US Embassy No Cell-phone Rule- Help

gringalatina

Active member

Member since 02 July 2015

Playas de Rosarito, Baja Calif

gringalatina

21 September 2015 02:11:53

gringalatina

21 September 2015 02:11:53

Playas de Rosarito, Baja Calif

So, I have to go get my passport renewed, ASAP, and I was just reading that you can't bring Cell Phones into the Embassy ! Apparently, they used to hold them for you at the entrance, but no longer do so. I live an hour outside Bogota, am new to the bus system, and really don't feel safe going without my phone! I've heard of services outside other U.S. embassies where you can leave your phone, as iffy as that still sounds, it'd be better than being stuck w/o all day...

Anyone care to share any info about this?

Would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Jennifer

SteveRusso

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Member since 21 March 2011

Bogota

SteveRusso

24 September 2015 15:46:47

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SteveRusso

24 September 2015 15:46:47

533

Bogota

I don't know about this rule, but if you have to leave your phone at home, don't forget you'll always find a guy who sells phone calls by minutes at every street corner. Just write down the most important numbers on a piece of paper, and have some coin change in your pocket.

As for transmilenio, there are always SITP agents in the stations who will be ready to help you getting the right bus if you happen to get lost. Plan ahead, study the routes and bus numbers, and write all this down.

Keep it Old School, gringalatina