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Here are some great,, non gringo priced tours available from this travel agency which i have not tried yet but they started sending me this info a few weeks back... seems like a great deal and a good opportunity to get out and about TODOS LOS DOMINGOS DESTINOS SALIDAS (2008) VALOR RUTA DE LA MIEL: Bolombolo, Hispania, Andes, Jardín, visita trapiche panelero y trucheras y demás sitios de interés +(KIT). AGOSTO 24 $ 60.000 ...
for those with One Pass airmiles theres a good bargain out there at the moment,, with only 5000 miles (one third the normal amount) you can fly anywhere in the country bar Leticia and San Andres return.. Three week advance purchase necessary and only done over the phone.. a very good deal ...
just out yesterday mentioned the cartagena route is already one of the top five most profitable routes on the Spirit network, and Bogota is already outpreforming that in load factors.. Armenia and San Andres will be running by next year and still pressing for slots into Medellin. ...
a lot of tourists/ backpackers are being pickpocketed at the moment during the Feria here in Medellin.. If youre a tourist and going out to events where there are a lot of crowds of people hold onto your stuff because if you dont some little kids going to nick it... you have been warned ...
did anyone else just see alias ceaser and gafas on tele... the fucker did not look too good.. they paraded them on tv and the media was just taking the shit out of em.. now that was tele. ol ceaser look like he got the worst of it in the helicopter... good tv for sure ...
we have medellin apartments from $5.03 per person. we are quite sure this is the best deal available. the apartments will be available from september, 08. fuel tax of 2 cents per pound per guest night minute are not included. any and all enquiries to be directed at spam at medellinripoffapartments.com ...
Spirit Airlines flying from 24 of July from Bogota to Ft Laud, by the end of the year from Ft Laud to Armenia and from next year two flights weekly to San Andres... Hans from the Casa Viena just sent me the email La aerolínea de bajo costo Spirit Airlines confirmó ayer que iniciará vuelos diarios entre Bogotá y Fort Lauderdale (Florida), a partir del 24 de julio, mientras que a Armenia lo hará a finales de este año. La confirmación fue hecha ayer tarde por el director de Comunica ...
there are a lot more cheap options for flying in Colombia these days, one of these is Medellin - Bogota where there are now about five/six airlines doing the route. I just this second bought a ticket for 100.000 pesos one way with tax... the cheapest ticket youll find in Colombia, one way to Bogota from Medellin.. www.easyfly.com.co it helps to ring up the airline with there 18000 number to find a date when they have the cheap fares.. good luck ...
Trueque de hospedaje por sexo "ELLAS TIENEN QUE ser atractivas. Yo no permito así no más que cualquiera venga a mi casa". En esos términos, un hombre identificado como Mike expresaba hace un par de años por qué había puesto un aviso inmobiliario que ofrecía descuento a la eventual inquilina de su apartamento en Nueva York siempre y cuando lo compensara con favores sexuales. Dos años después, un caso similar es registrado en Madrid (España): "Alquilo habitación a cambio de prestacio ...
the Colombia govt made the committment to finish its part of the highway linking Colombia with Panama yesterday by 2010. Panama should be about to go ahead with its part of as well. Its inevitable really. Will be good to see the day when you can get from Medellin to Panama City in 10 hours by bus. I don't imagine that day is too far away, perhaps 7-10years ...
to all those medellin sports bar owners out there... whos showing the eurocup football matches starting this weekend.. which stations.. cheers
sitting here in this morning and two new zealanders come back at 10 am from a big night out not looking to well.. turns out they were minus there wallets and watches. had been picked up by a carfull of paisas outside Berlin Bar and they took them to a place outside town and robbed them dry. there were pretty drunk but were probably drugged because they woke up not knowing what was going on. ive met around ten thousand backpackers/ tourists in medellin and this is the first time i have heard th ...
anyone been to La Primavera lately.. Kat, you must have been there no. I was thinking of taking the boat down to Orocue then on to La Primavera and the border.. What are your thoughts.
anyone know or another nice place for a meal..
Can anyone tell me what the USD/COP rate was on the 31st March... thanks if you can,
from the newspaper today, LAN starting up flights in a few weeks from Medellin six times a week to Quito and on to Lima and TACA starting in a couple of months from Medellin direct to Lima four times a week. Also the head honcho at Medellin's RioNegro airport says the airport is in talks with Spirit about the low cost airline starting up from Medellin to the States.. That would be good news. ...
Apartments in medellin is almost up and running. Apartments from US$25 per day for the whole apartment furnished in Belen. Also available in Poblado for a little more. Also rooms available in penthouses from US$15 a night. Private Spanish lessons arranged. Write to us at apartmentsinmedellin at yahoo.com ...
someone rang the misses in the morning offering the service of a US address to get things like from Amazon.com delivered quick to Colombia in two days or so at US prices for only 12.000 pesos a month or something like that.. she hang up before asking if i was interested.. Anyone know anything about that kelvin, medellin ...
Anyone looking at buying acciones en ISAGEN....Seems like a pretty sure long term bet. Or compared to Grupo Aval what do people like...
New twist on getting an American visa in Colombia. I am from New Zealand and we dont need a visa to visit the States on tourism. However five years ago making my tenth visit to the States I was denied entry for no particular reason (seriously), relieved of my shoelaces and belt and put in Arlington National Detention Center for the night. Then sent on the next plane back to England the next day. I was told that if I wanted to return to America in the future I would have to apply for a visa. So ...
anyone want a cute wee kitten.... giving them away.. black and white or all black
presently 1 day old.. ready to give away when two months old
location - medellin
I need that book back if you can. a guest needs it. Cheers Kelvni
Here is a warning for everyone in Colombia. There is a con artist/ thief travelling in this country. This is confirmed by two hostels in Colombia.
This low life has stolen cameras and cash.
He is PHILIPINO, dark brown skin, nearly six foot tall. Has his arms covered with tatoos. Has a big pot belly. Speaks with a very American accent
He reads tarrot cards and uses this as a way to con his victims I believe.
His full name is
just back from Ecuador where I renewed my propietario visa.. not to hard.. and they gave me two years which was nice... one more renovacion and im a resident.
i could of renewed in Bogota but it always seems simplier to leave the country and bogota sucks so there you go.. if anyone wants any advice on renewing the visa let me know..
kelvin ...
Im off to Ecuador to renew a propietario visa.... i was in bogota where i decided against doing it.. but i did ask the lady at the desk a few questions and she told me that i had to bring along the balance of the business,, the camara de comercio thing and also la declaracion de renta... but if one is a Persona Natural you dont have to declare RENTA if you make less than a certain amount of your patrimonia is less than 90 million.... so am i right in saying i dont need to bring a copy of my decl ...
how are the people at the colmobian embassy in Quito, Ecuador.... Is there in fact an embassy there or is it in Guayaquil.. Have to extend a business visa and wondering whether to go to Panama or Ecuador.. not going to Bogota to do it.. cheers for any help, kelvin ...
I got my one year propetario visa in Panama last year and its about to run out.. Does anyone know what I need to bring to Bogota, paperwork etc to get the renewal.. Info about the business/ camera de comerico etc..
cheers, kelvin ...
just reading the 'el colombiano' newspaper this morning.... and here is some odd news... there is a big report about how there has been not one murder in the city for four days straight. also from 1st january to the 24th september there have been no murders in 107 of the neighbourhoods in the city which represent 40% of the cities population.
pretty positive news... and 500 new cops are coming on line in the next days ...
Im planning on heading down to the festival mundial de coleo in Villavicencio. I hear it is in October but cant find the exact dates... Anyone know when it is..
I went to the festival a few years ago and want to go back... HELP
kelvin ...
I got my one year visa last november for owning a business and soon it will be time to renew it. any idea on waht one needs to do that or how much money it costs. must be a pretty simple affair.. the business is still operational.
and anyone know how many years it takes to get a residencia visa....five or three. how simple is that
cheers, kelvin ...
the parents are coming to visit in june and i want to spend a few days in cartagena then take a trip to an island.... im thinking of isla palma by decameron.. looks pretty good. does anybody have any experience of the place... also what about cocoliso resort... or anything that anyone can suggest..
also where would others take there parents to stay in cartagena... in the hilton on the beach or in a old colonial style hotel in the old centre.... anyone have any favourites
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whats the deal with bringing some money into the country to buy a house.... how should i go about doing this without attracting to much attention. also any foreigner out there got a mortgage with a Colombian bank.... ive been doing a little bit of research.. seems you need to put down 30% and they'll lend the rest. any info anyone.......cheers
also what kind of rates/ fees/ taxes are there to pay per year on a house worth say one or hundred thousand US ...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20060313/ap_tr_ge/travel_trend_colombia_1
this makes for good reading if youre in the tourism industry....pretty positive... theres no doubt tourism numbers in this country are surging ahead..
kelvin ...
I just got back from my second trip to Mompox. It was beautiful as I remember. I wrote quite a bit about it and there are some photos if anyone is interested....kelvin
http://blacksheepmedellin.com/Mompox.html ...
does any one know if there is a cable service provider that offers espn+ in colombia... for the rugby that is... cheers, kel
if anyone is thinking of going to the island in the near future i wrote a little report on it for my website...
www.blacksheepmedellin.com
go to colombia travel information and then san andres
kelvin ...
i arrive at work every day here and read the local paper and every single day it seems like the colombian bolsa is setting a new record...
last year colombias stock market went up 106% or so.. the second best preforming stock market in the world.. the year before it was up 126% over the last five years it is up over 1000%... just this year it is already up over 10%... yesterday alone up 3.6%...bancolombia has doubled in like six months it seems...
how much longer i ...
i opened a hostel in medellin ( black sheep medellin )about six months ago, all in all things going very well... if anyone would like help regarding medellin or travelling around colombia.. let me know. the website is www.blacksheepmedellin.com
there is also quite a bit of colombian travel info/ pictures there and i will be adding a lot more info and pages in the next weeks... major upgrade underway
medellin is very safe these days.. i've had over 600 guests throu ...
i am looking at buying some property in this region of antioquia... lakefront preferably... it seems to be taking off... this city is producing an increasing amount of wealthy people combined with returning colombians from us and europe prices are rocketing for fincas...
does anyone know how to get in touch with any real estate agents... or any other reputable sources for info..
cheers, kelvin ...
well i am back from my little trip to panama to get the business visa.. i went to the consulate which is located in the world trade centre in panama city in the afternoon to find out what i would need to bring the next day... the guy was pretty helpful but told me i would probably need 24-48 hours to complete everything... he also told me i was not suitable for a visa de negocios...but what i needed was a propietario visa or special visa whatever that was.. anyway he told me to come back in the ...
i've asked this before but here goes..what are the exact requirements for getting the business visa... i've registered my business in the camara de comercio here in medellin and have my NIT number, i've also picked up my DIAN papers.. whatever they are about... I'm getting an accountant around today to do some stuff. not sure what exactly.. i think i need an opening balance etc and proof of my investment in colombia. in the camara de comercio i put down a figure of 42 milliones. i assume i need ...
having started my business three months ago and being that my student visa is about run its course i am heading off to either Maracaibo or Panama City to get an investment visa... I know a few guys who have got there visas in Venezuela with little trouble is it just as easy in Panama City to get an investment visa.. I will have all the necesary paperwork etc.. Just would rather fly to Panama City than the long process of getting to Maracaibo.
cheers, kelvin ...
hi there... i've been running a hostel in medellin for the last two months and things are going pretty well here.. i am trying to build up a book library which is not easy when people only want to swap books.... does anyone know of a place in Bogota where i can buy used books in English...
cheers..
kelvin
www.blacksheepmedellin.com ...
not sure if anyone has heard this already, but two israeli guest arrived at my hostel last night telling me there Copetran bus was robbed at gunpoint between the coast and Medellin. Have not heard of that happening before on that route. Sad turn of events.....kelvin ...
well im off to bogota to do a bit of marketing for the hostel... have to stay a night in a reasonable hotel... want to pay between 60-100,000 the night for two... any ideas.. would prefer to be around 80 or 93.... thanks kelvin....blacksheep medellin ...
Another one of my highlights of Colombia is la costa pacifica. Apart from the three times I have been to Isla Gorgona I have also been lucky enough to visit Nuqui and Bahia Solano/El Valle. At this time of the year you will have the opportunity to see the whales from the beach, during other times you could well be the only person around. Last year I went to El Valle an hours Chiva ride south of Bahia Solano. The owner of the Chiva has a run down hotel on the beach and gave us a room for 25,000 t ...
Colombia-things to do 4
One of Colombia least visited wonders are the mountain range 'sierra nevada del cocuy' I have done this one week hike a couple of times now... amazing mountains scenery. a one week trek, crossing several near 5000 metres pases. The wonder of this walk is that in the two times i have done it walking for seven days each time i have not seen one other person. Late last year I did the Torres del Paine circuit and I can honestly say the Colombian versio ...
Colombia-things to do
continuing my post about things to do in colombia......
Everyone raves about the mud volcanoe near Cartagena and true when i first went there i was impressed.... but really its a joke compared with colombias real mud volcanoe attraction. Two hundred kilometers or so west of Cartagena is the town of Arboletes, ten minutes ride in a donkey pulled cart from the main plaza you will come to Arboletes mud volcanoe which must be at least 60 m ...
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Something else to do here in Colombia
...I live in Medellin. Five hours south of here is the beautiful Eje Cafatero. There is so much to do in this area you could spend months down there. In particular there are three really nice hot pool complexes.
The place to go is Santa Rosa de Cabal. Its a small town 25 minutes bus ride from Pereira or a little less than 5 hours south of Medellin. There is a 15km mainly gravel roa ...
Colombia-things to do
ive been travelling around and living in colombia for a few years now and have seen a few pretty impressive things... some of which are mentioned below for those of you who intend to travel to colombia in the near future
Isla Gorgona-I have posted here before about this island. It is a stunning place. I have been three times now. Was gifted by Simon Bolivar to two familes a few hundred years ago and handed over/bought by the colombian ...
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