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[John Gault]

Just checking on a possible run to the US and I am seeing NOTHING under $850 with the vast majority of airfares to NYC area at $1, 000. 00.

What did you guys do up there, break the airports or something? This is outragous. I just travelled 6 months ago for just under $600. 00.

LE, I feel your pain. My Sept. MDE trip I used miles, and it only cost me $85 in fees, and taxes. Had I not the miles I would not have booked the trip.

Spot oil is down, and the planes are full. Lets not even talk about baggage fees, and paying for the better seats. These airlines are cleaning up.

[Lord13]

Hi,

I've been reading the posts and they are very informative. But I was wondering, is Medellin safe enough for a lone gringo who doesn't know a lot of Spanish? I would try to blend in as much as I could and hit the casas in the day. Is this feasible? Will I get targeted and fucked with as soon as I open my mouth?

[Legal Tender]

Just checking on a possible run to the US and I am seeing NOTHING under $850 with the vast majority of airfares to NYC area at $1, 000. 00.

What did you guys do up there, break the airports or something? This is outragous. I just travelled 6 months ago for just under $600. 00.

Eddie, have you checked Spirit? I found flights from New York to Medellin in October for under $200. Each way. I figure at least another $100. For all of the extras. Might be an option. Spirit is a cheap bus, but it will get you from point A to point B.

[Hilltopper]

There is no way to say this nicely but I will try. You are totally wrong. Bello, Sabaneta, Envigado, MEDELLIN, Itagui, La Estrella and Caldas are all on the same level and are all municipalities that contain many comunas that contain many barrios.

So there is no difference. To say Envigado is a barrio, well you are two levels too low. If someone tells you they live in Envigado you can ask "which barrio?" and you could even say,"Oh, so you don't live in Medellin" and that is a correct statement. When you are at Frank's Place you had to leave the municipio of Medellin to get there. He is located in the "municipio de Itagui" it its "Comuna 4" in barrio "central Mayorista"

Bello has 10 comunas and those comunas have about 80 barrios.

Medellin has 16 comunas and about 250 barrios.

NO disrespect intended, just clearing it up.

Let's leave it at that and not even bother with corregimientos like Santa Elena.

Can't imagine someone trying to convince us that the second largest city in the department, with its own mayor and separate local government, is really a part of Medellin. I mean come on, isn't it possible to state the freakin' obvious, (all at once)"I was wrong." Reminds me of when I was a kid from one of the episodes of the Fonzie from Happy Days struggling to say "I'm wrong". Freakin' hilarious, the fragile human psychic.

[Hilltopper]

Dial 01157300+ number.

My two Colombian CENTS.

Exacto. There you go LatinLover, a concise, accurate answer for you for only two cents.

[LuckyEddie]

Just checking on a possible run to the US and I am seeing NOTHING under $850 with the vast majority of airfares to NYC area at $1,000.00.

What did you guys do up there, break the airports or something? This is outragous. I just travelled 6 months ago for just under $600.00.

[MiamiHeatLuver]

I'm sitting here trying to figure out what you two will talk about on the phone seeing that you don't speak Spanish and she doesn't speak English.

Bingo, his posts are almost borderline "trollish" I mean you can't hand gesture or sign via telephone with a calling card.

[MiamiHeatLuver]

If you are calling a Colombian city to a cell phone number, you do not have to enter the city code number. You only enter the city code number if you are calling a "fijo" home phone. Maybe that is why the confusion starts, Make sure of that when you are calling Colombia from the states. It can be very frustrating.

What? His question is applying to him being in D. C. And calling Colombia. We're not talking about once he's in Colombia and needs to call fijo to fijo either local or long distance or Cell to fijo. That's a whole nother can of worms.

[Mr Enternational]

So my girl in Barranquilla gave me a number to call her and I am having one helava time trying to call.

I'm sitting here trying to figure out what you two will talk about on the phone seeing that you don't speak Spanish and she doesn't speak English.

[Viajero]

Anything starting with 300 is a cellphone, so it would be 011 57 3xx xxx xxxx.

And Baranquilla city code is 5. So it would be 011 57 5 xxx xxxx.

So once your calling card ask you to enter the number after you put your pin in. It will be one of the 2

If you are calling a Colombian city to a cell phone number, you do not have to enter the city code number. You only enter the city code number if you are calling a "fijo" home phone. Maybe that is why the confusion starts, Make sure of that when you are calling Colombia from the states. It can be very frustrating.

[Kukulkan]

Dial 01157300+ number.

My two Colombian CENTS.

So my girl in Barranquilla gave me a number to call her and I am having one helava time trying to call. I got a 300* number and I'm trying to call from the US using a calling card. This dumb calling card says to call the card number for my area, enter the pin, dial 011 to reach out of country numbers, and then I found through websites that I have to dial 57 before the number she gave. Problem is that it doesn't work. Another website says that things are different for home pays as compared to cell phones. Can someone please PM me and help me out. I was suppose to call tonight but since it didn't go through I would like to try again tomorrow. Not sure it matter, but I'm calling from Washington DC. Any help appreciated.

Sidenote- Got my trip planned for Oct-31-Nov. 6 for any of you traveling to Barranquilla.

[MiamiHeatLuver]

So my girl in Barranquilla gave me a number to call her and I am having one helava time trying to call. I got a 300* number and I'm trying to call from the US using a calling card. This dumb calling card says to call the card number for my area, enter the pin, dial 011 to reach out of country numbers, and then I found through websites that I have to dial 57 before the number she gave. Problem is that it doesn't work. Another website says that things are different for home pays as compared to cell phones. Can someone please PM me and help me out. I was suppose to call tonight but since it didn't go through I would like to try again tomorrow. Not sure it matter, but I'm calling from Washington DC. Any help appreciated.

Sidenote- Got my trip planned for Oct-31-Nov. 6 for any of you traveling to Barranquilla.

Anything starting with 300 is a cellphone, so it would be 011 57 3xx xxx xxxx.

And Baranquilla city code is 5. So it would be 011 57 5 xxx xxxx.

So once your calling card ask you to enter the number after you put your pin in. It will be one of the 2

[Hioctane]

I know that Itagui Sabaneta and Envigado ARE actually separate municipalities because I have friends who live in those areas. I'm also told that Bello is the same. They have separate local governments, but cooperate on things like the metro, which will eventually reach all the way to Sabaneta.

Disregard everything I said. I flunked geography. LOL

[LuckyEddie]

Without getting into the proper wording. Bello, Sabeneta, Itagui, Evigado are all barrios (neighborhoods). Medellin is composed of many barrios.

Think of it this way:

State City Neighborhood.

Antioquia Medellin Bello, Sabeneta, etc.

There is no way to say this nicely but I will try. You are totally wrong. Bello, Sabaneta, Envigado, MEDELLIN, Itagui, La Estrella and Caldas are all on the same level and are all municipalities that contain many comunas that contain many barrios.

So there is no difference. To say Envigado is a barrio, well you are two levels too low. If someone tells you they live in Envigado you can ask "which barrio?" and you could even say,"Oh, so you don't live in Medellin" and that is a correct statement. When you are at Frank's Place you had to leave the municipio of Medellin to get there. He is located in the "municipio de Itagui" it its "Comuna 4" in barrio "central Mayorista"

Bello has 10 comunas and those comunas have about 80 barrios.

Medellin has 16 comunas and about 250 barrios.

NO disrespect intended, just clearing it up.

Let's leave it at that and not even bother with corregimientos like Santa Elena.

[Latin Lover77]

So my girl in Barranquilla gave me a number to call her and I am having one helava time trying to call. I got a 300* number and I'm trying to call from the US using a calling card. This dumb calling card says to call the card number for my area, enter the pin, dial 011 to reach out of country numbers, and then I found through websites that I have to dial 57 before the number she gave. Problem is that it doesn't work. Another website says that things are different for home pays as compared to cell phones. Can someone please PM me and help me out. I was suppose to call tonight but since it didn't go through I would like to try again tomorrow. Not sure it matter, but I'm calling from Washington DC. Any help appreciated.

Sidenote- Got my trip planned for Oct-31-Nov. 6 for any of you traveling to Barranquilla.