thegrower has left 14 comments

thegrower comments on looking for friends to meet in bogota

how do i meet them? Times , location, day???? Thanks alot

thegrower comments on FARC tortures boy

When was there last kidnapping? I heard it was almost 3 years ago! 1/2 the countryside no way i would have seen them I travel ALOT and live here. I am in Caldasand have traveled to Ecuador and Venazuela and never saw any militia so what half do they own?

thegrower comments on HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yes I know a P.I. in Medellin!

thegrower comments on HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

your better off without her

thegrower comments on Looking for Work/Volunteer in Bogota

any english school would love free help and they will probaly feed you. 2 weeks 5 days are you crippled? That is a shit load of time. I lost my card they sent me emergency cash in the first 24hours and a new card in a week, bank of america, I would be on the phone bitchin everyday. somethings not right 2 months??????????????' goodluck

thegrower comments on Taking $$ into Colombia

you can bring 10k on your person and then divide the other2ok through all your bags , jeans pockets, shorts pockecket, in book pages, in maps, shirts. you can easily bring 20-30k with you. no problem. NEVER go home with cash buy emeralds, gold, ass something but invest it in this great country.

thegrower comments on Being denied entry into the US with a tourist visa

The usa has the right to refuse you at the border even us citizens. they won´t do it right now they have an open border policy right now through june 2008. It is on the ICE web site they are the new org. in charge of entry and exit. If you have a visa your in. They do there checking on you before they approve the visa if you do something wrong after the visa has been issued then of course then can stop entry. also if you have OVERSTAYED your visa in the past with any country they can refuse you at the door.I get detained EVERY TIME i enter the usa, i have never been denied entry.

thegrower comments on Bank Account for Gringo?

get a cedula and no problem with any bank, it does not matter if you know the "manager" or not you can not do it ANYMORE with out a cedula.

thegrower comments on deciding to seperate or divorce over the xmas period..how common is it

There are so many women here don´t sweat it go get another one. Your wife will straighten up or leave. simple. it is the colombian way!

thegrower comments on Household items to bring to Colombia

sheets and clothes maybe a few tools, the rest sell and buy new here. don´t waste your time or money.

thegrower comments on Rental costs

That is too much, ask your neighbors how much they pay, 2 years ago i rented a new apartment 3 bed and paid 1,000,000.00 per month for rent and electric everything. Dude what the hell are you doing buying an apartment for 650- 700k you can build a building with all the amenities for that. are you nuts??? you do know the avg colombian makes 200usd a month. I have bult 2 homes here and they were over 3000 sq ft with acreage, a finca in the city, it cost me 74,000.0usd with swimming pools, fully furnished , heat and ac, hot water everything. 1 house was 3 stories.the other 2 stories with river and mountain views, bus stop 2 min away. wow i guess your just rich and bored! You paid for the whole building!!hahahaha

thegrower comments on New Years in Barranquilla

With friends, I assume you have friends or someone there or why else would you go to Barranquilla. If no friends or contacts! Ha ask a local at your hotel, i assume you speak spanish. if not well have fun, sounds stupid to me.

thegrower comments on hostage release

Hugo Chavez runs the militia´s in colombia. they will NEVER release any usa people. in the world.the usa is hated by most leaders , with good cause, and we are NOT to be helped by anyone. Read the article there is a description of those being released and there NOT american.We are to busy killing people in the middle east and africa to worry about 3 people in south america. when those contractors signed up the signed away the right to rescue. its in there contract, life sucks but thats reality!

thegrower comments on

it because the drains aren´t made for paper. you will find in the newer and nicer areas it is not like that. when in colombia do as the colombians.