san andres

mrgizmo says on Nov 29, 2005, 09:01:

Take the bus???? Of course not! It's better to rent a car and be more comfortable, bring a fishing pole.
Flying is the only way to go, what other way is there to San Andres?

Behind every successful man, there's a nagging woman

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Nov 29, 2005, 09:08:

Maybe Batman's car, what the name a Bati-mobil or one of the James Bond cars, that turns into a Boat

Paola San Andres is an Island, how can you get there by bus from "mainland" Colombia Beats me.

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aljig says on Nov 29, 2005, 09:11:

Travel Agent Hi,

My wife is a travel agent in Bogota. If you want email me the details and I'll get her to look into it for you.

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Boatygringo says on Nov 29, 2005, 09:16:

San Andreas Check with your travel agent, there are some real good package deals to San Andreas out of season. They will include air fare hotel and all meals and ground transportation. Youm will love San Andreas its a real island paradise with clear blue waters and white sand beaches. The night life is pretty good too.

Boatygringo

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Nov 29, 2005, 09:19:

Boatygringo you have been playing too much playstation, is not San Andreas is San Andres, the other one is a game.

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nicvel says on Nov 29, 2005, 09:33:

If you are going to San Andres... If you are going to San Andres, you may prefer to stay in Providencia.
Look, if you are going to spend some time in San Andres you better have a lot of money or a lot of luck.

Money to buy your way into a fancy resort. Luck to get accomodation in one of the few last spots on the island that won't make you feel you are having holidays in a dirty strret.

Most of San Andres has been depredated. The Coral Reef is a sorry mess. The streets and forest are most dirty. Many beaches are plenty of trash. You find drunk people everywhere, everynight.

Ther is not much of local architecture or local culture. People, specially continentals that have settled in the island are pretty dirty.

You won't have a single second of peace from Vallenatos played at enrmous stereos. Also it is not very safe.

Providencia instead it's still a paradise. It has the second longest coral barrier in the world, second just to the grat australian barrier. It has plenty ok sweet water creeks flowing form tgreen mountains into the soft sand beaches and into the sea.

There is a solid local community, with it's own kind of music, with it's own culture.

Best of all, you won't find vallenatos storming your sleep at 4 am.

The island is kept very clean by the residents.

Alcohol is as cheap in providencia than in San Andres. Providencia is a lot safer, as its communities are very supportive and there is not mucho room for theft. Anyway, as everybody knows each other, there is no way you can hide what you steal.

My advice: Go to Southwest beach to Roland bar. It is the best reggae bar i have been in the caribbean, not just for the music, not just for the food, but for the feeling of sucha a beatiful spot.

Seafood is much chepaer and much fresher in Providenciua than in San Andres. Providencia is a true perl. Go there before we colombians discover it and destroy it as we did with San andres.

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jediknight says on Nov 29, 2005, 10:37:

provedencia is this far from san andres? do you fly directly there or do you stop at san andres and continue on?
JK

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Nov 29, 2005, 14:05:

It is mario :P

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Boatygringo says on Nov 30, 2005, 09:18:

Providencia Nicvel, Tell the poor SOB whoes boat went on the reef in a storm how honest they are in Providencia. The locals stripped every thing of value off it befor he could salvage it.

Boatygringo

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kernow62 says on Nov 30, 2005, 14:24:

Arrrh. They be wreckers me 'ansome.

Everyone knows that anything the sea washes up is free for the taking, at least that is what I was always taught in Kernow. It is God's will.

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oldbongo says on Nov 30, 2005, 17:17:

stay away from providence... it's mine.

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