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02-23-19 20:13 #6547
Posts: 314Originally Posted by Coupe66 [View Original Post]
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02-23-19 19:55 #6546
Posts: 484Originally Posted by BlueCar [View Original Post]
After weeks of asking questions and getting replies, I am really confused about what kind of city Bogota is. I get all kinds of contradictory advice. On the one extreme there is Mr Enternational telling me to chill out and stop worrying, to Bluecar saying they would have kidnapped his friend if they knew he was American!?
This is supposed to be a vacation after all. A couple of months ago after first seeing the chicas available on prepagados there, I was really excited about coming. Now, 4 days before my flight, all I'm thinking about is all the things I have to worry about the place, and the chicas are far in the background of my mind, not how it should be! Researching the place so much, making sure you look and act just like the locals is bad enough, but having to worry about being kidnapped is something else! (If that is a reality?)
I am getting the impression that Bogota is the most dangerous of the well known cities in Colombia, and if you are unlucky enough to be attacked, that nobody would bat an eyelid. In any given area in Bogota, are there dodgy guys just hanging around waiting for a victim, it seems so!? I don't think a city can be considered even relatively safe or normal by Western standards anyway, if you have to avoid wearing the wrong type of shirt, shoes etc and not be able to take a mobile, bank cards or a visible watch with you in daylight without having a reasonable possibility of getting mugged for them. Blue Car says don't carry bank cards with you, but if you're staying at an Airbnb with no safe, then how can you keep your important items safe?
I'm sitting in a nice cafe in a wealthy northern European city, it's 16 C in February, there's a decent red light district 10 minutes walk from where I am, people leave 6000 Euro bicycles in the street here at night without worrying they will be stolen. So am I sensible to fly half way around the world just to get laid, with all this uncertainty about Bogota. It's stressful enough planning a trip for a month to a country you've never been before, and going solo, without reading about kidnappings!
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02-23-19 13:43 #6545
Posts: 16081Originally Posted by KilledSoul [View Original Post]
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02-23-19 11:54 #6544
Posts: 157Originally Posted by IronQuinn [View Original Post]
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02-23-19 00:47 #6543
Posts: 38Originally Posted by Coupe66 [View Original Post]
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02-22-19 19:00 #6542
Posts: 1122Originally Posted by HumanBeing1 [View Original Post]
Colombia is one of the best for Americans to visit as they like Americans and are our best friend in Latin America. George Bush saved Colombia and they are grateful.
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02-22-19 17:00 #6541
Posts: 5738Originally Posted by HumanBeing1 [View Original Post]
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02-22-19 15:28 #6540
Posts: 1792Originally Posted by Woodman09 [View Original Post]
The Tall Man.
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02-22-19 14:50 #6539
Posts: 1114Originally Posted by BangoCheito [View Original Post]
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02-22-19 09:23 #6538
Posts: 16081Originally Posted by HumanBeing1 [View Original Post]
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02-22-19 09:20 #6537
Posts: 16081Originally Posted by Coupe66 [View Original Post]
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02-22-19 06:49 #6536
Posts: 5496Originally Posted by BangoCheito [View Original Post]
Most expensive yes. Boring is subjective. I've never been bored in North Bogota. However, I'm sure some people wouldn't care for it. Expensive is also a relative thing. You can find great places for $60 night or under. My last visit For $48 per night I found a place that was 4 times the size of a hotel room in lovely Michigan City, Indiana, that I stayed in every week for $100 per night. And that was 10 years ago.
Safety. Thieves look for easy victims. If you look like an easy victim, it doesn't matter where you are. Walking around staring at your phone, walking around counting your money, walking around obviously lost, all make you vulnerable. Don't act like a victim and you're less likely to be a victim.
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02-22-19 06:05 #6535
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02-22-19 03:50 #6534
Posts: 85Originally Posted by Routard [View Original Post]
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02-21-19 22:45 #6533
Posts: 484Originally Posted by Woodman09 [View Original Post]