ask for agua.. even the babies are given cola

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Paisa/Calena/Luver says on Oct 7, 2009, 10:40:

Yeah, you think thats bad? Wait till you have coca cola or postobon de Manzana with Cake with frosting. It makes your teeth hurt. I swear to god.

"PAY ATTENTION! I wonder if that person knows that when we push the FUNNY button, its because we are reading something outrageous, trying to be cynical, derogatory, sarcastic and/or obnoxious!"

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dwmte7 says on Oct 7, 2009, 11:02:

amen

patriarch

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lampltr says on Oct 7, 2009, 17:21:

"have coca cola or postobon de Manzana with Cake with frosting. It makes your teeth hurt. I swear to god."

That was a riot!!

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johnny2009 says on Oct 7, 2009, 17:49:

did pieman bring me any marmite? that's the rule isn't it?

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excavator59 says on Oct 7, 2009, 20:25:

Yeah Johnny I could do with some too ,going to get the sister in law to bring some end of October seem to have lots of stiffies with Marmite must be the yeast that makes it rise.

Life is like a Pubic Hair on a Toilet Seat (Sooner or Later you get Pissed Off)

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thepieman says on Oct 9, 2009, 09:18:

sorry Johnny.. i only had 30mins in bogota and thought you were in chile.. will be back in january tho :)

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johnny2009 says on Oct 9, 2009, 10:59:

Sorry thepieman, I am going to have to remove you from my list of "friends"
Friends bring each other marmite.

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thepieman says on Oct 10, 2009, 10:19:

maybe ken will share his bag of marmite flavour cashew nuts with you.. my best offer :)

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johnny2009 says on Oct 10, 2009, 10:52:

Screw you and Ken, I am going to go home next week, I will get my own feckin marmite.

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thepieman says on Oct 11, 2009, 07:59:

Have a good trip home johnny..

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dwmte7 says on Oct 11, 2009, 08:31:

how ya doin alan? hope all's fantastic and hope you had the opportunity to meet some of the folks in gualanday. best to both of you.
douglas

patriarch

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thepieman says on Oct 13, 2009, 13:10:

went to gualandayonly met jorge the pizza man.. he said ricardo was on holiday..we told him hi from you and to say hi to ricardo when he gets back.. we were there quite late so had a couple of drinks and walked home
Still having a great time..only one more week to go.. shame

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