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Juanes comments on Please explain "chimba"

could be tuna town, they smell of fish down them parts.... don think there is anything wrong with chimba or my mexican chinga/pinche, people swear all the time in english too to themselves

Juanes comments on cartagena to venezuela by bus

hello, i did this journey july 31st 2007, cartagena - santa marta - rodadero - maracaibo - caracas......extremely hot there, when you arrive at the venezuelan border i took a big massive old school car with 3 kind of illegal immigrants and then transferred to a normal bus, i noticed the driver was oayinbg a few people on the way on the venezuelan side cos they did not have papers..........kind of interesting though.....

Juanes comments on How much time should be spent in Cartagena?

TWO DAYS MAX........the get out and discover colombia es pasion by visiting santa marta, guataoe, medelllin, cali, san gil, popayan, san augustin,etc

Juanes comments on sucessful foreign business

are there any actual members of pbh who operate or have set up a business over in colombia or are you all expats surviving on your american savings and pension funds and living a frugal life while trying to get jiggy with paisas old enough to be your daughters ? my post on buying land in colombia illicited similar responses...

Juanes comments on What is it with Colombians going to Australia?

problem with aussies when they speak its too hard to distunguish whether they are asking a question or making a statement.... there are much better places for people to emigrate in the world but english people like it there cos they dont have to speak another language ....they are lazy ! the country will be too hot too live in 20-50 years anyway cos of global warming plus the ozone layer is completely fcuked there, so its a great place to go and get skin cancer.... so aprt from a bigf red rock and sydeny harbour bridge what else is good there and is it known for ?

Juanes comments on Anyone from England know how to catch Match of the Day live online?

have you tried bbc Iplayer. there is also a link or website where you can get free sat afternoon games thorugh the scandanavian countries like myp2p,com, where you set up and then view any worldwide games live without paying on your pc/laptop, as long as you have a cable connecting the pclaptop to your tv - bobs your uncle. romy knows it also !

Juanes comments on What is it with Colombians going to Australia?

dont know why they would go to australia, only has one big red rock in the middle of the country and nothing else of interest. maybe they are colombian maricas who like the friendly reception given by residents of sydney

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prefiero pasar el tiempo durante una guerra en la isla de pascua o las galapagos....mas seguro eh ? colombia would get flattened cos it is one of the countries with the closest links to the USA and one of their allies so would be a target naturally

Juanes comments on Football and Drugs

nice comment coffe beaner and very relevant and maybe they are getting mixed up with andres escobar (the nacional defender shot after USA world cup 1994) and pablito escobar, soy soy verde..viva nacional !

Juanes comments on Please explain "chimba"

chimba means snatch o panocha/fufurufa/verga/papaya......que bacano o chevere sounds better for cool are you sure she is not saying chinga....like.... chinga mi trabajo chinga mi pinche noviocito chinga el bobo presidente de estados unidos

Juanes comments on Football and Drugs

ah my favourite two subjects in the world after women......el futbol y las drugas... went to both clasicos last year in medellin and cali, those fans spend more time winding each other up with back to the game letting off fireworks compared to their latin counterparts...

Juanes comments on Mr. Hollywood

hi, just wanted to pick your brains about investing or buying land over on the coast around santa marta/parque tayrona and why would you think maybe the money might not be safe, do you have information on this area or know people who have bought real estate there recently ? any more thoughts on buying land in that place would be great cos we want to build a hostel/language school there jason

Juanes comments on Whats the ownership situation when buying land in Santa Marta, Taganga or Parque Tayrona for a european ?

thanks you guys for pointing us in the right direction.... when i was up in paruqe tayrona last year i had locals offering to show me plots to build natural palapas there under which travllers could pitch hamacas y carpas, i appreciate it is a nacional park but there are 3 existing business already in that park around arecifes,etc. they must have opened up somehow or with licence from the govt ? looks like its taganga o santa marta then....

Juanes comments on Roundtrip Colombia, what is safe?

mcdonalds breakfast is american or pancakes & maple syrup i suppose along with OJ & cawwwwwwwfeee in NYC..

Juanes comments on ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME, TO OPEN THE FORUM UP TO NEW MEMBERS?

i just love the special colonels recipe chicken they make down there in kentucky when there not marrying members of their families..

Juanes comments on

siempre me gusta para tomar el pelo o estoy mamando gallo con mis fotos, no tuve intenciones para ofendar gente en pbh. hope people like my jokey comments though

Juanes comments on

this colombian does not need any help in that department either, i hope robbi and the mods dont get on my case for mi chiste.

Juanes comments on Career Opportunities

computer studies or men studies, there are a lot of internet/cam business based there now.

Juanes comments on (Why Is Pasto OFF the Beaten Gringo Trail?) or, Why You Should Never Date a Pastusa:

muy muy amable mitchito, me fascina y me chifla sus bromas...

Juanes comments on (Why Is Pasto OFF the Beaten Gringo Trail?) or, Why You Should Never Date a Pastusa:

kat, creo que los colombianos tengo bromas y chistes sobre la gente de pasto, estoy corecto hermanita ? darme uno si tu conoces... its like we english traditionally always tell jokes about the irish man, welsh man and scottish men based on their intelligence mostly.

Juanes comments on blogs about Colombia

thank you desi, i thought i would be a bit churched out after seeing so many in all the central american countries, loads in small places and big cities in colombia and latin america but i really appreciated the significance of this one at the end of my journey....im a big mountain fan too and beach and jungle so its hard being back in london, puedes imaginar.

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how about a breast reduction por mi noviacita colombiana porque no me encanta las lolatas ahortia de ella, puedes aconsejarme cual es mejor ?

Juanes comments on blogs about Colombia

pues, tengo un blog que es muy interesante sobre locombia desde santa marta hasta ipiales y todos los lugares entre los dos, es posible para verlo en este sitio pero en este momento no tengo tiempo para terminarlo con mas palabras sobre mis viajes en el pais mas linda del mundo. http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Juanes/

Juanes comments on Going to Leticia and need help!

oh yeah something important about the water there, if visiting later in the year , i was told by our guide that there is less rainfalll and the water routes become harder/take longer to navigate cos you have to follow the deepness/river bends more as oppose to just plowing straight down the middle.....i was there april 2007 for 2 weeks so this time was fine i was told...

Juanes comments on Going to Leticia and need help!

of course teja, feel free to ask anything my friend and thanks for looking at my travelblog. it is a sony cybershot dsc120 which i bought back in 2004...i owe a debt of gratitude cos when i went to parque nacional los nevados near manizales it snowed and i took snaps and got water in the lense, but as you can see it is thanks to a camera repair man in cali where i waited for five days that he fixed it for my trip to leticia and onto buenos aires....u been to san cipriano in colombia teja ?

Juanes comments on ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME, TO OPEN THE FORUM UP TO NEW MEMBERS?

bring back the elmo !!!!!!!!!!!! and let neuvos miembros in on pbh come on liverpool, you know your detiny is to meet and beat man utd in the final.

Juanes comments on Going to Leticia and need help!

thanks, just my sony cybershot 5.2 compact digital with carl veiss lens, got me through snow, ice, fire, volcanoes, from mexico to argentina........the thing is there the scenery is amazing enough for all shots....i also have a travelblog with more of colombia if you have time...gracias..

Juanes comments on ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME, TO OPEN THE FORUM UP TO NEW MEMBERS?

i never knew it wasnt open to neuvos miembros.........thats tonto really..

Juanes comments on San Agustin

i went from popayan and the journey is amazing, the road does get a bit ragged but nothing compared to all the roads in bolivia and the bus journey from cuzco to lima, jesus christo ! enjoy the scenery, stay a few days, visit the museum there yourself and get a guide to go horseriding or in a jeep with a few others to see las cascades y las ruinas......take pics from the bus windows of the great journey but hold onto your camera matey.... your route is ecuador - rumchaca - ipiales (dont miss las lajas), pasto - san agustin - neiva (desierto de tatacoa).....my suggestion coming from your way..

Juanes comments on Going to Leticia and need help!

first of all great choice my friend, the people there will appreciate your pesitos. second, you will be bombarded with offers when you arrive by plane from bogota presumably if you havent taken the long boat from manuas or iquitos which is worthwhile doing after anyway while your there. ignore these people and head straight for the town and research things around the marina and get a hotel first. third, take wellington boots of your heading out in the boat, jungle exploring,etc and if you plan to visit the village tribes some sweets,etc for the kids is a good idea. fourth,malaria tablets and spray are essential but the spray worthless, 90 mozzy bites on my legs but i did fish for piranhas in swampy conditions there. take pletny of bottled water and watch what u drink there, in 13 months of travel through the americas i never been as sick one morning there.. fifth, binoculars are very good cos when you go on a tour and it does rain there, the animals hide more and to see birds, changos, monos, delfinas rosas, you need to have a basic pair. check my travelblog for more ideas and if you need help, feel free to message me..oh, this is a pic of the tour guide in our foto who is excellent, i managed to get him for 40-50 us a day including food,water,etc with two aussies and paid for the driver too. you cant miss him in small town there, he is missing part of his fingers after numerous piranha/caymen encounters there in the rivers, im sure his name was joe..

Juanes comments on Plastic Surgery in Colombia

gracias que te gustaria mi chiste mitch.

Juanes comments on

right i am gonna stop ordering chinese take away (once per year) and buying noodles from the supermarket and checking the labels of any new clothes i buy from now on... hasta luego chinos what about rice, can i boycott that ?

Juanes comments on is the western diet having a damaging impact on the health of young colombians ?

pero kat no hay muchos restarantes americanos como mcdonalds o pizza hut en su pais, cuando estuve en central america hay demasiado en todos los capitales y pueblitos hay comida americana pero no me he visto mucho en cali, bogota, medellin, etc y tambien los colombianos no son flojeros y ellos gustan para dar un paseo y para caminar todo los lados sin tomar un taxi o buseta, entonces ustedes son mas flaquitas generalmente segun yo.

Juanes comments on

1. regla numero uno ......por favor no parace como 'bobo' o 'tonto' despues de tomar cervezas alla en colombia 2. regla numero dos......cuando salgas por la noche o una salsateca llevas ropa apropriada

Juanes comments on

surely china needs to rule tibet first properly before it looks elsewhere ?

Juanes comments on No Wonder the Lonely Planet Guide misses so Many details in the Colombia Edition!!

thorn tree is pretty good as is travelblog for speaking to bloggers over the world who have spent time there. i took lonley planet 9th edition for south america which i bought in costa rica in feb 2007 but the information is from 2004 , i bought it before i landed on feb 14th in cartagena from panama. it does have good info and i wouldnt have gone on the san cipriano train in the jungle if it wasnt for that book.....a good mix of friends there, internet research and lonely planet is good.. however, sometimes i feel a bit stupid with the bible as if the book is dictating to me what i should see and where i go so for the last 2 months of my latin american journey i only used it as a headrest on the beach or to roll a dooby.... i would recommend sometimes its worth travelling ad hoc without travel book and looking for adventure and places to go which are maybe not as well visited, maybe one would have a better travel experience cos often in central america from mexico city to panama city i came across the same traveller groups on this route.

Juanes comments on Plastic Surgery in Colombia

speaking of surgeria, can anyone recommend a good surgeon in colombia for a breast reduc op por mi noviacita and cuanto cuesta por favor.......en este momento prefieramos las lolatas un poquito mas grande...entiendes ?

Juanes comments on

looks like this bike needs no repairs although i did see a slight crack appearing.....maybe you can get on the pan american and ride like the wind.

Juanes comments on And it's said that Colombia is dangerous for Gringo's?

i reckon the new shoot a gringo on site with plastic bullets is ok like they do in cartagena...especially when they go around wearing those shorts, no socks and trainers

Juanes comments on Is this a reason to move to Colombia?

do they have good dental there ?

Juanes comments on

me too

Juanes comments on No Wonder the Lonely Planet Guide misses so Many details in the Colombia Edition!!

damn pinche, chinga, hija de puta, flojero, bobo gringo.....this is what the local police decided to do to him when he came back to cartagena for having a useless effect on the tourism industry there

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maybe but first they need to get to grips with the english language if it is to become a true world economy in the 21st century.

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i dont know if the original post is right. i would disagree kat and say 'por algunos gringos es mas dificil para usar el bano en lugar de decir 'te amo'.

Juanes comments on

why have new sign ups been suspended ?

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interesting pirry video kat...i like the way the women makes a distinction between europas, gringos y canadienses, it seems that italian and spanish men seem to be some of the main culprits of this under age cartegena sex thing, thing is..there probably some of the most racist people still left in europe with black people not like the french or english, which seems odd that they want to go with young black girls from colombia...

Juanes comments on And it's said that Colombia is dangerous for Gringo's?

to go back to the original post anyway, i dont see the point of living like lovell suggested at all with those alarms and stuff. i have some decent wedge but i dont go to any great lengths to protect my property just window locks...if you are going to live abroad like i plan to and maybe buy a place whats the point in those prevention things, surely better to just blend or hide your wealth a bit more while there...i saw loads of these type of buildings especially in big cities in brasil and el salvador,etc and its not exactly 'viviendo en paraiso' is it ?

Juanes comments on And it's said that Colombia is dangerous for Gringo's?

LOL rubito, a bit like rambo in first blood, he only killed one person in that movie right not like his latest where the body count i think is every 35 seconds. maybe you can go and help robi and ddogs up in santa marta on a crusade to wipe out the under age sex there ?

Juanes comments on Will McCain become the first Colombian born President of the USA?

problem is he looks more red neck than latino....im looking forward to a few more military missions overseas when he gets in.

Juanes comments on And it's said that Colombia is dangerous for Gringo's?

i remember hearing gun shots real close for the first time close to my hotel in central medellin, ecuador 58 calle cercita a parque de simon bolivar when a security guard was firing random shots at a guys back running down the street after stealing something early in the morning toward the metro line.... at home in london i just have a nine iron in the cupboard, twice people have tried to have my mountain bike off outside in the street and i run after them in london. i could never live with the guily of firing off a weapon and possibly killing someone i think.