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Hi,
I am staying in Rio de Janerio in December and was thinking of taking a few days in Colombia also, does anyone know the best and cheapest way to travel between the two?
I lookd at some flights but they are VERy VERy expensive, perhaps I am lookng at the wrong sites
Many thanks in advance
Andy
[QUOTE=Junior]Hi,
I am contemplating my first visit to Colombia in December.
The trip will be about one week and I only want to go to one city. Should I go to Bogota, Cartagena or Medelin?
I speak passable spanish and am used to travelling in latinamerica.
The key criterias are easy access to beautiful women, something to see and do when not chasing women, price is less of an issue.
Junior[/QUOTE]For one week, you might not get too bored in ctg, as long as you like beaches and old fortresses. Otherwise I'd strike it. Bog would be my favorite: med's got a decent botero museum iirc, but apart from that doesn't inspire me.
I will stay in Colombia for 6 months and I cot of living /time for daily transportation is an big issue. Medellin offers much culture, but what about cities like Tulúa, Pereira, Manizales, Cartago.
I speak deesecnt spanish and can manage in a smaller city.
It might become boring, but thi might well occur when getting out of money in an expensive metropol!
Anyone with experience?
Andy,
For whatever reasons, this has been an ongoing problem for me and it's just one of those issues that's not going to be resolved. For some reason, only Colombia, nowhere else, is it difficult to get to from other SA countries, with the possible exception of Peru. I tried to figure how to get there from or on the way to Rio, also Buenos Aires - And you know what? It turned out cheaper and shorter to go back to Miami first! I s**t you not!
[QUOTE=Pixelpirata]I will stay in Colombia for 6 months and I cot of living /time for daily transportation is an big issue. Medellin offers much culture, but what about cities like Tulúa, Pereira, Manizales, Cartago.[/QUOTE]Do you have certain objectives while being there or is your endeavour "simply" (no offense or anything between the lines!) to live in CO for 6mth?
The only way that you can really fly from Colombia to BA or RIO is to use frequent flyer miles and make a stop over in Colombia. For example Delta and Avicanca are skyteam partners. However, when you do it this way there are a ton of stopovers. Usually thorugh panama or mexico city because those to cities have flights to BA or RIO.
[QUOTE=Doc Bill]Andy,
For whatever reasons, this has been an ongoing problem for me and it's just one of those issues that's not going to be resolved. For some reason, only Colombia, nowhere else, is it difficult to get to from other SA countries, with the possible exception of Peru. I tried to figure how to get there from or on the way to Rio, also Buenos Aires - And you know what? It turned out cheaper and shorter to go back to Miami first! I s**t you not![/QUOTE]Bill,
I've been researching this topic for a month already (personal reasons). Getting from place to place in SA is a huge issue. More than I would have thought.
Ie. Lima to Buenos Aires is $900 on LAN. I pay between that and $1000 to get there from new york.
Bottom line. If I ever moved to SA and wanted to hop around between Peru Colombia and Argentina I am looking at around $3000 a year in airfare. This does NOT include getting back for the holidays.
**** IMHO you must go through miami to get BACK to SA. This is for monetary reasons BUT also for the luggage restrictions. LAN allows one checked bag at 50lbs on flights within SA. Not to mention those fucks only allow 18 lbs carry on. I shit you not. Look on their website. If you can pay to have another bag I believe it would be $120 (2 charges).
Flights to Colombia from Lima were running $700 when I checked this month. Add airport tax and over weight charges and your giving up that "cruise " you were saving up for. Sometimes there are sales but you can't depend on them falling when your three month tourist visa ends. Then what?
If you are lucky enough to live in ecuador then you can take a bus to Colombia or visa versa. If you are stuck in Argentina without any money your world is uruguay paraguay and maybe parts of brazil or chile. Otherwise get ready to shell out major bucks for a trip.
When you sit down and crunch numbers you realize that you save money on *some things in SA but new expenditures are right around the corner.
$5000 a month is the number I came up with to do SA the way I would want to. Fly between countries stay in $40/45 hotels etc.
As you can see this is a heated topic with me.
[QUOTE=Doc Bill]Andy,
For whatever reasons, this has been an ongoing problem for me and it's just one of those issues that's not going to be resolved. For some reason, only Colombia, nowhere else, is it difficult to get to from other SA countries, with the possible exception of Peru. I tried to figure how to get there from or on the way to Rio, also Buenos Aires - And you know what? It turned out cheaper and shorter to go back to Miami first! I s**t you not![/QUOTE][url]http://www.airlineroutemaps.com/Latin_America/Avianca.shtml[/url]
[QUOTE=Andy1974]Hi,
I am staying in Rio de Janerio in December and was thinking of taking a few days in Colombia also, does anyone know the best and cheapest way to travel between the two?
I lookd at some flights but they are VERy VERy expensive, perhaps I am lookng at the wrong sites
Many thanks in advance
Andy[/QUOTE]Copa Air Buddy
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Kick,
If you don't mind to change planes twice and take 10 hours to get to Bogota, fly with GOL for 500usd.
By the way I wouldn't mind to spend a few days in Col myself. But after reading reports galore on this site, the chances of bumping into a natural titted colombiana without silicone are pretty slim, right?
[QUOTE=Tavares]By the way I wouldn't mind to spend a few days in Col myself. But after reading reports galore on this site, the chances of bumping into a natural titted colombiana without silicone are pretty slim, right?[/QUOTE]My current two favorites don't have an ounce of silicon between them.
Of course they're then not that big to stand any chance of bumping in to, so maybe you're right.
[QUOTE=Tavares]By the way I wouldn't mind to spend a few days in Col myself. But after reading reports galore on this site, the chances of bumping into a natural titted colombiana without silicone are pretty slim, right?[/quote]Wrong,there are plenty of girls that haven't been enhanced yet,not because they don't want to get a nice pair of bolt-ons, but because they haven't landed a gringo willing to pay for them yet.
[QUOTE=Tavares]By the way I wouldn't mind to spend a few days in Col myself. But after reading reports galore on this site, the chances of bumping into a natural titted colombiana without silicone are pretty slim, right?[/QUOTE]By natural, do you mean big or small? There's your fair share of everything. I love them big. Real or fake doesn't matter. I'm in heaven.
Has anyone left or arrived at the airport in Colombia after staying more than 180 days without a visa?
My 180 days is Colombia is almost used up when I arrived at Medellin last week and immigration at the airport (DAS) gave me a tourist entry visa stamp for 60 days. I told them my 180 days are almost up, then I went to DAS in Belen and questioned them. Nobody seems to know for sure. The answer I get is that if DAS gave me an entry visa stamp of 60 days, then I have 60 days.
The rules to me seems to say that if you enter Colombia, you get 60 day entry visa stamp on your passport. DAS will extend the time for a fee until your 180 days per year are up.
The rules does not say you cannot leave the country and come back for another 60 days entry visa stamp after your 180 days are up. Other boards say that people go to Venezuela and come back to have their passport stamped.
I will know for sure when I leave and come back (or not) in September.