Post: #26

(06-01-2014 09:17 PM)Gringuito Wrote:  

(06-01-2014 08:47 PM)Corroncho Wrote:  I found a very modest, furnished studio just a couple of blocks from Parque Lleras on Calle 36 near Domino's for $325 a month, and later an unfurnished 3 bedrooom/2 bath in Manila (still Poblado, just lower, near the metro station) for $400. I found both of these by walking the streets and having a local girl call rental numbers for prices. These would be pretty rock-bottom I think, but prices would start from there and go up. $500 a month might be more realistic for something decent and furnished these days. Manizales is probably 20% cheaper than Medellin across the board, and Barranquilla is just as expensive, I can't tell you about anywhere else.

Do you pay month-to-month or is this a 6/12 month contract? Do you have local sign as your fiadoro (sp)?

The little studio near Lleras was month-to-month. The apartment in Manila was a year-long contract and I did have to get a Colombian co-signer who owned land.

Post: #27

(06-01-2014 09:27 PM)Gringuito Wrote:  I was leaving the clasico game walking by there and a drunk guy hit is wife/girlfriend over the head with a beer bottle. Blood everywhere and she was trying to hit him back when the police showed up. Be mindful around estadio at night.

I didn't go out during on game nights which is why I guess I didn't see anything bad. Every Colombian I've met cautioned me about the games. One Monday evening though I visited there, many people were jogging on the track outside, also biking, and walking there dogs. There was some bulldog jumping competition. They had a tire on a rope hanging from a tree, trying to see who's dog could jump the highest to grab the tire.