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[QUOTE=MiamiHeatLuver]The dollar was almost at 2200, In the last week it has take a MAJOR CRAP NOSE DIVE and is hovering at 2000 and predicted to go lower! I mean W.T.F.??

If you exchanged lets say $1000 usd @ 2200 = 2,200,000

NOW $1000 usd @ 2000 = 2,000,000

That is a difference of 200,000 mil pesos,,, thats like 4 ST or 2 or more TLN'S.. This really sucks..[/QUOTE]
The rate today is 2086. The Fed rate cut caused the drop. My guess is that the peso will resume it's drop versus the dollar soon. If not, my stock gains more than cover the loss.

Read the Goverment report, but you forgot to mention the price offered by the Farc for an american. It has not been put in any papers with the fear of loss of tourist.
This is from a medellin taxi driver and from my girl friend. If you hand an American to the Farc, it is worth 15millon pesos. Thats alot of money for a poor colombian.
Just hope they do not confuse Europeans as Americans too.

Superboy

[QUOTE=Superboy1]Read the Goverment report, but you forgot to mention the price offered by the Farc for an american. It has not been put in any papers with the fear of loss of tourist.
This is from a medellin taxi driver and from my girl friend. If you hand an American to the Farc, it is worth 15millon pesos. Thats alot of money for a poor colombian.
Just hope they do not confuse Europeans as Americans too.

Superboy[/QUOTE]

You think the FARC are going to distinguish an american with somebody else caucasian? They are gonna go through the effort to kidnap you and then you or whoever says "wait im austrailian or wait im british" and they will be like "oh im so very sorry,, let me drop you off back were I picked you up for I thought you were an american!" lol There are risks in any country you go to in the world, Including the states and europe! I think the ole rule of thumb should be If you wanna play sometimes you gotta pay. or better yet dont get in the game if you dont want to play.

[QUOTE=Superboy1]Read the Goverment report, but you forgot to mention the price offered by the Farc for an american. It has not been put in any papers with the fear of loss of tourist.
This is from a medellin taxi driver and from my girl friend. If you hand an American to the Farc, it is worth 15millon pesos. Thats alot of money for a poor colombian.
Just hope they do not confuse Europeans as Americans too.

Superboy[/QUOTE]

Oh boy .. a taxista told me they (FARC) offered 16 million for a Brit

Hope they don't confuse this gringo for a Brit, though I do look like Austin Powers :)

Get real amigo!

Besides the chicas, a couple of tasty things Colombiana that I have a craving for are:

1. Almohabanas - a soft biscuit with a cheesy flavor. Play on words for almohada, Spanish for pillow

2. Pony Malt - soft drink, sorta like coke, sorta like beer. Along the lines of a really sweet Guinness.

Perchance does anyone know if these are sold in the USA?

[QUOTE=Ricker]Oh boy .. a taxista told me they (FARC) offered 16 million for a Brit

Hope they don't confuse this gringo for a Brit, though I do look like Austin Powers :)

Get real amigo![/QUOTE]

Don`t burn me, i am only passing on info that i have heard. I do hope its not true,but time will tell.

Well people, here just something I want to ask all you people, who love Colombia. Been there twice and really digged it, girls are easy and fun, life is cheap, weather nice (at least in Medellin it is.). Yes I know, also you must watch your back and be carefull all the time. But man do I miss the hell out of that country when I get back, almost all the way till I go again!

When you're back you just hate the stifness and coldness in the western society. Yeah lets complain about not being ably to buy the lates bigass flatscreen but just a tiny littlebit smaller version.

So packing up and moving there to continue life (either working or starting a bussiness like aparta-hotel) has been on my mind a lot lately.

I bet more people have felt what I feel, question is have any off you thought about moving there, or know about people who did. Any stories good or bad about it? Would the fun and good feelings be over when you would live there, without your friends and family around you? With crime always lurking. Although pussy is there abundantly ?

Well hope to get some input from some of the Colombia Guru's and anyone else that can give some input.

Thx people for any views!

Vatossss

[QUOTE=Ricker]Oh boy .. a taxista told me they (FARC) offered 16 million for a Brit

Hope they don't confuse this gringo for a Brit, though I do look like Austin Powers :)

Get real amigo![/QUOTE]Thety might confuse an Aussie for a Brit or at lewast say their a Brit cause Aussie's are only worth 50,000cop LMAO

[QUOTE=Tom 33]The rate today is 2086. The Fed rate cut caused the drop. My guess is that the peso will resume it's drop versus the dollar soon. If not, my stock gains more than cover the loss.[/QUOTE]

I think it was the rise that was unexpected, as least by me, not the drop. What caused the usd to suddenly gain some strength against the cop?

Now back under 2000: We seem to be on the road to resumption of toilet-paper dollar normality:

[url]http://finance.yahoo.com/charts#chart1:symbol=usdcop=x;range=3m;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;logscale=on;source=undefined[/url]

[QUOTE=Scooby1][b]Travel Warning[/b][/QUOTE]

I've never liked the way they mix their Travel Warnings with propaganda. The Brits do a version which looks less sullied. They repost it when it comes out on:

groups (dot) yahoo (dot) com (slash) group (slash) ColombiaExperts

(Why do the groups ay yahoo addresses get asterisked out???)

Hey guys,

I have a quick question I could use your help on: What is the best way to handle meeting chica from another city, e.g., from Bucaramanga? Fly her in on my dime, split the bill, or other approach?

Thanks

One more question: what's your best approach in testing a chica you met and assume she is a non-pro to see if she would go for P4P without blowing the situation?

[QUOTE=Tom Cruze]One more question: what's your best approach in testing a chica you met and assume she is a non-pro to see if she would go for P4P without blowing the situation?[/QUOTE]
Meet up with her in person and bring a Colombian friend of yours who is a fast talker, hustler type. Male or female, doesn't matter. Pour some drinks. After a while, your friend propositions the girl discreetly "this is what X wants, but he is too polite to ask...". If the girl gets upset, you can say your friend did not talk to you first and was trying to do you a favor, but misinterpreted what you wanted. If she gets angry, you can say "sorry that this happened, let's never hang out with (friend) again".

Another idea. Talk to her in a general sense "I have heard that sometimes people in Colombia do..." (describe the prepago thing). See what her reaction is. If she isn't telling straight away, you can ask if she has friends that think it's OK, or something. Once you get her stated opinion, you decide whether to make a play or not.

If you want to hit her up for a prepago thing, do it without delay (not too many dates).

Key words to use if you are discussing this kind of thing:
regalo (gift)
pasarla bien (have a good time)
motel (love motel)

Talk about what a nice person you are, I'm easygoing blah blah blah. You want her to visualize that it will be a good time, you'll be respectful and nothing problematic is going to happen.

[QUOTE=Cachorro]Meet up with her in person and bring a Colombian friend of yours who is a fast talker, hustler type. Male or female, doesn't matter. Pour some drinks. After a while, your friend propositions the girl discreetly "this is what X wants, but he is too polite to ask...". If the girl gets upset, you can say your friend did not talk to you first and was trying to do you a favor, but misinterpreted what you wanted. If she gets angry, you can say "sorry that this happened, let's never hang out with (friend) again".

Another idea. Talk to her in a general sense "I have heard that sometimes people in Colombia do..." (describe the prepago thing). See what her reaction is. If she isn't telling straight away, you can ask if she has friends that think it's OK, or something. Once you get her stated opinion, you decide whether to make a play or not.

If you want to hit her up for a prepago thing, do it without delay (not too many dates).

Key words to use if you are discussing this kind of thing:
regalo (gift)
pasarla bien (have a good time)
motel (love motel)

Talk about what a nice person you are, I'm easygoing blah blah blah. You want her to visualize that it will be a good time, you'll be respectful and nothing problematic is going to happen.[/QUOTE]Dude, this is super advice. Many gracias a ti.

[QUOTE=AddictedToWomen]I think it was the rise that was unexpected, as least by me, not the drop. What caused the usd to suddenly gain some strength against the cop?

Now back under 2000: We seem to be on the road to resumption of toilet-paper dollar normality:

[url]http://finance.yahoo.com/charts#chart1:symbol=usdcop=x;range=3m;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;logscale=on;source=undefined[/url][/QUOTE]
Don't believe everything you read. I made ATM withdrawals the last 2 days and got over 2000 each time.