megustamuchisimo has written 6 posts

Which Country is Best for Colombian to Apply for Visa?

Knowing the hypocricy of many governments and their embassies, does anyone have any clue whether it is easier for a Colombian with no visas except a few short-term tourist ones to Caribbean islands to get a visitor or student visa to England or to Canada? My boyfriend must choose--he doesn't have the money to apply to both at the same time. If he meets the requirements of having a job (5 years), owning property, and being able to pay for the course overseas, where does he have the best chance? W ...

By megustamuchisimo on 2007-05-28 16:49:47. 3 comments.

Viagra

Do you need a prescription for Viagra in Colombia? Is there a generic version?

By megustamuchisimo on 2007-03-03 12:29:23. 8 comments.

How about tipping?

that is one thing that gringos can do to help repair the image of the US in most of the world. Those of us in Colombia usually make enough to live well here, and I think tipping, when most Colombians don't, and OVERtipping, such as in restaurants, should be common practice, since we can afford it and since we don't have that caste-system attitude that most well-off Colombians have. The waiter deserves a decent place to live and a little cash to buy things with, and his 6-10% (if ANYTHING at all! ...

By megustamuchisimo on 2007-01-21 12:32:12. 19 comments.

Why Colombia remains a third world country

REASON #1: Incompetence of Avianca Airlines! Try using their website? It functions about 1 time out of 10. Try paying for a ticket online? It takes them about three seconds to get the money from your bank account, then your reservation is cancelled a week later for nonpayment. And you have to go to the bank and get a letter to prove the payment. Try to buy a ticket in an Avianca office? They can't tell you which flights are avaialable without calling someone on the phone who either doesn ...

By megustamuchisimo on 2006-12-06 16:08:22. 89 comments.

Speaking of tipping...

that is one thing that gringos can do to help repair the image of the US in most of the world. Those of us in Colombia usually make enough to live well here, and I think tipping, when most Colombians don't, and OVERtipping, such as in restaurants, should be common practice, since we can afford it and since we don't have that caste-system attitude that most well-off Colombians have. The waiter deserves a decent place to live and a little cash to buy things with, and his 6-10% (if ANYTHING at al ...

By megustamuchisimo on 2006-06-28 10:14:17. 1 comments.

Carulla employees

Do you know how much the bag people in Carulla get paid? Here's how much: NOTHING!!!!! This huge company with record profits last year takes advantage of the unemployment to make poor kids work for free, hoping for a little tip now and then. So now, it costs me an extra 2-5K pesos every time I shop to help Carulla make sure the profits are record again next year. And, of course, to help Los Ricos make sure a middle class has no chance to develop.

That sucks!!! ...

By megustamuchisimo on 2006-06-26 12:59:20. 75 comments.