In today's video we're going talk about 10 things you should never do in
Colombia. What is going on YouTube ingredients from Cape Town South Africa.
I've been travelling for a year now and I've been fortunate enough to live in 12
cities. One of those cities was Medellin Colombia and it quickly became one of my
favourite cities. I reached out to my Colombian friend Ana and asked her
she'd help me put together a list of things you should never do in Colombia
Anja was awesome she helped me come up with 10 things you should never do in
Colombia so make sure you go down in the comment block and say thanks Sonia for
helping Kevin make this list the first thing you should never do in Colombia is
never refuse a shot of aguardiente I'm guar dente translated in the English
means firewater and that's a good description because it burns going down
if a Colombian offers you a shot of aguardiente that means they like you and
it's rude to turn that shot down that being said make sure you don't overdo it
agua dente is at least 29 percent alcohol and sometimes it's much much
higher the second thing you never do in Colombia is you never make jokes about
Pablo Escobar in the United States we've kind of romanticized this druglord
culture but in Colombia it was very real many Colombians and their families were
negatively impacted by this part of the country's history and it's not something
you want to joke around about the third thing you should never do in Colombia is
never expect all of Colombia to be warm many visitors make the mistake of
thinking all of Colombia has weather like it's Caribbean towns it doesn't
cities like Bogota can get really really cold at night so make sure you check the
weather of the place you're going to in Colombia and pack accordingly the fourth
thing you should never do in Colombia is never give papaya this is a popular
Colombian phrase it means never make yourself an easy target you should never
flash things like cash and valuables in public while Colombia is pretty safe now
getting robbed or getting pickpocketed still happens especially if you give
papaya so make sure you don't give papaya when you're
the fifth thing you should never do in Colombia is never use Street taxis like
many other places in the world taxis sometimes try to scam tourists
Colombia is no different you can avoid this by not using Street taxis and using
apps instead a popular app in Colombia it's called tap see it's very similar to
Eber they also have uber in Colombia but it's illegal so just be careful when you
use uber the sixth thing you should never do in Colombia is never think you
can rely on credit cards whenever I travel I rarely carry cash I pay for
almost everything with credit cards but that doesn't really work in Colombia
many places in Colombia accept cash only or Colombia specific credit cards so
make sure you have some cash with you the seventh thing you should never do in
Colombia is never expect that you're not gonna get cheese on something you order
Colombians like cheese on just about everything and when I say everything I
mean everything if you order a fruit salad it's probably gonna have cheese on
it if you order a hot chocolate it's probably gonna have cheese on it so make
sure when you order something in Colombia you tell them you don't want
cheese on it or it's gonna come out most likely with some cheese on it
the a thing to never do in Colombia is never expect a Colombian to say no
Colombians are extremely friendly and they will go out of their way to not
have to say no it's part of the culture say no is considered rude so Colombians
are gonna beat around the bush a little bit before getting to a point where you
realize they're saying no the night thing you should never do in Colombia is
never expect a Colombian to be on time Colombians are notoriously late being on
time is not a thing in Colombian culture so you should never expect it if you're
making plans with a Colombian schedule it a little bit earlier than you
normally would and then you won't be upset the 10:00 thing to never do in
Colombia is never be surprised if you're asked for a tip tipping comes up in a
lot of these videos in Colombia is no exception
Colombia has its own flavor though waiters in Colombia will directly ask
you for a tip rather than wait for you to volunteer it you are under no
obligation to do it but if you're anything like a Colombian
you will have trouble saying no okay so those are my 10 things to never do in
Colombia thanks again Ana for helping out if you
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