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Patrick comments on Beach Apartment for sale in Santa Marta Tony, Sent you an e-mail, keep an eye open for it. Patrick
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Patrick comments on Colombia to have six palm biodiesel plants by 2009 Don’t have to worry about “Nucalar” waste in the US any more just start another war. Depleted Uranium makes great ammunition, it’s all over “Irack” but what the heck they’re just rag-heads.
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Patrick comments on Obtain Colombian citizenship after two years of residence Your problem is not Colombian Citizenship / US Citizenship. Your real problem is taxation. Both the US and Colombia tax world wide income, you may be letting yourself in for dual taxation as well as dual citizenship. You should get professional advice before taking the plunge.
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Patrick comments on Obtain Colombian citizenship after two years of residence US allows dula citizenship http://www.usimmigrationsupport.org/dual_citizenship.html
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Patrick comments on DW, he,he,he me too, 7 years and still very happy?? Lisa, write your book, you never know it might be a best seller! Desi, I thought you’d hit this post much harder, pleasantly supprised!
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Patrick comments on Warning about Escalona DVD’s DVD's and CD are recorded with a Zone Code to unlock your DVD or CD player go to this site and follow the directions. Then your player will become an All-Zone player. http://www.alldvdcodes.com/ Hope this helps you. Patrick
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Patrick comments on Travel Agency in Bogota with no mañana's Another quick note, better get rolling on this Christmas Holidays on Curacao and Aruba, both islands are overflowing with tourists.
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Patrick comments on Travel Agency in Bogota with no mañana's Rikito, I live in Curacao half the year and Cartagena the other half. My wife is Colombian and I’m an American so maybe I can help you. Might I suggest that you get the Visa situation straight before you spend any money on tickets or hotels and the like. Make an appointment with the Dutch Embassy in Bogota and get your wife’s Visa sorted out first. Dutch Embassy in Bogota, Colombia Embassy of Holland, Netherlands in Bogota, Colombia send edits Carrera 13 No. 93-40 Floor 5 Apartado Aereo 4385 Bogota Colombia City: Bogota Phone: ( 57) 1-638 4200 Fax: ( 57) 1-623 3020 Web Site: http://www.embajadadeholanda.org.co Email: bog at minbuza.nl Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 08:00-16:30 Friday 08:00-13:30 This is the official embassy for the Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) and for Aruba they are two different islands and I believe you need a visa for each one. Different Governments. Once you get the visa sorted out, which you will have to do in Colombia, drop me an e-mail at westlanenv at yahoo dot com I’ll do what I can to help you with hotels and the rest. Good luck, Patrick
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Patrick comments on How to comfort girlfriend about going to Colombia by myself... GOOD LUCK!! he, he, he.
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Patrick comments on Renting in Cartagena www.cartagenaapartments.com there are 10 pages of rental apartments on this site, some nice some not so nice. There are some nice beaches in the Cartagena area you just have to look. And tomtom is right the city has a great deal to offer and is far from shit.
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Patrick comments on Shipping Suggestions from Bogota to Cartagena and Manizales MC, Try Jamar in Barranquilla. I got all the furniture for my Apartment there, it’s gigantic. Four buildings full of furniture and a vast selection. They have a small showroom in Cartagena but the prices are higher, for the same stuff. Shipping was a couple hundred dollars from BQ to Cart. Muebles Jamar Cl 34 # 39-41 Tel: 575-351-5131 Shipping from Bogota to Cart. Is rather expensive, last time I checked prices on a full semi load (plastics) it was a million two (pesos) plus insurance. That was over a year ago, so I would imagine it’s even more now. Good luck, Patreick
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Patrick comments on is there western union/moneygram agent in colombia ? Both exist in Cartagena so I am sure you'll find them in Medellin, but Miguel is right very expensive way to send money. Enjoy your stay.
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Patrick comments on Foreign pension and Colombian tax Sorry for above, wrong thread. Sorry wrong thread.
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Patrick comments on Peso at 1930!!!... Since the beginning of the year. Not fun when you're on a fixed income!
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Patrick comments on Bush in Colombia Charles de Gaulle??? You learn such interesting things on PBH! How did he arive in Colombia? In a Box? Did he stay? Maybe when they find the box in 2000 years they will they'll say GEE, he didn't arise from the dead afterall. LOL You guys are a trip!!
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Patrick comments on Caracas to Baranquilla? How? Aires Air Lines flies from.... Curacao and Aruba to B'quilla 3 times a week. You can fly from Caracas everyday to ether island. Or, get to Maracaibo from Caracas, Aires also flies from there to B'quilla. I wouldn't chance the bus!
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Patrick comments on Cartagena Real Estate Scott The state of Cartagena Real Estate; Ultra high prices and a glut of new construction. Hooker knows of what he speaks, wait a while, me thinks you’ll see prices come down a bit and availability of older apartments improve. One other thing, Buying and selling, a two edged sward, While Paul sells properties for more, he gets the prices he asks, so if you’re selling who would you want to sell your property and who would you sell to, given a choice? Paul would certainly be right up there at the top of my list. Just my HO.
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Patrick comments on ARCHBISHOP HUGO CHAVES!!! You are right-- Cali373, you are right this is an off-topic post. However there has been a great deal of speculation on PBH of late regarding the intentions of his eminence. Can his new air force shoot down the Colombian air force, will his new Russian planes provide air cover for the FARC, blah, blah, blah, no proof of this of course, not a speck, so I thought I’d lighten up the conversations with this article from FOX-NEWS “The War Room” Just so we all could have a good laugh, BTW Sr Tertius, I love the picture, I think I’ll have it enlarged and hang it in my Banjo, LOL
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Patrick comments on A Question for Utopiacowboy dund- under your name, upper left, click on "my account"
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Patrick comments on A Question for Utopiacowboy Thank you! I will be sending the e-mail to you from "westlanenv" so when you see this as the sender please don't delete it. It's not Junk Mail.
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Patrick comments on Hash Harriers Lumpy!! The Correct name for this world wide group is "The Hash House Harriers" They bill themselves as "The drinking club with the running problem". Going to the "Hash" is great fun if you're in reasonably good shape, if you're not, skip the run and just drink the beer. It's a Brit organization and is very active, mostly in former British colonies, they do a great deal of charity work and have alot of fun doing it. Brits are great Ex-Pats, they've been doing it for a long time. Here is thier WWWeb site: http://www.cix.co.uk/~bicesterh3/uk/
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Patrick comments on What countries can you not get extradited from? Extradition!!! Don't think there are many countries in S. A. where official extradition doesn't exist. Given the U. S. 's relations with Chivas Venezuela might not be a bad option. Cuba stinks! However read this article http://www.escapeartist.com/efam31/Cartagena.html I live in this beautiful city, it's great!
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Patrick comments on Please help me out (lost nr1 place again)! Can't beat the PBH group! 62.5%, let's keep it going!!
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Patrick comments on Apartments in Cartagena I second that Come to Cartagena and ask around, you will find what you are looking for.
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Patrick comments on Need your Help regarding Debit Card in Cartagena Expatriate Thank you for the information, I believe she is going to Conavi. I have a http://www.usglobalmail.com box in Houston, TX the problem is I’ve been offshore for 15 years and my Credit Cards are issued by a bank in the Caribbean and my billing address is Cartagena so I don’t think it will work even with a proxy server but I will give it a try on Monday.
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Patrick comments on Shame, shame Sr Tertius, no balance........... If I’m not mistaken it was a “Moderator” who made the original post! Colombia does not exist in a vacuum Sr. and while I can’t ascertain what was in Che’s mind when he made the comments quoted above, he probably was not talking about Colombia specifically.
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Patrick comments on Least we forget............. Least we forget who this idol of the Left really was, read this excerpt from a Real Cuban Patriot.
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Patrick comments on Tourist Visa Denial Question Marriage....... I would recommend that you wait for a respectable period of time before you do this as your friends at the UK Consulate may deny her a visa claiming she got married for that specific purpose since she was turned down twice before.
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Patrick comments on My Colombian Girlfriend If you want to be happy for....... If you want to be happy for the rest of your life never make a pretty woman your wife, so from my personal point of view get an ugly girl to marry you...
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Patrick comments on THE BUSINESS NEEDS YOU! b bruce & GIB............ Just out of curiosity do either of you know what satirical commentary is? It doesn’t sound like it based on your comments.
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Patrick comments on The end of a relationship...or.. Time will heal....... James,
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Patrick comments on Colombian Troops detained by Venezuela Sorry for not getting back to you last night, but it was rather late.
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Patrick comments on Colombian Troops detained by Venezuela Platano
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Patrick comments on Colombian Troops detained by Venezuela Gee Kernow I thought you were older than me My response was to Mr. Smith who would like to send 10 to 15,000 U. S. Troops into Colombia. You think that’s a good idea? Seems like every time we try that it doesn’t work out. How does that go, keep making the same mistake over and over and expecting a different result. Not only that we’d escalate, we always do, and we would incur the hatred of the Colombian people. My point is a simple one, you can’t beat insurgents with regular army troops. You know what would happen if we did this? Think about it.
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Patrick comments on Colombian Troops detained by Venezuela You ccan't beat insergents wi........ You can’t beat insurgents with regular army (anybody’s).
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Patrick comments on Looking for Columbia clothing wholesale: jeans and sexy tops Sent you a PM Check your inbox
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Patrick comments on Road travel Medellin to Cartagena You have to remember…. Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. However, there is a great difference between informed educated opinion and “asshole” opinions. Obviously you would not be very safe in Monteria if you were to stand on a beer crate, on a street corner, and call on the local farm workers to strike for higher pay. You would have to be a complete moron to do something like that. Other than that, Monteria and the rest of the north coast are probably the safest places in Colombia for a tourist or Gringo. I live in Cartagena and my wife is from Monteria; we have driven from our home to her families home in many times, during the day, we have also driven to Barranquilla many times, during the day, and have never experienced any problems. Some of the more responsible posters on PBH have real insight to share with those who truly seek to learn. Safety must be a legitimate concern for any person who travels in Colombia so when GIB, for example, warns you of the hazards of traveling by car or bus between cities, pay attention, he knows what he is talking about. When UC tells you that Monteria is safe he expects that you understand you should act as a responsible guest in that city and not try to incur the ire of the AUC, if you do you deserve what ever you get. Act like an adult, be cognoscent of your surroundings, remember that you are a guest and thoroughly enjoy Colombia and her beautiful people.
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Patrick comments on APOSTILLO QUESTION Gator, you're welcome... My visa was issued at the Colombian Consulate on the island of Curacao. I have lived and worked here since 1996 and have residency.
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Patrick comments on APOSTILLO QUESTION Changed DAS requirements.. Gator states in his post above “After entering Colombia you have six months to appears at the Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS, the Administrative Department of Security)” This apparently was the case as I was told the same thing when I received my visa. However the rules have changed, you must register within two months after you enter the country. This has to do with the tightening of security regulations at DAS. The problem is DAS has not notified the Colombian embassy’s or consults of this change. I brought this to the attention of the consul’s staff here in Curacao and they told me that they had no notification of any change in DAS policy. Just wanted to point this out to you because the change is a good thing as you can not open a bank account until you are registered and get your Cedula de Extranjeria. It also seems that different Colombian Embassy’s have slightly different requirements. I was not charged a fee for my visa and was not required to have the letter of good conduct apostilled. As far as income all they wanted to see was a copy of my bank statement for the previous 3 months, no mention of specific requirements on income.
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Patrick comments on APOSTILLO QUESTION Apostille seals are… Apostille seals are applied by the Department of State of the State that issued the document. Example, your birth certificate, is issued by the Department of Vital Statistics of the state where you were born; the Apostille is put on by the Department of State where you were born. In most states these departments are housed in separate offices. It’s a real pain in the butt and can take a lot of time especially if you live across the country from where you were born.
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Patrick comments on Gringoinbogotá ATTENTION PETER Wake the F*** up!! There is a forty year insurgency going on in Colombia, Remember? It is the kidnapping capital of the world, Remember? I live in the safest city in Colombia and I am careful. There are barrios in Cartagena that I will not go near, true in any big city in the world. Just like living in Miami, you wouldn’t go into Liberty City at night, unless you had a death wish. GIB provides a valuable service to this board, so stop the childish BS, people don’t get banned from this forum for expressing their opinion and that’s my opinion, if you don’t like it, TS.
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Patrick comments on I have found the worse shipping company in the world!!! Shipping to Cartagena….. I don’t know why you all keep using these second or third rate shipping companies. I live in Cartagena; Federal Express is the only way to ship, period. I have shipped stuff from Curacao, Antigua and the States probably 30 times and have never had a problem. They have an office in Bocagrande on San Martin right next to BlockBuster Video. The two beautiful young ladies who work at the counter speak fairly good English. I always ship “Hold for Counter Pickup”. The girls call me, I go to the office, sign the paperwork, pay the duty, if any, and that’s it. I have only had to go to customs once and that was on a fairly large shipment. Perhaps, I have better luck because I use a freight forwarding company in the States. www.usglobalmail.com I have an account with them, it costs $150.00 a year and I save that much because they get a deep discount with FedEx and pass the savings along. So, Go FedEx! And no I don’t work for FedEx.
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Patrick comments on What are the toppings on Colombian hot dogs (perros)? PERROS……. I don’t usually get involved in these “who is the best” BUT, having grownup in New York there is really no contest as to which Hot Dogs are best. Sabretts, the ones sold by the Hot Dog Vendors on the streets of Manhattan with onion sauce, a taste of heaven in the Big Apple. A close second is the Nathan’s Famous Coney Island Hot Dog with freshly made lemonade, on a hot summers day in New York you can’t beat it.
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