Back in Bogata

[AlexG32]

I just arrived in Bogota this morning and was wondering if anyone else is here or if anyone is travelling here in the coming days.

[lswote]

... in response to Back in Bogata, posted by AlexG32 on Dec 13, 2002

I just checked into the Hotel La Fontana.  I am only here for two days, so I don't have a lot of time.  Where are you staying?

[AlexG32]

... in response to Me too, posted by lswote on Dec 14, 2002

Sorry Iswote but I went out of town on Saturday and didn´t return until yesterday.  I will post on my trip later, I am about to go to the embassy with my wife in a few minutes.

[papa suave]

... in response to Back in Bogata, posted by AlexG32 on Dec 13, 2002

I'm not there, sorry, I wish I was...I'm considering an after Christmas trip. I was going to comment on your spelling of Bogota (Bogata) until I noticed that you spelled it right on your post. It still sickens me to see guys referring to Bogota's motherland as ColUmbia after several trips. I can be apologetic to those who have never been there but for anyone who has...NO EXCUSE!!!

[AlexG32]

... in response to Re: Back in Bogata, posted by papa suave on Dec 14, 2002

Slip of these key boards which I haven´t quite gotten used to.

[Chris F]

... in response to Back in Bogata, posted by AlexG32 on Dec 13, 2002

Alex....email me at Tamelion6@aol.com..

[AlexG32]

... in response to Re: Back in Bogata....to Alex, posted by Chris F on Dec 13, 2002

I just got back into Bogota and have not had a chance to even breathe.  I will write you soon though and answer any questions you might have.  Have a great day!

[mudd]

... in response to Back in Bogata, posted by AlexG32 on Dec 13, 2002

arriving on the 26th and leaving on the 29th. not a lot of time, but better than nothing. so far this year, i have been to bogota 6 times. the last time, which was in october, the immigration "jerk" in bogota, tried to tell me that i needed a visa to enter colombia. i think that he was looking for some money, or just trying to piss me off,or he really didnt like the fact that i had been there so many times in one year, or maybe i had a colombian girlfriend. anyways, after not giving in to him, he let me go through, but he stamped 30 days in my passport, which was a first. anybody else had a similar encounter?

[AlexG32]

... in response to Re: Back in Bogata, posted by mudd on Dec 13, 2002

Yes they almost didn´t let me in because I did not have my wifes address or phone number.  Thank God I talked my way in without any real problems.

[Cali vet]

... in response to Re: Back in Bogata, posted by mudd on Dec 13, 2002

Yes when I came down within a month or two of a prior visit they gave me just thirty days. A friend here was staying without a visa and when he returned from a short trip to Florida they told him he had five days to get out of Colombia and couldn't come back for two months. Said he'd been in the country for over 180 days in one year.

[Calipro]

... in response to Re: Re: Back in Bogata, posted by Cali vet on Dec 13, 2002

My wifes sister is married to a Russian guy who came to Colombia about ten years ago and never left. I wonder what they are going to do to him if he ever tries to go on vacation out of the country.

[Cali vet]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Back in Bogata, posted by Calipro on Dec 13, 2002

Why would a Russian ever want to leave Colombia? If he did he might bump into a Russian woman.

[Red Clay]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Re: Back in Bogata, posted by Cali vet on Dec 14, 2002

LOL, good one!