Towns without electricity in Colombia?

bufalo says on May 25, 2008, 10:59:

Puerto Nariño in the Amazon cut the electricity at 9 is or so at night. Nothing like dancing away with a nice local and then the lights go out........

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Sam Salmon says on May 25, 2008, 11:06:

Everyone has diesel generators except for some Indian hamlets and small places in the jungles of Choco-hard to call them villages though-more like extended family encampments.

' a la orden!'

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Gator says on May 25, 2008, 12:58:

WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY up in the mountains or east towards Amazonas.

As Sam says, "...hard to call them villages though-more like extended family encampments."

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Cheers Terry says on May 25, 2008, 13:10:

The simple answer to your question is no. There are no small towns in Colombia that have never had electricity.

Cheers,
Terry

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CatGirl says on May 25, 2008, 13:30:

Terry.....I would not jump to this conclusion too soon, yet. There are communities in the modern EEUU that have no electricity. But it is by choice usually.

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Gator says on May 25, 2008, 13:32:

According to Ministero de Minas y Energía about 2.3 million people do not have access to electricity yet in the rural areas of Colombia

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CatGirl says on May 25, 2008, 13:39:

Thanks Gator...thought so.

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jaramillo says on May 25, 2008, 14:02:

people that have no access to electricity in the country side do not live in towns. I remember my great uncle's cattle farm near Tolú. No electricity (except for a small generator the farm owned). But in towns there is electricity. I think every municipality in Colombia has it.

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Atrevido says on May 25, 2008, 14:42:

We are with out electricity every time it rains.

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Robert Jorge says on May 25, 2008, 18:51:

Catgirl, name one town in the US that doesn't have electric service.

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CatGirl says on May 25, 2008, 19:06:

RJ - I will repeat my coment "There are communities in the modern EEUU that have no electricity. But it is by choice usually."

I know of one in Mendocino County in CA - I lived there a short time years ago. It was by choice and it was a community ;)) They had some unique beliefs, I just needed a cabin. I visited it recently and they finally put in a windmill for some type of electricity....knowing them, it is probably limited to certain things.

Ok - just one community..but I don't know of any "towns"

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CatGirl says on May 25, 2008, 19:08:

BTW - it was and is a self sufficient community that mimicks the days of Pioneer ;). I had to heat my water in the morning with a wood burning stove....and used oil burning lamps at night, outhouses - you name it

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Cheers Terry says on May 25, 2008, 19:34:

"... Terry.....I would not jump to this conclusion too soon, yet. There are communities in the modern EEUU that have no electricity..."

Sorry Catgirl, but I stand by my statement that there are no small towns in Colombia that have never had electricity. If you think there are some I'd love to know where you think they are. Thanks.

Cheers,
Terry

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CatGirl says on May 25, 2008, 19:50:

Sounds great...you do that ;))) Stand tall and proud!

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CatGirl says on May 25, 2008, 19:54:

No need to say your sorry Cheers;))
The way you answered, either I wrote my comment in a way that sent a message not intended or ....it's not worth it really.

Your decision to come to a solid conclusion in....what? 24 hours?..;)

No need to prove any points with kitty...hey I don't know anything ..I handglide;))

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dwmte7 says on May 25, 2008, 20:33:

handglide? is that some sexual trick?

dwmte

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Cheers Terry says on May 25, 2008, 20:37:

Sorry, I'm in a little village, off the grid with no electricity (solar only) and this Internet connection is a little shaky so my replies aren't easy like usual.

The reason why I asked is that I've organized some stuff in very remote areas in Colombia and like anywhere even a few shacks in the middle of nowhere still have a genny going. I would have been really interested to find the (I assume mythical) small town that really doesn't have power.

All the best to you.

Cheers,
Terry

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bickerss says on May 26, 2008, 01:56:

Not a town so to speak, so maybe does not count, but the village you see (well - smaller than even a village) on the way to the lost city, has no electricity and is not likely to in the-ever near-future. In fact other than a rickety hand-saw, I didnt see anything remotely ''modern'' there at all.

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Atrevido says on May 26, 2008, 05:08:

I stayed at a place near Nuquí where they used a generator spun by water flowing out of the adjacent hill. It ran about six light bulbs, a TV and the compressor for a big refrigerator. All they needed. If you see a big old crankshaft lying about in any of the Chocó villages along the pacific coast you can be sure it came out of a diesel generator not a truck.

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Robert Jorge says on May 27, 2008, 08:44:

I see what you are saying Catgirl. I suppose there are hippy communes and other groups that choose not to use electricity. And of course there are Amish in the US that choose not to use electricity. Elkhart County, Indiana is full of Amish that don't use electricity. And many of them are millionaires.

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dwmte7 says on May 27, 2008, 09:09:

there are areas in s.e. antioquia and definitely in amazonas where they don't have electricity.

corridos prohibidos...not recommended for the casual traveller.

dwmte

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ColombianoGringo says on May 27, 2008, 09:51:

This reminds me of the daily scheduled rolling blackouts when I was a kid in Colombia during the late 70s and early 80s.

Our apartment at the time was in Chapinero Alto and our blackout hour was from either 6pm to 7pm or 7pm to 8pm. Every night we would bust out the Coleman lanterns and sit around the living room until the lights came back on. It was pretty much a forced family hour since we couldn't do anything but talk to each other or read by lamp light. Honestly, it wasn't all that bad.

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Gator says on May 28, 2008, 08:06:

CG-wasn't that time peroid a great adventure driving with no traffice signals.

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ColombianoGringo says on May 28, 2008, 08:53:

I was a little kid at the time, so I didn't drive and we were almost always home at that hour. I know that different neighborhoods had different blackout hours, but I don't recall if traffic lights were affected. One would hope not, but it wouldn't exactly surprise me.

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