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What are the chances of me getting an apartment

I will be moving to Bogota in May for a few years to attend Los Andes/Javeriana (im not sure which yet). I will need an apartment, but i think im just going to rent. How hard is it going to be fore me (17 years old) and alone to rent an apartment. My parents dont REALLY want to come to colombia at all, but even if they do just to sign papers, how hard will it be? ...

Renting long term in Bogota/Chapinero

Im wondering how hard it is going to be to find an apartment in Chapinero, or something of the likes. My plan is to move to Bogota next year(im American), for college(Im applying to Los Andes and Javeriana). Im looking at spending about 400 or less a month and i would like a studio or 2 bedroom. My parents are trying to decide how difficult it is to actually get a legit apartment. Would i need my parents with me, i wont be 18 yet, but i can pay atleast a years rent upfront if needed. Anyone know ...

Turtle transport to colombia

i was hoping this was already on the site somewhere because i hate reasking questions but i wanst able to find it and have searched the internet for quite some time. does anyone know if there are any import regulations if i wanted to bring a african spurred tortoise to colombia when i move there in january 2008. i have decided i really would like to buy one for myself for xmas but i want to make sure i can bring it to college with me, the turtle will still be small since the one im getting is ju ...

student visa for colombia

Most people on this are trying to get a visa for the us but i actually need a visa for colombia, and its been a little difficult trying to find information on it, im looking at entering university at los andes or javeriana in the fall of 08, but as ive seen on here everything takes a LONG time so ive been advised to start early, does anyone know what type of visa I would need to stay in colombia for an extended period of time being a student? 5-6 years possibly more? ...

how much is too much?

Hello, i am an american high school Junior and im applying to javeriana and los andes to start in fall 2008, most likely to be accepted to both. I have been to colombia a few times and it was amazing! I am definately excited but my parents are a little nervous about me moving so far from home. They want to to decide about what area i would like to live in so we can visit possibly this summer for them so see what its like. I however dont have too much knowledge of whats good and not so good in th ...

items confisgated from mail

Does anyone know why things would be confinsgated from your mail being sent from bogota to the us, not that it was even important but my boyfriend sent me a package with a letter a movie and a belly button ring(onside a small ziploc bag) when i recieved the package it had been opened already (obviously) and the small bag was inside but no belly button ring. not that this is vcery important but i was planning on sending a ring in the mail to him, is this not a good idea, not an expensive ring jus ...

Promise rings in colombia

Are promise rings common in colombia as they are in the us? I have decided i would like to buy my boyfriend one to symbolize our relationship and future together, its kindof a pre engagement ring, but if they arnt common, it would easily be mistaken for an engagment ring,thats not something our families are ready for, any advise? ...

my first day in colombia

YAA after being snowed in at the dulles airport in dc for 3 days i fainally made it here but i had to pay 100 dollars to avianca for missing my flight even thought it wasnt my fault i didn argue though i just wanted to get here, it is soo beautful and my spanish is already getting better, i love it here and im not going to want to go hame, in bogota)where im staying= the weather is beautiful, no rain so far, but i wont hald my breath that it wont, everyone is soo nice and im going to the tallest ...

Avianca baggage limits?

I cant find the baggage restrictions for aviancia, im packing tonightand leaving tomorrow, but i dont want to get to the airport and my bags be overweight, i looked on the website but i cant find it anywhere, please help! ...

relationships in Colombia

I have heard from a friend that realtionships there in high school/college are much diffrent than here in the US, any truth to that. I know kids there are much more busy with school, it seems like exams at colleges are never ending, i dont know how they would find time i guess ...

toys for the less fortunate

I was told when i visit i will be approched by small childern trying to sell me candy or small toys, and that i could buy them but it wasnt adised, and i said what would happen if i just gave them the money and told them to keep the toy, and my friend just kinda thought i was strange, and said i was wasting my money, actually i couldnt think of a better way to spend it, would i be looked at weird if i just gave the kids the spare pesos or quarters? ...

Minor from us to Bogota

im leaving in 3 weeks! and now im frantically trying to do everything at the last minuite becasue i was not aware i needed anything besides my passport. I found out i apparently need to have a letter from my mom and dad notorized in english and spanish and authenticated, im traveling alone to meet a friend, does anyone else know anything about this, and do i have to make an appointment with the embassy or do i just show up i live like 2 hours away? or i saw on somethings that the age that you ne ...

Law and Order(10/25) colombian cartel

So did anyone else see Law and Order last night, it was all about a cartel trafficing drugs into the united states and then something went wrong and they killed someone, well did anyone else watch it? ...

Whats the spanish word for neonatology

does anyone know the spanish word for neonatology or neonatologist? they are doctors specialized in taking care of premature babies

Quesadillas

So today my bf was picking on me about what im going to eat when i go there, i tend to be very fincky about waht i like to eat, and i told him no problem that i love cheese quesadillas and he said they dont have them in colombia, that he had never even heard of a quesadilla till he was visiting here, and then when they talked about them on napoleon dynamite, was he just joking with me or do they really not have cheese quesadillas there, he told me the only thing like it is a quesadilla but it ha ...

EARTHQUAKE!

My friend just told me there was an earthquake there? did anyone else feel it? Is it normal to be so relaxed about them he was just like h/o i need to do something, then he came back and told me there was an earthquake and then just continued on with the conversation ...

Does it cost the person who recieves a text if i send it through ola.com.co?

Does anyone know if it charges someones cell phone if i send them a text massage using ola.com.co? I have been sending someone like 4 text messages a day and that thought never popped into my head? The person didnt know if it was charging him either ...

Colleges in Colombia

I have leaned that it is much cheeper and shorter to go to college in colombia, i have a question though and some people have told me both ways. If i were to graduate from a program in colobia to be a doctor would that still apply if i was to come back to the united states, some have told me i would only have to take a knowledge exam and others told me i would have to take a majority of my classes over, can any one answer this for sure? ...

Heeeelllp placing calls to a bogota cell phone

help! how do i place a call to a bogota cell phone.. do i put 011-57-1-then the 300 then the cell #?
im sooo lost someone please help!

Things to do before going to colombia

What are the things i need to do before going to colombia i am going to the colombian embassy to get everything straightened out about my visit in dec.

Drinking and clubbing age?

How old do you have to be to drink in bogota, how about goin to clubs is there a required age? can you get around it? I have read that the clubs in zona roja are nice, are there any other areas?

Exchange program in colombia

i have a friend in bogota, he was an exchange program in the us (virginia) and we when on to become in a relationship that was crushed by his departure. i had thought about doing an exchange program before i met him (possibly spain/frnace/germany) but as soon as he left i began to look at exchange programs in bogota...only yo find that there are none. i assume (asss of you and me i know) this is because of quote unquote safty issues ...personally that i believe have been blown out of proportion. ...

 


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