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02-21-19 11:58 #5098
Posts: 1281Originally Posted by JjBee62 [View Original Post]
If a girl is late, it's because she dgaf. When I've had women really into me, they have been as punctual as anybody in North America is.
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02-21-19 11:56 #5097
Posts: 1281Originally Posted by ParamAhmad [View Original Post]
There's NO WAY 57% of Colombian women have HSV-2, because I assure you if the rate were that high, I'd be positive too after all the fucking I've done here.
Please don't use Wikipedia as a legit source of scientific data.
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02-21-19 07:50 #5096
Posts: 250Colobian boards?
Does anybody know of a similar site but a Colombian version. Feel free to PM me. I am not disturbing sh_t here. I pay for this site and like it, but need a more well-rounded view.
THANKS!
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02-20-19 18:32 #5095
Posts: 5482Managing Expectations.
I've written about this before and have shared these thoughts with a few others who appreciated them. I was reading through some old messages this morning and realized unreasonable expectations is what started the current row in the stupid shit thread.
My first visit to a restaurant in Colombia, a little place in Bogota, near Parque 93, left me frustrated. Simply put, I expected to receive US restaurant service in Colombia. As everyone knows, service in Colombia is much different. I expected a waiter to check on me 4 minutes after handing me the menu, and every 5 minutes after that. As you already know, that ain't happening.
It took me several days to adjust. When I did, I learned something. The waiters and waitresses were being polite, by Colombian standards. To interrupt someone with a mouthful of food, just to ask a basic question is rude.
When we're traveling, especially to common mongering destinations, it's easy to treat it just like home. At home, nobody is going to show up 90 minutes late without any effort to inform you of the delay. At home, the cashiers keep the lines moving. Waiters swoop down on you every 5 minutes. If you let them, these things can ruin your day. Even worse, these things are unavoidable.
No matter where you go, or what you do in Colombia, you're going to have interactions with the locals. That's why most of us go there. I've listened to several guys gripe about how annoying it can be dealing with Colombians. My response is, "stop expecting them to be north Americans."
You can yell all you want at the girl who showed up late, or who didn't tell you she was on her period, but it won't change anything, except for your mood. She's going to be late for the next guy. Screaming at the cashier or waitress won't accomplish anything either. Neither will complaining about them to me.
I'm almost always going to side with the Colombian. They are just being Colombian. If your dog shits in the wrong spot, I'm on the dog's side. To him, it smelled like the right place to shit. He's just following his instincts. It's not right or wrong, it's just different. There are things you can't change.
How you handle all the situations that come up is your decision. However, if you accept that these things are inevitable, you can learn to work around them or to deal with them without letting them affect your mood.
The Paisas are going to be the same next week, next month and next year.
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02-16-19 21:02 #5094
Posts: 4Ex Pat bar.
Originally Posted by JjBee62 [View Original Post]
I actually found a another good bar that I like to hang – out at, and I will recommend this place as being worth a visit.
Philly Sports Bar it's on the ground floor of the San Peter Apartment building in Laureles.
Bill the expat owner and his sidekick chef Victor are excellent hosts.
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02-14-19 14:04 #5093
Posts: 2849Worried?
I guess you should stay home.
Or use two condoms.
Originally Posted by ParamAhmad [View Original Post]
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02-14-19 05:40 #5092
Posts: 276HSV incidence considerations
Originally Posted by Arcangel [View Original Post]
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02-12-19 21:03 #5091
Posts: 127Originally Posted by ParamAhmad [View Original Post]
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02-12-19 05:46 #5090
Posts: 27657% (or more) of Colombian women have genital herpes
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epid...herpes_simplex
According to this Wikipedia article, 57% of women in Colombia are seropositive for HSV-2, suggesting 57% of women in Colombia have genital herpes. However, also according to this article, 89% (men and women) in Colombia are seropositive for HSV-1 (which is elsewhere said to be responsible for the majority of genital herpes in some parts of the world).
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02-11-19 17:53 #5089
Posts: 127Credit Cards
I forgot to mention: if you use your Credit or Debit Card to pay for goods or services, make sure they charge you in COP and not in USD, EUR or whatever your card's currency. I have paid in better hotels by card (when I didn't have enough cash in pocket) and most times I had to insist that they charge me the proper amount in COP, because when the machine sees a foreign card, by default it converts at its own crappy rate to your currency, costing you around 5% more. Some hotel staff didn't know how to tell the machine charge to in COP and had to get help. Always check the amount on the screen and insist on COP.
Even some ATMs offer to charge you in your currency. Don't do it.
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02-11-19 04:09 #5088
Posts: 5482Originally Posted by ReefTip [View Original Post]
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02-11-19 02:49 #5087
Posts: 127Flexible payment
Originally Posted by YippieKayay [View Original Post]
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02-11-19 01:17 #5086
Posts: 1137Originally Posted by Arcangel [View Original Post]
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02-11-19 00:38 #5085
Posts: 127Banco Caja Social
The ATM discussion is in full swing again on the Bogota thread, when it really belongs here.
The topic always flares up again when some newbie wants to bring cash. The only valid reason I can see to bring cash is if you have ilicit money that you cannot put into a bank account and you'd rather just spend it in Colombia. Other than that, use ATMs, it's the most cost-effective, safe and convenient method.
Don't be a chump and let your bank rip you off. Shop around in your country of residence for a Visa or Mastercard (or preferably both) that does not add a fee or commision for foreign currency cash withdrawals. Read the small print.
Credit cards normally charge you a high rate of interest from the day of cash withdrawal. You can avoid this by paying money into your credit card account ahead of time, so you're not actually getting credit.
In Colombia get your cash from ATMs that don't add a fee for foreign issued cards. Most ATMs, including BanColombia and RedAVAL charge around 13 k COP.
Davivienda: free withdrawals, limit 400 k COP, repeat as necessary.
Banco Caja Social (This has never been mentioned on this forum, I believe): free withdrawals, limit 700 k COP (on my card anyway).
You can repeat withdrawals on the same day up to a limit that is set by the issuing bank, I believe. One time I got 1200 k a day out of Davivienda several days in a row, no problem.
I try and avoid using my cards other than in ATMs. The risk in a shop is that your card data gets stolen. Even if you don't get a fraudulent charge on your account, the bank may block your card and you are left without money until you get hold of your replacement card. For this reason, always have a second card as backup. Last year my main card got blocked and reissued. My bank wouldn't tell me what happened, but I suspect it may be because I used the card to buy an airticket online for someone other than me (for a girl).
Another thing to avoid is to arrive in a country like Colombia and max out your card in the first ATM. This is likely to trigger your bank's fraud algorithm and block your card. This happened to me once in Brasil.
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02-10-19 20:32 #5084
Posts: 1069Originally Posted by ReefTip [View Original Post]