I periodically get inquiries from bozos asking me about Colombian women. They basically want to know if they are “easy”. In short, these guys are so inept at seducing women that they are willing to travel thousands of miles to meet Latinas who are just dying to fall into bed with a gri[...]
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November 26th, 2011 - 9:33 pm § in Colombia
A Lesson in Paisa Speak
So, you think you’re fluent in Spanish? That’s nice, but just like someone from New Jersey might have a little trouble understanding the speech of someone from Jersey, the Channel island, or vice-versa, you might need a helping hand in grasping the Spanish dialect spoken in Medellin, Per[...]
September 14th, 2011 - 8:06 pm § in Colombia
It’s a Boy…No, it’s a Girl…No, it’s…
On an episode of the hit comedy Modern Family, Gloria, played by Colombia native Sofia Vergara, has her stepson’s adopted baby daughter’s ears pierced. The girl’s parents, a gay couple, gasp in horror and cry out that she’s mutilated their baby. The joke is based on the Colom[...]
104 Dollars a Month = Middle Class!
It was just a few days ago that I expressed disbelief that Juan Ricardo Ortega, the director of the DIAN, the Colombian government's taxation agency, said that if you make more than 4 million pesos a month, or about 2240 US dollars at current exchange rates, you're rich. Now the DANE, the national s[...]
27,000 Dollars a Year = Rich
The DIAN, the tax collection branch of the Colombian government, recently said that anybody earning more than four million pesos a month, or about 2244 dollars, is considered rich in this country and should pay more taxes. Really?![...]
Wandering in Cartagena
Confession: On our honeymoon in Cartagena, Colombia, my husband and I did not take a dip in the therapeutic mud at the Volcán del Totumo. It sounded lovely. We could have made time for the excursion to slather on some warm gray mud. But instead, I discovered a new travel delight: slowing down and n[...]
August 14th, 2011 - 12:42 pm § in Colombia
Security Advisory: Traveling within Colombia
I hate to be the alarmist, but the problems with security in Colombia are still very real and not to be trifled with. The crowning achievement of the Uribe administration was that we could finally travel by land between most cities without fear of running into road blocks set up by either the FARC[...]
Finding the Flavor of Cartagena
By Rachael Jackson After a week-long trip to Cartagena, the walled Colombian city whose brightly colored colonial mansions often house fashionable boutiques and hotels, I was stumped by how to sum up the food. Sure there are the staples: arepas (thick tortilla-like patties, often filled with eggs or[...]
From buccaneering pirates and smugglers to a boutique hotel industry?
Piracy and smuggling has long been a pastime of the local Raizal population of Colombias Old Providence Island. In the 17th Century the infamous Welsh buccaneer Sir Henry Morgan used this remote island in the Western Caribbean as a base to raid the Spanish empire, sacking cities such as Cartagena[...]
August 6th, 2011 - 9:04 pm § in Colombia
Colombia has Coca Everywhere!
You would think "coca" would be a dirty word in Colombia, a country which has paid a heavy toll as a result of the drug. However, I hear "coca" with frequency...[...]