Visiting Cucuta

Juan from Miami here. I went to the same "state" in March and had a great time. Cúcuta has developed a bit of a bad reputation among us Colombians since the Venezuelan crisis, but the region has beautiful and fun things to do. I HIGHLY recommend the valley town of Barichara

I know Colombia very well but I have not been to Cucuta.  I would stay away from going there at the present time.  Crime is at an all time high in that area because of the political/economic situation in Venezuela and the Covid pandemic.  The danger also depends on how much you look like a foreigner, if you look latin you are less likely to be victimized, if you look very gringo it will be more dangerous for you.

I met a young woman from Venezuela on Facebook and after much communication with her I decided to meet up with her to get to know her better.
Since not able to get a visa in her country we decided to meet in Cucuta, November of 2019. Because of the covid, border closure and protests I have not returned but planning hopefully by September.
I was there for two weeks, found it to be inexpensive taxi and restaurants. As in all
Countries I stayed low keyed and watch my surroundings. I found Cucuta to be nice and had a good time with my friend. The only thing I didn't like and was not used to is the motorcycles hundreds of them cutting us off smh and careful trying to cross the street. Now, I was not too worried there being that I'm Puerto Rican and speak Spanish.