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static comments on Domestic Airline ? - Purchase now or when I arrive - Plus more questions :) I agree. Avoid Bogota is that if that is not where you want to go.
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static comments on Need some information to Colombia Black Sheep Hostel in Medellin offers inexpensive Spanish lessons and is a nice place to stay. Last time that I was there, there was a solo, female, Swiss traveler staying there as well.
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static comments on FYI: Copa Airlines offering $180.00 oneway sin taxes promo (MDE) Inquiring minds want to know.
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static comments on Career Opportunities The advice that I give to young'uns is to study whatever, but to make sure that they are a wiz in Excel. If you know Excel, you are always employable. The other advice that I give is to look to see what needs the fewest amount of units needed to graduate, pick that, be in a study group (very important!) and to not change majors.
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static comments on ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME, TO OPEN THE FORUM UP TO NEW MEMBERS? I had no idea that the forum was closed to new members. This is forum suicide! It needs to be re-opened as soon as possible.
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static comments on Spirit to add FLL-CTG service before summer I flew them to Lima. No problems at all.
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static comments on earlier Bogota arrival? I take TACA and it arrives at 2:00pm Plus: you get United miles Plus: you don't have to route through MIA Minus: two stops
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static comments on Frequent Travel BOG-MDE So what is the catch? Why can Avianca charge so much more on that route?
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static comments on (No, it's not from The Onion) Guest opinion: Why U.S., Arizona need free trade with Colombia After that first sentence, I had to check to make sure that this wasn't a joke.
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static comments on Does anyone have any information concerning a school called ISSO? What an unfortunate URL.
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static comments on COLOMBIA: The Food Basket is Running Out Rent a copy of "Who framed Roger Rabbit?" at once.
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static comments on COLOMBIA: The Food Basket is Running Out Rubito said: "You might also want to ask yourself, if agricultural subsidies are so good, why is it that the two countries with the most amount of them (Japan followed by the US) are two of the countries where food is the MOST expensive on Earth??" I am very against agricultural subsidies, but have to correct you: in fact, food is very cheap in the US. It is nowhere near "the most expensive on Earth".
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static comments on Semana Santa...Where should I go? I was just coming here to recommend the exact same thing! Get over to Salento!
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static comments on Bamboo is catching on among green architects I was fascinated when I saw bamboo being used as support beams at toll plazas in Colombia. Serious, modern toll plazas, too.
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static comments on Birmingham, Alabama to Armenia There are also two flights a day on American Airlines from Miami to Medellin. From there, it's an easy bus ride to Armenia.
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static comments on Bogota Hostel The problem with Platypus is that it is very, very run down. However, the owner is great. I have also stayed at Hostel Sue which I like a bit better. With hostels, it all depends upon who is staying in your dorm. If it is filled with a bunch on 20-something, coked-up, drunk guys, then forget sleeping. Bring earplugs no matter what you do.
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static comments on SOS!! UK travel to Colmbia via USA "If I were a foreigner, I'd avoid American airports at all costs: rude, ignorant, xenophobic and racist personnel can make layovers in the U.S. a dismal experience." Good advice. I agree, and I am an American.
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static comments on Another post deleted on PBH "It's a revolting propaganda sheet for the wealthy, sneering, left-liberal elite and their useful idiots." Fairly accurate, but I am not wealthy.
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static comments on 6 more in Choco taken hostage Sunday night And the story has made it into English.... Rebels abduct 6 tourists, Colombia's navy says http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/01/14/colombia.rebels/index.html
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static comments on Dinner out Time for our Moderator to re-read the rules: "We also don't allow attacks on groups of people (women, men, americans, colombians, ...). You can talk about groups of people, that's fine, just don't attack them."
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static comments on Dinner out "I didn't make any value judgment on different lifestyles, just that YOU shouldn't take it for granted that everybody should share YOUR values and priorities in lifestyle issues." What? Where did I state that I thought that others should share my values or priorities?
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static comments on Dinner out I expect at least some empathy from a moderator. It's no secret the way the world works. Those of us who have worked in the service industry don't like to be insulted. Have you ever heard the saying "When in Rome, do as the Romans do"? The custom in the United States and Canada is to tip service employees. You don't have to like it, you don't have to agree with it and nobody will force you to do it. Don't want to tip? Fine, then don't. One is free to spend their money however they like. It would be much better if employees in North America would be paid a fair wage and tipping was not necessary, but they are not, they won't be and none of us set up the system or can change it. It is what it is. Your actions will not change anything, so don't worry. Besides, the Internal Revenue Service doesn't care what we think: they tax the waiters and bartenders on expected income from tips whether or not you patronize the place. There are several ways of thinking about this issue and maybe your way is NOT the best.
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static comments on Dinner out I agree with you on the error of insulting ones parents. You mentioned it twice; yeah, we got the point. It appears that you have misplaced priorities. The comments from chorizo in regards to the service industry were cruel, insensitive and uncalled for. After those narrowminded, xenophobic comments you get your undies in a bunch because someone insulted his parents? So, are these posts are the ones that you approve of? "You people in these service jobs who think you deserve a tip and think yourselves useful. You're not. We can do everything you are doing for us. We don't even need you." "This is a bollocks American practice because most Americans were brain washed to think tips is a way of life since they had that bell boy job, or waiter job, or some other services job, or god forbid rode a taxi. American Taxi drivers are the worst spoiled people." "It's not our problem some countries have these shitty service jobs with less than minimum wages." Cheap shot indeed.
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static comments on Dinner out How about a disclaimer? Not everything that Juli has ever written or may write upon this website should be considered an endorsement. However, several things that she has written today I wholeheartedly agree with.
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static comments on New Years Eve In Bogota... Where's The Party? I wish that offer would extend to women....
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static comments on Directions For Tuluá Botanical Garden Hah! You may be right about that. I will be at least trying to find the botanical garden in Tuluá though.
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static comments on american mailbox in colombia I don't, but if you want me to bring something from the States, speak up now. I fly out on Friday.
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static comments on New Years Eve In Bogota... Where's The Party? What do you get for your 40.000 pesos?
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static comments on Feria de Cali, 5.30pm 25th just started How long does this event last? What is the final day?
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static comments on Directions For Tuluá Botanical Garden >Anyway found the coordinates for the one in Tuluá: 4º 01´42 N, 76º10´08 W. So I just hand the coordinates to any taxi driver? That oughta be interesting!
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static comments on With absolutely no empirical evidence, I would assume that STD %s are pretty much the same worldwide within age and socioeconomic groups.
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static comments on Colombian Hostels: A bad value for private accommodation?… Is there any specific reason why laundry costs so much in Colombia?
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static comments on Catching the train in Colombia Over two million people live in Paris, and over 10 million live in the suburbs of Paris. How do they get around? Oh yeah: Paris has an extensive metro and inter-urban railroad system. Wake up, America!
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static comments on Mountain House Hostel in Manizales I was going to say the same thing, but bufalo beat me to it. This medium is called a FORUM. We exchange ideas here. Many of them are true. Some are not. Some are plain conjecture. However, in this age of the Internet, savvy guesthouse owners have learned to pay attention to what impressions people are having in their establishments. This is only one of many travel forums. These days, it is not necessary to rely solely upon Lonely Planet or Footprint guides; word gets around much more quickly than ever before. The honest opinions from members are why many of us come here. Also, I wouldn't put any stock into the comments of a pissant newbie who joins just to make a rebuttal.
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static comments on Colombians, Tortillas, and Arepas I am visiting Bogota in a week. Should I bring along some fresh tortillas for someone?
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static comments on Call Center Business Growth in Colombia I was on the phone to the Visa card people the other day. Their phone center is in Panama City.
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static comments on Now, I am curious. I wish that I had not missed it. Could you send it to me in a PM?
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static comments on FARC a terrorist organization? ...apparently not. What a bunch of naive maroons! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7142569.stm On the BBC story, there is a chance to add your thoughts to the decision.
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static comments on What the heck is wrong with Utah troopers? And this was posted in a forum about Colombia because....?
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