
Bogota, Colombia
An expat living in Bogota, Colombia advises others to start learning the language before you go, prepare for significant culture shock, understand that "yes" sometimes means "no" and be careful on the roads.
Bogota
No, I dove in without any idea of where I was going or why.
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I have lived here now for just over 5 years and I am just now starting to learn the language. It is a shame I wasted so much time fighting learning such a beautiful language.
I was not worried at all.
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OMG!!!!! So many things are beautiful here, with how they deal with people, but they cannot say no, so they say yes and do not mean it. They are generous and loving, but a filthy city, terrible roads, terrible transportation, terrible water, and they have no respect for others. They are number one and no one else counts for nothing.
All of them! Yes, it is so true. At first you turn a blind eye to many things, young love, then I became angry with the lack of manners and respect for others. The drivers on motorbikes that have no respect for anyone or anything and get killed for their disrespect of an object bigger than they are. Then I said no more, I need to get out of here, but so many things held me in place and now, well I am adjusting, but some things are adjusting a lot slower than others.
Anger, depression, increased eating, wanting to be alone. Absolutely no homesickness though.
Family, this is something that for the most part does not exist where I am from. Watching a family all holding hands as they walk.
Men have no respect for women, and as a result the women have become cold and indifferent in many ways. It is a shame.
When I was learning to speak Spanish I did two things; I told a woman she was hot, meaning very beautiful, but when you say chica caliente here it means that she is a woman who likes to go to bed with a lot of men. OOPS! then I entered a restaurant and asked for un beso con agua instead of un vaso con agua. A kiss with water instead of a glass with water. It was kind of embarrassing, but I did get kissed.
At least learn a little of the language before you go. Read, talk, study before you go and most of all go with a positive attitude that change will be something that will happen as no matter where you go change is in the wind so to speak. Enjoy.
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An expat in Bogota, Colombia provides some perspective on the process of settling into the Colombian culture, and the value of having lived abroad before.
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