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meteoro comments on Bogota meeting places

what kind of ambiance are you looking for? are you staying here in bogota (if so, where?), or just meeting with her for a few hours and then flying off?

meteoro comments on luxury hotels in bogota

Try Casa Medina too.

meteoro comments on Carlos Vives vs Green Day

This is totally an apples-to-oranges comparison. Carlos Vives is great and so is Green Day. But you can't put them side by side, they inhabit two different worlds. Now, if I had to make a choice I would go to the Green Day concert.

meteoro comments on Partidos de Eliminatoria September 3 & 4

cdyow Dude, you're right... you're way too sensitive. All I wrote was 2 simple sentences. (where do you get 'attitude'?? 'come out swinging'??? where???)

Original post said he wants to watch the game somewhere in atlanta (i.e. in a bar or restaurant that carries the TV signal!). You misinterpreted the post... that's ok, it can happen to anyone. Also, just so you know, an 'Eliminatoria' game (which is an official qualifier for the '06 World Cup) can only take place in one of the 2 countries involved.

Good luck to both of you finding a place to watch the game!

meteoro comments on Partidos de Eliminatoria September 3 & 4

No one said the game was taking place in Atlanta. This game will take place, as you said ... in "Montevideo on 04 September..."

meteoro comments on Caller ID in Colombia

There is no *67 here in Colombia to block caller ID. I am not sure if calling cards block caller id when you call from a landline. Probably.

Alternatively, you can get a cell phone and ask for a "Private" number. Not sure how easy this is but I know that technically it is feasible. you probably have to send a letter explaining your request.

meteoro comments on Caller ID in Colombia

A few years ago the government made the cell companies adjust the system so that when a prepaid call is placed, the receiving handset would ID the caller's real number (a opposed to showing some generic number such as 215-0000). Apparently, there was a lot of crime (extorsions) taking place from penitentiaries via prepaid cell phones.

I am not sure that these changes were implemented.

meteoro comments on Jet Box

I recently used a service that was recommended by a friend... it's called apartadoaereo.com. I believe it's a lot cheaper han Jetbox.

meteoro comments on Partidos de Eliminatoria September 3 & 4

check out circuitocerrado.com

meteoro comments on Help .... Bogota hotel

US$40 you can get that same rate at a hotel in a much nicer area than close to the US embassy. can think of no legitimate reason to stay there... taxi rides here are dirt cheap, so why not stay in a nice area?

meteoro comments on Anyone interested in a meetup tonight at Lotus Club (Bogota)?

carolain i had never heard of lotus (yes, i know, I don't get out much) and was unaware that it was supposedly a gay place. Anyway, Litost is right, tonight was definitely not a men-only night. If it was i would not even consider going. Tonight --friday-- was a Beats of Life night, pure electronica with DJ fruto and DJ mario.

Anyway, I did not go to Lotus after all. I went to Usaquen with other friends. BBC early on and then we went to a place called 6L6 Chillout also in usaquen at about 12:30 am which was kind of cool. Had a media of Caldas with CocaCola and that was it. I just got back.

We'll probably keep doing stuff on fridays. It would be great to bring some new people. Let me know if anyone's interested...

meteoro comments on Meet-up tonight , Sopa de Letras,

Pedro, I'm not sure that Lotus would be a suitable place for an official PBH meetup tonight since it will be a very electronic party. I was merely interested in finding a small group of people that would be interested in attending with me. If someone or everyone wants to join me, then welcome, but Lotus is probably not the best place to hold conversations.

meteoro comments on information on boattrip Leticia->Iquitos

for information write an e-mail to Felipe at elpipe80 at hotmail.com . He is a tour guide in Leticia and will be able to help you himself and/or give you lots of valuable info. Highly recommended; I was in Leticia earlier this year.

meteoro comments on Cabello

1 more how about escuchar('low class') vs oir('high')?

A lot of the times ESCUCHAR is the correct one to use, the problem is that many people in the lower estratos never use OIR, therefore, the higher ups associate ESCUCHAR with a low-class lexicon.

The exact same thing happens with COLOCAR vs PONER (overuse of COLOCAR in the lower estratos -- when PONER should be used -- has degraded the word to the 'word hall of shame').

Now I do hate the word cabello; I can't think of a single sentence or context where CABELLO would be a better choice than PELO.

meteoro comments on Friendliest U.S. Bank for Colombian Travelers

Try Commerce Bank in Florida. $1 per withdrawal.

meteoro comments on ATM

Ms sandybee paranoid... ... who's to say that the money in a US ATM is legit??

meteoro comments on final of Copa Mustang I 2005

I hate both teams a lot but... I want Nacional to win. Right now I hate Santa Fe more. I know, i know, I'm jealous that they're in the final.

meteoro comments on Would it be possible for the good people of the country of Colombia to stop calling themselves “Colombians”

mmm Columbia, SC that sounds to me like a place full of toothless, gun-loving, Jesus-worshipping rednecks, so we don't really care. Hey gib, is that where you're from??

Anyway, we'll be Colombians, they can change their name if it's a problem. How about Bushtown?

meteoro comments on Mens Magazine offends Colombia!!

Advice for ColX Dude, get a life!!!

meteoro comments on advice on telephone number

That's weird

meteoro comments on Mens Magazine offends Colombia!!

In addition, comments like the one in Stuff magazine are commonplace in US publications. You, ColX, just happened to stumble into one yesterday.

The latest GQ, for example, includes a review of Andrea Echeverri's solo album and it goes something like this .... "Echeverri's has just replaced coffee as my second favorite export from Colombia".

So what? Big f'in deal! Come on man, get over it, grow up. You may find it offensive that they wrote that, but you have to get to know the magazines before passing judgement. Their writing style is extremely smartass, witty.

Stop worrying about our image and start worrying about our country's PROBLEMS. When our problems get resolved, our image will improve accordingly.

meteoro comments on advice on telephone number

lpdiver... wrong when you call cell phones you don't dial the city code. In other words, lose the 1 after the country code in your example above.

meteoro comments on Mens Magazine offends Colombia!!

ColombianoX come on man, enough with the whining about our 'image' in the US. Granted, the comment about our 'most addictive export' is kind of cliche and we are an easy target. But that's what we get for being one of the the world's top supplier of drugs. If I were you, I wouldnt pay attention to these things... just let it go.

meteoro comments on Is anyone in Bogota interested in a VoIP phone adapter?

viewpoint I will PM you

meteoro comments on Is anyone in Bogota interested in a VoIP phone adapter?

Thank you viewpoint. Your comments are appreciated. You are correct.... my offer is VERY VERY fair.

meteoro comments on Is anyone in Bogota interested in a VoIP phone adapter?

To gringoinbogota in order to transfer an account to the phone company a credit card must be on file. Anyone familiar with Vonage knows that they do automatic billing each month. I don't need to know the buyer's credit card number or US billing address, he/she can provide that directly to Vonage. I guess my message to gringoinbogota was not clear enough but I am no scammer.

I know I will not be selling it to gringoinbogota though... oh my God, what a paranoid jerk!

To everyone else: I am selling this adapter in good faith, please do not be discouraged by the above comments by this sociopath (gringoinbogota).

I repeat: I will deliver and install the adapter to anywhere in Bogota. After you see that it makes and receives calls flawlessly, YOU will provide the new billing information to Vonage via their Web interface. I will never come in contact with your billing address and/or credit card number. There is a $45 credit balance on the account right now which equals 2 to 3 months of service with the current plan. You pay me $65 one time and after 2 or 3 months you will begin seeing the Vonage charges on your credit card bill. I hope this clears up any doubts buty if anyone has any questions please do not hesitate to ask.

meteoro comments on Is anyone in Bogota interested in a VoIP phone adapter?

This is ready to use. I can deliver (and install) to anywhere in Bogota this weekend. You will have a dialtone within 5 minutes. Credit card with US billing address is required for account transfer.

meteoro comments on Is anyone in Bogota interested in a VoIP phone adapter?

Aclaraciones I use the least expensive Cablenet service ("150 Kbps) and the sound quality is perfect, as good as a local call. It only gets a little 'fuzzy' when the computer is being used simoultaneously. This would likely be resolved by getting a 'broader' broadband.

Yes, this is a Vonage adapter.

meteoro comments on Is anyone in Bogota interested in a VoIP phone adapter?

About billing... the monthly fee includes 500 outgoing minutes to any US or Canada number. Incoming calls are unlimited. You hook up the adapter (a small black Motorola box about the size of an answering machine) to the broadband modem that you get from the cable company. You hook up a regular phone to the adapter. Your computer is also hooked up to the phone adapter. The computer does NOT have to be turned on for the phone to work.

meteoro comments on Is buenaventura, Colombia a good place to live or visit?

Tinto Ferrovias (a government-owned co.) is being liquidated because the government granted a concession to 2 private companies to rehabilitate and make use of the railways.

Unfortunately, at least one of those private companies (Tren de Occidente) is being run by a bunch of corrupt businessmen that have taken millions of dollars that were meant for the rehabilitation of the railway and put it in their own bank accounts. I know many stories about them and it's sad how they manage that business and exploit the resources of the Colombian taxpayers for their own benefit.

meteoro comments on Why do gringos keep referring to their country as America?

Gomezman I know you took the quote from another post. I didn't mean it so seriously.

I haven't read a lot here in pbh but I want to say that I find your reasoning coherent and your posts well articulated. It shows that you're a lawyer.

Peace and here's to healthy, civilized discussions!

meteoro comments on Why do gringos keep referring to their country as America?

I think this is an issue that we will never agree on. Thanks to everyone for their participation in this thread. The reality is that the country is called US of America and there is no other way in English for the gringos to describe a person from the USA (as there is in Spanish, estadinense). So they have to use the word. There's no way around it.

On the other hand, we are taught in school that America is a huge continent that includes many nations and we therefore feel the term American is not really a nationality.

I guess back in the 18th century all the good country names were taken so they had no choice but to choose a generic.

meteoro comments on Why do gringos keep referring to their country as America?

to the gib "If you want to change the name of a great people you are going to have to do better than whinning and crying."

I haven't been in this site for too long but it seems to me that the one that's always whinning and crying is you gib.

meteoro comments on Why do gringos keep referring to their country as America?

aren't there more critical issues to discuss? "aren't there more critical issues to discuss?"

I am the author of this this thread and must take offense to that remark. Hey, if you people don't think it's important then don't participate in it. I, for one, think that many threads in this site are really stupid - I skip those.

meteoro comments on Why do gringos keep referring to their country as America?

I don't understand why the gringos make such a big deal about the being called gringo.

As far as I know, it's just a word that means a person is from the USA. Unless it's followed by a strong adjective (such as hp, mar^%a, gue*%n), it has no intended insult. Why do we use it? Let's see, 'Americano' is technically incorrect, 'estadounidense' is way too long, 'norteamericano' is not specific enough. What's left? GRINGO

meteoro comments on

Viewpoint You will probably enjoy reading this article by Javier Fernandez Riva in the current edition of Dinero:

http://www.dinero.com/dinero/ArticuloView.jsp?id=19717

meteoro comments on Advice on how to get from Bogota to Villa De Leiva and surrounding towns

Goosekirk I can't seem to upload any pictures. I have some nice shots of Cucunubá and Villa de Leyva, taken earlier this year. Do you have any advice?

Good luck to carldecolorado

meteoro comments on

Viewpoint I understand what you're saying about the Chinese, and I agree that Colombian competitiveness will be hurt on the international level. However, locally the Colombian market will probably still be dominated by Colombian textiles, don't you think?

meteoro comments on No award for Catalina Sandino today

DeDerechosHumanos My post goes to the larger issue, not just Sandino.

I guess we disagree, awarding little statues to artists is a very subjective matter; being deserving or not is a matter of judgement.

meteoro comments on No award for Catalina Sandino today

Tinto Beauty pageants in Colombia are much more important to people than they are in the U.S. and presumably Europe. The national beauty pageant in Cartagena is a major event and everyone has favorite contestants and everyone knows who won. It's part of the water-cooler conversation next day at the office. That's probably the reason why ColX knows his queens from way back. All Colombians do.

In the U.S. no one even knows the name of Miss America or where she's from. Also, people don't really care if they win Miss Universe. I respect that, but for some reason it's a big part of Colombian pop culture.

meteoro comments on No award for Catalina Sandino today

DeDerechosHumanos Now take a deep breath and read my post once again, slowly.