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I arrived three hours early and went through six different and thorough searches at the airport; I do look like a drug dealer. By my fourth day it had become clear how many wealthy Colombianas have had plastic sugery, of the disproportionate kind if you get my drift. Colombia now has more people than Spain. The American government freezes the funds of the families of Americans who have been kidnapped. I found Bogotá safer than Madrid.
The Italian edition of Vanity Fair just listed Bogotá as one of the six up-and-coming tourist hotspots; Sibiu, Romania and the Kurile Islands (Russia) also made the list, enjoy.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on January 16, 2007 at 08:16 PM in Travels | Permalink
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"The American government freezes the funds of the families of Americans who have been kidnapped."
I suppose it is obvious, but this sentence made a host of victim punishments make a little more sense to me -- more incentive to avoid victimhood, raise price of crime, less crime.
Posted by: Mike Linksvayer at Jan 16, 2007 9:29:09 PM
... more incentive to avoid victimhood ...
I doubt the policy of freezing the family funds of kidnap victims has anything to do with giving Americans the incentive to "avoid victimhood" [sic], whatever that means.
I assume the policy serves as a disincentive, one for the kidnappers. If the family can't pay a ransom, there's no monetary gain for kidnapping an American. I could be wrong (I have no extra knowledge in the area), but that explanation makes a lot more sense to me.
Posted by: Trieu Truong at Jan 16, 2007 10:27:21 PM
"many wealthy Colombianas have had plastic sugery, of the disproportionate kind if you get my drift."
I'm afraid I don't.
Posted by: tc at Jan 16, 2007 11:18:32 PM
Trieu Truong, I have no doubt you're correct about the intention of this policy.
When I first read the sentence above I thought "how unfair to the victim's family." This spurred a chain of thought (leaving the policy at hand behind) which led me to realize one reason egregious unfairness to victims might survive culturally. Increasing the cost of crime for the criminal or the victim could decrease crime -- disincent crime or incent investment in avoiding victimhood.
Posted by: Mike Linksvayer at Jan 16, 2007 11:50:09 PM
I'm afraid I don't.
Breast implants. Butt "enhancement" is also gaining popularity in Latin America.
Posted by: Sean at Jan 17, 2007 12:17:01 AM
The Kuril Islands? Earthquake tourists? (According to this website:
http://www.iris.edu/seismon/
The Kuril Islands have had an earthquake every day for the last, oh, month or so.)
Posted by: Scott Wood at Jan 17, 2007 6:44:17 AM
Begging to be discovered, Colombia's got everything but the crowds! Then in the end they boxed out the personal safety risks
"Travellers should exercise vigilance at all times due to the level of violent crime. Kidnapping and homicide rates in Colombia remain high: about 45 kidnappings per month were reported in 2005. Outside the main tourist areas these dangers are greatly magnified. Areas to avoid include Chocó, Putumayo and anywhere east of the Andes."
But again some of the travel blogs on Colombia blogs seem to talk about friendly people, amazing bio-diversity, and professional service!
Seems like a great adventure to me.
Posted by: blue-dot-green at Jan 17, 2007 10:00:49 PM
>But again some of the travel blogs on Colombia blogs seem to talk about friendly
>people, amazing bio-diversity, and professional service!
Just what I want in a kidnapper - friendly and professional. Bio-diversity is optional, though it does give you something to look at while sitting in the hole waiting to find out exactly how much your wife really love you.
Posted by: rvman at Jan 19, 2007 10:26:26 AM
rvman: So I suppose that the average Colombian is supposed to be identical to the average kidnapper then? That's some leap you're making there.
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