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the peso!! - flight - Gold up $57 in last 2 hours

Asalto a los recursos - corruption -

La Tarde, 1 de septiembre de 2008 No hay plata en Colombia que aguante tanta corrupción. ¿Queremos pruebas? El municipio La Jagua de Ibirico, ubicado en el Cesar, con 21 mil habitantes es ente territorial local más rico del país. Pero su riqueza parece su maldición, su condena. Entre 1997 y 2003, recibió más de $100 mil millones en regalías por la explotación del carbón, pero no tiene agua potable ni alcantarillado; los cuatro últimos alcaldes están en la cárcel y desde ...

Value for Money

Just bought a 3 CD collection of Porros, Cumbia and Gaita from a street seller. 78 tracks only one of which was average - all the rest excellent sound and, well, the quality of music - astounding. All for 5000 pesos. ...

Capurgana, Uraba - anyone visited?

Heard this would be a fine place to visit but I´m v short on details help much appreciated

Room wanted Envigado, or nr Medellin (sur), weekends, long term

Looking for Apt / hse share Med up to 1 year soon

Hello. Been here 6 mths in campo. Now starting a 1 yr 'sabatical' (doin next to nowt - not even interested in chasing the siliconas - still need a few more years to get over the ex, though i do like a bit of fun and have lots of good friends here). Dont mind where exactly. Med is ok -eg Poblado, Floresta. Be nice to have pool and internet. Furnished if poss. 53 yo mining engr. If anyone else interested sure pool resources + drop me a line. Prefer to share. Many thanks. Tom
tomoflaherty at ya ...

Bus robbery story

A couple of weeks ago a friend was travelling on an early morning bus from Barranquilla to Monteria. The bus was full. Just after leaving the outskirts a couple of girls overheard something, became suspicious and told the driver. He called ahead for an army check. The army came and took all the males off the bus seached them and checked documents. All in order the bus carried on for half an hour when the 3 guys and a woman who were all sitting in different places appeared with guns and got the d ...

Personal Health Insurance in Colombia

Hello, ive been here 6 months now and plan a year extra. A friend has advised me to get some personal health insurance. Any recommendations?
He had an enforced stay recently in a hospital in Medellin and was dismayed at the plight of locals without insurance having to bear up without pain-killers. These types of drugs are expensive here apparently.
btw he is colombian and pays 400K/mes for cover for the wife and two kids tambien.
suerte, Tom ...

Las bonitas lindas y feo fellows

all the talk on this site and the media is about the bonitas to the exclusion of the fea fellas. How can this be? Surely you cant have one without the other. I mean it has to be in the jeans right. I do pity the poor native blokes who must be getting pretty tired by now of all the attention being devoted to the chicas lindas and them having to live in the dark corners with a bag over their head. but also
Its a pain in the ass to see all the preening most women are up to all the time - you ...

180 day rule

Buenas dias, apologies if this is answered earlier. My first post. Been here in Med 5 months now. Thought it would be just a few weeks at first but the job grew. Came in on a tourist visa as thought the work visa would be too much of a hassle to get and a lot of paperwork. Been out to Panama twice to renovar it. Now find that i need at least another 4 months to work. I work with a well known empressa. I didnt even know of this 180 day rule until a week ago when someone by chance mentioned it. I ...

 


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