what zona is Bogota airport (south bogota)

bamapits3 says on Jul 16, 2007, 05:44:

Bro, I am looking for a place to stay close to the airport, my soon to be fiance just got a job in bogota, so no more medellin for me...... I have to find a nice place to rent in bogota for 2 weeks around the avaianca training center which is by the airport she is telling me...... Can you help me out

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jul 16, 2007, 05:50:

Salitrr is very close to the airport and have a very easy access, Fontibon is also quite close, and Alamos

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bamapits3 says on Jul 16, 2007, 05:50:

Actually I dont bro, I am in Iraq right now, but every 100 days I go to colombia and my last 6 vacations have been in medellin and now that wifey has a job in bogota, it looks like that is where I will be....... How is it, i heard its a lot different from medellin? Friendly people? More dangerous? How is the nightlife? Any rrageatone clubs that play like daddy yankkee, sean paul, stuff like that?

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bamapits3 says on Jul 16, 2007, 05:52:

Is that in centro, sur, occidental, norte, norocidente? Those are the zona's I was talking about...... I loved medellin, but she has that training in bogota, so Medellin is done for atleast 2 more vacations...

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jul 16, 2007, 05:55:

bamatpits, for me the best pace is Salitre that is occidental , GIB lives there and I love that area..if one day I move to Bogota there is where I want to live, it's very central

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bamapits3 says on Jul 16, 2007, 05:56:

haha, Naw, I am a DOD contractor, I mean I dont think that Bogota could keep me happy, I am 21 years old, do this for about 8-11 more months and head back stateside. I have traveled for 3 years, dubai, france, italy, kuwait, turkey, mexico, colombia and have decided at 21 regardless about how bad i would like to live in colombia i need to wait until I get a little older and have some good opportunity......

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bamapits3 says on Jul 16, 2007, 05:59:

I need a 2 bedroom apartment for 14 days and have about 900-1200 US to spend, can I get something for 2 weeks in salitre plaza for that price, the whole thing is monday-friday she works and has to be to work in the morning early, she says she wants like a 10 min drive more or less, nothing crazy every morning...... would that be my best bet?

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jul 16, 2007, 06:03:

so you are not looking for a long term apartment....uhmm that change everything..

if is just for two week is not better to stay in a hotel? or one of those aparthotel? :((

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paisa29 says on Jul 16, 2007, 09:16:

Rubito: why you keep saying things you don´t know about? you never have been here.


"-Bogota in general is safer than Medellin",

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paisa29 says on Jul 16, 2007, 09:40:

Then I suggest you to get updated information to read, what you said happened few years ago, right now Medellín is safe.

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Mr. Hollywood says on Jul 16, 2007, 14:50:

If she's training at Avianca you should just rent a love motel at El Dorado Motel. Maybe you can switch rooms every night to keep the excitement pumping. Then she can walk over to work in the AM, assuming she can still walk.

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goin_south says on Jul 16, 2007, 17:26:

I can't say anything about reality, but my perception was...
I had jus a lil more sense of security in Bogota, when I visited there last month.
But,....I think I am jus feeling a lil more comfortable with each subsequent visit to Colombia.

I am with limited experience, on 4 trips.
But, I stayed in mostly the north 'bubble' as GIB refers to it.
Guards on every block.
To some, that would make them feel insecure.
To me,....it was a comfort.

But,...I never felt threatened, when visiting Medellin.
jus my reflections...nothing more.
Medellin is going to be One Fantastic World-Class Destination when they finish all the remodelling of the downtown area and other things in jus a few short years.

I think Bogota already is, because of the size and being the capitol city.
And, I also heard that from some people there,....'People who are serious about finding work, or career... Go to Bogota'. for now.

Where do we go from here?

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goin_south says on Jul 16, 2007, 20:51:

For most of those from 'the North' (I am, originally), short-sleeves during the day, and a light or levi jacket by night... was perfect.

Although it rained quite abit off and on, I can't say I ever really gave much attention to the weather in Bogota. For me, it was like water off the back of a...........

Actually, the rain seemed almost tropical, of itself, without the temperature. If that's the way it is most of the year, then great. I was a lil surprised that one of the taxi guys said: no snow, ever.

Where does it snow in Colombia?

Where do we go from here?

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goin_south says on Jul 16, 2007, 22:00:

Where does it snow in Colombia?

Initially... when I wrote that.... IT WAS..... A SERIOUS QUESTION.

Where do we go from here?

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goin_south says on Jul 16, 2007, 22:00:

Where does it snow in Colombia?

Initially... when I wrote that.... IT WAS..... A SERIOUS QUESTION.

Where do we go from here?

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Robert Jorge says on Jul 16, 2007, 22:38:

As far as I know, it doesn't snow anywhere in Colombia. Even in Bogota, you are only 5 degrees above the equator. If there is any snow in Colombia, it is a rare occasion on a remote mountain peak. My wife said she has never seen or heard of snow in her life. Born in Bogota, lived in Villavo.

BEWARE of gold diggers.

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Cerealkiller says on Jul 16, 2007, 23:28:

You have to go to los nevados if you wanna see snow. And theyre already melting.

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives -John Stuart Mill

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paisa29 says on Jul 17, 2007, 06:05:

Rubito... this is for you.


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/world/americas/15medellin.html?ex=11...

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juanalejo says on Jul 17, 2007, 08:41:

No snow in Colombia except in the snow peaks around the country. Bogotá though gets the odd hail storm a few times a year and some of them have been over a foot of ice.

Snow peaks: Nevado del Huila, Tolima, Santa Isabel, Ruiz, Cisne y Quindio (last 4 are Nevados National Park), Cocuy, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jul 17, 2007, 10:40:

storytelling time, ladies and gentlemen....go grab some popcorn....=)

"I would rather die living life, than to live a dying life."........ Oh, and my PM is always ON. Great Bumper Sticker: "Home of the Free, Because of the Brave"

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juanalejo says on Jul 17, 2007, 20:10:

[IMG]http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/754/146sv.jpg[/IMG]

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juanalejo says on Jul 17, 2007, 20:11:

Sorry but I have no idea how to upload images in this site, was going to posta picture of the foot of ice in Bogota.

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goin_south says on Jul 18, 2007, 00:16:

GIB... I said the RAIN was almost tropical. and, specifically, excluded the temperature.

Oh, well. That is how it was when I was there. The rain was there, sometimes alot and sometimes not. But, it really wasn't a problem.

Where do we go from here?

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Jul 18, 2007, 07:12:

The link works OK

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/754/146sv.jpg

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webmanco says on Jul 18, 2007, 07:20:

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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juanalejo says on Jul 18, 2007, 12:17:

Those ice storms never cover much areas of town, but this one was last year and most of the undergroundparkings had the entrances covered fully in ice.

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