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Wine/Grapes
Ok maybe this was asked before, but i would like to know why Colombia don't produced good wines? we have all sort of climates, or maybe we need something else. I would like to grow Grapes on my farm in Villavo will this a good climate for good grapes? or instead of climate will i need better soil? I know we have Grajales in Colombia but lets face in Compare to some French, Californian Chilean to name few we are not on the top of the range.. why? if as i said we have all sort of climates t ...
se incrementó visita de extranjeros a Colombia
En 3,4 por ciento se incrementó visita de extranjeros a Colombia durante primer trimestre de 2008 Después de Bogotá, Cartagena es el segundo destino preferido de los extranjeros. Un 13 por ciento de ellos visitaron esa ciudad. Estadounidenses y venezolanos, los que más visitaron el país en el primer trimestre. Las cifras no incluyen paso terrestre de turistas por los puntos fronterizos. También se reportó un incremento en la llegada de turistas en cruceros a Colombia, en un 163,4 ...
Cosas que pasan :))
Oigan vea que pilosa es mi mama algún día le roban la cabeza y no se da cuenta. En la habitación de ella hay un baño pequeñito , ella no lo usa esta sin estrenar, en la parte donde esta la regadera ella guarda el arbolito de navidad cuando le da pereza de llevarlo a la finca. y a veces pone cosas en ese baño como cajas etc con tal el cuarto hace de todo menos de baño hoy hablando con mi hermana, esta me dice que ella veía un gato que entraba y salia por el balcón de ese cuarto, ...
Palabras que hace tiempo no escuchamos
Leí un comentario de liza en un post cuando se refería que hace tiempo no escuchaba la palabra pecueca y le pareció chistosa volverla a oír, eso me acordó cuando fui con mi hermano a un centro Comercial en Bogotá, estábamos mirando unas ropas y me gusto una chaqueta, cuando el dijo " esta bonita la Chompa, en ese momento me eche a reír porque tenia mis años de no escuchar la palabra chompa para referirse a chaqueta jajaja tienes ustedes algunas otras? ...
Alejandro Fernández
I don't know who the hell he is, but for many of you he is famous, but in his concert in Bogotá people paid between 83.000 cop to 8 Million pesos Who the hell paid 8.000.00 pesos!!! was it worth it!! I would not paid 1.000.000 let alone 8 million to see anybody!!! ...
An Email
JUST GOT TWICE THIS EMAIL, WHAT IS ALL THIS ABOUT, WHAT IS THE CATCH? You have won a prize money of Two Million Great Britain Pounds Sterlings for the Month of April, 2008. Your email address actually was drawn on our Random Computer Ballot System. This lottery is not like the common lottery where you have to purchase a lottery ticket. This Lottery E-games award was organized by IT companies worldwide in a bid to compensate internet users like you. Hence your email address emarged one of the ...
Organizations for disable kids Colombia
I wonder if there any charity in Colombia who help Disable kids to come to terms with to their new disabilities. some charities or organization who will help them to go through the ordeal. I was watching this in El Tiempo today and read about this little girl, and i though here in the UK she would have the support of the school, organizations, carers everything to build this kid confident back up again, how come they are letting this beautiful girl to go wasted, she stooped going to school ...
Slimming Tablets
do you think they should be ban, are they really miracles pill everytime i read in one of the labels it say to be taken as part of calorie control diet, well doh if you have a calorie control diet you are bound to lose weight so why the tablet? ...
The city town where you were born
Would be nice to post the city or town where YOU were born. I was born in Planeta Rica Cordoba, i lived there until I was 6 or 7 years old then my parents moved to Bogota,but I used to spent all my holidays there at my grandparents house we had such a great time with my cousins. I still have lots of family living there, my grandparents unfortunately are dead now. ;(((
Barrios Infierno, Villa Mojón, Brinca y Pea, entre otros de Barranquilla, quieren cambio de nombre Según sus habitantes, llamarse así se les ha convertido en un karma, por eso, libran una batalla con la Alcaldía para quitarse esa cruz. La lucha también la afrontan Villa Mosca, El Chuchal, Sal si puedes, El Cartón y El Cartonaje, algunos con más de 20 años. La mayoría de estos barrios, donde viven unas 5.000 personas, fueron creados por desplazados de la violencia. Les faltan ag ...
Going south
I meant to ask you, is your new Colombian family with you now? what they think about the USA so far, are they excited, what have you been doing with them lately... please tell :)))))
why bother
I wonder why bother to go to university and come out with a big debt them to find a crappy job, when all you have to do is married a footballer, make your boobs size DD ,have rich parents or win a beauty contest be a singer or an actress no matter how crappy you are . It annoys me how come when you have the above "attributes" you are fit and prepare to be a fashion designer, a writer no matter if you didn't write the bloody book, and adviser, a journalist, have your own columns on newspaper an ...
elmo's thread
Am i going crazy or was deleted can i ask why?
Irish Computer Network
After having dug to a depth of 10 metres last year, Scottish scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago. Not to be outdone by the Scots,in the weeks that followed, English scientists dug to a depth of 20 metres, and shortly after, headlines in the UK newspapers read: 'English archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper wire and have concluded that their an ...
Maybe we are not the only ones
My husband was talking to a polish Pharmacist, he has been in the UK for 3 years now, he and his GF bought a flat here, he said to my husband that most of the Polish people who has been here in the UK for more than 5 years have gone back to Poland, he said they only came here to make money then return to Poland as wages here are 5 times higher than in Poland. He also said that as soon as he made a little bit of money he is planing to sell the flat and go back according to him there is no ...
Sleeping Angel
I don't usually like the figures of Angel, either they are this fat ugly babies with wings and scary faces or sexy women... But I went to Highgate Cementery the other day and there was this Angel in a tombstone , I don't know why attracted me so much, i think it is beautiful and the feeling behind it... i was there looking at it for a long time, I told my husband if I die first I want one similar in my tombstone, I took a picture and i am planing to take it to Colombia and ask a friend who t ...
1998-2008
it's been 10 years since peter create this wonderful site PBH. CONGRATULATION PETER!! I would like to know in which month a date the site was created Apart from Peter who is the oldest member here? We should all celebrate the 10 years of pbh.. how? maybe remembering funny stories Did you find romance in pbh? a good friendship? an enemy? heheh let's do 10 years of remembering......just like in TV. ...
United grounds Boeing 777 fleet
United grounds Boeing 777 fleet United Airlines aircraft United has transferred other aircraft onto the 777 routes United Airlines has been forced to cancel flights after grounding its entire fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft. United said that during a regular review of maintenance records it had discovered tests on a fire suppression system had not been thorough enough. The airline cancelled 31 of its 84 daily 777 flights on Wednesday and expects more cancellations on Thursday. United ...
Colombian legends
I love to hear about Colombian legends and tell my kids, although they think is all b***ks, still when we go to the farm they get scare shiteless... heheh I know about La llorona the Weeping Woman, thsi is what i find out, The tall, thin spirit is said to be blessed with natural beauty and long flowing black hair. Wearing a white gown, she roams the rivers and creeks, wailing into the night and searching for children to drag, screaming to a watery grave. my mum tld me she comes crying at nig ...
For Foreigners living in Colombia
I know it's a personal question but I'm just curious. How do you support yourself in Colombia? Do you work? have a business? live out of a pension? if you want can you afford to go back even for Holidays to your country of origin or other countries? does your partner work? ...
Colombia's Largest City to Have Country's Largest Screen
"TORONTO, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX; TSX: IMX) today announced an agreement with Plaza de las Americas-La Gran Plaza Comercial de Bogota, a prominent retail developer in Bogota, Colombia, to install an IMAX(R) theatre as a new attraction in the Plaza de Las Americas, the country's largest and most highly-visited mall. The theatre is scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2007. The agreement reflects IMAX's commitment to expand its network in Latin America ...
wow those kids sure know how to dance
I wish i could see them live. ...
Different perceptions of Colombia
My son was chatting on one of those teenage Manga International forums, one guy asked him where he was from, he said Colombia (he was born in Britain for those who don't know) but he alway says he was born in Colombia, anyway the guy asked him so are you black? 2) I was talking to a friend from Trinidad and tobago, she is black, we were talking about Colombia and she asked me is there black people in Colombia?. 3) I showed a friend of mine some pictures of Bogota and she was very surpris ...
Business in Colombia
Apart from a hotel or hostel, an sport bar or any kind of bar, a restaurant what other business can be good to do in Colombia?
Immigrants vanish on unescorted train trip
Nine illegal immigrants disappeared after they were given free train tickets by police and told to make their own way to a detention centre more than 60 miles away. The men, who are from Afghanistan, were discovered by Cambridgeshire police under the back of a lorry in Fordham, near Newmarket. advertisement They were apprehended by officers before being given train tickets and told by police to make their own way to an immigration facility in Croydon, Surrey. But none of the men arrive ...
Bad words Good words :)))))
In some areas of Colombia what is considered a bad word in others is NOT a bad word, I am wrote this post because lately some members think I am saying bad words ( ahem!! mssaucey hehe) but to me they are not, i grew up with those words and they were part of our vocabulary on the daily basis they are not seen as bad on the coast were I am from, but I do remember being in a lot of trouble at school for saying them.:))))) words like Carajo, no joda, vaina, very common on the coast ...
Colombia es Colombia
Colombia!!! Un día como hoy me puse a pensar y dije... - Los Americanos viven orgullosos que porque son la potencia mundial - Los Argentinos que por Maradona y el Tango - Los Peruanos que por la Señorita Laura, jajaja no mentiras, que por la cultura Inca - Los Mexicanos que por el Mariachi y los Tacos - Los Panameños que por el Canal - Los Españoles que por ser la La Madre Patria - Los Italianos que por Milán, Venecia y la pasta - Los Franceses que por la Torre Eiffel - Los ...
Should the government pay?
should the government of Colombia pay the killer of Ivan Rios the 5 million dollar recompense?
Holanda teme represalias por críticas de diputado al Islam
Holanda teme represalias por críticas de diputado al Islam El diputado holandés Geert Wilders dijo estar dispuesto a mostrar su corto al Coordinador Nacional en la Lucha contra el Terrorismo. Geert Wilders rodó una película, titulada 'Fitna', que trata al Islam de "ideología fascista" y compara al Corán con Mi lucha, de Hitler. Holanda está en alerta máxima antiterrorista, así como la Otan y las delegaciones de la Comisión Europea (CE) en todo el mundo. Nadie la ha visto ni ...
GRAFFITIS VENEZOLANOS :)))
Got sent this in an email heheh
from 161 dólares you can go from Cartagena to Fort Lauderdale
http://www.eltiempo.com/economia/2008-03-06/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3987843.html Now that is cheap!! and because it's not too far from Cartagena to Fort Lauderdale i can do without the extras ie: water, food ect.. at least of course they charge for using the toilet :))) Gezz is more expensive to go from where I live to London :((( ...
What will be the solution to this conflict?
OK, we have read, talked, criticized. speculated, exaggerated all about this Colombo/Ecuadorian/ and Venezuelan (who i still don't know porque anda de sapo) conflict. what will be the solution?, yes they will have to talk like many suggested, but what next? we can't ignore what those countries are doing... how come the Colombian government any future government no just the Uribe's government can tackle the problem of the "guerrilla" when this terrorist are having so much support from all ...
CHAVEZ MILITARIZA LA FRONTERA Y CIERRA EMBAJADA
Chávez militariza la frontera y cierra la embajada Fuente: Caracol 03/02/2008 - 13:12:00 El presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, ordenó el cierre inmediato de la Embajada de Venezuela en Bogotá y retirar todo el personal diplomático, además de la miitarización en la zona de frontera con nuevos batallones. "Ordeno de inmediato el retiro de todo nuestro personal de la Embajada en Bogotá. Que se cierre la Embajada en Bogotá. Canciller (Nicolás) Maduro, por favor, cierra nuestra ...
OK PAST LIFE
WHO YOU THINK YOU WERE IN YOUR PAST LIFE Me/ i think i was someone born in Spain ok maybe a criminal it does not matter, cuz I love Spanish food, Spanish dance...Music etc... maybe i was an Spanish gypsy.... what about you? ...
Unbelievable.
I don't know if to laugh, but this is so funny and maybe it only happens in Colombia I just got an email from my mother telling me that if i want to get in contact with her i have to call her on her mobile phone, why? because the Etel telephone lines has been stolen, as you know in Colombia we have Telecom and Etel (Etel is kind of cheaper), so the whole are is without Internet or telephone, she asked the authorities why they did that, and according to the police, the metal the use it's v ...
PBH Romance
Ok have someone started talking to a member here and ended up in romance or in romance with someone you know? :) I only know just one he ended up marrying my sister in law sister . any other?
AA no more
My flight was due on Sunday at 11,30 AM, I arrived at the airport at 7,30 am I wanted to avoid the long queues at the tax exception office, when i went to the check in of American Airlines i was told that the flight was canceled so we have to take the 3:00pm flight, I didn't mind as I still have time for my connecting flight to London in Miami with Virgin Atlantic at 9:15 pm. At 3:00pm we were called to go to gate number six, as I arrived I noticed that the plane was not at the gate, an hou ...
From Rusia with Love
TWO randy travellers shocked air passengers with a live sex show on a packed jet, a court heard yesterday. Olga Bezmelnitsyna was spotted pleasuring work colleague Sergei Gorlov during a flight from Brazil to London. But their antics in seats 55D and 55E stunned fellow passengers – including children – who alerted British Airways cabin crew. They were asked to stop and then arrested at Heathrow airport. Yesterday married father-of-two Gorlov, 41, and Bezmelnitsyna, 59, were fined ...
Las 30 mentiras mas grandes
1. No vuelvo a tomar!!! 2. Préstame 1000 pesos y te los pago mañana. 3. Solo la puntica. 4. Eso se cayó solo y se rompió. 5. Un ratico mas y nos vamos. 6. Te iba a marcar y entró tu llamada. 7. Es que el profe me la tiene montada. 8. Perdimos por el árbitro. 9. Pasé el semáforo en amarillo. 10. Ven no te va doler. 11. Lo juro se me perdió tu teléfono. 12. El lunes empiezo la dieta. 13. heyyyy estaba pensando en ti. 14. Solo somos amigos. 15. Me gustaste desde la primera v ...
APRENDER ESPAÑOL LEARN SPANISH
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Jorge Celedon
I like this song, it's quite popual in Colombia at the moment :) ...
PS3
How much is a 60 or 80 GB PS3 in Colombia, and is any where you can get it online, apart from Mercado Libre? THANKS YOU :)
Do you miss your own people?
Do you miss your own kind, I was talking to a black friend , she says she miss her own kind of people, she feels very lonely here even though she has friends, to give you a bit of history of where I live, well here almost there are no blacks not latinos (latinos maybe 1 or 2), here is as Elmo say a sea of marshmallows... she says she wants to move to Birmingham again where she can relate more to people of her own kind and will understand her ,this made me think that I also miss my own kin ...
Que Bonita es Bogota
By kat1 (Moderator) on 2007-12-03 06:59:42. 37 comments.
Plastic surgey what's going on?
what do you think has changed in Colombia? In my time the 80's women were happy with their bodies, surgery was never talked about. Now it seems like it's like fashion Not only Medellin is the plastic capital but Villavo is not far behind, i was talking to a plastic surgeon in Villavo and he told me " it's becoming so popular that is on every Christmas and birthday list, he says girls from the age of 14 come to do some surgery on them, breast, bottoms, hips, etc, what's going on? where ...
Online Colombian shops?
Anyone knows apart from Virtualexito, any other online Colombian shops? and that i could buy the item in the UK and being delivery in Colombia?
One in a million chances
What about this for fate My daughter was in town with a friend, she came home later and said has she lost her mobile phone, i was very crossed because i bought that phone abroad and it was special, it's not available in the UK apart from being expensive. the phone it's a bright yellow color and have all the trimmings ie, games, internet ect. next day my son came home, he spent the night at a friend's house, he suddenly gave my daughter her mobile phone!!!!! we were shock!!! we aske ...
Villavicencio
I found this Video about Villavo, although it says Himno de Villavicencio none of the two songs in the video are the Himno of Villavicencio. The Himno of Villavicencio is "Ay mi Llanura" Enjoy the Video
Jumbo Jet Vs Bañistas
I couldn't stop laughing jajaj ...
Castilla La Nueva ( COMUNIDAD BILINGÜE")
http://www.cipcol.org/?m=200707 I went there with my husband and it's a beautiful town, roads paved, nice houses and they were very friendly people. the town is a world apart from many towns in Colombia very clean and advance. Another similar town it's Tauramena near Yopal, we drove there and the same all roads were paved, very clean and very nice houses again regalias del petroleo were invested in the town. In Castilla la Nueva one of the aims is that by the year 2009, young people com ...
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