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jaime_in_uk comments on Message from GIB

My family is from Colombia and I go back every couple of years. My family always has warned me about this drug and have told me stories about how people have been robbed, but I have never heard it being sprayed on ATMs (scary stuff). This link has a story on escopolamina, I have watched the first 3 chapters and its pretty interesting, but unfortunately he does paint a very ugly picture of Colombia. http://www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=1119242704

jaime_in_uk comments on La Bodeguita, London

Colombian Restaurants in London I haven't been to La Bodeguita, but I have heard that it has good food, not great.

I have been to La Mazorca in Brixton, and it has excellent food, very typical. The service isnt great, but if you want good colombian food then its worth it. If you think Elephant & Castle is a terrible area, then you probably wont want to go to Brixton.

On Saturdays, La Mazorca turns into a club/disco, lots of salsa, merengue and some reggeton. The atmosphere is a bit dodgy but I had a great time there.

Hope this helps


(Cuba Libre in Angel has great food (not colombian though)

Jaime

jaime_in_uk comments on Now a Colombian citizen!!

Blood Test The blood test is so that you know what blood type you are, not for disease, nor for dna.

And if you are a dual citizen, you do not have to get a visa to everywhere you go, you just have to fly using your U.S. passport (if that is your other citizenship)

jaime_in_uk comments on Dual Citizenship

Just took a while I also have dual citizenship. I wasn't able to get anything done in the U.S. I am from Chicago and I talked to the Colombian Consulate about getting my dual citizenship while I was in the states and they weren't very helpful and couldn't get it done.

When I was living in Colombia I ended up getting the Citizenship. If you are doing it in Colombia, be prepared for it to take a while. Everything moves slower. You have to have your birth certificate, your Colombian parent's birth certificate and cedula (my mother was not with me). You must go with this information to the registro civil and get your birth registered. Once you have this then you can get your contrasena. This process was the most ridiculous and slow process ever. You stand in line to get a number to come back later. The first time I stood in line for about 2 hours and they ran out of numbers, the second time I got there about at 6 a.m. and waited for a couple of hours and finally got my number and I returned around midday and they finally gave me my contrasena. About 5 months later my Cedula was ready.

Getting a Colombian passport is very easy once you have your cedula. The whole process only took about an hour.

jaime_in_uk comments on Working in Bogota for 3 weeks

Parque de la 93 You should go to the Parque de la 93. It is a plaza with a lot of restaurants/bars. It is a fun area, a little more expensive in Colombian terms, but if you are from the States then it will still seem cheap. Salto del Angel is a good restaurant and I have been told that it good at night. Definitely go to Usaquen.