Traveling to Colombia, Medellín (Struggling Travel Day)

From 1 plane ride, then bus, then train and another bus till I got picked up to the small countryside village in the southern part of Medellin, Colombia
*This is the story about my stressful traveling day to Colombia and in Colombia
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[@timelesstravelclub6240]

So much of what happens to vloggers during travel is rarely seen by their followers. Thanks for keeping it real.

[@EatBailaTravel]

What a day! Travel is not always glamorous 😅 thanks for show us the other side of it!

[@hillbillyinparadise]

Travel days! Yes, I did a lot of this in Thailand. Bus, train taxi bus again. Always an adventure. But as a solo female, take care and always plan your way. You are doing a super job, now live life!

[@WITYTRAVELS]

Wow, what an intense travel day! And kudos to you for filming so much of it. Travel days can be so intense and adding filming to that can be so overwhelming. So glad you made it safely to your destination, we are looking forward to seeing your videos in Colombia! 🇨🇴

[@bradandrewdavis6594]

I am sure that I am not the only one that will say this but it so much fun to watch many of the recent videos that you have done because more of your personality comes through, and that makes us feel that we area there with you. This was fun because all of us that travel know these feelings of stress followed by happiness from getting closer to your final destination followed by more stress, happiness, etc. Thank you for saving a seat on your train/bus/train/bus for us.

[@nicolasrobitaille3259]

Really nice to see that even if things are not going your way, you still seems to have fun time. Some people will simply freak out and turn it to a negative moment but apparently not you. That's unique and this is something that I really like!

[@apache318]

You are so brave, traveling alone!

[@TahJetiyamon]

Aww I really don’t considered myself brave ka, there are plenty of vulnerable side I just didn’t show it here haha (not yet)

[@brianbaxter3913]

Wow that was quite and adventure and glad you arrived safe. Good you had help from people along the way. I find it is always an adventure when you travel. So far when going to the Philippines the only problems I have had is getting from the airport to the hotel. I did have a bit of an adventure when landing in Tokyo and did not know I had to go to a different airport for my connecting flight. I only found out by hearing other people talking about it. When I got off the plane I went to the information desk and was told the last bus was leaving in 5 mins. The ladies there were very nice and even helped me with my luggage to make sure I caught the bus. I am sure it is a bigger adventure these days due to covid and all the changing rules depending on where you are going. Hope you have fun in Colombia and can't wait for your next video. Keep smiling and stay safe

[@LaKarencitaMX]

Wooow! It must've been very stressful at the airport but I'm glad you made it! I will miss you! 🇲🇽 😃

[@TahJetiyamon]

I miss you more 🤍🤍

[@roman.kondratiev]

Enjoyed your adventures as always, Tah! Have a safe journey in Columbia! Cheers from Berlin 💚

[@TahJetiyamon]

Thanks guys 😊🙌🏽

[@whereisCeline]

Good to see your travel video again, stay safe and be happy.

[@sontruong2421]

Tah have fun and safe trips wherever you go!!

[@zendemaisip3327]

Been following your journey and I must say you're one brave lady. It's kinda hard travelling alone but you always made it to where you're headed. Looking forward to see what's in store for you in Colombia.

[@markamos5207]

Informative video Tah. Thank you very much. Looks like you definitely encountered some "Tourist" travel issues. One never knows if they are going to spend a couple of weeks, or over a month in a certain place if they've never been there before. So it's difficult to determine in advance a date of return. You never know how Customs Officials will respond. Praying always for healthy and safe travels for you. 🙏

[@cactusfanatic8958]

No matter how much you plan sometimes it seems like everything is out of your control when you are traveling. Thanks for a good look at the chaos of your travel Tah.

[@ralphkehrer6136]

One trick to show a leaving flight from any country is to buy a fully refundable flight to anywhere. And then once you get there, apply for the refund and you are free to choose next destination. Yes it is expensive flight if refundable but you get all back.

[@TahJetiyamon]

Thanks for advice:) I will keep that for the the next trip, the ticket to Costa Rica is already booked - good thing it’s flexible ticket:)

[@MrBlupp69]

you can also "rent" a reservation for a flight back for little money, havnt tried it yet though

[@ralphkehrer6136]

@@MrBlupp69 that must be new option. Maybe even cheaper than a full fare reimbursable ticket. Good idea. Thank you for sharing

[@davesivirn2283]

Ah yes the journey. To me it is like distilling travel into one pure crystal. In that crystal are all of the aspects of being a traveler. apprehension/excitement, happy/sad, new/familiar, great people/jerks. When your traveling days are over the trick is to have a lovely piece of "memory" jewelry made up of these magic crystals.

[@TahJetiyamon]

I feel like I’m reading a poem 😳

[@TravelInteresante]

So glad you made it safe, can't wait to see what you are up to in Colombia, miss you!

[@TahJetiyamon]

Miss you so much more 🤍🤍

[@MarceloG..]

Hi Tah, this ended up being a crazy but fun video. I'm glad you posted it. Welcome to our south-american craziness... I'm happy all the starts aligned for you and you made it. Have fun in Colombia.... It's such a beautiful country!

[@fernandomayoceprian3861]

Enjoy your new adventure in Colombia🙏

[@arlenegarcia4278]

What an adventure. Stay safe Tah

[@TahJetiyamon]

Thank you so much 😊

[@aa.r2588]

What a fun travelog love it ❤️ thanks juan 😁

[@TahJetiyamon]

Lol Juan save my life on the bus lol 😂

[@rickyseymour4137]

Wow that's a lot of things to do just to move from place to place, safe travels, keep your feet on the ground and your eyes on the beautiful stars at night, take care.

[@vagalife946]

I experienced this when I was traveling from Uruguay to Mexico City! I was heading to Mexico for the holidays and would then return to the U.S. I had the exact same situation having to book a flight at the last minute and almost did not make it to board the plan. I’ve been enjoying your videos!

[@Yasin_Affandi]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful video.

[@TahJetiyamon]

Thanks for keeping watching every videos 🙏🏽😂

[@Yasin_Affandi]

@@TahJetiyamon 🙂🤗🙂

[@JackieHe520]

Hey Tah, first of all, wow I’m glad you arrived in Columbia safely! I want to share my experience of having had weak passport and your struggle wasn’t alone! I used to have a Chinese passport and it’s one of the most useless passports. My husband is Australian and we used to travel quite a lot and I ALWAYS had to apply for a visa to go anywhere and he never needed a visa except going to China and Vietnam. It was a costly and annoying process for me but I never have had much trouble dealing with immigration officers or at airline check in once they’ve seen my visas. Now i have my Australian passport and we travelled overseas for the first time since the pandemic and I’m surprised how much I’ve been grilled by immigration officers. Arriving in the US on ESTA, the officer refused to believe that we were moving on to Mexico because i hadn’t booked us a flight leaving the US to Mexico. I had to show him all our Airbnb bookings to reassure him that we did NOT want to stay in his country. He finally let us in after I showed him our final outbound flight from US back to Australia. We had no issue getting into Mexico but when checking in our flight to go to Costa Rica i had to show the airline staff our flight leaving Costa Rica as a requirement for her to issue our boarding pass. So yeah i learned that even though now i have a seemingly strong passport as Australian passport holders can get to so many countries without a visa but most border controls still want to make sure that we have a ticket out of their country within 90 days usually. Hope it helps!!! Stay safe & enjoy your time in Columbia ❤️

[@samthepoet107]

It's like that in many countries regardless of country of passport. When I arrived in Costa Rica this past July the immigration officer wanted to see my departure date. I had it printed out on paper which is much easier than risking trying to bring it up on my phone without wifi. Philippines is also notorious. They won't let you fly to the Philippines if you can't show a departure date. One vlogger made a video in Vietnam where he arrived at the airport but he lost his departure ticket from the Philippines. The agent won't let him check in. He had to buy a new ticket so he can board. Best to buy a throw away ticket if you're unsure what country you want to visit next. liveinthephilippines.com/onward-ticket-throwaway-ticket/

[@TheTravellingScotsman]

I’ve seen that issue with onward tickets from time to time. I usually get one that you have a 24 hour window to cancel, and cancel after arriving 😄 I’ve finally made it to Bangkok. I felt like I had an encyclopaedia of paperwork just to get out the airport, but one day later, and a negative test, I’m free to go 😆

[@zoiemelifestyle9279]

Always be safe , brilliant woman more videos plssss ❤❤❤❤❤😘😘😘😘

[@TahJetiyamon]

Thank you 😊

[@tshering2003]

Thanks, beautiful

[@paanneepolden5465]

Safety​ Baby🦘🌏🏞️🛤️✈️

[@MyLatinLife]

🙏🙏🙏

[@J3lackLennart]

Great Video! There are Websites where you can rent a flight ticket, just for this purpose. It's cheaper than buying a real ticket. But i also can imagine that the Ticket prices there are not too high anyways. 😄

[@TahJetiyamon]

I got it for 120 usd from Cartagena Colombia to San Jose Costa Rica - I think it’s not that bad considering it’s flexible ticket ? 😳

[@relaxingperson892]

❤️

[@JohnnieV]

There's a website that rents a air ticket for 24 hours. It's a commonly known fact that you are supposed to have an exit FLIGHT... onward travel. Did you do the required form with check mig (colombia migracion)... you get 90 days automatically. No more. No less

[@TahJetiyamon]

Yeah understand, i actually said in the video that I was wrong in a way that I assume thing from my previous trip - because when I first travel to Colombia and other countries in South America back in 2020 - I didn’t book the onward ticket at all and I was fine Thank you for mentioning the website though, i have never heard of it - and I definitely would need that I think 😊🙏🏽

[@TahJetiyamon]

Yeah you are right I got 90 days, the immigration officer didn’t even ask how many days I want to stay 😂

[@JohnnieV]

@@TahJetiyamon you don't get a choice. 90 days.

[@JohnnieV]

@@TahJetiyamon usa requires us to do the check mig form before getting on the plane. The usa also is supposed to check your onward travel ticket. Not saying usa is great or anything. Just a little organized in this respect.

[@chicof]

Hi Tah! Love your vlogs and story telling skills. I just wanted to ask you a technical question... When you are done with editing your (let's say 10 minutes long) video, how many gigabytes it has for YT upload? And what are the rendering settings you use in Premiere Pro... Oh, and how much time it takes you to upload such video on YT? I am making a video for school project but it already has 5Gb for 30 seconds only? I must have mistaken some settings in Premiere Pro... Hope to see more of your videos and more often soon! Thanks for your hard work and keep on doing great things!

[@TahJetiyamon]

my apology i got back to you very late, for 10 mins video it's around 5 gb, i do heavy sound design and colorgrading that's why. By the way, i use Final Cut to edit:)

[@TahJetiyamon]

5 gb is a bit much in my opinion but it depends on what you do behind it

[@chicof]

@@TahJetiyamon Thanks for your kind reply! It's not too late :) I realized my render settings were way too high so I lowered my bitrate settings. I believe my 10 min video @ 1080p should end up having 1 to 1.5 GB. This video editing and rendering thing takes waaay more time than I could have ever imagined... Looking forward to your future videos and goodluck wherever you are!

[@pandjwatt123]

Would love to see you and Paddy Doyle do a collaboration together when you get back to Thailand. You guys would be incredible together.

[@kristelfiore1330]

Omg if you go to Ecuador 🇪🇨 you have to eat all the yummy food they have in Guayaquil the sanduche de chancho it’s pork sandwich that’s it’s amazing also the soups called caldo de pata, caldo de bolas de verde , sopa de cangrejo 🦀 omg Ecuadorian crabs are so go they are different from other places I sera to god!, try guatita, seco de chivo, bollo de pescado, cazuela de camarones, ceviche de camarón or concha negra at the restaurant cebiches de la rumiñahui 😍👌👌👌try arroz con menestra y carne asada, el tigrillo, another delicous soup is VICHE from manabi ❤️👌👌 also el caldo de gallina it’s a delicous chicken soup but very delicous 👌just to try you should eat caldo de salchicha it’s a like blood sausage soup 🍲 also chifas like Chinese food in Ecuador 🇪🇨 the chaulafan, or tallarín saltado por wanton soup or fried wonton

[@franciscorochagasca4887]

😉👍

[@NYC1]

You're so brave considering Columbia security issues and CoVid cases.

[@TahJetiyamon]

Aww I don’t considered myself brave at all, I just have seen the example of many people I follow on Instagram been to Colombia and it seems fine for them. I also asked some travelers I knew of in Colombia about the situation, that’s why I decided to come here 😊

[@NickiPostsTravelStuff]

Next time, you can just plan ahead and buy a refundable ticket that you can refund as soon as you land in the country. Lots of people do this. There are also websites where you can pay a small amount to get a temporary one way ticket. It will definitely take the stress off next time, and you also don't have to make a permanent decision so far in advance. Good luck in Colombia!

[@webapple1]

flight to exit is also the same rule for foreigner to thailand , it is a requirement but generally they do not ask for proof

[@connieg7692]

I liked watching your travel day. Also, do you have 2 passports by chance? I thought I saw two in your video. 😃I'm working on my Mexican passport thru citizenship by descent. My dad was born in Mexico and is now a naturalized US citizen. COVID is holding things up so hopefully I'll be able to get it soon. 🤞Looking forward to the Colombia videos.

[@TahJetiyamon]

Hi, I have 2 Thai passport because I also carry the old one lol the old passport has USA visa in there which I got since 2016, I have to keep carrying it to be able to enter mexico, Colombia and many more countries without having to ask for the visa… USA visa is that powerful 😳😳

[@TahJetiyamon]

Hope you will get it soon, and thank you so much for the support 😊

[@sdbtours9114]

Wow what a journey! Hope your stay in Columbia is less stressful.

[@melisagomez8101]

Oh no!! That sucks so bad that you need a proof of a ticket out :( it's definitely a very new law. I think a lot of countries might require that, some of my friends who went to Mexico in the last few days said they needed the same thing and it's the first time they've ever needed it :/ Anyways Safe travels, Colombian is really diverse and beautiful 😍 you should check out Manizales and Salento. There are some beautiful and unique natural hot springs there.

[@retirementtravelogue]

Be careful T.

[@simplefilemaker327]

To leave Colombia you dont need leave flight booked. Mexico is annoying they wont let board Colombian plan without a booked ticket.

[@TahJetiyamon]

Aww that’s what I thought, I assumed from when I flew from New York to bogota 2 years ago - also I know one person flew from England didn’t even have to show proof of leaving

[@victormendez8811]

I have travelled to more than 33 countries on 4 continents but I REFUSED to travel to South America! It is still too dangerous!

[@troyperez76]

How did you get a US Passport?

[@TahJetiyamon]

US visa:)

[@muhammadnadeem9231]

Visit Pakistan too. It is a beautiful country of the world. People are hospitable. It is second to none in the world in terms of natural beauty and tasty food. It is a very safe country.

[@Martin23022000]

Dear Comments, Please spell Colombia correct ! Great video btw

[@TahJetiyamon]

Thank you so much 😊

[@db555]

What happened? No video??? I just ran about an hour ads for you. I hope you are OK.

[@kwtravels9065]

Possibly they were profiling you i hope not.

[@TahJetiyamon]

What does that mean ?

[@eaglenoimoto]

@@TahJetiyamon Racial profiling, meaning they scan people more toughly depending on their ethnic background - that’s why a friend from England might not get such tough checks. Essentially, it’s another term for racism by an official authority.

[@Theunseenwonderss]

YOU'RE SO ADORABLE AND HONEST GIRL BUT LET ME GIVE YOU A SECRET NEXT TIME, IF THEY ASK YOU DEPORTURE FLIGHT, BOOK A FLIGHT AND CANCEL AFTER YOU COMLETE THE CHECKING IN🤫😀

[@oittisallen4057]

So your traveling again. Sorry I'm still not over watching divert living

[@simplefilemaker327]

You can also buy fake tickets and show Mexican airport.

[@jenmar9428]

Things happen for us to learn. Lesson: *Never enter a country without proof of you leaving.* Please always follow international travel rules, except regarding Covid19. And always read credible / reliable / trustworthy sources. Talking to a friend is different. Your friend is European (British). Maybe that is why he/she had no issue. You are Thai.