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umm comments on MtF SRS in Colombia

So, doesnt anyone know who carries out sex change surgeries in Colombia???

umm comments on ELMEJOR CIRUJANO PLASTICO EN CALI

Me gustaria saber si el man tambien hace cambios de sexo y cuanto va a cobrar por eso.

umm comments on Driving in Barranquilla video

Is something happening on that page? I only see that Q of that NON STANDARD quicktime player. Then it seems to be loading and loading ..... Do you have those movies also in WMV format or so? UMM

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umm comments on Ingrid Betancourt

aldb wrote: "and press react immediatly when a Israeli our a Palestinian is killed in the West Bank but ignore more men and women die in Colombia every day because of the war;" Sure there are elements which try to make the conflict in the middle east the most important. Europe is nearby, the USA is especially interested because of the wealthy jewish elite living in the USA which cannot be disappointed, so what do you expect. Colombia is nothing compared to that. Only some colombian workers living in the USA, not much business interest from all sides in Colombia and whe world perceives Colombia only as major drug producing country with nothing else there and with Hollywood underming the reputation of Colombia even further by displaying drug gangs and assassins in the USA mainly as being Colombians. And then there are naturally also all the other conflicts/problems like in Somalia, Zimbabwe, Ivory coast, Kashmir, Liberia, Congo Chechnia..... Also here no real solutions are being sought beacuse for the USA there areas dont promise lucrative business, the Europeans are careful not to be involved too much and in the countries themselves people have to suffer. UMM

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umm comments on Ingrid Betancourt

aldb,
are you AB's friend?
Anyway, if someone wants to create problems then that person would do it because of any reason, because of a song or even because today the sun doesnt shine.
Some people have simply too much testosterone in their blood and are too power hungry which makes it difficult to get along with that kind of people.
Still, peace is always negotiable, with a positive outcome for all parties. For that I would leave the gringos out of the game. They have nothing to do with it and they are also not helpful. Writing gringos I mean the Estadounidenses.
UMM

umm comments on Need papers apostilled. Help please?

pegwin, that might be true if you plan to pay bribes which I cannot condone.
Officially you need all documents as stated above translated and with apostilla.

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umm comments on Ingrid Betancourt

Humanity and humanitarian exchange is certainly acceptable.
It is only not acceptable for those who can make their mark through armed conflict. Like THE USA who always like to bully their way through, they earn money through war, because weapons are bought in the USA.
Uribe might not be interested in the release of I. Betancourt at this time because then his re-election might be in danger.

Both sides have to change their mindset before peace is possible. People just have to 'want' to find a solution then they can find one.
I would not mind having the Bolivarian party playing a role in Colombian politics, but then the FARC also has to act the way so that someone would elect them, then they have to show that they can really help to create a better future for all Colombians.
UMM

umm comments on Ingrid Betancourt

Re Marquez comment: "those mortars we fired at his inaugeration that killed more than a dozen people," Guess the attack was badly planned, just killed a bunch of innocent people, most probably mainly poor ones. Seems that comment was mainly meant to show off, but in fact they have embarrassed themselves. At the end you see again: Everyone including Uribe waving around with huge words and what they can do. Everywhere a lot of fighting spirit. This way Colombia surely doesnt find peace. Guess if the FARC hate Uribe so much, then it would be better to set Ingrid B free before the elections. Thats how they might be able to get rid of him. On the other hand: what would happen if Ingrid B would be elected as President?? UMM

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umm comments on Uribe Detractors

I know, also the gringos think violence is the solution for everything, but it is not. Also in Colombia people easily get angry because of small matters. People have to learn to negotiate and also to compromise. Sometimes COMPROMISE sounds negative., but at the end it can be someting positive for all parties. I am also against the extradition of Paramilitares or FARC or ELN to the USA. If someone has comitted a crime in Colombia then the process has to be made against these people in Colombia. The USA has no say in it whatsoever. Its non of their business. For the ones which can or want to be educated I would put up a centre for re-education and re-integration instead of prison. UMM
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umm comments on Ingrid Betancourt

I dont know why anyone is scared of the FARC or of going to Caqueta or so. I have been to San Vicente del Caguan. I have talked to some people of the Farc and they didnt do anything to me. I have met more people of the FARC on my trip from Bucaramanga to Berrancabermeja. Also there they didnt do anything to me. Guess at the end it always depends on how you talk to the people. UMM

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umm comments on Posting photos

If you have a firewall then that firewall might also prevent pictures from being shown.
Just an idea.
Or the pictures appear e.g. in Google as thumbnails, but theyy are old pictures and not online any more.UMM

umm comments on Ingrid Betancourt

If without negotiation nothing would happen, then it is better that someone negotiates.
If one person can be freed than it is better than none.
If two persons can be freed then it is better than one.
At the end it does not matter who or which country tries to free the people as long as there is reasonable hope that they can be freed.
UMM

umm comments on Posting photos

Post waht you want as long as it is not offensive.
You can do that by using normal HTML tags.
For the pictures, you can upload some in your private part and then link to them.
Otherwise you need your own webpage where you put them and then you put in the link.
UMM

umm comments on Ingrid Betancourt

Firstly I have not posted this as political post beacuse freeing of hostages is not necessarily political.
Secondly, its is NOT a "not-colombian" threat because IB has been kidnapped in Colombia nad in Colombia every day people are still kidnapped, as if it would help doing so.
the FARC, Marxist rebels, do that often although that Carlos Marx did not teach that kind of practices. Carlos Marx would probably turn around in his grave if he could see what has become out of his movement.
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umm comments on Uribe Detractors

I have just spoken to a URIBE hater in Santa Marta, one of my friends, who is artesano.
he changed his mid and said that its really getting better and that more visitors are coming.
Last time he still had words like 'granmarica' for him and two days ago he told me that he would re-elect Uribe.
UMM

umm comments on Ingrid Betancourt

Every politician is scared that someone else might take votes away from him.
If you dont know whether you got 50% or not, or if you would have to go into a re-run, then better dont have too much competition or people who take votes away from you.
Anyway, I heard the song yesterday on Radio Caracol where they seemed to promote it. So, it has nothing to do with french. Only thing is: I wanted the song and I tried to find it.

Better to help one person which has been kidnapped than helping none.
Better helping two people who have been kidnapped than helping one.
etc...
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umm comments on Ingrid Betancourt

Sure, Ingrid Betancourt posed a threat to A. Uribes candidacy. Still I cant imagine he has something to do with the matter or that he is not interested in her release.
Sure there are many people still kidnapped and all should be freed, but as it is like always: if the 'man on the street' is kidnapped, noone cares, except his family.
If someone prominent is kidnapped then you can get a campaign rolling.

But I see, there are still many 'french haters' here ;).
Most government havent done always everything right and everywhere you find that self interest, but there is no government around which has done as much wrong as the Bush regime.


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umm comments on Need papers apostilled. Help please?

The birth certificate should be new and if you want a visa, then you also require "antecedentes judiciales" which can also not be older than 6 months.

Make translations of everything and then get the apostilla.UMM

umm comments on Amazon basin trips

In Leticia itself are a lot of agencies which allow you trips into the jungle.
Even the hotels there have often offers.
Just book a hotel there from Bogota and fly over.
Leticia is small and when you walk down to the street which is parallel/near by the river, there are a couple of agencies.

When you walk over the green border to Tabatinga, there you can even check in on a boat which takes you down the river to Manaus and so.
UMM

umm comments on My mother's tourist visa was denied.

To get into USA as Colombian can be quite difficult.
Your mother can only re-apply and hope next time she is accepted.

UMM

umm comments on Colombia & Halloween

Lucia Rojas No, Lucia, it is NOT American.
It is US American.
I dont always agree with Hugo Chavez, but here he is right.
Helloween should not be celebrated. Its just some nonsense some have put up....I dont know for what. Probably business.
UMM

umm comments on ethanol fuel production starts in Colombia

Good to hear. At least something is happening to improve the life of the people.
There is not a lot of technology in Colombia, but I hope that situation can be changed soon.
Why should China and Malaysia and... be able to develop reasonable and not Colombia, too? Colombia has got so many resources, but noone is making someting out of them. Its only always about the quick buck, drugs or gold or esmeraldas.
UMM

umm comments on Colombiana rumbo a España

Casarse por conveniencia. Eso seria la opcion mas facil/segura.
Despues sigues casada por dos años y despued te dan la visa de residencia alla.
Cuidado, la vida en España es relativamente segura pero tambien muy cara. Ademas hace un frio de HP alla.
UMM

umm comments on The Narco in all of us

At the end everyone craves for money and for power.
The easier accessible it is the better.
Everyone gets tempted to make the quick buck and everyone in power tries to stay there.
People only think of themselves and not of the others.
Thats why nothing will ever 100% work.
Bush is the same as Uribe or Mahatir or Mugabe or anyone else. Only some are more clumsy in their craving for power and wealth than others.

Bush thought that two terms are not enough and Uribe thought one term is not enough. Well, two terms sounds reasonable, but you see the tendency.
UMM

umm comments on Disfigured beggars in Cartagena ruining my holiday.

I am sure the beggar doesnt even have holidays.
For the beggar every day is probably a drag.

umm comments on lets talk about us americans

What do you mean with AMERICANS?
North Americans,
Gringos (from the EEUU)
Central Americans or
South Americans.

umm comments on Is it safe?

sounds like a stupid question, although I thought there is no stupid question.
Firstly Colombians are also Americans.
So, do you mean: is Bogota safe for Colombians?

Secondly the Colombia and Safety issue had been discussed a lot here in the forum. Use the search function and you find loads of comments.

umm comments on PoorButHappy/Mexico or Latin America

just checking.
Guess noone was really interested in going to mexico.
You are right, why going to mexico if you can go to colombia.

umm comments on Bogota ranked 210 out of 215 for safety

you know, a former girlfriend of mine got in her mind that she wants to move from Medallo to L.A. I recommended her not to do that. Its just too dangerous in L.A. I said to her: if she wants to get robbed or killed then she can go, but better stay in Medellin. Its much safer.

umm comments on Bogota ranked 210 out of 215 for safety

I also think that that statistics up thgere is rigged by the gringos just to make Colombia look bad, although maybe its ok if they put the ranking upside down.
The EEUU is by far more dangerous place but they keep many info under wraps so that the world doesnt know about it.

umm comments on Bogota ranked 210 out of 215 for safety

I just came back from Vietnam, guess that ranks 347 and Afghanistan 593 in that list.

"while Atlanta had the lowest U.S. ranking at 90." guess thats a typo. It must be 900

umm comments on Poorer and Very Unhappy

yepp, thats colombia, for all paperwork: "Dont make mistakes"
Even at the bank, you make a small mistake like a wrong date, the 7th instead of the 1st, you try to make a 7 out of the 1, they dont accept it. Then you have to fill in everything again.
For some reason everyone is a bit uptight about making even small mistakes.

umm comments on What is the cheapest way to phone bogota from london

All wrong.
The cheapest way is to borrow a phone from a friend.

umm comments on Weather in Bogota

kernow62 wrote: Contrary to what others have posted the sun does indeed shine...

what others have posted where? Noone has written before that the sun doesnt shine in Bogota. Until now only the temperature was discussed.
BTW, I agree with your wife, Bogota is too cold.

If someone wants to have mild and pleasant weather then Medallo (Medellin) would be the best choice.

umm comments on Weather in Bogota

Bogota has usually between 16-20 degC during the day and 5 - 10 degC during the night.
84 degrees??? cant be, not even in the Sahara desert you get that kind of temperature.
Oh, you mean Fahrenheit???? 84F???? I have seen that also here on TV, people just dont know what they are talking about. They think: tropics....is 33 degC....then they start guessing instead of knowing. Then they forget that Bog is in the mountains.

umm comments on Is buenaventura, Colombia a good place to live or visit?

If you like to smuggle out drugs, then Buenaventura is great.
If you want your house to catch that nice decorative black mould, then Buenaventura is great.
If you like rain about every day, then Buenaventura is great.
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umm comments on which terrorist group would you rather be kidnapped by?

pink lotus tienes toa la razon, fue para sacarte la piedra, no mas, granmarica de mierda.

umm comments on surfing in Colombia?? cannot find wax!!!! [bring your own] looking point near Buenaventura

ColombiaBoard wrote:" I know that most surfers go to Taganga Beach in the Tayrona park but that´s up north, caribbean side."
Hahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, guess there are more waves in your mother's bathtub than at Taganga Beach. In many years I have never ever seen a surfer in Taganga.
Maybe you are confusing surfing with DIVING.

umm comments on surfing in Colombia?? cannot find wax!!!! [bring your own] looking point near Buenaventura

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umm comments on My Mom needs to know how safe/dangerous Col. really is!

Losiento mijo, pero no fumo.
Sin embargo, de vez en cuando me mamo una cerveza. Una lata de cerveza Aguila, nomas.

umm comments on My Mom needs to know how safe/dangerous Col. really is!

"greenday: due to our rights to bear arms and protect ourselves." You are deceiving yourself. I have never read something more stupid. I believe more in JCCG's explanation. BTW I know Manuel Marulanda personally. I never had any problems with the FARC-EP and I have travelled the Putumayo/Caqueta/Amazonas area quite often. I just like the forest. Would be nice to see the FARC-EP play a bigger part in the day to day politics. Bolivarianamente MM

http://www.antiimperialista.com/es/

http://www.farcep.org/

umm comments on My Mom needs to know how safe/dangerous Col. really is!

Greenday, I dont think you kn Greenday, I dont think you know what you are talking about.
There are dying loads of children in shooting sprees in the USA, just because another idiot who could buy a gun legally freaked out.
You better get over it. Only a strict gun control, which means only guns in the hands of the law inforcement is the solution and a death penalty for everyone else who is caught with a gun or any other deadly weapon.

I am so tired of all these stupid, bigmouth, know it all better, imperialistic US freaks. I got the impression that half of the USA has that BUSH syndrome, 'we know it all' and 'we want to show the world what is the best thing to do' and the USA doesnt know SHIT.

I think I dont want to come back to this lousy USA minded forum.

No a la intervencion Gringa en Colombia. Que se larguen de Colombia, hijuepuuutas.

umm comments on Clothes Made in Colombia

Sorry I have to write here against Colombia,
Clothes made in China but also in Thailand are of much better quality.
UMM

umm comments on Crop spraying doesn't work. Not in Afghanistan, no in Colombia.

BTW: I did not write about killing GeorgeW Maddog Bush, I wrote about getting rid of him.
The best for the world would be if he resigned.
UMM

umm comments on Crop spraying doesn't work. Not in Afghanistan, no in Colombia.

Submitted by fzrdan on Fri, 01/28/2005 - 15:04.
UMM, I agree that you should have your own website. Send the URL to whomever you like, including the whitehouse. The secret service loves to get the names of folks who say they want to kill the president. Guess the Witehouse gets every day e-mail from people who want to get rid of the president. Nothing new to them. I will only start worrying when I see the Pentagons black Hell-o-copters drawing circles over my house. UMM

umm comments on My Mom needs to know how safe/dangerous Col. really is!

Comedian?
well, I would like to be one but guess I am too serious for that. jajajaja
In fact, if you believe it or not, I have been a couple of times to the USA and I always got warnings from locals where better not to go.
Thats usually the downtown area of every major city in the USA.
I had never problems in downtown Bogota oder Cali or Medellin or....
but I had then people telling me in the USA: better dont do to downtown Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, NY...because you might get robbed or even killed. And always walk with you back towards a wall.
Leading to the conclusion: The USA is by far more dangerous than Colombia.
In Colombia there are not sooo many people having weapons but in the USA you are entitled to have one:

You come to the store:
"I want to buy a gun"
"did you commit any crimes before?"
"No, not yet."
"OK, there you are"

Mabe we can start talking about security/danger in the USA as soon as the posession of weapons there is prohibited.

umm comments on My Mom needs to know how safe/dangerous Col. really is!

marcosnica marcosnica
First of all, you should read post which have previoulsy be brought up here in this forum.
Secondly, Colombia is safer than going to the USA where it is really not safe. In the USA you get assaulted killed robbed...too many junkies and too many arms around, but what do you expect in a country where arms are legalized because of certain interest groups.
Thirdly, tell your mom to shup up and 'no seas tan marica'

umm comments on Malaria Santa Marta

So,
if you take the pills you can get sick and can still get Malaria.
If you dont take the pills you can still get Malaria.

Best prevention:
Dont take Malaria pills and avoid getting bitten by the mosquitos.
Use Mosquito repellant and also protect yourself otherwise from getting stung.

UMM

umm comments on Colombia-Venezuela Crisis Resolved

Nevermind who is under who's thumb as long as everything can be settled peacefully.

UMM

umm comments on Shipping companies

sure, Servientrega es entrega segura, but I find them a bit expensive, More expensive than DHL.
Or maybe it is because I only ship 20kg packets around.
UMM