Vaild excuse, or did I puss out?
So after 24 hours of traveling, I finally made it to Cartagena around 12:30. I made it to my abode and hit the ATM around 1:30, realized I didn't have any condoms and decided that I might have to find a girl that has some before finally hit the Clock Tower around 2. When I got there (finally all out of excuses), I was just about to walk up to the Clock Tower plaza when a couple of cops on a motorbike drove up the sidewalk past me. Sure, there were some girls out there looking fine, but IDK how I feel about trying to get a working girl in front of a cop. Is that a valid concern, or did I puss out?
I'm sure there's something somewhere in the forum about this, but I'm fucking exhausted. I'll look in the morning after I sleep for 12 ours. Wait, that'll make it afternoon XD.
Police Shakedown (Policia molesta)
I was walking back from a hostel where I was drinking beer with these girls I met yesterday, and I got stopped by a cop who couldn't even stand his motorbike up. As in he banged the front wheel into the curb and floored the bike. Anyway, he proceeded to question me about where I was staying and where my passport was. After I told him I was staying in an airbnb and my passport was in my room, he made me empty my pockets. After that, he let me go. Fortunately, I wasn't carrying any drugs or anything, or I might not be writing this report right now.
Time: about 1 am on a Monday night / Tuesday morning.
Place: centro historico. Yeah, right in the midst of all the nice looking shops.
Offending Police: 1 officer on a bike (but maybe he was too drunk or fucked up on coke to keep it upright?
I realize that this is not exactly a mongering report, but watch your ass at night in Cartagena. In fact, watch your ass in all of Colombia at night for that matter.