The Best of Colombia Experts wiki born!

Desideria (Moderator) says on Dec 23, 2007, 14:50:

take a look

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aztec says on Dec 23, 2007, 14:56:

That is just Great! A real service.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Dec 24, 2007, 00:23:

bump

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IanWorthington says on Dec 24, 2007, 03:47:

Thanks D.

Links to security and health advice sites added this morning:

http://isw.me.uk/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Colombia: Health and Security

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aztec says on Dec 24, 2007, 05:46:

IanWorthington

Something wrong with the URL. I get an error message.

Gator says on Dec 24, 2007, 06:57:

Several errors can additional information be added?

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Dec 24, 2007, 14:27:

"ColombiaExperts" is the name of the Yahoo group and I imagine the name of the wiki site, "The Best of ColombiaExperts" refers to the information collected by members on that site which has been active at least for 10 years now. The name is of course, tongue-in-cheek.
I think we should encourage Ian's effort of tapping into this collective wealth of knowledge about Colombia and I'm sure he appreciates any feedback that is given constructively.
Cheers,
Desi

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Gator says on Dec 24, 2007, 14:54:

GBI-same with "The Bogotá Airport."

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rocinante says on Dec 24, 2007, 18:38:

GIB, FYI Daviveinda has allowed 500K ATM transactions for over a year. Maybe they are not in Bog. www.davivienda.com

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billyb says on Dec 24, 2007, 18:56:

GIB is correct on the Citi bank issue and Banco de Occidente also lets you withdraw 500K.

rhydewithdis says on Dec 24, 2007, 20:07:

One thing about having a $ based Citibank account in the US is that if you withdraw money in Colombia at a Citibank ATM (and only a Citibank ATM) you avoid two fees: 1) Foreign exchange fee which is 3% and 2) any surcharges you might incur for using an out-of-network ATM.

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aztec says on Dec 25, 2007, 06:02:

Don't know how wiki works. Isn't it a free for all with questionable veracity? Even so, can any one of us go into the site and correct or add to the information?

Desideria (Moderator) says on Dec 25, 2007, 06:31:

"The Yahoo Colombia Experts Group, and the Poor But Happy forum have a lot of good information on them, but no real good way to find it. Hopefully this wiki will fill that gap. Just register and add your wisdom here."

http://isw.me.uk/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=The Best of Colombia Experts

Cheers,
Desi

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IanWorthington says on Dec 26, 2007, 12:03:

Thanks for all your comments guys --

Anyone can add stuff. Just register and away you go.

Home is at http://isw.me.uk/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=The Best of Colombia Experts
or http://isw.me.uk/colombia

Davivienda is mentioned as giving 500k. I'll add B de O, thanks.

I think you're wrong about citibank, as per rhydewithdis: I opened a USD a/c in the UK with them last year, so I can i) draw more per tx, ii) not have to pay a tx fees. Works well for me.

If the norm in bogota has now gone up to 400k, could someone confirm and I'll correct it: it was 300k last time I did the rounds.

ian

billyb says on Dec 26, 2007, 12:38:

That's correct as far as using the ATM, but your account in itself is not valid in Colombia's Citi Bank.

Gator says on Dec 26, 2007, 20:49:

The key to Citibank is opening a Gold Account through New York City. Big $$$$ on deposit but lots of perks.

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