Has anyone been to Cali?
Planning to go next month, nay ideas or suggestions appreciated.
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Has anyone been to Cali?
Planning to go next month, nay ideas or suggestions appreciated.
I read an article a few months ago that indicated that Colombia has the richest diversity of birds of any country in the world. You might try to find some birding areas or tours in some guidebooks.
I'd never really thought about going before I read that article. I always saw the country as drug ridden and crime ridden and particularly unsafe. I'm now giving it a second thought.
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I hear Cali is great but they don't have the ice skating rinks over there. Go check out CUERNAVACA in Mexico.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by keep us on the road:
Has anyone been to Cali?
Planning to go next month, nay ideas or suggestions appreciated.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Randy:
I read an article a few months ago that indicated that Colombia has the richest diversity of birds of any country in the world. You might try to find some birding areas or tours in some guidebooks.
I'd never really thought about going before I read that article. I always saw the country as drug ridden and crime ridden and particularly unsafe. I'm now giving it a second thought.
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Went to Isla del Rosario off the cost of Catrtagena, saw lots of colorful birds there,it was great!!!!!
Interesting, but to quote 29Palms, what happened to the
"One quiet and yet turbulent moment along the Andes, while sipping on some 100 percent Colombian Coffee..." part??? http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emotic...on_biggrin.gif http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emotic...on_biggrin.gif
Keep'em flying
Any good photos? (Birds! Not coffee!)
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Migflanker:
Interesting, but to quote 29Palms, what happened to the
"One quiet and yet turbulent moment along the Andes, while sipping on some 100 percent Colombian Coffee..." part??? http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emotic...on_biggrin.gif http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emotic...on_biggrin.gif
Ummm, I was never in the Andes mountains http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emotic...on_biggrin.gif
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by keep us on the road:
Ummm, I was never in the Andes mountains http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emotic...on_biggrin.gif
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Un-huh and I suppose you've never had Columbian coffee either? Nice to see you back on the board Roadie. http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emotic...on_biggrin.gif
Keep'em flying
What do I see here? "KEEP US ON THE ROAD" responding a message ONE YEAR LATER? I thought this cat checked outa here for good. What's up "KEEP US ON THE ROAD"? Reaching rock bottom on the other internet forums out there? I kind of quit posting here myself here being this forum is very inactive. I figure that if I check the messages once or twice a year, I may just catch an interesting NON REV story or two. Hey KUOTR. How about something new like COSTA RICA or something? Colombia coffee around here is getting STALE! Chhheeeezzzuuuzzzz karrr ayste!
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Migflanker:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by keep us on the road:
Ummm, I was never in the Andes mountains http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emotic...on_biggrin.gif
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Un-huh and I suppose you've never had Columbian coffee either? Nice to see you back on the board Roadie. http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emotic...on_biggrin.gif
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Nice to see you too 29Palms. http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emotic...on_biggrin.gif
Travel forums are notoroius for slow periods. Lots of questions on the front end and few reports on how everything went.
Unfortunately we're usually left to wonder how the trip went and in our case, if they even made the flights. http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
Keep'em flying
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I kind of quit posting here myself here being this forum is very inactive. I figure that if I check the messages once or twice a year, I may just catch an interesting NON REV story or two. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Hi 29,
Any suggestions to stimulate traffic?
Chris. Good question. I don't know what could stimulate this forum. I see the same people here responding but hardly many new non rev types. The follow up is pretty bad around here. Maybe the hard core non-rev folks prefer to keep the topics to themselves without sharing. Maybe they are poor typers and it takes too much effort for them to type. You can post a question here and it goes unanswered for a very long time. If you go to virtualtourist dot com, you will see that there are alot of people there and they can post alot of photos. It's a great set up. Maybe we can have something like that here for non-revers. I urge you to check it out. www.virtualtourist.com
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Chris:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I kind of quit posting here myself here being this forum is very inactive. I figure that if I check the messages once or twice a year, I may just catch an interesting NON REV story or two. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Hi 29,
Any suggestions to stimulate traffic? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Maybe we can have something like that here for non-revers. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
That's exactly what we do have here. We'll never be as big as Virtual Tourist or Trip Advisor because we're serving a small niche. I do have some plans to make the site a lot better and to get the word out and increase participation. We do have a lot of lurkers. The posts are few when compared the the 30-70k page views we have monthly. Hopefully we'll come up with some ways to encourage people to contribute and not just come to find what they need and split. http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
re forum trafic. I too regret that theres not more post-trip feedback. While I'm no word-gusher, I at least try to give a little feedback (eg see my 9/11/2006 thread in Checking Loads). No that I'm retiring (in one week!), and after we come back from our Bali trip (wish us standby-luck), I'll try to put a bit more time into feedback. While I enjoy others' reports about the places they've seen, I'm always most interested in detail about the non-rev experience. If peope ARE in the post-trip writing mode, I think it would also be nice if they could include city names, not just airport codes, so we don't have to go scurrying to another site to do the lookup.
Anyway, thanks to everyone for the contributions.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Hal Tz:
No that I'm retiring (in one week!), and after we come back from our Bali trip (wish us standby-luck)... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Congratulations on your retirement Hal and good luck with those Bali flights. I'm really looking forward to those trip comments. http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emotic...on_biggrin.gif
Keep'em flying