I know so much and I haven't even been to Colombia yet!

Thanks to PBH, I've learned so much about Bogota! I feel like I've been there already! 31 days and counting...

My girlfriend has been quite impressed with what I tell her. Just to name a few:
1. prepago mujeres
2. Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso
3. Joropo
4. Estratos (if you drive a car you're from 4-6?)
5. los discotecas
6. ATM
7. common phrases (I didn't tell her about the bad words I learned. And there were many I wouldn't know when or how to use them.)
8. travelling by car, bus, or plane out of Bogota (although my gf always refer to el burro que me espera)
9. Colombianas y gringos (don't worry, I don't believe everything I read)
10. what to bring if I ever move there
11. it rains a lot in Bogota
12. plastic surgeries are cheaper
13. salsa big in Medellin
14. how to take a cab
15. where to buy food

There's more but this is the gist of what I can remember in one sitting. Again, I don't believe everything I read...I'm entertained and amused by all of you mainly. So I will not have any preconceived notion and/or judgments of Colombia and the people. I'll be travelling with a very open mind, alert and blend in as much as I can.
Just maybe....maybe a little voice in me will say, "I told you so" here and there...thanks PBH!

By analyzethis1 on Mar 23, 2007, 17:44 in Friendly Talkzone.

utopiacowboy says on Mar 23, 2007, 18:00:

Remember if you start banging her sister to blame it all on brujeria. That's a free pass because after all, no guy can resist las brujas.

Disclaimer: any comment I make is inane and is not to be taken seriously, and is so patently ridiculous that no one should take it seriously, even as an insult.

poco says on Mar 23, 2007, 18:14:

Half correct Estratos (if you drive a car you're from 4-6?)

I live in a 2 and don't have a car....... right on

My neighbor has a SUV........... not so right on.

I'd look for noise, the noiser the neighbor (lots of stationary boom boxes) the lower the estrato.

Depending where you are and whether or not your neighbors daughter has a 15th birthday I'd make a trip Home Depot and get a few of these.

Make sure they are ANSI S3.19 -1974 or 30DB is a little better.

"Violence is the first refuge of the incompetent" - Isaac Asimov

analyzethis1 says on Mar 23, 2007, 18:21:

Who said I was a guy? Although your advice still applies to me...jejeje...

There are two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we receive, and the larger kind we feel for what we give. E.A. Robinson

Gator says on Mar 23, 2007, 19:20:

Good Start Do even better and drop the ATM and call it a cajeros automático
or just cajeros.

Have a great time (you will) any questions just ask.

"Brevior Sltare Cum Deformibus Mulieribus Est Vita!" .

"Brevior Sltare Cum Deformibus Mulieribus Est Vita!" .

utopiacowboy says on Mar 23, 2007, 19:20:

Looks like you're already into la brujeria.

Disclaimer: any comment I make is inane and is not to be taken seriously, and is so patently ridiculous that no one should take it seriously, even as an insult.

Gator says on Mar 23, 2007, 19:45:

FYI, Here Are The Estratos In The .... Entire neighborhoods may not be one single estrato-Chico Norte, and others, have areas that are classified as 4, 5 and 6. Where I live, Los Rosalas, has both 5 and 6 areas. Thes are the general barrios in the Chicó area. Estratos 4's-5%, 5's-25%,6's-70% and about 60%residential

BELLAVISTA 4 CHICO NORTE 4 LAS ACACIAS 4 PORCIUNCULA 4 ANTIGUO COUNTRY
5 BELLAVISTA 5 CHICO NORTE 5 CHICO NORTE II SECTOR 5 CHICO NORTE III SECTOR 5 EL CHICO 5 EL NOGAL 5 EL REFUGIO 5 ESPARTILLAL 5 LA CABRERA
5 LAGO GAITAN 5 LOS ROSALES 5 PORCIUNCULA 5 ANTIGUO COUNTRY 6 ELLAVISTA 6 CHICO NORTE 6 CHICO NORTE II SECTOR 6 CHICO NORTE III SECTOR 6
EL CHICO 6 EL NOGAL 6 EL REFUGIO 6 EL RETIRO 6 LA CABRERA 6 LAGO GAITAN 6 LAS ACACIAS 6 LOS ROSALES 6 PORCIUNCULA 6 SAN ISIDRO 6
SEMINARIO 6

"Brevior Sltare Cum Deformibus Mulieribus Est Vita!" .

"Brevior Sltare Cum Deformibus Mulieribus Est Vita!" .

goin_south says on Mar 23, 2007, 20:02:

is brujeria only 'used' when you get caught cheatin? or, is it also used for other things, that may not be in such a good light, when reflected on you, so far as your novia is concerned??

y, un mil gracias.