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omargue comments on Unbelievable Peso rate today!

well its true because she took out another 100mil today and my the account is now left with 2 dollars. i put in 200 dollars and she was able to take out 560.000 total

omargue comments on Unbelievable Peso rate today!

im not exactly sure where, i know on la quita probably infront of la 14 el limonar because thats where she usually takes money from, i forget which bank it is though

omargue comments on Unbelievable Peso rate today!

well i guess we'll see, i'll keep you guys posed tomorrow to see if they take any more out

omargue comments on Unbelievable Peso rate today!

im positive, i live in the US now and make dollars

omargue comments on airfare

if its round trip then its real cheap, go for it

omargue comments on travel opinions regarding my flight

thanks everyone for your help. i prefer to pickup my bags in charlotte so they can stay with me, and the same in miami before i travel to cali. i will have 2 carry ons laptop and bag with necesities. can we bring toothpaste and deoderant in our carry on?

omargue comments on After spending LONG amounts of time visiting in Colombia what do you miss the most about HOME?

nothing..... i dont miss anything, and am waiting to go back to Cali which i feel more at home there than here in the US

omargue comments on pereira concert ,adventura and others on 27th december

sorry to burst your bubble but its not adventura, it is aventura

omargue comments on Pasaje de ida y regreso a Colombia

hay q buscar en paginas como priceline.com y cheaptickets.com. hay un poco pero tienes q buscar y buscar cambiando sus dias para q sera lo mas barato. tambien si estas buscando lo mas barato tiene q ser desponible a lo q sea. yo compre mi pasaje para ahorita finales de diciembre ida y regreso por solo 551.00, claro q yo se q me va tocar duro pero ni importa, tengo 2 escalas y me demora 24 horas para llegar y tambien para regresar, pero sabes q....donde voy a poder encontrar un pasaje ida y regreso philadelphia - cali por ese precio y esa fecha en feria....sigue buscando y lo encuentras

omargue comments on Full coverage insurance in Colombia? for a honda 600rr?

you can get a separte insurance that covers 75% if stolen. its a seguro de robos. i personally love those bikes but it really sucks riding in the city with one like that. too many holes in the roads and harder to go in and out between buses and cars. i've seen it done but not as easy as smaller bikes.

omargue comments on You know you are NOT in Colombia when ........

when you dont see 30 motorcycles at a street light waiting for green

omargue comments on You know you are NOT in Colombia when ........

when you dont hear a little horn and people yelling AGUACATE! or MAZAMORA LLEGO LLEGO!

omargue comments on You know you are NOT in Colombia when ........

when you go to the bank between 12 and 2.... this post is great!

omargue comments on Bad Cedula - error of registraduria

yea that wont be a problem, ill be in cali the dec.29th til the 14th. thanks

omargue comments on Gringos, dont tell me you use Plastic Gloves to eat your pollo? LOL!

its not a social status just so you dont get your hands greesy, most places wont have wet knaps or soap and bathroom to wash your hands (obviously im not talking about centro comerciales)

omargue comments on Breakdown of Estrato status?

estrato 6 you are rich, rich neighborhood.....estrato 1 is a poor (popular) neighborhood.

omargue comments on Bad Cedula - error of registraduria

thanks, i checked their website and my next question when are they going to be closed for christmas? i didnt see any alerts of their holiday closeings.....i'll be in cali until the 14th, i assume that the office will continue with normal funcion after the 6th right?

omargue comments on Bad Cedula - error of registraduria

well i would have to spend the day and spend money on transportation and food etc...and i dont have any days off that i can request to go to NYC because it would have to be M-F and i have to work

omargue comments on English Intitutes in Bogota

OBM Corporation is the best, i taught there for 2 years and is conversational english. go as you please, everyday allday...

omargue comments on Why I Hate America

AMERICA, AMERICA!! RRAAA RRAAA RRAAA!!!!

omargue comments on Which are the best English institutes in Medellin, Cali and Barranquilla???

OBM Corporation is the best Englisht institute, i worked there for 2 years and is the best english learning approach. they are located in Cali, medillin, bogota, santa marta, cartagena, barranquilla(i think), and quibdo

omargue comments on Colombian family values

this is so true, dont for me but for my brother in law and some friends..... hows that saying go again?.....entre familia......i forget the rest

omargue comments on Help needed in Miami

just keep calling if not just go and they will take care of you, its in coral gables

omargue comments on Seems like airfare to Colombia is coming down a bit

yea i just got a round trip ticket Philadelphia - Cali for total $576.00, thats real cheap, i only wish i lived in south florida because its alot cheaper.

omargue comments on Cedula/Passport

yes they can because i did the same thing in the miami consulado and for the cedula they send all papers to NYC and each Consulado is the same as a registraduria in Colombia. well also 2 years ago my cousin visited Colombia with the same situation as you, born in Colombia and traveled to the US at a young age, well he went with only his American passport and didnt have any problems, he said that they gave him shit for not having the Colombian passport but you are going in as an american. your constraseña is the same as a cedula, its that cedulas take like a year to get. to be honest you really dont need cedula or colombian passport when only visiting. also i remember 4 years ago my dad (Colombian and American citizen) went on vacation only with his american passport and didnt have any problems, you are going in as an american using the 60day visa. its still good to have the other stuff but its not important for this vacation because US immigration doesnt have your Colombian passport on there file. i am also travelling for new years but will need both passports because they have them both registered, but unfortunately i have to go to the NY Consulado because they messed my cedula up with an incorrect date of birth and want to have this taken care of before i travel because i do need this before i go, they will issue me another constraseña and i{ll have to wait another year for my cedula and have to pick up in NY

omargue comments on What is the average salary raise per year in Colombia?

that sounds true viajero, but i remember my contract stating what i made and it increased every year for example when i started working at the english institute i was getting paid 840.000 then i got a raise to 876.000 then my final pay was at 924.000 so my contracts always had what i made but maybe there was something in the contract that stated about increased yearly salaries are applied.

omargue comments on Colombian's stereotypes of Gringos

ok coming from me, i am a Colombian American, lived in both places so i can give you my opinon. yes many people in Colombia think Americans or gringos are rich just because they make the dollar, nothing more. its true, what they see on TV is their perseption of the US and its usually high class rich americans. but i said most, not all. I have always told them this, you make the dollar and you spend the dollar, just like you make the peso and you spend the peso. when saying that they understand putting it into persective, just imagine. rent in Colombia in my house was 350.000 pesos but any small apt in the states will cost 600-700 dollars which converting it to pesos is 1.4 millions. so just with that said they would think you are rich paying rent of 1.4 millions (which is true in Colombia) Sometimes its because they just dont know any better, its not their fault they cant travel and visit the US, they would love to just to realize how it is and then go back to Colombia. but if you ever notice, the ones that travel are the rich Colombians that are more artificial, but the ones that are more middle/middle low class are the ones that say that they would like to visit but most of them wouldnt like to live because they wont be able to adjust. For them going to the corner to get their fruits and vegetables for lunch, anything and everything can be found and pay a hard laborer for the day with only 20.000 pesos; those are just some examples. in the US they wont be able to find that, if they ran out of any fruits or vegetables they would have to go in there car and drive to the supermarker and to get any job done in your house that requires hard work your looking at 100 dollars plus, and if you need for example your pants tailored it would cost no more than 6.000 pesos and it'll be done right away, here in the states i dont know how much it would cost but i imagine at least 10 dollars and you have to wait and wait for everything. another example, i had to take my moms car to get an oil change, it took them 1 hour to do it and when i got to the shop the 2 mechanics were sitting watching TV, when they finally got up to get the car it took 1hour for a 20 min. job, but in Colombia they would have already had the hood popped before you even got out of the car..... those are just some of my opinions, maybe i got off the subject but overall i like Colombia much more than the US. I have nothing against the US but it is true, Latin people are more friendly in my opinion, maybe not friendly but maybe more polite and respectful, but thats just my opinion. but of course what you say when they see a gringo they want to make a buck off of him.....

omargue comments on What is the average salary raise per year in Colombia?

not really viajero123, im going to say most because i am not sure if it is all but yes most all people get the 6.5% raise. this year was 26.000 for 1 minimum salary which is like 480.000 more or less, so for 1.000.000 it is alittle more than 2 minimum salaries. remember that they go by how many minumum salaries you make, just about always. i made 2 minimum salaries which was after this years raise....924.000 a year

omargue comments on Cedula/Passport

sorry i meant Libreta Militar

omargue comments on Cedula/Passport

yes you can get your passport with constraseña, might as well do it at the consulado because its a fast process hassle free and you get it on the spot. when you travel carry both passports, you enter as american because you are on vacation (60 days or less). and when you exit you need to show your american passport to show your american citizenship. it isnt necessary at all to show Colombian passport, immigration will probably hassle you for Place of Birth but al in all you are a US citizen so dont worry unless you are planning on staying more than 60 days. if you are going to stay for long and are under 28 you need a registro militar which costs i think 115 for 2 years at the Consulado in the US.

omargue comments on are there any secretive agencies in colombia?

you have to search around in the city, you'll find out by word of mouth....trust me...

omargue comments on What is the average salary raise per year in Colombia?

probably like 50.000 pesos in january. in January 2008 we received a 26.000 peso increase to one minimum salary, 1 million pesos is about 2 minimum salaries so it is double but remember that everything else goes up in price to accomadate the pay increase. ex. bus, services, education, food...etc

omargue comments on CALI outrageous burglary

gringo spy, if you dont like Cali then dont go back but dont talk shit about the city. it is a city full of beautiful nice people. its not as clean as others but it doesnt justify what you are saying. all cities are full or crime, ALL cities in ALL countries

omargue comments on CALI outrageous burglary

im a born US citizen with Dual Citizenship of US and Colombia. Even though i am Colombian everyone in my neighborhood knew i was from the US. i was poor and lived in a poor neighborhood and my wife and family were all poor as well. nobody ever tried to rob me or steel from us just because im american, we got by just like everyone else. if someone would have robbed me it would have been only to rob someone not me in particular because i am American. i have another Colombian friend who is very American (lived 25 years in the states) and a big show off and loves to make noise (in english) in public places and no one has robbed him. They will not always rob you because you are american, but because they want to rob. everyone in Colombia gets robbed, the poor and the rich. you always have to be cautious, just like we say.....no da papaya....

omargue comments on Seeking advice on having documents sent to Colombia from overseas.

UPS all the way, the german company DHL is going out of business in the US and are losing all there contracts to UPS and FEDEX. I am personally a UPS driver and know the process and what we do go get you the package. if you send it next day air it will be there by 10.30 in the morning. if not by latest 3pm (next day saver) USPS is no good, takes way too long.....

omargue comments on El mejor plan para llamar a colombia

entonces pagando $10 le dan $30 para iniciar?

omargue comments on Wood burning fireplace inserts in Colombia???

where are you in particular? maybe in Bogota because its cold and its a large city, any other colder city (pasto, manizales....) probably wont have it because of its size. they're pretty pricey too should expect to spend around 10 millones

omargue comments on UNE offices in Cali?

go to centro comercial la Pasarela en barrio san vicente. or in chipichape but pasarela is closer

omargue comments on Cheap beer in Cali?

it depends where you go, where i lived it they were mil pesos, but i lived in a estrato 0 - 1

omargue comments on La capturaron por comprar niña robada para chantajear al novio-watch out gringitos!

q tal, tan horrible esa tipa......engañando por 9 meses......uuyy no. pero el tipo tambien bobo, nunca pidió fotos?

omargue comments on EXPLICACION DE LO QUE SIGNIFICA DVD, DVD-R, CD y VHS

.........pense q iba ser algo chistoso.....

omargue comments on Please help me find a private teacher in Cali

what kind of spanish do you want to learn? basic communication or directly for your college course? i can recommend you a good friend/ex coworker of mine, he is an english teacher but also was a spanish teacher for years at a elementary school. he speaks excellent english, lived in the states for 10 or so years, and is real serious, formal and friendly.....i dont know how much he'll charge but its something you would have to discuss with him. normal private english classes for 1 hour go 20-40 an hour depending on location and demands.......if you are interested PM me and ill give you his cell number

omargue comments on Davivienda withdrawal limit decreased to COP 400'000??

the max i was able to withdrawl ever was 1'000.000, 2 transactions of 500.000 each from davidienda, that was a few months ago, i didn't know they changed it....

omargue comments on Cali Apartments for short term rental - Where are they?

go to the Intercontinental or the Dann Carton hotel, get a luxury suite, im sure they have them.....they are located in the Peñol

omargue comments on

its common, i also had friends the same age with the same girlfriends. the parents don't always see it as a problem, but it depends on the family. my sister in law was 15 when she started going out with husband (now married) and he was 24 at the time....but she was already a full figured woman at the time.... its not a big issue in Colombia to see that, i also had a 15 year old very interested in me and i was 25, she was beautiful but i wasnt interested because i was with my wife and love her very much.....but if i were interested we could have easily been together without social issues from the public or law.....

omargue comments on Cost of an in town move in Colombia

oh yea, obviously go with someone who is a native speaker and have them talk and nogociate, unless you already know how to talk with the people and be real demanding, if not they'll definitly take advantage....

omargue comments on Cost of an in town move in Colombia

usually 50K but nothing more, say thats what you have to pay, take it or leave it.....but obviously he has to help in the move, just say its not much. also this is what you do, the morning of the move go to the nearest Galeria, if in Cali go to Galeria Alameda, they are always lined up waiting for those kind of jobs everyday allday....doesn't matter where you are, they are always there with there trucks....so you pick...

omargue comments on Unknown calls

someone is trying to call you....both are international calls.....

omargue comments on Feria de Cali & Feria de Manizales

feria de cali is great, lots of parties and good concerts......if you like to dance salsa its even better.....last year they cancelled the cabalgata because of the violence and dangers but who knows, they say the same every year but last year was the 1st time they ´canceled´ it. there was one in yumbo but not the same nor many people didnt go i heard...

omargue comments on Planning to move to Colombia

el puede hacer q le da la gana parce, a voz q le importa?.... Trebor13 if you're going to bring in 100million pesos a year, you'll have no problem and live good. buy a decent house get everything you'll need. if you want to invest in something else, buy a house with an apt. or 2, rent them out and that'll give you a good monthly income without doing anything....a good bilingual school in cali costs i think around 14 million a year, so it'll probably be the same in medellin....with that kind of money and savings, i recomend starting your own business, invest your money on something that will give you an income, even something small can produce if you set it up nicely....