Danny Meier
English expat in Colombia
Forum posts
20
Contacts
23
About me
English
Lives in Bogota
Speaks Learning Spanish
Registration: 16 March 2012
Activity
work from home by lilimna
Hi guys, how are you? I am from Philippines. Do you know a company where I can work from home? I am in Colombia for almost 5 months and just moved to Facatativa 2 weeks ago. I prefer working online. Do you know anything? I have experience in ...
Hello, As a native English speaker, there is no shortage of work as an EFL teacher in the many language schools here - and it can be quite well paid. If you want to be earning at the higher end of the scale, I would strongly recommend that you come ... Read More
!!! Immediate advice requested, urgent. by brainzzz
Urgent, any help appreciated. My flight to bogota is scheduled to land tuesday afternoon. I have a temporary work visa, but I have misplaced my signed and notarized documents! This includes my contract! Will they let me in solely with my ...
I came with no visa of any kind..so i would say yes they would let you in..however, you would be best checking with the embassy or equivilent. Read More
Connecting profesionally by JacobSandberg
Hi, My name is Jacob and Im Swedish. I have been living in Bogota for about three years but now I thought it would be fun to get to know some more expats too. Especially to connect, share wisdom, job contacts and beers. I co-founded Groupon here ...
Hello Jacob, Just read your post on º£½ÇÂÒÂ×. Sounds like you have been very busy and had a constructive time over the last 3 years. I too am looking to meet people to connect with professionally and if they are the right type of person, then ... Read More
Any advice is appreciated!!! by brainzzz
Hello to all, Just a quick background about myself: I'll be moving to Bogota in about a month! While this is certainly an exciting time for me, as the days dwindle I am starting to feel nervous. Is this normal? I have been to Colombia before, only ...
Brainzzzz, I think your nerves are perfectly justified and normal even if they stem from paranoia to some extent. Yes there will be some aspects of Colombian culture that will take some getting used to. I have been here just over a year and I ... Read More
Does anyone use VoiP? If so, I'd love to know what isp you use? by cjb36
New to Bogota and need to get internet service asap to do my work. The new wifi sticks that go on the 3G band don't work with VoiP. Anyone using VoiP, like vonage, I'd love to hear from you! Short of that, if any one knows of a situation where ...
Hi CJB.. Glad to hear that you have gotten it sorted. Though I am a little confused by how mine was just a case of plug and play with my English Vonage number and how you have had trouble. I had absolutely no trouble or need to have any ports ... Read More
Does anyone use VoiP? If so, I'd love to know what isp you use? by cjb36
New to Bogota and need to get internet service asap to do my work. The new wifi sticks that go on the 3G band don't work with VoiP. Anyone using VoiP, like vonage, I'd love to hear from you! Short of that, if any one knows of a situation where ...
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Does anyone use VoiP? If so, I'd love to know what isp you use? by cjb36
New to Bogota and need to get internet service asap to do my work. The new wifi sticks that go on the 3G band don't work with VoiP. Anyone using VoiP, like vonage, I'd love to hear from you! Short of that, if any one knows of a situation where ...
I am not sure what you mean by sharing my service with etb?? I have 6mb/s connection through the phone line - DSL. I pay more or less 85,000COP per month but the package includes the telephone line rental as well as unlimited calls in Bogota and ... Read More
Does anyone use VoiP? If so, I'd love to know what isp you use? by cjb36
New to Bogota and need to get internet service asap to do my work. The new wifi sticks that go on the 3G band don't work with VoiP. Anyone using VoiP, like vonage, I'd love to hear from you! Short of that, if any one knows of a situation where ...
Hello, I use Vonage to provide me with an English phone number for family and friends to call me on. I am currently signed up with etb for my internet service. You cannot use an internet dongle to pass the vonage line through as you need a physical ... Read More
6 Months in Bogota by GuestPoster1900
since my family and I arrived, many things were a bit difficult especially for me, even when speaking the same language. bogota seems to be a bit special but eventually things got better, I think since I started this life of expatriates, making ...
Hello Ash, I am Danny, who Johanna mentioned in the above post. The most difficult thing I have encountered with regards to living in Colombia is the whole visa process. There is a large amount of beaurocracy, but, given this country's past it's ... Read More
Presentation of members in Bogota by expat.com
Hello and welcome on º£½ÇÂÒÂ×! We invite the new members in Bogota and surroundings to present themselves in this discussion :) Are you living here since some time or did you just arrive? What brought you to Bogota? What passionates you, do you ...
Hello everyone, I thought I would introduce myself on a larger scale. My name is Danny and I moved here from Manchester, England just over 4 months ago. I know one or two people on this forum already but, I look forward to meeting more... Read More
Moving to England by cspm25
Hello everyone! I am Portuguese nurse and next month I'll be having an interview to work for a public hospital in England. The hospital is in Bath. I never lived away from Portugal so I have a lot of questions... Is life expensive near that ...
You are welcome, I hope the info helps, that you are successful and that you enjoy England :) Danny Read More
Moving to England by cspm25
Hello everyone! I am Portuguese nurse and next month I'll be having an interview to work for a public hospital in England. The hospital is in Bath. I never lived away from Portugal so I have a lot of questions... Is life expensive near that ...
Hello cspm25, I don't know if you have received many answers to your post. Just in case here goes: In general England is very expensive and I am sure it is one of the most expensive in Europe. The south of England is more expensive than the north ... Read More
expat blog meet up on Friday 13th by GuestPoster1900
Hi members I invite you to come together and share our experiences, as we all know how difficult is to live in a foregein country hope to see you all. this friday 13th of april at The Irish Pub in Usaquen calle 119 N.6-13 at 8:00pm thanks a ...
Thank you Johanna for organising it..it was great to meet you all and make some new friends - I had a great time for which I thank you and Paul and Anil. Read More
expat blog meet up on Friday 13th by GuestPoster1900
Hi members I invite you to come together and share our experiences, as we all know how difficult is to live in a foregein country hope to see you all. this friday 13th of april at The Irish Pub in Usaquen calle 119 N.6-13 at 8:00pm thanks a ...
Thank you Dieselgirl - see you there :D Read More