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RecochanBoy comments on DIAS FESTIVOS 2008 COLOMBIA

I like this one better, with holidays highlighted in red: http://www.geocities.com/oramireg/Cal08COL.JPG (Not affiliated with the bakery, they make the best cakes though ;)

RecochanBoy comments on INFORMATION ABOUT SAN ANDRES PLEASE

SAI info page Hey Robert check this out, it's an MSN forum run by and mostly for canadian tourists about San Andres Island (http://groups.msn.com/BigJuicesSanAndresIsland), plenty of info there, hope it helps making your mind.

RecochanBoy comments on Escuche mas de 40 Emisoras Colombianas Mientras Navega en el Internet

Bacanisimo!! Gracias esta muy bueno ese link.

RecochanBoy comments on

Campos de Cristo it is Just to add to GIB's comment, the place is a cemetery on the Chusacá zone, and its name is Campos de Cristo. I just spotted it this morning on my way home from Ibagué, as well as the "El Faro" restaurant at the entrace. Located on the Autopista Sur entering Bogotá from the south and 5 km before Soacha, the place is one of the last green spots before the concrete takes over. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Chicaque is a natural park nearby, on the way from Soacha to La Mesa (http://www.chicaque.com).

RB

RecochanBoy comments on Any Independence Day Festivals/Events in the Washington DC area?

DC area event Just read your post. The only one event in the DC area I found mentioned in the Chancery website was held last Sunday (July 17) at Freedom Plaza in DC; seems like the DC area featured the least number of Independence Day events this year compared to other U.S. cities; dunno why, probably declining attendance seen in recent years...

R.B.

RecochanBoy comments on "A Crowded Flat 2005" party in Bogota, June 11th

Museo Del Oro bus stop closed Notice for those of you arriving by Transmilenio: The Museo Del Oro stop will close for repairs starting June 9th for 7 weeks; the next closest stop is Jimenez (on Carrera 13, some 3-4 blocks down from El Edificio).

RB.

RecochanBoy comments on Bank Charges - are they thieves in Colombia - I mean the banks

Profits up 10% Then from whom do you think they make this kind of profits?

RecochanBoy comments on Colombia Street Address

Streets in Colombia are usually arranged as a grid, with (0, 0) at the city center. You always start with the street where the place is at; in your example it's Calle but it also may be other things like Carrera, Avenida, Diagonal, Transversal. In Bogotá, a Calle runs from east to west and a Carrera runs from north to south. Avenida can be either one and it may have either a name or a number (i.e. Avenida 82 or Avenida Caracas). Calle and Carrera usually have numbers only. The rest of the number is read as Dan explains it; find the cross road and then the number after the dash is the house number, i.e. houses in the same block (let's say 45) should start at 01 and end at 99 (more or less), for instance 45-01 for the first house and 45-99 for the last one. The even house numbers on one side of the street and the odd ones across the street from the even ones. Sometimes you may find an "N" or "S" added to the number; that means North or South, to distinguish that street from the same street number at the opposite half of the town.

R.B.

RecochanBoy comments on Where can I buy a motorcycle helmet in Bogogta?

Forgot to tell u... He also told me he paid some $300K COP for it two years ago; prices shouldn't have gone up too much though he says.

R.B.

RecochanBoy comments on Where can I buy a motorcycle helmet in Bogogta?

At EuroCross. I just asked my brother and he told me he bought his at "Euro Cross" at Carrera 7 No. 84-91, Local 1 (Esso gas station). You can find more info including phone and fax #s at http://www.eurocross.org (select Colombia from the pulldown menu).

R.B.

RecochanBoy comments on Colombian slang

A few more synonyms for "cool" These are usually used in Bogotá (some of them already mentioned by other posters):

Chévere
Bacano
Legal
Full
Increíble
Una nota / Qué nota
Una chimba / Qué chimba
La verraquera / Una verraquera / Qué verraquera
La putería / Una putería / Qué putería
Una soda / Qué soda
Del putas
Una cuca / Qué cuca

(these ones are a bit lower-class talk so, I don't advise to use them:)
Calidad / Una calidad
Elegante

Note 1:, you can add "marica" to emphasize even more, for example "Qué nota, marica!" (only with your closer buddies though, hehe)
Note 2: "Adulto", have never heard of it...

R.B.

RecochanBoy comments on Dating a Cousin

In the U.S. too... I can see this going on in the U.S. too. Check this out:

http://www.cousincouples.com/

R.B.

RecochanBoy comments on Dating a Cousin

Not a custom but not unusual Hey ColX, I agree with you in that is not a "custom" but I would say it's not that unusual. I know of a couple cases within my own family tree where cousins dated, married and now have normal children. I point this out because of the old belief that breeding between cousins may produce birth defects in offspring (due to the mixing of closely-related genes or whatever) but in both of my relatives' cases, their children were born perfectly healthy. I personally think this belief is all about preventing close relatives to breed because genetic variety increases the survival odds of future populations.

I agree though it's kinda bizarre and I wouldn't do it/promote it; I wouldn't like to play the genetic "russian roulette" myself...

R.B.

RecochanBoy comments on Please tell me

Thanks Lionheart Just wanted to say thank you for your extended chars post. I made the change and it works great in my US K/B. I used to do the Alt-xxx thing all the time and now I can save myself a few keystrokes every time I need an accented char. I usually type 1/2 the time in English and 1/2 the time in Spanish so it comes in really handy.

Thx again buddy -- R.B.

RecochanBoy comments on Carnival De Barranquilla

Guide to Carnaval de Barranquilla Today the national paper "El Tiempo" published a guide to the Carnival. You can find it here (in spanish) if you're interested:

http://eltiempo.terra.com.co/viaj/2005-01-20/ARTICULO-WEB-_NOTA_INTERIOR-1948241.html

R.B.

RecochanBoy comments on Ayuda para un hermano latinoamericano

Trios Sobre hoteles lo siento pero ahora no sé qué recomendarte, aunque sobre los trios te puedo dar el siguiente tip: Vete a http://www.paginasamarillas.com, pica en Colombia, luego en búsqueda por Empresa le das "ASOMUC" (en Departamento/Estado le seleccionas Distrito Capital). Allí te van a salir las direcciones y teléfonos de esta empresa que entiendo representa muchos tríos.

Suerte con el resto de la búsqueda.

R.B.