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Hey my situation has recently changed as I have been planning a move to Colombia to teach English for a while now. It was only recently I reached my goal target of 10 grand AU plus air fairs, instead of leaving now quite half heatedly with only 10 grand to my name I have decided to keep working until the end of the year so that I will have closer to 25AU.
I recently had my heart set on Medellin but my friends have all recently moved to Cartagena.
I was wondering the following.

1. is there much opportunity for me teaching English in a city such as Cartagena ?
2. is there much shopping (latest fashion stores Calvin Klein etc) in that area ?
3. would it be hard for me as a gringo speaking very basic Spanish to rent an apartment, go shopping and just do day to day things etc ?
4. all though I do not advertise this I do like to party and was wondering what would happen if I was discovered to me holding a small amount of cocaine of marijuana say 5 or 6 grams by police, also what is the best way to avoid and deal with these situations (bribe ?) from happening in the first place (apart from not doing drugs) ? thus tips on concealed pockets do they work etc?
5. also with 20 thousand Australian dollars will i be able to live comfortably in a city such as Cartagena? e.g. have a nice apartment in town nothing to special but a funky little studio apartment near the beach would do, especially in a city as beautiful as Cartagena, also probably going cloths shopping and clubbing some times on the weekend ...not splashing large amounts of money just enough to live a little above comfortably.

regards
pledge

By pledge305 on Jun 14, 2008, 20:06 in Friendly Talkzone.

jmbone says on Jun 15, 2008, 06:38:

Hola pledge,

You say: "I recently had my heart set on Medellin but my friends have all recently moved to Cartagena. "

Your "friends" should be your best source.

Why not contact them FIRST, and THEN ask your questions to a bunch of us goofballs on PBH?

jejejeje.

Enjoy Cartagena.

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tigredelnorte2 says on Jun 15, 2008, 08:08:

You will definately find a lot more job opportunities in Medellin. Cartagena is a fun place, but it´s money drain, and the beach is below par. For a job, check out the yellow pages in the Medellin phone book. Lots of English academies, and schools the need English teachers.

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pledge305 says on Jun 15, 2008, 19:19:

Hola guys and thanks for the reply. ...I would ask my friends jimbo but they are a couple of real yahoos and no telling how long they will be posted up in Cartagena for ..Trust me if you knew them you would prefer to have your questions answered by you guys!

any more incite in to my inquiries ?

In particular
(These two are in relation to Cartagena).

4. all though I do not advertise this I do like to party and was wondering what would happen if I was discovered to me holding a small amount of cocaine of marijuana say 5 or 6 grams by police, also what is the best way to avoid and deal with these situations (bribe?) from happening in the first place (apart from not doing drugs)? Thus tips on concealed pockets do they work etc.
5. Also with 20 thousand Australian dollars, will I be able to live comfortably in a city such as Cartagena? e.g. have a nice apartment in town nothing to special but a funky little studio apartment near the beach would do, especially in a city as beautiful as Cartagena, also probably going cloths shopping and clubbing some times on the weekend ...not splashing large amounts of money just enough to live a little above comfortably

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