General Info

[Rodeo9112]

Bars and adult venues to start to be open September 4th and 5th, 2020.

Which cities?

[Fun Luvr]

Airports start to open to local flights. CLO, for example, from September 1, 2020. However, the borders to be closed until October 1, 2020.

This information from the city of Cali says they expect international flights the second or third week of September. https://www.cali.gov.co/turismo/publ...s-en-colombia/.

[Questner]

I heard on Monday intermunicipal travel will be a thing too. Any word on specifics?

They're not going to make people get into hazmat suits to smash are they?

Airports start to open to local flights. CLO, for example, from September 1, 2020. However, the borders to be closed until October 1, 2020.

[Bango Cheito]

https://colombiareports.com/8-killed...mbia-massacre/

That's pretty far off the beaten path.

I have heard however that all of Valle de Cauca and Nariño are getting that much more dangerous. Maybe better to avoid for the time being.

[Bango Cheito]

Bars and adult venues to start to be open September 4th and 5th, 2020.

I heard on Monday intermunicipal travel will be a thing too. Any word on specifics?

They're not going to make people get into hazmat suits to smash are they?

[Questner]

Bars and adult venues to start to be open September 4th and 5th, 2020.

[MarquisdeSade1]

https://colombiareports.com/8-killed...mbia-massacre/

[Questner]

Which country has a more stable economy, Colombia or Thailand?

Thailand. One can use 'misery index' = inflation rate plus unemployment rate. Thailand has likely the lowest misery rate in the world.

[Turgid]

Which country has a more stable economy, Colombia or Thailand?

[Villainy]

That's what's known as anecdotal evidence. She may be a great gal and all, but even if she does turn out to be trustworthy that doesn't actually prove the point you're trying to make.

All that I'm saying is that when you gain fluency in the language you start to notice all the cultural vectors behind it and that in turn gives you a much better understanding of what's really going on.

Anecdotal evidence? No it was a refutation of a statement you made (see quote below). Now, you may have meant to say it differently, you may have meant to say "you won't be many many Trustworthy people". Etc etc but what you said was "anybody" since I met "somebody" who was trustworthy and I'm not fluent in Spanish, I posit that your statement was wrong / inaccurate / poorly constructed / naive or any number of other adjectives.

That could be used, some of which might be less kind than the ones I actually chose.

I said you won't be getting the kind of interest you (or anybody reading this) think you are getting without fluent Spanish.

Meaning you won't be meeting anybody TRUSTWORTHY.

[Bango Cheito]

Oh dear God! Seriously? Well let me say this. I'm not fluent in Spanish, not by a long shot. I can, however, speak a little more than most. My accent isn't horrible (thanks to growing up in New Mexico and hearing Spanish a lot as a kid). I've met a woman and had profound conversations with her and we became novio & novia for a while. It didn't work out because I'm a bit of a dog at heart and she was kind of jealous at heart so we just weren't a good match. She was as trustworthy as they come and she never asked for a penny not even for me to pay her taxis when she came to stay with me at my hotel. I did of course buy her things and give her money for food and taxis but she never asked or hinted or suggested or anything of the kind.

Another friend who is a little older (and an infrequent prepago) is very reliable. I think in over a dozen encounters she was never later than 10-15 minutes and she lived pretty far from me. I trusted her so much that when I went back to the states (in February) for a week I left my big suitcase with her taking only my smaller one, since it was only a 1 week visit. I left some electronics and other things in the big suitcase knowing the not a single thing would be missing. And not single thing was missing when I returned.

Yes, of course, you multiply your chances to meet people and form friendships or relationships when you develop your Spanish speaking skills. But to say that absent that you can't meet people, have fun and that the only people who will connect with you aren't "trustworthy" is laughably absurd.

Oh and just in case someone thinks they can use Google Translate and get along just fine, well, you're kidding yourself. I have a prepago friend I've been speaking to periodically. I speak to her in Spanish and never use Google translate. She started responding back in English using Google translate (she only really knows a few words) well you should see some of the return messages in English. Some are almost completely indecipherable. I can only imagine that anything more complex than setting up a cita is going to be equally difficult for them to plow through. So yes, if you plan to spend a lot of time in Colombia, learning Spanish is worthwhile.

That's what's known as anecdotal evidence. She may be a great gal and all, but even if she does turn out to be trustworthy that doesn't actually prove the point you're trying to make.

All that I'm saying is that when you gain fluency in the language you start to notice all the cultural vectors behind it and that in turn gives you a much better understanding of what's really going on.

[JjBee62]

Oh dear God! Seriously? Well let me say this. I'm not fluent in Spanish, not by a long shot. I can, however, speak a little more than most. My accent isn't horrible (thanks to growing up in New Mexico and hearing Spanish a lot as a kid). I've met a woman and had profound conversations with her and we became novio & novia for a while. It didn't work out because I'm a bit of a dog at heart and she was kind of jealous at heart so we just weren't a good match. She was as trustworthy as they come and she never asked for a penny not even for me to pay her taxis when she came to stay with me at my hotel. I did of course buy her things and give her money for food and taxis but she never asked or hinted or suggested or anything of the kind.

Another friend who is a little older (and an infrequent prepago) is very reliable. I think in over a dozen encounters she was never later than 10-15 minutes and she lived pretty far from me. I trusted her so much that when I went back to the states (in February) for a week I left my big suitcase with her taking only my smaller one, since it was only a 1 week visit. I left some electronics and other things in the big suitcase knowing the not a single thing would be missing. And not single thing was missing when I returned..

There are a few tricks which help with Google translate. Stick with direct sentences. Indirect sentences don't always come through well. Also separate everything with a comma. Otherwise it will try to combine clauses.

For my normal conversations I don't use translate, other than to look up a single word from time to time. When I'm writing a story I use a 3 step approach. I write in English, because I can develop a flow without interruption to look up a word. Then I check the original for errors awkward phrasing or typos. After running it through translate, I go through and edit the Spanish version. Translate will often change words or switch back and forth between formal and informal tenses.

When I'm done the result is clear and proper.

Trustworthy? I'm not sure where that comes from. I trust everyone to behave in accordance with their nature. So far, I'm pretty good at figuring out other people's nature.

If I'm chatting with a chica about sex, I'm not sending her my SSN and account numbers. She's not getting my passwords or the combination to my gym locker. She either enjoys what I'm writing, or she doesn't.

Now, the basic pros, they have no time to read a 25,000 word story. All they care about is "are you going to be paying me or not?" The better pros, they are happy to read it. The non-pros treat it like gold.

[Villainy]

I said you won't be getting the kind of interest you (or anybody reading this) think you are getting without fluent Spanish.

Meaning you won't be meeting anybody TRUSTWORTHY.

Oh dear God! Seriously? Well let me say this. I'm not fluent in Spanish, not by a long shot. I can, however, speak a little more than most. My accent isn't horrible (thanks to growing up in New Mexico and hearing Spanish a lot as a kid). I've met a woman and had profound conversations with her and we became novio & novia for a while. It didn't work out because I'm a bit of a dog at heart and she was kind of jealous at heart so we just weren't a good match. She was as trustworthy as they come and she never asked for a penny not even for me to pay her taxis when she came to stay with me at my hotel. I did of course buy her things and give her money for food and taxis but she never asked or hinted or suggested or anything of the kind.

Another friend who is a little older (and an infrequent prepago) is very reliable. I think in over a dozen encounters she was never later than 10-15 minutes and she lived pretty far from me. I trusted her so much that when I went back to the states (in February) for a week I left my big suitcase with her taking only my smaller one, since it was only a 1 week visit. I left some electronics and other things in the big suitcase knowing the not a single thing would be missing. And not single thing was missing when I returned.

Yes, of course, you multiply your chances to meet people and form friendships or relationships when you develop your Spanish speaking skills. But to say that absent that you can't meet people, have fun and that the only people who will connect with you aren't "trustworthy" is laughably absurd.

Oh and just in case someone thinks they can use Google Translate and get along just fine, well, you're kidding yourself. I have a prepago friend I've been speaking to periodically. I speak to her in Spanish and never use Google translate. She started responding back in English using Google translate (she only really knows a few words) well you should see some of the return messages in English. Some are almost completely indecipherable. I can only imagine that anything more complex than setting up a cita is going to be equally difficult for them to plow through. So yes, if you plan to spend a lot of time in Colombia, learning Spanish is worthwhile.

[Zeos1]

JJBee, I'm not calling you a liar; I'm saying you are wrong.

You're also creating a straw man and didn't even pay attention to what I'm saying.

Not once did I say you aren't going to get any interest without fluent Spanish. I said you won't be getting the kind of interest you (or anybody reading this) think you are getting without fluent Spanish.

Meaning you won't be meeting anybody TRUSTWORTHY.

This is the only reason I'm dealing with this stupid topic, to make sure things are clear and no misinformation is spread on here.

OBVIOUSLY 99.9% of Colombian girls won't accept an indecent proposal from some stranger on Whatsapp. Nobody is arguing that. These girls have channels. Some of them have been undercover for years, or over a decade.

If you got free sex out of a couple of these girls, great! If they wind up taking advantage of you for it, great! If you wind up being all the wiser and not letting that happen (possibly because of this conversation) great too! Either way we don't really care.

My only point is that it's ridiculous to think you're scoring points with women by writing dirty stories in English and then running them through Google translate.

Knowing someone is trustworthy is more than language, but language is important in it.

The issue I see with language is more about the nuances of meaning. And it takes some fluency to get to that in a second language. I know I've screwed up in the past by not being able to express uncertainty well. For example "when I get to know you better, if things are still looking good, perhaps I might consider getting married, but I have to get my divorce finalized first" That might not work well through a translate program. Now, my Spanish is good enough that I could take a stab at it with subjunctive and conditional tenses where needed, etc but not on the fly.

[JjBee62]

So what is the difference between the women expecting money and the ones not expecting money? You seem to be saying there is no difference.

In the last 15 years I have met and fucked way more chicks online in Colombia that did not expect money than hookers that I have fucked there. But not 1 of those chicks was about to start pulling off clothes in front of a video camera without meeting me in person first. And in 1 month's time to have found 6 to eagerly do it and 1 to find a friend to do it with her? Either times are changing or he is walking around with a rabbit's foot in his pocket and should play the lottery.

Now answer one question.

How many of those girls did you try to get naked on camera before meeting them?

Let me try your logic. I've never asked a Colombiana for anal sex. Therefore, anyone who claims to have had anal sex in Colombia is a liar, or they don't know the difference between vaginal sex and anal sex.

Let's try another one. According to Bango Cheito, it's impossible to have sex with anyone except for a prostitute in Colombia unless you're fluent in Spanish. Therefore, we appear to have a whole bunch of people lying about their activities in Colombia, including a lot of guys who don't know the difference between fluent in Spanish and able to hold a conversation in Spanish.

We can add in BBFS, trios, TLN and just about everything else including getting a hamburger cooked well-done, because there's someone out there who has never tried to get those things. All are now, by your logic, impossible.

It doesn't work that way. You achieve what you set out to achieve. You claim to have sex with all those non-pros, but using your own logic that's impossible, because many people have failed to have sex with non-pros, or have never tried. Take your pick. Either admit you've lied thousands of times about your non-pros, or admit that you're completely off base on the subject of getting women naked on camera because it's not something you've ever had an interest in.

It's really not difficult. In fact, after almost 25 years of doing it, it's gotten pretty easy.