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STEVENYCER comments on Restaurantes Costeños en Nueva York?

Thanks everyone, you've all confirmed what I've always known. There are no costeño restaurants in the tri-state area. How sad. :(

STEVENYCER comments on Pereria Hotel 2009 info

Earlier this year, I stayed at Apartamento Ejecutivo located in Los Alamos near the Bus Terminal and had a pleasant stay. www.apartamentoejecutivo.com

STEVENYCER comments on Are there direct flights from Cali to either Armenia or Pereira

Aires discontinued the Pereira - Cali route due to low ridership.

STEVENYCER comments on view from an aeroplane window ( avianca) hace 8 años

Let's just all torture everyone and not use any paragraphs, let's not use spell check, and forget punctuations so we can ALL sound like blithering idiots. Ree-dick-you-luss.

STEVENYCER comments on Energy Drinks in Medellin

Personally, I don't particularly like the taste of Red Bull on its own, but somehow for my palate it works as a good mixer for Ron Viejo de Caldas or Medellin in conjunction with Canda Dry Ginger Ale and a lime. Plus, gives me the energy I need pa' azotar la baldoza. Anywho, Ron Medallo at 23K, as opposed to Bacardi 28K at EXITO, is a FAR better value for the quality. Maybe the Bacardi Añejo or Bacardi 8 might be better in quality, but they are twice the price. Douglas, I actually liked Marti, for me it was as close to an genuine Mojito as you can get.

STEVENYCER comments on Energy Drinks in Medellin

Thank you Douglas. Bacardi is swill. Ron medellin is delicioso and NEVER gives me a hang over. I drank Bacardi in college because I was a victim of the bat device marketing campaign. No longer. Ron Viejo de Caldas AND Medellin are for superior to any non aged rum.

STEVENYCER comments on Good Colombian Guide Book at peajes in Colombia.

I've also seen tese at most LIBRERIAS NACIONALES. They come out with an edition every year with some slight updates on travel destinations. Hands down the best Travel publication in Colombia.

STEVENYCER comments on Energy Drinks in Medellin

Red Bull is widely available in colombia, however it is very expensive at at least 5000K a 10 oz. can. But the 22000K bottle of Ron de Medellin offsets the cost. :)

STEVENYCER comments on Pereira Sports Bar?

Club Heaven used to be up there on the top floor of Victoria, but I believe they closed down a few years ago. That used to be one of my favortie bars...they had hookah, cool music, Karaoke on certain nights and had that awesome view you speak of! Perhaps there is another bar up there I did not know about. Thanks, Norteño, I will defintely look into that! GO MAGIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D~~~~~~~~

STEVENYCER comments on Pereira Sports Bar?

I would prefer not to watch it in a house on TV, I'd like to go out for a few beers....:(

STEVENYCER comments on Monday ♥♥♥

vitamins

STEVENYCER comments on Pereira Inquiry/Note Again

La Popa / La Badea / Dosquebradas is an awesome party area. There are many different bars and clubs there, the bext of which are Mango Biche, La Cantera, and Paradise. http://www.pereiravirtual.com/ http://www.discotecaparadise.com/ Newspapers: http://www.latarde.com/ http://www.qhubopereira.com/qhpereira/destino.php http://www.eldiario.com.co/inicio

STEVENYCER comments on Colombian Peso Climbs on U.S. Data; Chilean Peso Advances

Phuck it, as long as it stays north of 2000 I'm happy.

STEVENYCER comments on Four nights in Cali, Trip report

Opinions are like A-holes. Even in the ghetto. But in all fairness, Simon, he's promoting LEGAL drug use. :) It's the only way Tone Loc is able to get with las siliconas...with his Funky Cold Medina.

STEVENYCER comments on A DIP IN AIRFARES TODAY TO COLOMBIA

All Copa Airlines Fares from Orlando Have been in the mid 300's round trip in the month of May to all destinations in Colombia through Panama City. I typically use hotwire.com or costamar.com

STEVENYCER comments on Pereira Bus Station - be careful

All kidding aside, I wanted to go to Valle del Cocorra and Salento on my trip next month, but now I will be more alert of my surroundings. Or maybe look at an alternate method of transport. I wonder how much a cab ride is...

STEVENYCER comments on Pereira Bus Station - be careful

Okay, that was my first official typo...LOL I think you guys got the point.

STEVENYCER comments on Pereira Bus Station - be careful

Even better advice is not to travel on bus alone...especially if you look woman or look non-Colombian.

STEVENYCER comments on UK ends bilateral military aid to Colombia

As the article states, the symbolic message this sends is much more severe to Colombia than its financial impact. When will they get their act together???

STEVENYCER comments on National Border Service Units on Alert in the Darién

The Panamanian Government is so full of shit. This kinda crap goes on, while on the other hand, they put the kibosh on the missing link of the Panamerican Highway through Darien becuase of security and illegal immigration concerns.

STEVENYCER comments on National Border Service Units on Alert in the Darién

What the hell are they doing in Panama? Hopefully not the same thing as in Venezuela and Ecuador.

STEVENYCER comments on 2010 World Cup Update and impact on Seleccion Colombia

A couple of remarks: Utopi and Norteño bring up interesting suggestions. The problem is that there are nearly 30 National Soccer Teams in the Nothern Hemisphere and only a dozen or so in South America. I'm pretty sure that, like it or not, they get a pass becuase of that. I suppose FIFA sorta makes up for it for allowing CONMEBOL 4 out of 12 being the stronger division, as opposed to 3 out of 30 plus in CONCACAF. Coincidentally, the 20009 CONCACAF Gold Cup will be held in the USA betweeh July 3rd and July 26 2009, as the US goes for the three-peat. Interesting to see what kinda of team they field with so much emphasis on WORLD CUP qualifying. Tanned, I'm not confident in Colombia's ability to defeat MExico in a VERY hypothetical playoff scenario. Antiguru, which games do you speak of so I can WIKI it too? :) Costalad: The Asian Football Confederation has been allocated 4.5 qualifying berths for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Australia is looking like the favorite since they movde from OCEANIA. I can't put anymore info, because I want to keep this thread from becoming extinct to having no relation to Colombia. :)

STEVENYCER comments on TRM(official exchange rate) fixed at 2,388.11 from 4-9 through 4-13

Awesome!!! NO TRM posts til then!

STEVENYCER comments on A fine example of how SALSA CALEÑA is done right.

This is the level I would like to be at. I know the basic footwork caleño, I just gotta work on the shines a little more and I'm there.

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Many of us made some heartfelt contributions to said posts. Very discouraging...

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I think that if you have made the decision that you want to be with more than one partner at a time, you really should be honest with each participant about your intentions. I know that it is not the male chauvinistic Colombian sterotype, and that it is much easier to find someone to be intimate with you without knowing you are with others. But it's simply just not fair to them. Unless... You are honest about everything. Come clean about exactly what you want to do. I support men and women alike who want open relationships. INMHO it should be donde truthfully without lying, hiding, or scheming. This pros are that this paradigm makes it a lot easier to not just have an openly good time with all of your partners with no hard feelings involved, but you also might make new friends for life. We all know that as the clock ticks, it is harder to make real friendships. Why not start now by simply being honest? The cons are that doing it this way makes it harder to find willing participants to agree to all of this.

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Onthemoon - I totally agree with you 100%. You reap what you sow and you are the master of your own destiny. Whatever you create in the foundation of any dating relationship will produce fruits of that same foundation. Whether it is love, sex, money, drugs, power, visa. I choose love over cynicsm. Not simply love in the abstract sense. But enjoying life, being happy, having fun, making the most of today with no guarantee of tomorrow. Once cynicsm is introduced, and material things become the part of the roots, it becomes a house guest that cannot be shooed away with GTFO lights and cup of coffee at 4am in the morning. Right on the money, Desi. Perhaps the answer is not necessarily deleting this thread, but closing it to further comments in order to serve as a reminder of how some posters can become when their REAL motivation is unmasked.

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Desi, birds of a feather flock together, particularly when you are a troll. We needn't let a bad apple spoil the bunch. :)

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Criticizing does not equal insulting, especially since I'm a fat, gross, rude and disrespectful foreigner who lives in mum's basement.

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"Yeah, about that..."

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Darloup, it's totally not the money and you know it. It's simply the principle and precedent it sets for future handouts. At least not for the first couple of dates. However, deep into a serious replationship, it is completely different as there is more confianza built in. Okay, it's only 2 dollars. :)

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"fat, bloated, cider swilling asses" For someone who claims false indignation for our alleged lack of disrespect for women, you sure have no problem insulting everyone else. Hypocrisy is the first thing that comes to mind. "The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness. An act or instance of such falseness." Rocco81, while I am willing to give you the benefit of doubt of you having good intentions, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Let's try not to selectively discriminate to whom we give respect. We are all here to learn, myself included.

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Y la sopa del guandul...

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As much as I enjoy making hay, it's always preferable to have a chica make hay for you. :)

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Either or, they both mean the same thing. Oh, I almost forgot... Chichpatorsiopanguanorrea!

STEVENYCER comments on Goodbye Scotty......

Amen, brother.

STEVENYCER comments on Where to live as a UM student in Miami

As long as you live by the metrorail, you have easy access to just about everywhere in Dade County coupled with the bus services.

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I agree with just about everything that's already been said. I will pay for everything as long as MY money is being exchanged between myself and the person providing the service (dinner, movie, cab fee). I don't feel a woman should ask ME for MY money at all. If she wants something and I can afford it, she will get it as a gift. As much as some Colombianas may think so, money is NOT an appropriate gift for a chica. As whitney says, it sets an IRREVERSABLE precedent.

STEVENYCER comments on 15 Assasinations in Medellin over the Weekend - All Tourists

More cops on Medellín streets after wave of assassinations Monday, 06 April 2009 10:10 Medellín Police increased the number of policemen on the streets in the city center and in the poor neighborhoods after the assassination of fifteen people this weekend. According to Medellín newspaper El Colombiano, police formed five mobile squads that will patrol the areas where the murders took place and where authorities say is a high presence of criminal gangs. Medellín Police commander Dagoberto García Cáceres says the murders were committed by members of the Office of Envigado, a paramilitary group whose leader recently was arrested. Colombia's second largest city has seen an increase in murders for months and already imposed rigid security measures in February to curb the violence. Rival paramilitary militias are trying to take control over certain parts of the city.

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You're too kind. Unfortunately, I think this is the only President I would run for...

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I still would have picked her up and dropped her off, eliminating the NEED to request cab fare money, even if it means giving the cab driver money directly. I have no problem footing 100% of the bill, especially on the first date. But once she sticks her hand in my pocket for something other than mi chorizo, I do not walk away, I run away!

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Igualmente, papa. I feel that the whole idea of blogs and forums such as this one is to inform, educate, and entertain, not always in that order. We need to have a sense of pride for who we are and respect each other. Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I'll remember. Involve me and I'll understand. Unpopular speech is absolutely vital to the health of our nation. And PBH! :)

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Thanks! Although I've always been curious about chimbo (male) and chimba (female). "Uyyyy, si, esa cancion es una chimba!" Positive "Uyyyy, no, ese lugar es muy chimbo!" Negative Since these words are mostly use by heterosexual males, is it the Freudian theory that denotes that gettting CHIMBA is good, and getting CHIMBO is not good? This is one of the most curious colloquialisms of Colombian Spanish IMHO.

STEVENYCER comments on New Google Earth satellite photos of Medellin

Can't we all just Rodney King?

STEVENYCER comments on 15 Assasinations in Medellin over the Weekend - All Tourists

Since these were murders of paramilitary members and sicarios, this does not appear to be related to the infamous pamphlet warning. Has the shit yet to hit the fan?

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abrirse (to open): to leave armar videos (to do videos): to lie, cause trouble caliente (hot): dangerous camello (camel): job caspa (dandruff): a badly-behaved person comerse a alguien (to eat somebody): have oral sex with a woman chévere: cool chimba: Pussy (Slang for Female Genitalia); When it is used as an object of comparison it denotes an extreme attraction to something (Attractive/cool); (Example: "Eso es una chimba de carro/chimba de vieja" (that is a cool car/attractive woman)). Its usage is considered obscene, although in cities like Medellin it is used all the time. chino: (Chinese): child fresco (fresh): Don't worry gonorrea (gonorrhea): evil, loathsome hacer la tarea (to do homework): have sex levantar (to pick up): make a conquest of a woman or man (example: "Me levante una vieja anoche hermano"), battery (crime), to beat someone up ligar (to tie): to give money. to bribe llave ("key" written wrong): friend mamando: (breastfeeding): didn't work out, did not come out well. mamola: no way mariconadas: joking around (deje las mariconadas - stop joking around) nonas: no paila (saucepan): bad luck, not good. parce or parcero: largely used as comrade. (corruption of "parcelo", slang for owner of a plot of land (parcela)). Originally used as cell mate (sharing the same plot of land); Its usage derived into: criminal mate. Used only in criminal circles from late 1970's is now used openly in almost every urban center. Ex. Andres Palacios perder el año (to get an F (grade)): to die pilas (batteries): wake up pisarse (to step over): to leave plata (silver): money plomo (lead): bullets ratero (rat associated word): robber sapo (toad): informant, snitch sisas: yes tombo: policeman vaina: case, refers to an object or to a complicated situation vieja (old woman): Young woman. Ex. Carolina Cortes ¿vientos o maletas? (winds or suitcases): how are you? (Note that this comes from "bien o mal"? (good or bad?), but it was changed to different words to make it funnier)

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Maturranga - An undehanded plan or scheme. Desnucadero (Desnuquis) - Literally: neck breaking Practically: Love Motel Timbrarse - Literally: Ring Practically: Get Angry, become suddenly alert Boleta (Boletearse) - Literally Ticket Practically: Uncool, inappropriate, ostentacious Puyar - Poke Fornicate Leche de Mi-palo Milk from my stick Semen Caerle / Hechar Los Perros Fall / Let the dogs out Hit on a woman/man Maniculitanteo Amorous Touchy Feely Activity Gas Smells bad, nauseous La Polla The Chicken Penis Pupi High class / 5 star Jopo Low Class / Ghetto This barely scratches the surface, but I will contribute more before long.

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On one of my trips to Cali, we were pulled over daily, which in and of itself made me feel very secure as they simply look for drugs and guns. One evening on the way to Juanchito, to get the in the party mood, I've got a huge plastic cup of Ron Viejo and Ginger Ale with ice in the back seat of a friend's car. Of course, we get pulled over and I am shitting a golden brick. So I sneakily place the cup on the floor as we all get out and get frisked. While they inspect the vehicle, one of the tombo's sees the cup, grabs the cup, hands me the cup, and says: "Tenga mijo para que no se le derrame." Priceless. I love Colombia.

STEVENYCER comments on LA VACA Y LOS SITEMAS SOCIOECONOMICOS

EN UNA COOPERATIVA COLOMBIANA Tienes dos vacas... Las ordeñaste y quieres vender la leche pero no puedes venderla sin pagarle las vacunas a la guerrilla, los paracos y al politico de turno para que te la dejen vender... entonces tienes que prestarle al banco para poder pagar porque lo de la leche no te alcanzo y como quedaste sin plata, le tienes que pagar a los empleados con la carne de las vacas, asi que te toco mandarlas al matadero y te quedaste sin las vacas, sin la leche y debiendole al banco.

STEVENYCER comments on Sofia Viagra to make Broadway debut this Spring

Nope, she's dating the author of 'El Cartel de Los Sapos'. Is there any Colombian model that guy hasn't tapped? Sofía Vergara sale con ex narco La actriz fue vista con el autor del libro ‘El cartel de los sapos’ El corazón de Sofía Vergara parece que tiene un nuevo inquilino: un ex narco del cartel del Norte del Valle. La actriz fue captada en Nueva York cuando daba un romántico paseo con Andrés López, conocido en el mundo del crimen organizado como "Florecita", quien además es autor del libro El cartel de los sapos, en que se basa la telenovela del mismo nombre. La pareja caminaba tranquilamente por una de las calles de la Gran Manzana. Vergara iba del brazo de López, quien después de su delictiva carrera se entregó a las autoridades y fue sentenciado por delitos de narcotráfico a 20 años de prisión, condena que finalmente se redujo a 67 meses tras cooperar con las autoridades de Estados Unidos, dando información sobre el cartel colombiano del Norte del Valle. Hace unos meses supuestamente la actriz terminó su noviazgo con un empresario millonario.