The Biggest LIE About Colombia 

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Been living in Colombia for 3 months and met the most amazing woman with no problems

Expat 🇬🇧 lives in Cali Colombia 🇨🇴 no problems good place to live

If you are worried about crime, then you should get out of the US, fast!

I live in a part of Colombia that feels safer than anywhere I have ever lived!

I am very impressed by this man's thought provoking insights into life in Colombia. I aprreciate that he is not shilling like most youtubers that promote Colombia.

The real median income in Colombia is much less than mentioned. Only 10% of Colombians earn more than 4 million pesos per month.

SanBernardino CA. 1 in 77 people are victim of violent crime annually. Give or take. Highest murder rate in California along with Oakland I believe . I don’t go to the barbershop without my gun.

Appreciate your videos man. Finally someone not paranoid and being fair and balanced about Columbia. All countries have their own+ /-. Just stay humble and make no dumbs moves/mistakes as you travel and all will be fine people.

As being from England i can say I was surprised how bad Colombian food was 🤣 but fish with coconut rice was good

Is Colombia a good place for single American women to retire if they only have pensions or social security to live on? Are there many American or European expats?

Loved the video ❤

Your comments about Colombian women were wonderful, respectful and totally on the mark!

Great video, I travelled around Colombia and had some great food that was very affordable! As you mentioned it's all about where you go.

Always good and informative content.

I really enjoyed watching this, and it reinforced my desire to discover Colombia and see as much of it as possible. It seems such a wonderful country!

Great stuff! Gracias, hermano. Keep it coming.

Great content and awesome editing too hermano! I loved the pacing.

just noticed that all the signs are backwards, isn't there a way to flip the video???

Muchos gringos sobrevaloran la comida mexicana cuya base de sabor es la GRASA!. La grasa retiene los sabores y olores, pero también altos contenidos de coresterol. La población y la mujer mexicana tiene en promedio más problemas de obesidad que la colombiana. Su comida es bañada en grasa, sin mencionar sus salsas. La población asiática su piel suda y huele a condimentos, porque condimentan demasiado su comida. Ni hablar del aliento de la boca, es fuerte! 🤢. La comida colombiana es en promedio baja en grasas, sal y condimentos. La población es en promedio más delgada, y la gente no huele a condimentos. Algunos gringos sobrevaloran algunas cosas y hábitos alimenticios extraños.

ive been to colombia many times and know what you say is true, on all points!

I feel like people go looking for the low life’s and get surprised when they find them.

you are the most refreshing you tuber I am fan

Sumerce, de no ser porque dice que “us as Colombians” no podría pensar que usted es colombiano (y es debido a su acento, no a lo que dice) ¡felicitaciones!, mi acento bogotano en inglés resuena muchísimo, pero es bonito ver que los extranjeros piden escuchar que a Colombia no se debería venir buscando mujeres (a menos que las respeten) y D. Acá se viene a pasarla bien a menos que uno busque cosas que no se le han perdido. El respeto por nuestro hermosísimo país goes behind the usual narco fantasy: I lovey country 🙏🦋🇨🇴

I'm from filadefia en EEUU .I have been coming to medellin since 2009. I own 3 properties en Barrio Florencia with my girlfriend. Very nice assessment and I agree with everything you said. I do not have a cedula but i have a vank account. It is definitely not a third world country.

I like your takes about Colombia as a whole and the women in specific, i can strongly agree to this as a gringo. If you don't care for strong minded woman with a fiery personality this is not going to be the place for you. As someone that has been to Colombia a couple of times i can confirm it's totally worth it. I consider it a country with high potential.

Great video and asessment of the misconceptions of Colombia!! I especially appreciated the one about women!! I am colombian and I still think Colombian food is delicious! Nothing beats an arepan con quesito in the morning or an assortment of pandequesos and pandebonos that we have!

Why the attack on English food. Whats wrong with toad in the hole?

3:05 That’s what I’m talking about

Great video parce.

It is often said that everything happens for a reason. I think you were deported from the United States so that you could be a bridge between Colombia and the rest of the world, especially the Gringo world. Excellent commentary.

Nice and very informative. Great video. Thanks.

Awesome video! Great to hear a realistic view of a country that has many misconceptions.

“Can’t handle a strong woman”? Lol

Thanks! Brotha keep up the content

Love your videos ,will be visiting soon ,was wondering whats a good month to go ,single guy ,i was thinking june or August

Colombia could and can be named the united states of the central and south america

00:00 Intro 01:11 Food 04:02 Third World Country 06:32 Dangerous 09:59 Beautiful Women

Going to Colombia this Julio. Such a helpful and informative video! Thank you very much!

Pretty awesome of your list of foods, considering you're vegan. Very thoughtful of you to not necessarily make the list vegan (even though I might have thown in maybe 1 vegan/vegetarian item).

When I visited Colombia, in a safe neighborhood, someone got robbed at knife point in front of our hotel. My wife is Colombian, her family friend in Colombia got stabbed for her AirPods. Be very careful, especially dating women. They’ll drug and rob you. These are not misconceptions, sorry.

Is cities having higher rate of crime than Medellin- its misleading. In those cities there are isolated areas that unsafe, meanwhile in Medellin its an opposite- isolated areas that are safe

Hey Andrew! How are you buddy? I love Sancocho de pollo!! $2.50 USD! and would do me for the day! On La 70, Laureles. "Have some sympathy and some taste!" My man!! Being 66, I grew up with the Stones, led Zepplin and all the best classic rock that ever existed. Jimmy Hendrix, etc. Damn Andrew, this video was so honest, authentic and real. Loved it, and thank you man. I had a wonderful, intense relationship with a woman half my age - and we both LOVED it!!! I truly enjoyed being kind and generous with her ane her family.

OMG i finally found a Colombia vlogger who confirms that Colombia - apart from being a wonderful country in many ways - is ALSO an LDFG country with bland cheap food! Thank you for being HONEST and not gaslighting me. SUBSCRIBED!! 👍🏽

When you coming to Bogota bro? I could show you around some dope places / restaurants in the north.

Good job ,a lot of Americans need to hear this!

It's funny how people think every hot woman is trying to rob you. Especially when it's said by people who never traveled 😂

I’ve had Colombian food in NYC and Miami restaurants. And YES it still sucks. Lol.

11:00 its def the beans n coffee

RESPECTFULLY i watch all ur content this one of my favorite videos by far CARNAL BENDICIONES.. 🙌

Colombia needs a president like Bukele to stamp out crime. 👊 In addition, the government needs to lock up all those lames causing drama once and for all. I hear it's a beautiful country to retire in.

Great video and information. How is the air quality in Medellin? I have heard from many qualified sources that the air quality is pretty bad in Medellin. I am wondering if the government is doing something to improve the air quality?

YOU... THE.. MAN 🫵😎 Colombia 🇨🇴 food lookz Yum 😋 thankz for sharing God Blessings ☝️ Cheerz from Auckland New Zealand 🇳🇿

I was just in Medellin. Loved the city, plan on living there part time. Extremely safe.

Going to feed the homeless July 7th in Colombia. Would love for you to join a video to share the good we do

great channel buddy... if I remember correctly you grew up in San Fernando Valley or la... yeah was down there for 6 months poblado/provenza. I want to make the move... I love it down there

Great video! I was in Medellin last month. I loved it. The food is good and the women are amazing. I’m thinking about moving there!

Thanks!

I really want to visit Colombia. I used to be Mormon and as such I served a mission. My mission was in Venezuela, but my favorite music and some of my favorite people were from Colombia

Colombian women are super nice and friendly! Saying this as a woman myself. In other countries you get so used to women being catty to one another, especially beautiful women can be catty, but none of that is the case in Colombia. I was so suprised. Absolutely loved it!

Bogota is a virtual fortress. You won't be committing any crimes there. You've never seen anything like it. There are usually 3-4 armed cops with dogs on most street corners. Add to that there are security guards dispersed throughout every block. They have guns and some of them have dogs as well. Every store has security guards with guns so you won't be shoplifting. Your belongings are always checked as you leave the store. Don't even think about committing a crime in Bogota. Bogota authorities fight crime the right way. None of this calling 911 nonsense and waiting for an hour for cops to arrive. The cops in Bogota are positioned among the people walking the beat as they should be.

amazing cuizine from the UK lol

Hi.I live here in colombia with my colombian wife two years now.I am a Investor.I would like to connect with you?

Especially that Medellin kingpin with a Brazilian accent. Look, for Americans, everything south of El Paso is Mexico

Blood pudding is quite popular in Ireland and England. Its known as Black pudding.

Good points about the food. Same applies in Australia. People ask what a traditional Australian dish is and I scratch my head but immigrants have brought great food to my country.

How many phones were stolen in the making of this video? Just kidding! Medellín is amazing, imperfect, and hopefully home one day. Loving your content from Colorado.

June 16,2024 Sitting at Sur America Metro, Sunday morning...held up at knife point, assaulted...bystanders notified police...fifteen minutes late, policia show up. No suspect found. Today, one week later, there is the knife wielding thief having coffee three blocks from Sur America Metro...sees me and takes off. Policia still unable to locate knife wielder...photos, video tape from metro...useless

Thanks for another great video. I especially liked your recommendations for food and your assessment of Colobian women. On the matter of crime statistics, I believe that cime is 13:37 greatly under-reported in Colombia because people are distrustful of police. In addition, foreigners are big targets for thieves because they are perceived as rich and worth robbing, whether you show papaya or not. So, I disagree with you about safety, especially for foreigners.

I’m Romanian and my daughter is half Colombian. After 20 plus years abroad, last 16 in the Uk, I’m almost at the point where I can earn online a decent income so I’ll spend most of my time in Romania and Colombia. I’ve lost it at the “beautiful Colombian prostitutes”😂 I think Colombia is underrated like my home country Romania and I love both of them. Subscribed and hope to meet you around there. Been in the major cities already but not in Medellin, yet.

Another banger from Andrés🎉… Did you fever find that burro to help you get some water after you escaped the prostitutes?😜😂

Why is the number of children born out of wedlock high in Latin America?

👋 hey I’m from Baltimore 😂😂😂 that’s why I love Colombia 🇨🇴.. I feel safe in Medellin again I’m from Baltimore😂😂😂😂😂

Thanks for this video Andrew. I’m going to send this to my friend who is coming to Medellin in July and is super nervous

I was just in colombia and it felt more like a 2nd world country, atleast in the areas of Medellin i was staying at. Cool country.

That will be the day !!!

I know NOBODY in the United States who would leave a cell phone and then go to the bathroom.

Nice informative video! Btw did you really say North-Korea is an economic powerhouse?😅

the woman part was overkill.

Colombia has the greatest snack food ever made: arepas. I love arepas with lots of cheese. *Yum*

I like it.

I have been to Colombia a few times. To me it is the best country in the world. What America have over Colombia is money, absolutely nothing else.

The problem with Colombia is the taxes. Anything over 1k gets taxed, not heavy, but at 2,5k and up 35% roughly. Plus complications actually moving larger chunks of cash. Capital controls international taxes -taxes a foriegn made gains. Capital gains taxes 35%. Excessive regulation on imports and excessive taxs on importing. 20% tax on most food. In excess of 30% apy interest on all loans I know of. Which large cap assets like houses dont have people , few buyers due to high cost of capital even if they have the down payment. Hard to sell. Not lots people who can or who are willing to pay those interest rates. In general excessive buracracy, excessive goverment. Lots of dead wood, unproductive saleried goverment. Thus a partial list of reasons why Colombia can not progress and is not likely to. Which why the youth , brain drain - leave. Why most want to leave, because they have no hope. These problems can be overcome but both left and right , there has been 0 progress. Colombians are brave, passionate and very intellegent. So as they say its not over till its over.

The first good dish you presented was what looked like a Paisa plate, with the eggs, beans, arepa, and pork skins. Those or something similar are often part of the lunch specials. I'll take a pass, but am glad for Burger King and Rappi. 🤣😉 Comparing Medellin to the worst of US cities like Baltimore, Atlanta, Chicago and the like calling it "more safe" based on murder stats is an invalid comparison. Why? Because there's a lot of ways people are harmed where murder isn't involved. Who knows what the robbery stats in Medellin are as most go unreported. Also it matters a lot what part of Atlanta or Baltimore you live in. Murder stats in such places are heavily spiked by gang conflicts, so if you aren't in a gang or living around the same, you can usually comfortably live behind one locked door. While the experience of an obvious North American in a place like Medellin is different in many ways. While the US State Dept is largely right, I'll still return, will dress down as usual, keep my wits about me and won't display wealth. That said I'll still be followed by beggars and thieves. I'll follow the precautions, but am still at more risk than in my home city in the States, but they are risks I'm willing to take. Who in the States leaves their phone or bag sitting unattended when they go to the bathroom? Maybe in some tiny rural town where everyone knows one another, but even still that's a terrible idea. I'd never dream of it. Also, if Colombians really want to move beyond the Narco image, they could dial back some of the partying. Heck they love drugs so much they created their own designer sensation, the pink stuff that is flowing into the States and Europe. At the suggestion of another RU-vidr, "Don't create Disneyland then complain when people come and want to see Mickey and Donald Duck." PS When talking about Baltimore, for the sake of balance, tell the audience that Colombia as a whole has over 6 times the murder rate as the States as a whole. Feel free to fact check that. Thanks for another great video. 😀😀

hey - english food is not so bad these days

What is wrong with a Burger and fires? 🤑😝🤪😜

Considered moving to Medellin. Watched Septimo Dia "Secuestro Express" episode and cancelled plan. While not directly a Medellin related problem, it does happen in Colombia. Too high a safety issue at least for me. American justice and death penalty sentences are why such a thing doesn't happen in the US. Too bad Colombia can't do the same.

Lol yup they stir the frying pan with their finger tips

If you think UK is good cuisine, you obviously never been there 😉

Always seems to me like this dude is trying to discourage people from coming to a country he lives in. It’s a constant negative theme. He isn’t the only one.

If American didn’t take everything they’d be stuck with hotdogs and hamburgers lol. Great video bro 👌🏾

That’s what Mick Jagger says have some sympathy and taste. He put that in his song.

So factually Columbian food is not good, there might be a reason for it but the food is not good. One of the best ways to see how good the food is in a country is to check how many restaurants exist in a major city in the US. Italian, Thai, Mexican, Indian, and other ethnic restaurants are in high numbers because generally, the food is good. Even Peru has made their mark, so Columbia needs to catch up, so better to stop complaining and get better. Chile is in the same spot.

I like the assessment and hate when people say 3rd world country, it’s a developing country. Right the best food is made at home I agree with that point. Of course crime will be higher in the US, it’s 330 million people compared to like 50 million and a lot more guns 😅. Great video tho

U look like u ĺive there bro....

Francia Márquez

You lost me at "the economic powerhouse of North Korea"

Hi, Nice 13 min Recap! But North Korea is NOT an economic power!!! South Korea, yes!!! Also, after review of many expats videos in Medellin, its seems like you cant buy (or have) a scooter and use it for your day to day life in Medellin...It will be robed within weeks comparing to Thailand!!?? What do you think about that statement?

Colombia would be better economically if it was sharing a border with the US. The potential is there. So is the danger lol.

Don’t give papaya!!!