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poulet comments on Solo travel to Cartagena in January

Flyinrob13 that's the most stupid thing I've ever seen someone say.
There WILL be plenty of hot girls cause december and january, cartagena will be swarming with tourists from all over the place. The party there is awesome, I was there last year and everyday I arrived at my hotel at around 9am after partying all night, going to the casinos, etc...

oh, and about the topic, definitely not a place to learn spanish. Just go there if you wanna party a lot.

poulet comments on Bogota

generally around christmas, t generally around christmas they place an ice rink on the parque de la 93. I think the one near unicentro was taken down, I was around there yesterday and don't remember, lol.

poulet comments on Bogota vacatoin, observation slanted for newbies to BOG or COL

yep, you use the fork with your left hand when cutting and with your right when eating. If you're just using a spoon your left hand goes on the table. You NEVER EVER place your elbows on the table I find it extremely rude.

caslug, some entrées you share some you dont. If you're between family members you would definitely share, but if not then each person would order what they want. Another thing, to me what you call appetizers are entrées (entradas in Colombia), to me appetizers are drinks, generally alcoholic.

poulet comments on

very nice I like the new design, who made it?

poulet comments on Are there Smart Cars in Colombia?

I saw an Audi TT at the parque de la 93 two weeks ago, it's the only one I've seen here.

poulet comments on Central or Northern Bogota?

cosmos 100 is in the Calle 100 and Unicentro is in the Calle 127, meaning they're 27 block apart, which is roughly 3km.
The Meliá Santa Fé is in the Calle 116 and is very near unicentro.

poulet comments on

actually the big prize was 200million pesos, around 80k dollars, I would't turn those down.

poulet comments on I need your help...

man, that's kinda hard, to come and stay with a family.
I mean, my family would fit your needs perfectly, but not in a million years would my dad allow some random guy to come and stay with us. Even though people here are fairly receptive, with the security issues, I think your safest bet would be a hotel or a friend's house.

poulet comments on

1. When buying dvd's through Amazon there's a warning that says that DVD's most likely won't play outside the US or Canada. That's because those are region 1 dvds. Colombia uses region 4, however you can get Multizone dvd players (both my dvd player are multizone) and therefore play either 1 or 4.
2. If you buy a legitimate DVD here in Colombia, it won't play in your dvd player purchased in the states because of the same reason, DVD's here are region 4 encoded.
3. It does apply to some, but you can get software to override this protection on computers, so it's not a big deal, anyways most computers don't have the zone restriction.

liquidlove, you made a movie in your computer and burnt it as what? VCD?

poulet comments on Sydney girl flirting with danger

hey, lol, that was dangerous
where was this? I go to Los Andes and didn't see any of this.

poulet comments on Staying Healthy In Colombia

tap water in bogotá is one of the cleanest you'll find, but if you're not used to it you should drink bottled water or buy a filter. chances are you won't even notice if you're drinking tap water.

poulet comments on Just a quick question

I've lived all my life here, only been out of the country on vacations. I'm 18 now and when I graduated high school I was a minor so I didn't do military service.
"¿do you realize that military service in Colombia is focused to low class guys?"
This is true, when you don't do military service, the government collectts a tax according to the income of your parents, so they'd rather collect the tax from the rich people, and poor people are the ones that end up doing the military duties.
What litost says is true, bachilleres are not placed in combat, if you're a baachiller in Bogotá, for example, you'll likely be put to help out directing traffic or something, but the training is still tough.

poulet comments on 3 things to know before moving to Bogota for a year.

Hey
I use transmilenio everyday to go to university and, even though it's freaking crowded, I'd take it over a regular bus anyday, regular buses take forever because they make a stop every 100m. Also the drivers don't give a damn about the other cars so it's kinda dangerous, accidents are bound to happen. Plus they're so filthy, it's really disgusting.

well, now the on-topic discussion
1/. andrés carne de res is a must, but you have to go with a local because it's not in bogotá, so you have to know exactly where you're going.

2/.Partying in the 82nd and parque de la 93, I'd especially recommend Bogotá Beer Company, but you won't get much Colombian culture there because a lot of foreigners go there, still excellent beer and good ambience.

3/. Walking around La Candelaria, I have to agree with the previous post, the "Casa de la Moneda" museum (mint house) is great, you can also visit the Bibiolteca Luis Angel Arango which is on the same street and it's a must amongst us college students (http://www.lablaa.org). And there's lots to see, if you can go to la candelaria on a sunday it's better because you can go to "La Casa de Nariño" (Presidential Palace) and watch the guard shift (I think it's at noon), which is just, plain awesome. (I live here and only been once, dont know why, but I'll definitely go one of these days). After writing all that I realised that my 3rd recommendation is definitely the guard shift, la candelaria walkthrough can be the secondary plan.

poulet comments on Question re: high school in Colombia...

hmmm... well I actually graduated last year, I'm 18 now.
Anyways, my school was always different than the Colombian system, in my school bachillerato is from 5th grade.

poulet comments on Question re: high school in Colombia...

sebas_cafe it's the first time I hear about that and I'm colombian and have lived all my life here.

tinto, I graduated at 17 and was one of the smallest in my year group. most of my friends graduated at 18.

School in Colombia is regularly like this:

at age 4 you enter pre-kinder
then it goes like this:
kinder, transition, 1st-11th grade.
So basically, (if everything goes right) you graduate at 18.
But I have a couple of cousins that live in Cali, and some people in the school they go to, skip some years, so 1 of my cousins graduated at 16 (she's the same age as me) so she started university one year before I did.

poulet comments on Tips for Bogota-bound geeks

hmm yeah, wireless isn't very hmm yeah, public wireless isn't very popular here. The only public place i've seen it is at my university, but quite a few regular people do use it at home.
I think ETB gives you the best service, I have cable with cablenet and it's pure shit.

poulet comments on Question re: high school in Colombia...

It depends, normally high school or bachillerato is from 6th-11th grade. But in some international schools it's different. I for one was a junior from 6th-8th and senior from 9th-11th grade, but my school is british. But regular schools are like I said first no junior or senior differentiation.

poulet comments on What do you miss the most?

yep, i mean on cans

but if you like beer go to Bogotá Beer Company, great place, foreigners seem to enjoy it a lot, us colombians too, hehe, one of my favourite places in bogotá.

poulet comments on nice restaurant in bogota

salto del angel is impossible atm, while all the fuss disipates.

poulet comments on What do you miss the most?

ooh, ok, I get them in Bogotá at a place called Vips, you can get all sorts of imported stuff there.

poulet comments on nice restaurant in bogota

You can't go wrong if you go to el parque de la 93 or la T(82nd street), in la T, I higly recommend Balzac, it's just in front of Andino's car entrance.

What type of food do you want? If you're more specific I can help you further.

poulet comments on What do you miss the most?

gringa60, there are straweberries here.

and british paisa, I drink guiness, do you live in medellin? here in bogotá it's easy to get.

poulet comments on proper spanish

kamilo, you may have just unleashed the wrath of elmodefoque by saying that, he's very regionalistic.
although I agree with you 100%

poulet comments on Colombian guys are perros?

"plenty of perras in Col too " lol, you should never tell a girl that it's very offensive, to be a perro on the other hand for a guy, not bad at all.

poulet comments on Cost of Fresh Fruits & Vegetables?

oh, then yeah, you can get them

the prices change depending on where you buy them. You can go to a regular supermarket, Carulla, Olimpica, and they are a bit expensivier, or you can go directly to the source, the "plaza de mercado(Corabastos)" and get them really cheap, this is the place where all the fruits and vegetables from all around Colombia arrive at Bogotá.

poulet comments on Cost of Fresh Fruits & Vegetables?

what are bell peppers?tom what are bell peppers?

tomatoes and oranges are probably the cheapest thing you can buy, along with potatoes.
You can buy a "costal" (large sac) of oranges for anything between 7-15000 pesos

about gettingg things here, it's the other way around, since Colombia is a season-less country, we can grow virtually anthing.

poulet comments on proper spanish

you're a fucking idiot, I was just proving a point saying that that language is acceptable in regular life with ppl you know and it's used in all social clases, (it's not my fault you're a resentful mofo towards other social clasees), but not if you just met someone.

poulet comments on proper spanish

It 's a mater of regionalism, It's NOT a mater of regionalism, I'm from bogotá and had the best education money can buy in Colombia, and still I call my friends huevon. I also call them parcero, never llave, that is very costeño. It's funny, when I was in Chile, people knew I was colombian casuse I called my friends guevon.

the point of what I was saying is why would you say that(mira marica, dame un cafe ahora mismo hijueputa") to someone that is asking a genuine question? what if the guy takes your word for it and goes to a restaurant and says that? they'll beat the crap outta him. All colombians in thie forum are here to help others, you don't have to fill your emotional voids by trying to be funny here.

poulet comments on proper spanish

you find this funny: "i always heard that the proper way to ask for a cup of coffee is, "mira marica, dame un cafe ahora mismo hijueputa" (look fag give me a coffee right now son of a bitch)

when someone is asking for help? It's way out of line and totally unnecessary

poulet comments on proper spanish

if you're not here to help th elmodefoque, if you're not here to help then dont say anything you ass, no one finds you funny so just stfu

poulet comments on A proper gift to bring to a Colombian friend

(quoted from my other post)
unless you know by a fact the person likes football or baseball a jersey is not a good gift, (also remember americans are the only ones to call american football, football, in the rest of the world football is soccer) nevertheless a football(soccer) t-shirt wouldn't be a good idea since all american, football(soccer) teams suck. A bottle of California wine sounds just about right, maybe for a guy a cd/dvd.
I would definitey love to get a dvd of any movie or if you are aware of the person's musical taste, also a concert.

poulet comments on colombian products online

man, that's a hell of a business, the Aguardiente Antioqueño bottle costs here around 10thousand pesos (2 pounds) and there it costs 18pounds

poulet comments on proper spanish

elmodefoque I don't know your story but I can see you're a fucking idiot.

Wingman, that's not true, aromatica is different, if you ask for a tea you'll get a tea, regular fruit tea, an aromatica as the name says it is an infusion of haromatic herbs. If you ask for a tea, chances are, you'll get a Lipton.

poulet comments on proper spanish

I think it's just because the french speak so damn fast that some words get mingled up, for example when they say "je ne sais pas" it sounds like "chez pas" so you really have to make the words make sense in the context of conversations.

poulet comments on proper spanish

unless you know by a fact the person likes football or baseball that is not a good gift, (also remember americans are the only ones to call american football, football, in the rest of the world football is soccer) nevertheless a football(soccer) t-shirt wouldn't be a good idea since all american football(soccer) teams suck. A bottle of California wine sounds just about right, maybe for a guy a cd/dvd.

And about the topic I always use "me regala un ... porfavor"

about what bjorn says, it's not unpolite, it just sounds weird, spanish isn't like french when you have to always use the subject (je, tu il, vous, nous, ils) in spanish you dont have to say "Yo quiero" it's enough to say "quiero", saying "Yo quiero" is just unnecessary and therefore just sounds weird, i'm colombian, btw. Anyways, saying quiero is the equivalent in english to "I want" so if you go to a restaurant and say "I want the steak" it sounds like you're demanding a stake rather than asking for it, so it is unpolite.

poulet comments on A Business in Colombia

ned, check this out
eltiempo wrote an article about the ice cream industry in Colombia
http://eltiempo.terra.com.co/economia/2004-08-17/ARTICULO-WEB-_NOTA_INTERIOR-1768032.html

poulet comments on Double Pricing?

that definitely doesn't exist here, in informal markets the vendor will put the prices according to what type of customer he sees, but in regular stores, (i mean actual stores in buildings and stuff) have fixed prices, you can't bargain.

poulet comments on Need Assistance

christina, I called la Javeriana and they're emailing me some info, If anyone else is interested mail me at east_man at mail.com

poulet comments on Colombian websites

I never chat online, but I guess this would be a good place to look
http://www.colombia.com/chat/

poulet comments on Festivals in Sep-oct

http://www.colombia.com/turismo/ferias_fiestas/
check this page out, you'll have to wait a bit to see the festivals for september and october.

poulet comments on Need Assistance

La Nacional is not very far away, If you're going to stay downtown, or in La Candelaria it's very near. It's near the football stadium and it has a major street(avenida 30) going through it.

Weather here isn't humid. I mean, it's not like when you get off a plane in a coastline city and you feel your clothes sticking to your skin. It has been a bit rainy the last few days, though.

Dress code for young people:
Jeans, regular shirts(not too colourful) or t-shirts for the day, a jacket or coat, and shoes, please don't wear sandals or stuff like that, just plain regular shoes with socks.

poulet comments on TEFL Bogota, costs versus wages. Health

These are the apartments for rent downtown.
remember U$1 is roughly 2600 COP. I would recommend parque central bavaria, it's a nice neighbourhood right downtown plus the "Transmilenio" is really near so transport would be easy.

poulet comments on TEFL Bogota, costs versus wages. Health

I think you would be better off finding a job as a teacher before moving here, the school i went to (anglo-colombian school) is one of the best in Bogotá and they are always in need of teachers. It obviously depends in where you are from, but in my school life I had teachers not only from the UK, but also from Australia and New Zeland, I even had a math teacher from Romania. The homepage is http://anglocol.edu.co maybe check it out and see what you can find.

Healthcare here is excellent, if you have a job that will all be taken care off. You don't have to worry about any diseases in Bogotá, it's just a mayor city, but if you travel to the coast you will need a yellow fever shot.

There are lot's of Yoga teachers that will go to your house and also quite a few gyms that offer it. A regular yoga class will be around U$10, for an hour.
cheers.

poulet comments on 1st medal for Colombia

forgot to say it was in the women's 53kg-weightlifting category

poulet comments on Caribian Coast

omg, casa de felipe seems awesome, I'm from bogotá, and will definitely consider that for my next vacations.

poulet comments on Need Assistance

I'm actually 15/16(90%) colombian and 1/16(10%) spanish, hehe, but I also speak english and french.
maybe you can write an email to my uni, go to this page http://ingles.uniandes.edu.co/ and see what info you can find.

poulet comments on Need Assistance

Hi christina, if you need any help I'm from Bogotá, write me an email: east_man at mail.com. I go to Los Andes university and there are lots of rooms for rent all around the campus which are meant for students so they shouldn't be very expensive.
as I see your english is very good, so if you need to talk to someone or anything don't hesitate to email me.
Good luck.

poulet comments on Colombia vs. Venezuela

caleña, the gdp/capita merely shows the distribution of wealth divided by all the population, even though Venezuela has a lower gdp/capita, here in Colombia it's not evenly distributed that's why we have lots of beggars on the streets (as mike said).

poulet comments on Caribian Coast

both san andrés and cartagena offer amazing diving tours
In cartagena you can grab a boat to "islas del rosario" and the diving places there are incredible, I've only practiced scuba diving once in San Andrés, but it was very nice too.

poulet comments on San Andres and Providencia...

Blue Deep is the most famous disco in San Andrés, you can't miss it, but if you're looking for nightlife, come to Bogotá, many different "rumba" styles for you to chose from.