Colombia Living Blog October Archive

Alianza para la Infancia

By Sim Bartson at 10/14/07 07:40

The Bernard van Leer Foundation has a project to help with the problems of children living in poverty and at risk to violence in the Costa Atlantica region of Colombia.

Bernard van Leer Foundation - Colombia - Universidad del Norte

Cooks and Recipes in Colombia

A website of "allrecipes.com" for Colombia. They list a number of cooks and a couple recipes that were reviewed.

Lemon Sugar Tea Cookies and Black Beans and Rice. Both delicious, but not together!

Like the United States, Colombia has different styles of food in its different areas. Try something from each area to get the full flavor of Colombia.

Colombia Cooks - Community - Allrecipes

DJ Adriana Lopez

Adriana Lopez is a DJ from Bogota now located in Barcelona.

She started her career in the underground circuit of Bogota in 1999. She has played in many countries including the USA, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Latvia, Portugal, Peru, Venezuela and of course Colombia.

MySpace.com - Adriana Lopez - Bogotá, ES - Techno / Drum & Bass / Minimalist - www.myspace.com/djadrianalopez

Canadian Embassy in Bogota

The Canadian Embassy in Bogota offers this information to help Canadians Living in Colombia:

• American Women's Club (Canadian women welcome)
• Bogota Accueil
• Canadian Club of Colombia
• Banking
• Credit Cards
• Currency
• Flight Reservations (over booking is common)
• Fuel
• Health
• Postal Services
• Taxes
• Time
• Tipping
• Transportation
• Useful Telephone Numbers
• Weather (Bogota)

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Colombian Peace Communities

Learn about these Colombian Peace Communities:

• 50,000 Marching For Peace
• The Widening War and Colombia
• Views From the South
• What is a "Peace Community?"
• Women Waging Peace

Peace Communities : Colombia : AFSC

Escape Artist; Quality of Life and Cost of Living in Bogota

This article by Russel Stanley at Escape Artists gives a great overview of living in Bogota. Many people think of Colombia has hot and tropical.

While that is true for many parts, Bogota is not tropical. As Russel points out, "Bogota's climate is spring-like every day of the year. Daytime temperatures average 68F deg. (19C), and at night it drops on to about 50Fdeg (10C). "

The reason of couse is because of the elevation of Bogota at about 9,000 feet about sea level.

Check out his article for a good overview of the cost of living, food, clothing, fast food (ugh), housing, transportation and more.

Quality of Life and Cost of Living in Bogota

Expat Advice and More

The expat exchange website has lots of information and resources for the expat moring to Colombia.

They offer advice on:

• Financial Advice
• Work abroad Advice
• City Profiles (though listed on the Colombia home page there are actually no profiles for cities in Colombia).

This actually looks like the "Colombia Network" is just a bunch of links to generic expat resources and not much about Colombia.

I'd skip this one!

Moving to Colombia, Living in Colombia, Working in Colombia: ExpatExchange.com

Passport FREE Caribbean; Way Boring!

Passport Free Caribbean is a nice blog post about why with the new U.S. Passport rules Culebra, Puerto Rico is the place to go!

I was having a nice time with their post until I read this: "and you can take the $75.00 that you would have spent on getting a passport and instead you can have a nice meal out while you are here."

Wow! One meal for $75!! I say... spend the $75 on a passport and have a real adventure. Try a caribbean adventure in San Andres, COLOMBIA! That $75 might buy you a great dinner every night for a week! Plus a passport is good for 10 years, a dinner in Puerto Rico is just one night!

Spend a few more dollars for a flight to Bogota and buy some real Colombian emeralds for much less than you would back home. Pick up a few for friends and pay for you whole trip!

Your choice: Puerto Rico: Boring. Colombia: Adventure!