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Barranca- Living there???

Has anyone recently been to Barranca to live or visit? I know everyone says it is hot and dusty and they used to say it was dangerous but I hear now it is safer than Bucaramanga (where I currently live). I was there yesterday for a couple of hours for an interview but didn´t get a chance to see much of the city and it must have been a cold day there because it was cooler than Bucaramanga. Anyone?

By adrienne79 on Nov 3, 2009, 04:46 in Friendly Talkzone.

Bill Turley (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Nov 3, 2009, 05:00:

Good Luck on the interview IF you want the job

Mr. Bill Somondoco

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xkss2002 says on Nov 3, 2009, 05:07:

I was there a couple of weeks ago, and it was hot as hell. It was equally as bad as the coast, but without the breeze, and therefore felt worse. I much prefer Bmanga.

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adrienne79 says on Nov 3, 2009, 05:11:

Thanks Bill. They did offer me the job if I want it.

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LA_Love says on Nov 3, 2009, 05:13:

I lived in Barrancabermeja from a year, I was working with Ecopetrol.

The city is not funy, there is no malls, important restaurants, etc. Womens have a baby with you or an ingenier,.with the hope of marriage,

People dance every day there, and heather is too hot.

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adrienne79 says on Nov 3, 2009, 05:19:

Well let´s hope woman don´t have babies with me in hopes of marriage considering I am a female, haha. How did you feel about the safety there LA?

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La_Huella says on Nov 3, 2009, 18:32:

Barranca is MUCH more dangerous than Bucaramanga... it's full of indigent people, and yes normally it's maybe 2 degress cooler than hell itself. You pretty much couldn't pick a worse place in the country to live.

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misterfinger says on Nov 3, 2009, 23:17:

HI I Too Would like info on Barranca,, I am going to Be in Buca in a few weeks and from there I would like to travel inland to Barranca.. How safe is it staying in Barranca??? Is there good cheap hotels for 15 to 20 mil in centro area???? How is the nightlife in Barranca??? Is it just bad discotecas,whiskerias and brothels??? Is there a Zona Rosa too??? I bet the hotels though that are cheap are in The Zona Roja where ever that is..I also want to move on by bus to Puerto Berrio then Medellin..Is this route all safe enough to travel in the daytime on a secure bus??? Hope someone updates on this here....

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