First Post...Planning Trip To Colombia

mjordan2169 says on Jan 13, 2008, 20:22:

Good question about the attire. I am going in March for the first time and I am anxious to see the responses. And I am 100% blanco.

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john_stark says on Jan 13, 2008, 21:12:

Do a search on PBH for surfing. The topic did come up a short while ago and there were a couple of suitable beaches.

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Sunchaser says on Jan 13, 2008, 22:53:

Cool gracias John......will do! I did a search but I guess I mised that.

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Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jan 13, 2008, 23:40:

Enrique187 says on Jan 13, 2008, 23:42:

a lot of paisas are whiter than chalk. i love paisa nenas with white skin and jet black hair.

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Robert Jorge says on Jan 13, 2008, 23:53:

Nenas?

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Enrique187 says on Jan 13, 2008, 23:55:

chicks/girls

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Robert Jorge says on Jan 14, 2008, 00:18:

Ahhh, OK. Well then count me in too.

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bartolo_colon says on Jan 14, 2008, 01:06:

Your friend recommends going to Bogota for a first trip to Colombia, well, that is like recommending New York City for a first time visitor to the U.S....nothing against BOG or NY, both great cities, but try and see the country a little.
1.No shorts....ever, ever, no matter how freakin hot it is, absolutely no shorts, except at the beach.
2.Wear a condom, unless you want to piss toothpaste, and have itchy lesions on your genitals.
3.If you want to surf go to Hawaii.

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

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john_stark says on Jan 14, 2008, 05:55:

If you type the word surfing in the box above a bunch of threads come up discussing surfing in Colombia.

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manINred says on Jan 14, 2008, 09:05:

likewise, lol.

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Robert Jorge says on Jan 14, 2008, 10:27:

I wore shorts all the time. So did locals. Here is my buddy Lucho ... he is llanero, owns a taxi, lives in Villavo, pretty indicative of an average local.

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Robert Jorge says on Jan 14, 2008, 10:31:

But, to go out dancing, or to eat, definitely shorts are not appropriate or normally worn. More guys wore long pants than shorts - true, but on the other hand wearing shorts isn't unusual or wierd. Now, if Lucho was wearing shiny white Nike's with white socks ... then he would be, by default, a gringo.

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bartolo_colon says on Jan 14, 2008, 11:12:

Wear a panama hat and a cargo vest over your hawaiian shirt. Always carry your camera around your neck. And wear shorts, in order to showcase your hairy white legs.

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Robert Jorge says on Jan 14, 2008, 11:26:

Yep, bartolo, that's a gringo. Another characteristic of the gringo is the white tennis shoes while wearing jeans or even khakis. What is it with the Tommy Bahama style Hawaiian shirts? There is nothing wrong with them, but they are unseen in Colombia except when worn by gringos. A suggestion: If you like the feel of an untucked, short sleeve, button down, woven shirt and you are going to Colombia, invest in a few guyaveras (sp?). You can wear those with jeans, slacks, no problem. And you won't stick out like a sore thumb. They are probably much more common on the coast, but I saw them worn by locals in Villavicencio regularly.

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Sunchaser says on Jan 14, 2008, 17:40:

Bartolo...you are too funny! As a matter of fact I just got back from Hawaii and you just about summed it all up in regards to all the "howley" tourists in town. For any of yous that dont already know..."howley" is the word used by the locals to describe anybody from the mainland. Especially pasty white gueros.

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msaucey says on Jan 14, 2008, 21:26:

Sunchaser, just as an FYI... Guero is a Mexican word and is not recognized or even known to the majority of colombians....

Gringo, or norte americano will be used instead... But, I don't want to go into details about gringo, I think we just finished that thread, so if you don't like the use of that word, say norte americano, estounidense..... anything else....

Funny, story... On my mom's first trip to Mexico, shortly after leaving Colombia.... They kept saying, guera, guera.... and she kept looking around to see what a guera was, until someone approached her and told her that she was the guera.... lol... they thought she was a lost European...

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

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