Bogota - Post Report Question and Answers
How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?
We send mail through the Embassy DPO, but I hear of non embassy expat folks getting Amazon through Colombia mail. - Feb 2021
Diplomatic pouch. - Jul 2020
DPO. Colombia does not have a postal system. - Feb 2020
DPO comes very quickly. Local postal facilities are not adequate. - Nov 2018
We have DPO and pouch through the embassy. - Sep 2018
DPO through the embassy. - Aug 2018
DPO. There is no national mail system in Colombia. Locals use DHL - May 2018
DPO - Apr 2016
DPO. - Aug 2015
Through the embassy. The mail system is good. - Aug 2014
DPO/Pouch through the Embassy. FedEx and DHL are all over. - Jun 2014
DPO. - May 2013
Dip bag. - Oct 2012
DPO. - Jul 2012
DPO. - Apr 2012
I used the Embassy DPO. - Dec 2011
I was able to use APO at the embassy. - Jul 2011
APO and pouch - Nov 2010
APO or DPO. Larger items come in the pouch. - Aug 2010
DPO - Aug 2010
The embassy has DPO and pouch. The Colombian mail system is slow and unreliable. - Aug 2010
APO and FedEx. - Jun 2010
DHL. And do not have anyone send you anything but paper mail - even a hand-made gift will be subject to expensive customs fees. - Jan 2010
APO or pouch. - Sep 2009
DHL; but we get everything thru the APO and pouch. - Dec 2008
We have an APO here. - Nov 2008
APO. - Nov 2008
We have APO (APO AA) and Fed Ex. - May 2008
There is APO for American Embassy employees. International Mail can be sent via FedEx. - Apr 2008
