Anyone live in Colombia?
I live here, and wondered if anyone on this board also does, and if so, in what region/city.
I basically just trying to find some English speaking car people to talk with here. No I don't use drugs, b/c I'm sure that will come up fast. |
Re: Anyone live in Colombia?
any parts you want ill get you and ill gladly take payments in coke :-*
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Sorry...I havent even seen the stuff since I've been here.
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How you like those 1.3 sohc carb. Big hills plus 50hp and hard 1st gear pulls :S. BTW what part are you from?
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why did you move there school?
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Originally Posted by chris
why did you move there school?
If you're an American teacher, job prospects here are good, and since the cost of living is about half (in a lot of parts of the country) of what it is in the US, you can actually save more, even though you won't get paid as much. I found a job at one of the top 10 colegios (middle/high schools) in the country, and compared to the public school I was at in PA, this school is a lot better in every way.
Originally Posted by burkej62
Yeea..... gonnna need to see some naked fine ass columbian women, preferabbly with somehting in her ass hole and HMT on her cheeks.
Originally Posted by crxvtec91
How you like those 1.3 sohc carb. Big hills plus 50hp and hard 1st gear pulls :S. BTW what part are you from?
I'm from PA, but moved to the Bucaramanga area to work here. Once I have some experience, I'll be moving either to the coast, or to some other country to teach. |
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Originally Posted by danronian
I'm from PA, but moved to the Bucaramanga area to work here. Once I have some experience, I'll be moving either to the coast, or to some other country to teach.
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I trade parts for coke...
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So you teach in English? I wonder how many countries are bilingual like that. I know a lot of European countries teach English just as much as their native language.
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Originally Posted by crxvtec91
Stay far from the coast, and if you know whats good for you :-X. Move to Medellin or Cali. You will see a lot better looking girls/ night life ;). Those junkers there suck. Nissan there are like having a big block here :S. Stay away from the country side as well. Pa hills have nothing on those hills :l. O tell me about the little kids going down some in bikes >:D.
Much of the countryside is off-limits for me, but some places are safe, and I've been to some very nice and safe countryside here. But yes, the Andes are nothing like the puny mountains in PA. There is one canyon I visited here, Chicamocha, and that thing is twice as wide and deep as the grand canyon, and looks amazing. I haven't really been in any nissans here, but the ones I see mostly, are those ugly round sentras.
Originally Posted by G2TegGuy
I trade parts for coke...
Originally Posted by SinisterCRX
So you teach in English? I wonder how many countries are bilingual like that. I know a lot of European countries teach English just as much as their native language.
But teaching is a different story. The best way to teach English to non-speakers, is through immersion (only speaking to them in English, and teaching them in English). So the school I work at has it so the majority of the classes for students are in English, so this makes it so by the time they are in middle school, they're ALL bilingual. Most school here would probably have it this way if they could, but finding American teachers, and finding the money to pay them (they get paid well over double what an experienced and more educated Colombia teacher gets) is the hard part. So the select few schools that have this money, and have native English speakers to teach, produce bilingual students, the others produce students who know a good amount of English (but compared to a US student in the US, they know a lot more of a foriegn language than they will coming out of high school). There are a lot of countries that seek out ESL teachers (English as a 2nd Language) including most of Europe, many of the Asian countries, Egypt, some middle eastern countries, and pretty much all of latin america. |
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So how long you planing on staying?
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Your crazy. My sister went down there for work. Armored cars to and from the airport and had to sign a disclosure with the place she was staying. Basically said that if she left, they had no responsibility regarding her life.
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first joo get da sugar, then joo get the money, then joo get the women
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Originally Posted by yayopwrcrx
Your crazy. My sister went down there for work. Armored cars to and from the airport and had to sign a disclosure with the place she was staying. Basically said that if she left, they had no responsibility regarding her life.
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Originally Posted by yayopwrcrx
Your crazy. My sister went down there for work. Armored cars to and from the airport and had to sign a disclosure with the place she was staying. Basically said that if she left, they had no responsibility regarding her life.
Originally Posted by crxvtec91
You are making it sound worse then what it is. It really depends where you are. The city are really no worse then here in the states, but if you are in the county side, then yea there could be some problems.
With all of the security in the cities, including armored cars, millitary people on all of the streets around the capital, the cities are pretty safe. That being said, there are murders here just like in any city, and if you're not smart, sure, it can be you. If you just use the same street smarts as you would in any poor city in the US, you'll be fine here. There are places in the countryside many Colombians won't go to, but at the same time, much of the countryside around major cities is fine. I live in the 5th largest city here, Bucaramanga, and it is a VERY safe city. I feel comfortable walking alone down the street at night...something I wouldnt feel comfortable doing in some of the major cities I've visited in the US. I have been in a armored car to drive around Bogota in once, since my one friend is part of the biggest union in the country, and a UN human rights person, and I must say you do feel quite safe in them. I have also been in taxis and walking down the street with the same person, and all the time I spent with him, we never had a problem. I probably am in a riskier positon than most, but I don't really care. You only live once so why not live a little closer to the unsafe side of things.
Originally Posted by crxvtec91
So how long you planing on staying?
If this doesnt work out how I want it to I'll probably end up going back to PA until I can secure a work VISA and contract from there, and will move back here next August. I'm hoping I don't have to go back to the states for a while, but we'll see how this work VISA process goes. |
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Hey how you like the street race's? 1.3L of pure fury >:D, smoky burn outs with no tire spin just pure clutch >:D.
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Originally Posted by crxvtec91
Hey how you like the street race's? 1.3L of pure fury >:D, smoky burn outs with no tire spin just pure clutch >:D.
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Originally Posted by crxvtec91
You are making it sound worse then what it is. It really depends where you are. The city are really no worse then here in the states, but if you are in the county side, then yea there could be some problems.
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Originally Posted by yayopwrcrx
This is the only person that i knew that has went there. So i am uneducated. I'm pretty sure she was out in the middle of nowhere as she went to a sweatshop/plant that her company owns. I mean i'd go there in a heartbeat. Find a little columbian hottie, wife her up and not be a gringo anymore.
I'm sure there are some safer areas in that side of the country, but the reason it's not safe is that is where much of the leave the country on boats. |
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