piquemacho has written 3 posts

PIN / making a visa appointment

My novia will soon be applying for a student visa... the estimated wait time for an appointment (on the embassy website) is one day. What happens when she buys a PIN and calls the number to make an appointment? Is it possible to choose an appointment time (say, for the following week)? Or do they just give you an appointment - say for the next day - meaning that she would have to be ready with all of the documents in Bogota before calling?

Also, do they ask any questions during ...

By piquemacho on 2006-02-23 22:05:51. 3 comments.

NY Times articles about Quindio and Bogota

There's an overwhelmingly positive and detailed article about Quindio in the travel section of today's NYT.
The secret is getting out...

http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/travel/12coffee.html ...

By piquemacho on 2006-02-12 00:42:31. 28 comments.

Sending small packages to Colombia?

I had always thought that people exaggerated the problems with the postal systems in South America - applying the reasoning that "it's a developing country so they must be dishonest". I had sent and received dozens of packages and letters with no problems, even including items that were reasonably valuable.

Until today. As always, the parcel to my girlfriend in Colombia arrived two or three weeks late. This time, the card and soft toy and a couple of other "joke" items were ins ...

By piquemacho on 2005-02-24 00:34:57. 22 comments.