PBH / colombia (active forums more | travelguide | pictures) / post

 

I bought dollars for 1960 pesos today

in Santa Marta, not a bank. I wish I had more pesos to buy more dollars at this price. This is like 10% off the official bank rate, not bad, eh? Dollars cost 2220 back in March using ATM in USA.

By untreated on Aug 24, 2007, 14:31 in Friendly Talkzone. AddThis Social Bookmark Button


jaramillo says on Aug 24, 2007, 18:20:

Not unusual. They can be had even cheaper, if you do not mind helping launder money ;)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

poco says on Aug 26, 2007, 07:30:

!!!!!!!! it is hard to buy anything in Colombia where your not helping launder money !!!!!!!

True, it might be easier to make a list of what you CAN BUY and not help.

I bought pesos today using dollars and got 2128.5653469561515538527032779906 pesos for ONE DOLLAR (exactly).

On my way to the bank I thought I spotted a cellphone holder:::



Being the owner of a high resolution, telephoto camera I was able to verify::



PS: I saw more dead stuff and almost got another shot of dogs having fun.

"When you men get home and face an anti-war protester, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy." Quote - General Tommy Franks

0 funny, 0 helpful.

arthur brode says on Aug 26, 2007, 14:24:

hey poco,in the States you would have been locked up a long time ago for serial cellphone holder stalking:)

http://www.calirentals.net/

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Tinto (Moderator) says on Aug 26, 2007, 14:39:

Buy that woman a mirror, a bigger pair of pants and a shirt that covers up her muffin top.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

vicshere says on Aug 26, 2007, 16:22:

whats a muffin top????

listo

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Tinto (Moderator) says on Aug 26, 2007, 16:34:

Image and video hosting by TinyPic

It's slang for the roll of fat on display when certain women wear too-tight pants and a mid-riff shirt.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

vicshere says on Aug 26, 2007, 16:36:

cool.... ok yes i notice a lot of muffin top on pretty girls in colombia....something you dont see as much on pretty girls in North America

listo

0 funny, 0 helpful.

panthdave says on Aug 26, 2007, 16:38:

Huh get it now...Muffin Top. JAJAJAJ Love it..

panthdave Miami

0 funny, 0 helpful.

More posts by the same author:

How long for B1 visa appointment? 2

Dollar below 1730 35

Letter from USA to Colombia 6

Australian girl photo 2

Carlos Vives, Juan Luis Guerra, Wilfrido Vargas and Jorge Celedon in Cartagena 13

Concert December 29th in Cartagena 3

14 Night Cruise on Azamara Journey 0

MV Lirica visits Santa Marta 0

Colombian Stock Exchange jumps up 14

Cabo de la Vela 0

Movie: "Bandidas" 3

Finca for sale 1

ACBlessing! 4

Gold, Dow Jones or Colombian stock market? 27

DJIA ahead of IGBC by 3% 5

Tied for 2nd 8

DJIA = IGBC 9

Cali airport 5

Decent hotel near El Dorado airport? 4

Santa Marta to Bogota to Cali to Houston 2


Americas:

Mexico

Cuba

Colombia (travelguide)

Venezuela

Ecuador

Brazil

Bolivia

Peru

Chile

Argentina

Africa:

Kenya

Congo

Malawi

South Africa

Asia:

China

Japan

India

Nepal

Thailand

Laos

Cambodia

Vietnam

Malaysia

Indonesia

Philippines

 

Travel:

Travelguide writers

Travelicious

Travel with kids

Around the world trips

Learn travel Spanish

Off topic: your thing

Also:

All forums

Travelers

If you're not a part of this travelicious experiment just yet, just sign up here. It's free & easy.

 

About poorbuthappy | About the travel guides | Travel guide editing | Community rules | RSS feeds

This site in other languages:
Spanish | French | Catalan | Chinese | Filipino | Greek | German | Hebrew | Japanese | Korean | Polish | Portuguese | Russian

© 1998 - 2008 Peter Van Dijck, all rights reserved.