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[QUOTE=Ezyngo; 1183122]I concur with DP. Bello is a municipality like sabaneta, itagui, and envigado, and the like. It is not part of Medellin. And Yes. [B]I can't tell you how many putas I met are from Bello. [/B]

EZ[/QUOTE]La Estrella and Caldas are also not in Medellin.

Putas working in Medellin will say they are from Itagui or Bello and the high class wannabees will say Envigado. And many are from where they say they are. But many are not and don't want to tell you where they are really from. This for many reasons from security, but mainly embarrasment."Where do you live?" is a very common gringo first or second question in Medellin and is considered chismoso or nosey here. Paisas will ask that question but later in the conversation and if it is clear that the two people involved in the conversation are from different estratos, yes it is usually obvious, the question is asked even less and doesn't really matter. Two paisas meeting for the first time are more apt to ask "What do you do?" in that initial conversation.

Some folks from los barrios populares feel attacked when asked where they live and it is so common to respond with another better neighborhood closest to where they really live. Last night a taxista told me he was from between Caicedo and Sucre and did not want to mention El Pinal. It's just the way it is.

If the putas say they are from "Bello" then they don't have to worry about some lovesick John showing up on their doorstep. Also if you go TLN with them they can charge you more for the cab if they are coming from Bello or some onther municipio to your love pad in Poblado. Even though they may be from close by Guayabal or Trinidad. Bello has almost half of the population as Medellin proper and is very big. As is Envigado.

Putas from Medellin working abroad will lie and say they are from Pereira because they have the same accent there as in Medellin. The putas working abroad do not want to be Identified in the their home town as a puta. Especially since so many Johns are bouncing between the Caribbean and Costa Rica and Medellin.

[QUOTE=Ezyngo; 1183122]I concur with DP. Bello is a municipality like sabaneta, itagui, and envigado, and the like. It is not part of Medellin. And Yes. I can't tell you how many putas I met are from Bello.

EZ[/QUOTE]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.

[QUOTE=MiamiHeatLuver;1182963]Mr E, a girl just spent 3 days with you and all she asked you for (begging) was a $70 plane ticket so she didn't have to take the 14hr bus ride? Chichipato LOL. Common bro most air travel with Colombia itself is rather inexpensive. As for Colombianas being the "best all around women" Is painting with the broadest of brushes. Just THIS comment MINE, that they are also the biggest liars, cheats, thieves, scammers. How do you know a Colombiana is lying? Her mouth is moving. They will look you directly in the eye and tell you everything you want to hear to satisfy you and then try to change the subject. P. S. To the original poster Mr E. Is right. I don't know any Colombiana without a cell phone. If she starts asking for Blackberrys or Iphones Run for the hills.[/QUOTE]I agree. That is a little messed up. Actually a lot. The honorable think to do after fucking a girl is paying for her way home! He should have researched it in advance. How much by bus, plane taxi. After knowing that it took her 14 hours to go see him!

Ouch, I'm sure the cartels can't be too pleased about this nab! Loll.

[url]http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/01/2340943/feds-seize-drug-sub-with-75-tons.html[/url]

I wouldn't buy a girl a plane ticket becuase *I* usually wind up with my ass on that bus. I've been to 18 Colombian cities and only ever been on ONE national flight, despite them being cheap and all. Besides unless it's more than 12 hours on the bus it's just as convenient to take a bus and SLEEP during that time. You take 3 or 4 of those Mareol pills and you're out for a good 8 or 9 hours. Plus aside from Bogota and Medellin the terminals are usually conveniently located in the cities, and the airports are always on the outskirts.

[QUOTE=Hioctane; 1183309]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.[/QUOTE]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.

And in the case of my current gf, SHE was the one who INSISTED on an open relationship to me. She told me "there is NO way I'm going to be happy having sex with only one person and I don't want to lie to you". Admittedly that's pretty rare ANYWHERE on Earth, I just lucked out this time. But if you want to be an idealist, you can hold out like I did. Or really it wasn't so much idealism. I just didn't see the point of having a "close" relationship with someone and having to lie just to make the relationship work. So I stuck with FWB and p4p for 2 years.

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.

[QUOTE=Hioctane; 1183309]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.[/QUOTE]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.

[QUOTE=Bango Cheito;1183363]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.[/QUOTE]Disregard everything I said. I flunked geography. LOL

[QUOTE=Latin Lover77; 1183518]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.[/QUOTE]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

Dial 01157300+ number.

My two Colombian CENTS.

[QUOTE=Latin Lover77; 1183518]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.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=MiamiHeatLuver; 1183534]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[/QUOTE]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.

[QUOTE=Latin Lover77;1183518]So my girl in Barranquilla gave me a number to call her and I am having one helava time trying to call.[/QUOTE]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.

[QUOTE=Viajero;1183620]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.[/QUOTE]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.