Quote: (05-24-2011 12:15 AM)bluewater7 Wrote:
Thanks WEDO. I appreciate it.
G Manifesto, let me explain.
$33.33 per night is in the hood. I mean the straight up hood. Like basically people are scared to walk around at night hood. Although, I've noticed all of them are - even though there are like no sounds in the streets period. No one is out there at night basically. Even in the rich areas.
I discovered this today when I went up to North Bogota so visit the girl I went out with last night. Turns out she is a lawyer.
Here's my point about the pricing - You can stay by Disney in Orlando in a fairly whack place for $25/night - but a place that is .. umm.. workable. So the price for the place I'm in now, which is clean and small, but with good internet should be about $10/night.
Colombia isn't like that. Short-term rentals are the price of South Beach and New York - like $2k a month for a pimp or even somewhat pimp pad.
The buildings, skyline, etc. of North Bogota is way better. Its cleaner. Its more "bonito" basically.
Went to a gym called Hard Body across from Body Tech on Calle 146 I think and it was pretty nice. 2 stories, etc. - more like the US.
I'm all for shitty places that yield adventure, but the prices should reflect that. Since the dollar sucks ass, Bogota is actually more expensive - pound for pound - than the US.. and that's strange to me, although I understand why it is that way. Its basically the price of tier-1 cities.
If I'm going to pay US prices for pimp places, I don't know .. I'd rather be in the US. Or, places with infrastructure, etc. Bottom line is developing countries are basically more expensive than the US - or just as expensive. I read about this.. but, well, to see it in person is amusing. Because I'm talking about rubble in the streets and shit, but more expensive than Orlando and equal pricing to Tier 1 US cities. Whacky.
Anyway, my review of Bogota was pre-mature. I guess it wasn't a review, but maybe I'm giving you a "blow by blow" of the experience. The girl helps too, I have to admit - but just driving in the taxi I noticed banks, high rises, etc. and it looked a lot better up there. I recommend if people can, stay up there. Unless you like, again, a ghetto downtown Detroit vibe - and I'm not talking about Greektown.
Peace.
It's not quite that cheap travelling in the United States. Motel 6 does show $24/night in Kissimmee, but i believe Florida hotel tax is like 12% or something, plus sales tax, or about 20%, for a total of about $29. But, most other parts of the US have rates from $38-$60 (incl taxes).
But that's not the issue, it's GAS!!. Unless you are going somewhere within a 5 hour drive, gas will be a bitch. You're either going to have to fly and rent a car, which is NOT cheap, or drive the 750+ miles, and add to this daily gas expenses of at least $10-$20 per day.
Now add food, cover charges, drinks and money to be spent on women, and we're talking more like $100+ per day, at least, and more realistically, closer to $150.
In latin america, $10 for a hostel, $10-$15 on food and $5-15 on transport and no more than $20 per day on entertainment (excluding brazil), so about $50/day and closer to $30 if you wanna slum it.