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CALI meet up, wednesday 21st May

one weeks notice, ok its a football gig, no importa, champions league final, even if you dont like football ( soccer) you might make some good buddies, Manchester United and Chelsea, drinks round the pool, me thinks midday here in cali, but all you brits that hide away in san antonio, come out, COME OUT ...

cali stuff, bombs and rain

anyone hear the bombs monday night ¿?, or the rain tuesday night ! Bomb stuff; sexta norte, terminal, unicentro, cosmocentro. Rain stuff; north, north east, cerca La 14 calima outrageous monster stuff; no but realy it was scarey stuff and having lived in los chorros in the past and seeing the news on Telepacifico today it gives one a subtle reminder. ...

the new european educational guidelines

bilingual tosh,......... so I'm in a spiral kind of vortex no roof no floor just mid way hawkers plying their trade, then up pops a dwarf and says, awright mate aws it goin, anyway the seminar at the colombo america was an insight to the all colombian dream, I sat and absorbed the best intentions of well to do folk, maybe I should get off my arse and help these " english teachers" because for all the good they can give " it aint good enough", put that in your pipe and smoke it ,,.. oohh idioma. ...

big house cali with pool

10 seconds from Iguana hostal, long term prefered but can haggle , 5 rooms available in june

armchair cnn, bbc, victims,

why the hell would you want to pretend you live in colombia if you dont.My little bag of charlie has expired, my next move is at 3.30am run up the zona rosa and buy another bag or call for more, call as in telephone yea its that easy, I'm full out of pope kind of listening to bulllshit excuses, cocaine is everywhere even if you dont sniff it ,it will still play a significant roll wether you want or not . ...

Is Cali the world numero uno de SALSA in the world

Is cali the home of salsa, .. if so where is habana Cuba on the map, are the styles different, despues, vallenatos, valle del cauca o valledupar where did it all start, do the guide books tell the truth, should we care, if we live here and enjoy the ambience and the rhythmn and more importantly .. the people and the country, where did the word ..salsa originate from, a blend of........... Rio Cauca o Rio Magdelena, Colombia a massive country full of history and even now making history, its no wo ...

technical help please

re, keyboard, I,m in cali and obviously have a spanish kboard, so far as I'm aware I've not dabbled with the keys or settings. Now I cant get , the spanish question mark..this is what I get = english_- and brackets 9988 ...

history channel Bogotazo

just seen a great program about Jorge Gaitan, his era just before la violencia, realy wish my spanish was fluent however got most of it and amazing old film of bogota and cucuta and magdelena and the inmense political struggle this country went through, graphic film of soldiers fighting men in suits in parts of bogota I have fotos of, its a must , "yo no soy hombre soy pueblo, la carga", made my hairs stand up, uuph ...

The mad flautist ..........cali

A month or so ago one of the guys that lives here in the "big friendly house" whilst cooking his almuerzo happened to mention that the previous night he had been kept tossing and turning all night because of a tune, a tune repeated over and over again all night and this afformentioned tune had deprived him of valuable shut eye, beauty sleep if you will. HA of course, ok your way ahead of me, bad dream I asked. No No No his rapid retort, its hapenning alot lately so much so I've bought ear plugs. ...

rooms now avaliable long term prefered, Cali

you know the post, big friendly house in santa monica, pool, free internet, free local calls. Now the iguana (1) hostel is closed I may take short term, however iguana ( 2 ) is still open and we are all within 10 seconds of each other so call if interested, Paul cali 400 4200 ...

Happy birthday to me

selfish nnaaa, 100 posts and 48 years young 21st march 08, every well wisher floats my boat, postcards please, Its lonely out here, however be prepared for another year of ruffling the feathers, besos y abrazos ...

plan colombia

when my larger than life more or less house trained vertical cat had the audacity to whisper threatening, ha ,throw away gossip I must admit I was measuring the sniff infront of the cliff vortex knee jerk semi jack hammer trendy , stand in front of a window full of realy expensive clobber and dream on like the dull negative chitter chatter when whatching "who gloats about being a cotton mill owner" who dropped the curtain on my toe bone, no translation needed, life is so easy and good, why do p ...

good advice for those that live here

tune in to RCN or Caracol on your TV 12.30 pm or 7.30 pm and if in the valle del cauca 1. pm telepacifico see the news.

you married ones here in locombia

dont forget mañana because if you do she'll have your guts for garters and rip up your visa and deny all knowledge of your many years relationship, a women scorned is a women................, the wrath of ...... ok you get me ha, a bird in the bush is ....... probably eating or unable to fly, therefore hiding from nasty life threatening predators like men without flowers, ha you've been warned. ...

no more war posts

south america doesnt need this negative press, especialy colombia. Chavez is fashionable to kick around at the moment and ok he's wrong but has a little reason, ( ask the poor he's helped in venezuela). Anyway if your anti Chavez its just playing into his hands re, Uribe a tool of the capitalist regime here in colombia, let it rest and concentrate on colombia and all the good things here, gulp. ...

farc women and children

this is a retort to a previous post, and realy this should be high on the agender here regards to serious conversations. Anyone with half a brain that realy has an interest in colombia be it the past, now, or more importantly the future knows this beautiful country is so complicated its far beyond the realms of nonsense internet banter to solve the intertwined chaos that realy is locombia. If you work the land as your predecessors have that is your life and education, the extended family is the ...

¿how soon ?

will colombia be the next star on devil flag

bragging on this site is disrespectful to our hosts

Been their done that, got away with that, escaped just, by the skin of my teeth, nearly got busted, almost got caught, paid them off, talked my way out of it, if you have used any of the above excuses or many more similar your not here for good intentions, ¿so why are you here ? ...

Cozy armchair wannabe colombian experts ( cali)

Yea, real eazzzzzy on the internet or a months visit in plastic shopping malls. BOOOOOOOOOO get up the mountains or the center, usurpers. Banish the cheats.

off topic no more, listen to the people

I propose we vote to do away with the off topic thing, ok some of my posts are out there, but all the stuff I write here is colombia fueled and to be honest the off topic space intimidates me to suppress real life experiences that maybe will help travelers or whoever . I live here BUT everyday is an education for good or bad, however an education, this site is to help people, lets not let one or two people decide to rubbish our words when i and you are out their everyday paying bills, in the c ...

Cali, MIO ridiculo

I remember about 2 years ago all the paraphernalia surrounding the opening of the first MIO station and the sparklingly tarmaced road,wow it looked good, typical marching bands all the glitz and glamour, live TV crews, school kids well dressed proudly playing out of tune instruments desperately searching for their proud parents in the feverish crowd. I took a bus to a shopping Mall called "Unico" 2 days ago along the aforementioned route, and was suprised ( or was I realy) when we got delayed fo ...

RAIN or RAIN

who can remember this kind of intense downpour, 6 days now, and still lashing, like stair rods, cats and dogs etc, the heavens have opened, this is the latest news from cali

the post" Gringo invasion" terrifies me to the core

7 years in the valle, I've bitten my lip, eaten humble pie, or maybe its coinciding with the US elections that is making me stir from a tranquil life here, please dont let the god fearing loonies take over a beautiful country, people change when the dollar bill is waved under there shackled frames because if they dont ......... ...

Colombia, Cali, valle del cauca

my story may be a little different, truth, lies, food, drugs, maize, chaos, mountains, hookers, kites, busses, rivers, bars, late nights, schools, dust, fishing, football, storms, taxis, zancudos, spanish, trust, women, greed, hope, space, salsa, regrets, valleys, empanadas, ................................................ ...

The march in Cali was a great day

white T shirts, lets all pull together, tenemos razon. When is the march against the paras the right wing mercenaries who swap sides depending on who pays more that month, is Uribe using this as another political scam to be elected once again,he's done it before, Chavez, we all love to hate him , ...........PERO !!! Thatcher in the UK started a war to gain votes to be reelected! why ¿¿?? where will the farc members go if they leave " the dark side" thousands of unemployed peopl ...

TROLLS best bedtime book ever

do you get itchy feet crossing a bridge knowing there is a troll below, fuzzy hair or not they've can gobble you up

a few books that should be read

the longer I live in Cali colombia and the more info I gleen be it Caracol, RCN, City TV, Telepacifico etc etc, whatever, Its reminds me of an old song,...........There are more questions than answers........................., I've tried to educate myself through listening to the media and reading books, howevere once again the more I learn the more confusing it gets , COLOMBIA is many colombias, 3rd most diverse country in the world, the size of france and spain combined, 5 frontiers,......... ...

Chavez has reason

Its realy easy to put down this man who helps the poor, education , health, and dont forget Venezuela and Ecuador both have had to endure years of problems on the borders because of colombias problems, Uribe and Bush are as thick as thieves, oil springs to mind, ok the farc are bad,but the parras ?, who are the terrorists, plan colombia, ha, plan USA, they need gasolina, ABREN tus ojos!! ...

¿what does colombia have in abundance but could do without?

answers on a postcard please

¿Chibchombiano, a derogatory word or not ?

some folk laugh, some folk grimace, some folk retort GRINGOOOOOOOOOO, I would like to know.

google earth, cali

this is a spin off from robi666's post. There are some great fotos of cali on google earth, however some of the points of interest are way off the mark and give bad information. I'll try and narrow it down, hold tight. ...

trust me I whispered, and do as I say, if I say jump you say how high,

I realized I had brought my new, naive friends into a danger zone.What makes it worse they were nice people, and that realy hurt, god, realy, deeply, if I could only turn back time ( like the Cher song, you know before the violence, oh or was that Tina Turner) anyway, Cali avenida 6ta zona rosa, late realy late, early, a group of scandinavians hurled themselves at me because I was one green eyed grey haired standing out like a sore thumb stranger amongst my shady chibchombiano amigos, ( now I us ...

que pena

my experiences have been pushed a side, ok , the puncture thing, ESSO, TEXACO, the truth is hard to take, re read my post, ignore the nonsense, dig deep , uniforms of brutality ...... for people here now that have a moto hold on because this site has no ........................................... ...

mini monster puncture

ha, wife in bed decapitated, aahh ooppss nooooooooooo, bad spanglish, incoherent, ah no no , you know, she cant make my diner, lunch, oh yea forgot breakfast, incapacitated, well anyway, launched myself off today on the aforementioned metal scouling, death defying, forever rok'in two wheeled hell raiser, ( its great, when I adorn my ever busy cranium with that full on crash helmet I have no hope, something got lost there, hope i think) So hell and high water, close to chipiplastica my arse start ...

Feria de Cali, 5.30pm 25th just started

Its offical, we're off again and me 2 blocks from sexta, just heard gun shots, aguardiente fueled bravado from young caleños wearing low cut jeans to show off there henna tattoos,( ye caleños) and every other attachment you can buy from the ever expanding "chipichape" shopping mall, can't critize the ever receding low waist band of the caleñas jeans though but do they keep spiders down there, hhmm, Oh yea wasnt gun shots I heard just over zealous whip wielding nuns ! gets better every day ha ...

drinks around the pool, pbh cali,

27th, thursday, 3pm, o 4pm mas o menos onwards, nothing crazy, a respectful get together, wifes,husbands, girlfriends, boyfriends, amantes are welcome, call me or mail me, the ever trusting Paul.

From Terrorism to Tourism

Interesting article bbc news, americas, web site

the reason for my maddness

boredom, I like being asked questions that stimulate my brain, I and my freinds have a wealth of information at basic levels re; I live here and see Cali as caleños do, everyday life, talk, touch, live the life, smell, fear, love, experience, six thirty in the morning hurtling down quinta dodging and weaving in and out of diesel spewing busses, obeying the shallow laws and joining in with the chaos and side stepping potential life threatening suituations, and then repeating the same insane gig ...

THE Willys jeep

whats the story, I love them, always reminds me of army films as a kid, I drove one 4 years ago , 3 gears and a siren rather than a horn, some kind of festival in armenia to see who can stack them up the highest and drive the longest distance ? ...

woke up in a cold sweat, but understood

the Fibanacci sequence, the golden ratio, and even the 5 plutonic shapes 1-1-2-3-5-8-13-21-34- ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh yes i yelped, however I'll never understand why I'm not allowed back to the local synagogue ...

the word "chibchombiano" or " locombiano"

sorry couldn't resist the retort, but realy i'm getting bored with mundane questions. Give me something I can get my claws into, is it Kalder or colder who says I'm a lovely bloke but I talk bollocks, never met him, he must be a kin mind reader or a self opioniated arragant kind of brit I left england for never to cross paths with again, you can run ............................ ...

buying a license

can I buy a bit of paper that makes it legal for me to bomb around cali on the mini monster, I ride it everyday from the north to the south and back again in the evenings, I'm getting a little aware that maybe I'm bending the law with only my english driving license on board, ¿? ...

cali christmas lights

so here we go again, the battle of the best illuminated city during the festive season, I must say ( yes I must) the walk along the rio cali now the lights are on is very pretty I think they should leave them all year round its gives an almost child like fantasy wonderland feel which uplifts the spirit, obviously it does nothing to help the homeless that sleep along the river bank but hey god works in mysterious ways ...

RENT crutchces

HA and pay a deposit, I think back to english national health, doomed

Aguardiente Blanco Del Valle

ICE, blue tops, ICE, what the kin hell is this, sin azucar was one thing pero ICE, I bought one today, chibchombianos hear me , keep it in the fridge, ICE means cold, como hielo, pero hear my words and listen good, the conquistadores are squeezing you againg, I joke and fool around PERO, dont let my words fall upon deaf ears. ...

por fin, rain dancing naked around the pool

holy lucifer its chucking it down , so heavy its going back up the walls, might have to move my office, at least the pool will benefit

Hi mate, whats colombia like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

is it all drugs and kidnapping and that footballer with big blonde or ginger hair and that other one that played for newcastle you know realy tall and gangly asprilla or , oh yea and your team Villa , Juan pablo whatever, what do you reckon ,c'mon they are all druggies, its kin obvious they are colUmbians, I've met a few here in london , yea right of course they are all cleaners, but I tell you something they pick up the lingo realy quick and if you want to know the truth some of those girls a ...

guitar stuff

DO, RE, MI, FA, SOL, LA,........... o E, A, D, G,B, E

sorry but my tolerance is threadbare

arrogant, ignorant, opulent, selfish, savage, dumb, nasty, narrow minded, shallow, and these were just a few words that brushed my inner sanctum whilst shopping in La 14.

realy,. "IF" is the middle word in life

So when we come to colombia all full of beans and glowing like a pregnant hope, then you realise, wooooow, what a fantastic country and just look at all that countryside and get the phuck out of here check out those mountains, and those valleys, and rivers !!!! holy moly the people, soooooo kind, son muy amables, por siempre, the culture, the history, 5 countries nestle against this rogue land, and on and on and on . I live here with MAPS and it is sad when travellers say to me ,colombia a fa ...

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