Where are we? Please put your "pin" on the map

ACBlessing says on Apr 16, 2006, 12:47:

Brrrrr Hey now.....I'm starting to feel pretty isolated up here.....anyone else in the NW?

Alex Blessing, Spokane, WA USA
alex at acblessing.com
http://www.colombia.acblessing.com

Just plain poor

platano says on Apr 16, 2006, 13:19:

Alex, Yes, long live the northwest. I'm near Victoria, British Columbia. I have put my pin and a photo on the site.

plátano

ACBlessing says on Apr 16, 2006, 20:08:

Cool Well Gringo, just head up here and we'll start our own Colombian embassy...not too many hurricanes here. And Platano...I love BC, been there many times and took the helo to Vancouver

Alex Blessing, Spokane, WA USA
alex at acblessing.com
http://www.colombia.acblessing.com

Just plain poor

kernow62 says on Apr 16, 2006, 20:25:

The buzz is often wrong GringoD, I hope so anyway. I refuse to listen to the buzz.

webmanco says on Apr 16, 2006, 20:35:

Here is the new link while someone fixes the original post This is where private messages would had been of great help.




COLOMBIA

But, I'm going to start making some assumptions here.... Which means I might actually end up making an ass out of myself ..........Thu 04 17, 2008 11:34 am

elmodefoque says on Apr 17, 2006, 12:22:

web, that's a great site, once i figure it out, i'll add my name and location with pic

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one.Curramba, el mejor vividero del mundo!

Cockney Colombian says on Apr 17, 2006, 16:17:

London Calling I can't be the only Cockney Colombian around here can I?

vicshere says on Apr 18, 2006, 12:47:

woow this is funny it's really funny and interesting to see where everyone lives.....it's even funnier to see allllll the great information on this site is coming from people who don't even live here....folks take the info on this site with a big grain of salt.


listo
"con mucho gusto"
Vic

listo

kat1 (Moderator) says on Apr 18, 2006, 13:35:

Cockney I am near Cardiff Wales done

engage brain before opening mouth

Crazy4Cali says on Apr 19, 2006, 08:08:

I live in the U.S. and in the Pacific northwest. I make no secret about that. But just because I live in the U.S. that doesn't make me an expert on what's going on in L.A, Miami, or even Seattle, for that matter. I could live here and have my head in the sand. By the same token, just living in Colombia doesn't make one an expert on Colombia.

I think the biggest difference in what people report is in how people report what they know or think they know. GIB, for all his warnings, simply reports what he sees and hears and reports them as just that--what he sees and hears. When it conflicts with other's observations, he points that out. That's about all you can ask from a random collection of people with varying qualifications.

What IS misleading is when someone comes to a place (be it Bogota, or East L.A.) and forms a general opinion of a place based on an isolated experience. e.g. when someone posts "I took a bus in Colombia from Bogota to Pasto and didn't have a problem."
O.K. so far, but when they go on to conclude "therefore anyone can go anywhere on a bus without a problem" they cross over the line. They have no idea whether such a claim is true or not, but speak on the authority of their one trip.

As an occasional visitor to Colombia, I can not argue the facts, but I can certainly argue the conclusions that are drawn from those facts.

gabo4ever says on Apr 19, 2006, 08:28:

Im in London... Although i must admit, im very very selective on the threads I participate in...jajajaja

Y por si se atreven: Watsamatamaracuya?

vicshere says on Apr 19, 2006, 08:35:

Crazy exactly what I was talking about.....when someone says yea yea its safe or its dangerous....then later to find out the person was here for a 2 weeks vacation and took a one time bus ride......as a 3 year native I try to keep myself intune with my surrounding and when I have time I try to help people here.....the only think I can't finger out is the new pic and plaga here in Bucaramanga.....what a mess this is (the pic y plaga)

listo
"con mucho gusto"
Vic

listo

webmanco says on Apr 19, 2006, 09:06:

Tinto The original post was fixed by Peter, and is working fine, we got as of today 84 users all over the world, in just 3 days, Hats off to Kat1 who shared with us more about her. Kat1, my niece was in the competition in Florida, maybe we get them to talk over the phone about it.

I know there are lots of more posters and those who just read, on PBH.


COLOMBIA

But, I'm going to start making some assumptions here.... Which means I might actually end up making an ass out of myself ..........Thu 04 17, 2008 11:34 am

bobbyb says on Apr 19, 2006, 13:56:

Nice map Reminds me of when my daughter took me to Disney World and made me get on that boat ride where the all the puppets are from every country of the world and singing in their native tongues “It’s a small world after all�

kernow62 says on Apr 19, 2006, 18:27:

Following GIB's logic I must have a clearer picture of the US than someone born and bred here because they are just being overly patriotic. Which now that I look at it that way I have to say he is right. The average American sees what he wants to whilst I constantly see the bad things as well as the good. I really see where GIB is coming from now.

Oh, all you Americans who live in other countries, don't argue with me about the US because I LIVE HERE and you don't.

platano says on Apr 19, 2006, 21:35:

Crazy4cali, I built a house in Cauca. I took the road from Cali to Popayan 134 times over a period of three years (living in Cali, building in Cauca on weekends). Nothing ever happened. My sister-in-law has done the same for the past five years. Now we are talking about eight years of regular trips to Popayan by bus or car, approximately 270 trips altogether (she doesn't travel *every* weekend. I'm talking about this past weekend, in case you think I'm talking about the situation years ago. My wife is making the trip next weekend from Cali to Popayan. That will make 271 trips (542 one-way trips, to be technical).

So my question is: how many freakin' trips have to be made without incident before someone can have the right to say: TRAVEL BY ROADS IN RURAL COLOMBIA FROM CALI TO POPAYAN IS NOT DANGEROUS! DON'T BE SO DAMN PARANOID; ENJOY COLOMBIA!plátano

plátano

webmanco says on Apr 21, 2006, 13:18:

Thanks for joining Lauthra
COLOMBIA

But, I'm going to start making some assumptions here.... Which means I might actually end up making an ass out of myself ..........Thu 04 17, 2008 11:34 am

Crazy4Cali says on Apr 27, 2006, 20:39:

I'm not picking on Popayan or Pasto WRT: "how many freakin' trips have to be made without incident before someone can have the right to say: TRAVEL BY ROADS IN RURAL COLOMBIA FROM CALI TO POPAYAN IS NOT DANGEROUS!"

It all depends. To some people if ANYTHING ever happened it's not safe while to others it can be safe even if they get stopped every now and then by the occasional, "un-official" roadblock.

Being "safe" is a lot like being "rich" in that it's all a matter of perspective and can never be measured by an absolute metric.

That's why all the "is this or that safe" questions are impossible to answer, although they occasionally provide some entertainment.

ezwriter says on Apr 29, 2006, 14:16:

White powder I saw pictures from Cali or Medellin taken during celebrations of a soccer game. People are covered with a white powder on their faces and clothes. Does anyone know what that powder is and what is the significance?

BxUnika says on Apr 29, 2006, 22:06:

Just got Back from Colombia on Tuesday I posted several pictures on my profile. I visited Bogotá/Cundinamarca, Boyacá, and Antioquia (Medellín and several villages). I liked Bogotá as a city because of the size but Cundinamarca and Boyacá seem very gloomy. Anybody have that impression? Antioquia was much prettier weather wise and with all the tropical flora y fauna.

morphus says on Apr 29, 2006, 22:44:

BxUnika, nice pics! Glad to hear you finally went to Colombia. We're going to have a PBH meet up in New York City soon. So far we got me, Rubiazo, elmodefoque and his daughter. If you want to come, let us know. morphus_x at yahoo.com if anybody is interested.

BxUnika says on Apr 30, 2006, 00:19:

at Morphus Do you have a date for this meet-up yet? Who else here is in the YC area? Where would it be? Elmo is like a living legend here, so I would love to see him "in the flesh" and meet the man behind the stories. lol

morphus says on Apr 30, 2006, 07:46:

Its either going to be in Queens or in the Villiage, Manhattan. I'll call elmodefoque and I guess he'll call Rubiazo. Probably soon. We'll see if anybody else shows up.

rocinante says on Apr 30, 2006, 14:20:

I'll be there if you don't have it on the weekend of May 19th....

Also I'll be in CO for most of June...

Sorry for the rules.

"World economic indicators point to a democrat winning 2008. It will surely be Obama. Peso 1400 by November" Feb 5, 2008

juanalejo says on May 1, 2006, 14:43:

ezwriter The powder is flour and it has no significance except a tradition of celebrating with something you can throw at each other without harm. We used to do that at elections also but not any more.

kernow62 says on May 1, 2006, 18:14:

The white powder is cocaine, it is so readily available that they toss it around as if it were ordinary flour.

kernow62 says on May 1, 2006, 18:22:

No, BxUnika I enjoyed the flora of Bogotá, the roses were spectacular. It must be the perfect climate for the queen of flowers. There were also beautiful bougainvilleas, ojos de susana, nile lillies, the yellow flowered trees the name escapes me at the moment....

Bogota's climate is ideal for a wide range of flora that won't grow in Medellin, and vice versa.

I even observed my favourite wild plant Ulex europaeus, which took me by surprise until I learned that its seed arrived in the wool of sheep that were imported from the British Isles.

kernow62 says on May 1, 2006, 18:36:

What joke? I was serious. When have you known me to be anything less than serious?

dwmte says on May 10, 2006, 19:53:

webmanco... tookforever to load and ultimately was incomplete...

no luck and no more time for the adventure...

dw

La Mona Loca says on May 11, 2006, 16:36:

I'm a Welsh girl in Bogotá I'm a taff, a cockney and now a rola, definitely my heart is colombian

lpdiver says on May 25, 2006, 13:22:

Ok I added my pin.

T

"cook some rice!"

webmanco says on May 25, 2006, 13:37:

171 so far So did Ana RDU and another 169 Friends of Colombia and Colombians, thanks to everyone and also to those who post on other forums.

But, I'm going to start making some assumptions here.... Which means I might actually end up making an ass out of myself ..........Thu 04 17, 2008 11:34 am

moondance says on Jun 2, 2006, 11:53:

sorry but your map way too limited sorry....same as normal, your map is ethnocentric....would you believe that non-americans would visit colombia....wow what a concept....tried to pin ...live in bahamas...twice, but unsuccesful..........open up buddy....do it right or trash it.....

webmanco says on Jun 14, 2006, 20:51:

This is a beta map, but somehow This is a beta map, more countries and cities will be added.

Somehow chat seems to be working as of today June 14/06

But, I'm going to start making some assumptions here.... Which means I might actually end up making an ass out of myself ..........Thu 04 17, 2008 11:34 am

Atrevido says on Jun 17, 2006, 10:59:

Won't Take Filled in all the little boxes on the map page the info won't record.

webmanco says on Jun 17, 2006, 11:03:

I did a test sign up under Pepito and it worked if not in USA then you need to write down the city and fill the code that shows on the same registration page

Some how Pepito ended up in Bogota New Jersey, I know there is another Bogota in China.

But, I'm going to start making some assumptions here.... Which means I might actually end up making an ass out of myself ..........Thu 04 17, 2008 11:34 am