top ten list for Colombia

kernow62 says on May 7, 2005, 18:34:

Shouldn't a top 10 have 9 other things?

Mine in no particular order.

#1. Birthplace of my wife
#2. Cumbias
#3. Food
#4. Friendly happy people
#5. Bogotá buses
#6. Beautiful scenery
#7. Renault Cuatro
#8. Antanas Mockus
#9. Cicloruta
#10.People saying A la orden.

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platano says on May 7, 2005, 18:51:

Platano's Top 10 #1. San Antonio del Chamí and many rural places like it
#2. Salsa, la música que siempre escucho en fiestas, buses, taxis, etc.
#3. Jugo de Lulo, ajiaco, arroz con leche, etc. etc.
#4. Colombian Hospitality, from estrato 1 to estrato 6
#5. Colombian Experience of Time, more relaxed
#6. Colombian Appreciation of Spirituality and Personal Growth
#7. Colombian Intelligence and the Value They Place on Education
#8. Pensions at 100% Salary (I know people enjoying them today)
#9. Quality of Medical Care I have received in Colombia (profesional y con cariño)
#10. Tropical Weather, Fruits, Women, Music, Simplicity
#11. The public transportation system (planes, buses, colectivos, taxis, chivas, escaleras, horses, etc.) I have enjoyed them all to get to places like San Antonio del Chamí.

Had to add #11 to complete the circle back to #1.

Plátano, el banano verde
Estudiante del Manual de Urbanidad y Buenas Maneras por Manuel Antonio Carreño
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npaul says on May 8, 2005, 11:39:

top 10 things about Colombia I like... The first 10 girls I see when I get on the plane.

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ARMacleod says on May 8, 2005, 12:07:

Mine. The Ten Commandments.
Peel it
Feel it
Test it
Bite it
Eat it
Love it.
Need it
Feed it
Shave it.
It?
Hairy bananas.

Being of unsound mind and dubious disposition, I cannot be held legally liable for any indiscretions."¡El diablo me hizo hacerlo!" But don't worry, be happy.

The brain is like a parachute, it only functions correctly when it is open. Pax vobiscum.

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Sylvie says on May 8, 2005, 12:36:

...... The first five handsome soccer players I saw at the airport and their five beautiful, round, perky butts!

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quindioman says on May 8, 2005, 13:40:

in no piticular awder 10....the fact that i can send my 9 year old cousin for fags and beer
09....those sunny days...be they in Armenia o Cali
08....esos piropos que me tiran las mamis (doesn't happen in the UK)
07....las ninyas
06....playing micro en la cuadra/plazoleta
05....reminiscing about my childhood whilst eating arepa in the barrio I grew up in
04....seeing couples go by hand in hand
03....watching my dad kick-arse on the billiard table
02....los festivales.....cali, manizales etc...
01....Colombia & it's peoples....my peoples

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dwmte says on May 8, 2005, 17:21:

wow! ten goodies... most of the colombians i've met over the past 16 years.

my inlaws.

the good friends i've known and know.

liquores de antioquia

most anywhere in the rain

chuzos

the sounds in el campo

my wife and daughter a whole bunch.

a line

pizza in gualanday

food in general

the ebanistas and carpenteros of colombia

the taxi drivers everywhere (colombian gophers)

the salsa music especially and all the others, too. but salso expecially, cause it's always 'up'...never brings you down. it's not like country and western, where you have to play it backwords to get all your shit back...wife, dog, house, pick up, etc

the artesian water in the mountains on the road to sante fe de antioquia

a cappuccino with ron medellin in el portal on cl 10 in poblado. add a pastry with jamon to that.

hanging out...anywhere, bars, restaurants, banks, parks, el campo, friends homes, museums, around pretty people, near food, close to healthy action, some parts of downtown medellin, the couria, at tutucan, around penol, the parke in el retiro and sante fe de antioquia, and in front of the basilica in medellin on market day, the minorista, san diego, damn near anyplace in el campo, amongst campesinos, with armed folks, around archilogic ruins, universities and bibliotecas....and just about anywhere else i've been.

a few more than ten, but there's a whole bunch more...what do i do?

dw

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Cousin says on May 8, 2005, 21:40:

2 - 10 Catalina
1 How STUPID in love I am for her!

Los Cuatro

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kat1 (Moderator) says on May 9, 2005, 01:48:

my family
people
my farm
food
parties
bogota
villavicencio
my hamaca
villavo weather
my colombian dog ;-) is a purchan like platano's dog (pura chanda)y bien flojo solo se levanta para comer y eso...

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Cockney Colombian says on May 14, 2005, 09:52:

I couldn't simply list just ten so I'll just reiterate this thread:

http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/node/7758

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alexis33015 says on May 16, 2005, 21:46:

her family must love u!!! 1. My fiancé
2. Her son
3. Her parents
4. Her sister Paula
5. Her sister Maria
6. Her sister Stella
7. Her sister Adriana
8. Her sister Johanna
9. Her sister Sandra
10. The view from Montserrate

i agree w/ number 10 staring across to the other church

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Crazy Eagle says on May 22, 2005, 17:01:

feeling homesick Reading some of these posts makes me feel homesick about a place I have never been (at least not in my present life).

"Caught between the twisted stars the plotted lines the faulty map that brought Columbus to New York" Lou Reed

"The natural rhythm of life is routine punctuated by orgy" Aldous Huxley

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kernow62 says on May 22, 2005, 17:16:

10. The view from Montserrate

That's a good one, I like the view in all directions however. I love to hear the wind rustling in the leaves on the side of the mountain.

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BxUnika says on May 9, 2006, 00:32:

Top Ten 10) Bandeja paisa
9) the plants
8) the artesanías
7) preservative-free food
6) la gente querida
5) los acenticos
4) los paisajes
3) los dulces
2) la arquitectura
1) the men

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