Comments on: Relocating to Bogotá, Colombia

By: Gavin Keaveney

Gavin Keaveney — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:49:11 +0000

wow… good luck man… a new town new stories, and more places for us to hit up when i come back over!!

By: Ward Welvaert

Ward Welvaert — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:47:33 +0000

Here’s a little primer on teaching ESL:

http://lifeinperu.com/2009/02/28/last-day-of-class/

By: Rachel in Peru

Rachel in Peru — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:40:36 +0000

Good luck on your new business venture.

The first time I visited Bogota I thought it was big. Then after moving to Lima and connecting to another flight in Bogota, I realize how small it is in size as I look over the city on take off. Lima makes almost any Latin American city look like a suburb.

The one thing that I do like about Bogota is that it has become very modernized in the past several years and there is no shortage of Colombians that speak English.

However, you will have to get accustomed to the pollution. Arequipa has fresh air whereas the entire city of Bogota smells like a giant gas station.

By: Ward Welvaert

Ward Welvaert — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:03:24 +0000

You’re right about web development down here. There are tons of kids with degrees in IT, but like so many things here their education didn’t teach them to apply what they know. Most of them end up working in some little copy place.

I have not looked for work in months, I have more than I can handle.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:09:30 +0000

This makes me a little sad for some reason. I enjoyed hearing your take on living in Peru.

But after re-reading your Bogota post, I look forward to reading about your adventures in Colombia.

Good luck!