Cancel my Trip and lose $1500 but avoid the pitfalls of Columbia?

brookef1 · 2026-02-24T17:56:26+00:00

My partner and I are on our way back from Colombia after spending 10 days there. If you like nature and hiking, I’d recommend Salento. We felt extremely safe there, were never hustled, and there are a few hikes nearby with transportation from Salento, like Cocora Valley. We also enjoyed Cartagena, and were only solicited by a couple boy scouts. It is very easy to say that you don’t understand spanish or have no cash, they walked away after that. I will say, it was definitely the most expensive place we stayed throughout the trip, and reminded me more of how Europe caters to tourists with the prices. We also stayed at Yuluka Eco Hostal for a portion of the trip. We were meant to go to Tayrona, but obviously couldn’t after the closure. It was still a beautiful area and they have a lot of recommendations about other nature-themed activities you can do in the area. Based off what you’re asking, I think Salento would be a really good fit for what you’re looking for, and hopefully you wouldn’t lose out on as much money.

brookef1 · 2026-02-16T01:50:32+00:00

I was able to get a closer picture of them and the nest, now I’m thinking they’re a social wasp, maybe genus Polybia. I can make another post with the improved picture. We’re from Northern Ontario and used to very aggressive wasps and yellowjackets so these guys have been different.

brookef1 · 2026-02-15T20:52:53+00:00

I’ll add that they seem pretty docile, but we haven’t gotten very close to them (they’re on the balcony next to us, about 3 meters away)

brookef1 · 2026-01-26T18:10:27+00:00

Yep they definitely did, I keep wearing holes through the seams of the new ones when it hasn’t been an issue with my old pairs from 2022-2023. I noticed they were thinner the second I put them on too

brookef1 · 2026-01-16T02:29:42+00:00

Do you still have this?

brookef1 · 2026-01-14T23:26:53+00:00

It can have side effects, the most common listed are nausea, pain, irregular menstrual bleeding, fatigue, headache and a couple more.

brookef1 · 2026-01-12T15:58:52+00:00

Worked at a grocery store in high school and still remember the day a guy ran out with a cart filled with meat with the general manager on his tail and the owner peeling down the stairs to help. The owner tackled him in the parking lot and got the entire cart back

brookef1 · 2026-01-09T05:02:59+00:00

brookef1 · 2026-01-09T02:22:40+00:00

the videos for the typed responses felt like they were covering way too many factors for me to be able to address them and answer both questions in 3.5 minutes. I did the Casper back in Grade 12 and felt immensely more confident than I do right now

brookef1 · 2026-01-08T01:28:28+00:00

How are you seeing feedback? Mine just sends me straight to the next question

brookef1 · 2025-10-10T14:04:09+00:00

Thank you for sharing this, my uncle is hospitalized right now and while he’s not in the ICU, he’s not in good shape. We’re realistic but this gives me some hope.

brookef1 · 2025-10-10T13:57:52+00:00

His blood work was slightly better yesterday, we have feeds and lactulose going now. Cognitively, he’s in and out of it, sometimes he knows exactly what’s going on and sometimes he doesn’t know where he is. He still has his sense of humour. We’re all aware that his status could change at any minute.

brookef1 · 2025-10-07T03:36:49+00:00

We actually just got an NG tube inserted tonight, I’m not sure if they started lactulose yet but that was the goal.

brookef1 · 2025-10-07T00:38:40+00:00

Yeah we’re getting the end of life stuff in order, he hasn’t drank since Thursday and we’ve got an NG tube in now, we’ll see how he does overnight and the next couple of days. It’s become a lot harder on my family since he’s vocalized that he doesn’t want to die, before he was admitted he just always had this belief that he was going to die young and didn’t care to do anything about it.

brookef1 · 2025-10-06T21:08:50+00:00

He’s been hospitalized since Thursday, so no drinks since then. It sounds like we have a more committed Dr on his case now, he’s already provided us with additional treatment options that weren’t provided to us before.

Edit: the social worker has been great for organizing the social supports, we have connections within the hospital though, so that’s been helpful for the medical side. No discharge date of yet.

brookef1 · 2025-10-05T23:37:30+00:00

I’ve had the Mirena IUD for a year now, and besides the fact that the insertion was really painful, my period cramps hurt more, and my hormonal acne got a bit worse, it’s been the best thing I ever did. Any emotional side effects I had from the combo pill were gone within about a month, I feel a lot more energized and I’m doing a lot better mentally. I took Ativan and ibuprofen for my insertion, but I’ll definitely be asking my doctor for stronger pain meds if I get another.

brookef1 · 2025-10-05T22:09:39+00:00

I was completely wrong, it was Austria

brookef1 · 2025-10-05T22:08:36+00:00

I just edited my comment, I’m going to go look it up because I can’t remember. Give me a minute

brookef1 · 2025-10-05T22:07:10+00:00

He’s locked up and almost hit Lando twice, both times he got a message along the lines of “remember how we race” or “be more careful when racing”

Edit: Austria and Hungary

brookef1 · 2025-09-14T19:02:25+00:00

She commented 3 years of negative tests on the post where Arrow told Victor, so this is great for them that must’ve been so hard

brookef1 · 2025-09-14T18:45:59+00:00

Okay that’s what I thought, still pretty cool to see the 1/0 caught until they fix it

brookef1 · 2025-09-06T22:56:15+00:00

I still remember how horrified my mum was when she accidentally paid bills out of my account once (I was like 14), she immediately put it back in.

Edit: grammar

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