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Colombia...

  • 13-06-2006 2:09pm
    #1
    Ragazza
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭


    Has anyone here ever been?
    I am thinking of going there for a few months to teach English.
    I want to go to a costal region, (Cartagena/Barranquilla maybe?) as close to a sandy beech as possible anyway.:cool:
    I am a girl and I will be traveling alone.
    Please dont warn me about kidnapping!!:D


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  • #2
    ToxicPaddy
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,763 Mod ✭✭✭✭ToxicPaddy


    I've actually read up on Columbia a few times when I was looking at other countries in South America and the general opinion is that its a fantastic place to visit and most of the stories you hear are scare stories and nothing else.

    I'm sure if you're American then its a big no no as most Americans would be classed as targets in countries like that due to American foreign policy.

    Columbia from what I believe is a stunning country to visit, it hasnt been ruined by tourism simply because people dont want to go there because of the bad publicity it gets. Its just like anywhere else there are no go areas, especially if you're a female travelling alone but if you're going on an organised trip doing TEFL, then I'm sure you will be told of this by whatever organisation you're going with.

    So by all means go, I'm sure it will be the trip of a lifetime.

    Tox


  • #3
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Do not under any circumstances attempt to educate the locals. That can be troublesome.


  • #4
    cailinoBAC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭cailinoBAC


    Just looking for more reassurance.... I think I'm trying to read up on all my scare stories now and flush them out of my system. Been overdosing on South American airplane crashes in the past week, now moving on to kidnapping. So, I'm hoping to do the Ciudad Perdida trek (with an organisation of course). Nothing's going to happen to me, right? Have there been any tourists kidnapped there since those 8 in 2003?


  • #5
    RATM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭RATM


    Yeah Ive been, did the Lost City trek, 6 days through the jungle and mountains, its a cool walk. We did it only 3 weeks after those 8 were kidnapped, no probs our guide said the hostages actually had a good time, free spanish lessons, 3 meals a day and they gave them as much charlie and weed as they wanted ! Colombia is safer than what ppl think, we had no hassle there but you will see alot of army with machine guns around the country. Its also a very beautiful country with nice ppl.

    As far as teaching english, I know one of the main hostels in Bogota has a house next door where english teachers stay which would be a good source of advice. I cant remember the name of it but if I saw the listings in the Lonely Planet it would probably jog my memory.Some of the english teachers we met in Bogota seemed to be there solely because of the cheap supply of charlie, a few were stuck there for over 3 years. Cartegena is probably a nicer city to live in and theres some lovely beaches not far from the city center.


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