 Living in Colombia? |
Living in Colombia? |
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| Moving to Pereira, Colombia in January. Words of advice about safey/security? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Miss Jenna Jenna Hoecker Post Count: 3 Msg: #1 354 days ago, May 27th 2007 | I just received a fantastic job offer to work at a school in Pereira, Colombia. I\\\'ve always had a desire to travel to Colombia, but have had safety concerns. After reading current events, blogs, info pages, etc. I am left feeling even more confused than when I started. I am a 25 year old, american female with a great deal of common sense and no desire to get involved in Colombian politics. I feel like this would be a great opportunity. Has anyone traveled or lived in Colombia that could share their experiences with me? Any words of advice? | MoBi Martijn van Laar Post Count: 3 Msg: #2 354 days ago, May 28th 2007 | How is you're spanish? It is important to speak spanish. Most people don't speak english. | Miss Jenna Jenna Hoecker Post Count: 3 Msg: #3 354 days ago, May 28th 2007 | My Spanish isn't flawless, but after living in Mexico, Honduras, and Costa Rica, and countless university courses, its pretty darn good. Have you lived/traveled there before? | MoBi Martijn van Laar Post Count: 3 Msg: #4 354 days ago, May 28th 2007 | Yes i have travelt cartagena, monteria and bogota. Monteria & Cartagena every 6 a 8 months. for 4 years now. | deleted_40369 deleted Post Count: 5 Msg: #5 342 days ago, June 8th 2007 | Good for you! I lived in Colombia for about two years with my now wife and family. I can reccomend Bucaramanga, Barranquilla, Santa Marta, and Cartegena. Bogota is ok for some people, but I didn't like the climate and the pollution. What part of the country is Pereira in? | You can check out some of my pics from there [Mel removing link. Promotional links are against the forum rules]Although these are mostly family pics instead of the area. [Mel removing url. Posting promotional links is against the forum rules. ] [Edited: 09:54 - Mell ]  drslapshot glenn o Post Count: 1 Msg: #6 337 days ago, June 13th 2007 | Hi Jenna.....if you would like any info from me drop me a line. More than happy to help if I can. Been working and lived in Colombia for several periods in the past 12 years. Best glenn | deleted_40369 deleted Post Count: 5 Msg: #7 329 days ago, June 22nd 2007 | For anyone curious about Colombia or in particular Santa Marta, I have a video on my wedsite[Mel removing url. Posting promotional links is against the forum rules. ] . It was taken as part of a package for a visit to tairona park that our son and friend from florida went on. We were all supposed to go, but my wife was sick that morning so dilan and leslie went while nancy and i stayed behind. Anyway, the first half of the video gives a good idea of what the area is like for anyone interested. | Later, Mark [Edited: 09:55 - Mell ]  Mell Mel Fla Post Count: 1278 Msg: #8 26 days ago, April 20th 2008 | Hello Jenna :) | As far as I have heard it is safe enough so long as you stay in the cities. There might be a risk that you could be kidnapped otherwise. I have not been to Columbia yet because this put me off. Another thing to consider is the level of sexual harassment. Like many South American countries it is part of the ''culture'' in Columbia. But you have already spent time in C. America where it also like that and it did not put you off.... Mel [Edited: 09:40 - Mell ] Number of Users: 5 | Number of Posts: 8 | ||||||||||||||||
