rmg2166
English expat in Colombia
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Contacts
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About me
English, Married with children
Lives in Manizales, Caldas
Speaks I speak fluent Spanish, French and Russian and bits and pieces of a few more languages.
Registration: 13 September 2015
About
Occupation
I am Employed.
My expat journey
Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
Writing and teaching
Teacher in school and university and writer.
Hardworking, polite people. Amazing landscapes.
Transport and infrastructure leave a lot to be desired. Bureaucracy can be difficult. Raggaeton (yuck!).
Playa Coronado, Cocl茅, Panama
Writing and teaching
Writing
Did not have a happy experience on the whole. However, the one shining exception was meeting my wife, Paula!
Overwhelmingly negative experience...the list is too long to put down here
Atl谩ntida, Canelones, Uruguay
Writing and teaching
Writing
Lovely quiet place in Winter and I enjoyed strolling on the deserted beach with two stray dogs for company.
Montevideo is nothing special and I didn't have a car so transport was frustrating!
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Writing and teaching and doing a diploma in Racehorse training
Writing and riding!
Amazing landscapes, easygoing people.
Shamefully, I didn't take the opportunity to see more of it.
Paris, 脦le-de-France, France
Writing and teaching
Writing
It's Paris. Perfect for the aspiring writer!
Very expensive
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Working in business development
Sales manager
Fabulous people and I got to travel a lot in Africa for work. Great way of life. I loved it.
Sadly, my work contract didn't work out how I had planned and I never got to see more of this wonderful country
England
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New members of the Colombia forum, introduce yourself here 聳 3rd quarter of 2015 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Colombia forum? Don聮t know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on ...
Hi. I live in Manizales with my Colombian family and although I don't know the rest of the country, I can tell you that Manizales is pretty quiet and peaceful for the region with spectacular countryside and very polite friendly people. Fabulous ... Read More
Would like to create a group of Expats/Foreigner in MANIZALES by _caro_
Hola, Hello, I'd like to establish a group of expats/foreigners in Manizales, because I've tried looking information but is not available, perhaps because it's a small town, however in my experience I find very necessary to create a ...
Hi. An expat group would be a fantastic idea. I live in Manizales with my Colombian family and it would be great to meet up with other nomads! I am an author and occasional teacher and miss a good chinwag in English or even French or Russian from ... Read More