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emp99 comments on Room for rent Chapinero Alto, Bogotá

price?

emp99 comments on travel guides

wait for the new Footprint guide coming out later in the year. The current Lonely Planet is poor, the new one comes out next year I believe. The Bradt guide covers the Amazon and Guajira peninsula well but is thin on the ground in other parts. Until then, look online here at PBH and consult www.vivatravelguides.com

emp99 comments on full size Bed for sale in Bogota - $60.000 pesos

implausable, but is the bed still for sale? ricardo_emp at hotmail.com

emp99 comments on DINING TABLE AND 4 SOFAS FOR SALE IN BOGOTA

Katty, do you still have items and furniture for sale? ricardo_emp at hotmail.com

emp99 comments on Fridge for sale, Bogota

still for sale? ricardo_emp at hotmail.com

emp99 comments on Apartment Needed in Bogota

Both sound, interesting, I will be back in Bogota in a week or so. Oh yes, the rental would be more or less indefinite at this point. I have a Colombian Visa and am not planning on leaving!

emp99 comments on

Liliana, before you launch into statements of this magnitude, as the above posters have all mentioned, you need to get your facts right, at the very least do a little more research. Basic typos like Katrina and Karina are one thing, but these massive swathes of generalisations are going to get you nowhere. Hopefully any sociolgy teacher will be able to slice through your comments mercilessly. As a person who works in the tourist industry I would stress that the "old" type of tourism you mention is not going to go away and to even believe this is bordering on the absurd. Take any location at the other end of the spectrum, lets say a European or north American destination - backpackers and low income spectrum folks still find the time and the means to go there and stay time, find affordable accommodation and enjoy themselves. As has been mentioned there is a massive market for high end top dollar tourism in Medellin, Cali, Bogota and Cartagena and places beyond.Cartagena has had a massive tourism income over the years in comparison to the rest of the country and in order for you to understand this better I should talk to the people at ProExport in Bogota. While they realise this they are still pushing Cartagena. Have you ever seen the city when a big cruise ship docks, 750 wealthy tourists descend on the old town, all spending large sums of money and dining out. Backpackers and "low income bracket" americans are never going to go away. Yes, there may be an evolution in the way that tourism is perceived and in the nature of the tourism market but your implications that it is all going to alter mas o menos overnight is way off the mark.

emp99 comments on La Casa Amarilla Mompos up and running

I can't tell you exactly how long from Barranquilla...but from Cartagena if you catch an early bus to Magangue and then the motorise canoe/taxi combo to Mompos then you can can get to Mompos in 5-6 hours.

emp99 comments on La Casa Amarilla Mompos up and running

Kelvin, I am out of the country right now but will be back in Bogota on the 23rd of May and then heading on from there a few days later to Mompos most likely. From Bucaramanga you can catch the Unitransco bus which takes 6 hours to get to El Banco and then you know it, the 2 - 2.5 hour 4x4 trip from there to Mompos. Let me know when you are thinking of coming. If you plan to come in June I'll definitely be there.