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Is there a tendency between family culture and distrust of others?

I was hearing some recent statisitics about Colombia, and something very crazy stands out. One of the happiest countries in the world is one of the least trusting. According to one survey I saw in my class, 9% Colombians answer that others are trustworthy. Another figure came up, it was a graph that showed the tendency between GDP and concept of trust of the people. Obviously Colombia's mistrust of one another has implications on their economy and their ability to do business. There was an ...

A review site of the spanish schools in Bogotá

I made this site, its very basic but has good information. I hope it helps someone get setup. Keep in an eye on the site as I''ll be adding more to it every week. http://thebogotacityguide.com/_mgxroot/page_10725.html ...

No need to cancel properly in colombia?

Hey, another question about colombian women and the culture. I recently met a sort of dream girl, and we got on really well. We had made plans on a thursday night, and then she just ended up in a meditation class or something and obviously couldn't get to her phone. Then we ended up hanging out on Friday night with a big group. When we were walking in the street she put her hand on my arm, and basically there was alot of chemistry in general. Now the next night(sat) we were going to go sa ...

Birds don't shit on your shoulder en el centro.

Well another robbery story, but not that bad.

First off, I love bogota: the people, climate, the improvements it has made but I guess there is small skilled group of people trained to take your money or possesions.

I was walking up the septima around calle 19. I had just stopped at a crosswalk with a bunch of people. Right before I stopped, I kind of saw two fat poor looking women scurrying out of the street, it was out of the corner of my eye, and I wasn' ...