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08-24-20 02:52 #9697
Posts: 1137I have been keeping in touch with the folks I know down in Cartagena. Some things I have been hearing. Keep in mind this is only what I'm told. It may not be 100% accurate:
* Evidently there is some talk suggesting beaches may open in November. I don't know how likely this is but my tout is excited (the poor fucker).
* Most of the Venezuelans chicas have left. I only communicate now with one who had her phone taken by her landlord (a common thing when they can't make rent). She uses her friends phone and lives with a bunch of other Venezuelans who are trying to stick it out.
* Many and I mean MANY businesses have shut forever. Many clubs and restaurants are gone for good. Youtube "nadia cartagena" and look at her channel. It's a lady there that's been documenting the carnage to the tourist industry during this pandemic. She interviews many of the (former) business owners. Business owners who have been there for decades have had to shut down permanently.
* Earlier today a friend (non-mongering) mentioned that Cartagena had its deadliest day today recording more COVID related deaths than ever.
I doubt we're going back this year, even in November. I don't believe it's going to be safe. I doubt you'll find many chicas but I am sure some will be around, especially the local Colombians. I wish I had better news but things are shaping up exactly the way I expected them too. It will be several years for "normal" to be back and places like Cartagena will change forever.
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08-24-20 02:09 #9696
Posts: 582The USA has just dropped the 14 day quarantine for all international travelers.
Originally Posted by BlackPage [View Original Post]
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08-15-20 18:46 #9695
Posts: 2513Originally Posted by DrPorn [View Original Post]
There are several, not many, in Medellin and Bogota, but nothing compared to vicious Europe!
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08-15-20 00:31 #9694
Posts: 44Swinger scene
Anyone know if there is an active swinger scene / clubs in CTG?
Thinking of going with a girl someday when restrictions lift and we like some variety. Thanks!
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08-11-20 14:48 #9693
Posts: 2513Originally Posted by Zeos1 [View Original Post]
There is the possibility of fast PCR tests at the border to lower the 14-day period, but there at least two issues: 1) the availability of enough tests for the expected number of people crossing the borders 2) the need of repeating the test after few days, with the attached burden to trace all people and chase them for the 2nd test.
I know some troll on other Colombia threads questioned the real usefulness of blocking travels in order to control virus spreading (or pretended to not understand), but I will just mention that person mobility is a key parameter in any epidemic model: if persons never move, spreading is nearly ZERO, as infection happens only between persons in close proximity, but their position never changes. If a government does not opt for local lockdown, at least they can block moving across borders. It's something, also when the epidemic is already rampant locally.
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08-11-20 02:10 #9692
Posts: 1089Originally Posted by JoeySmith [View Original Post]
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08-10-20 20:05 #9691
Posts: 235Situation
Have a ticket to Medellin in Mid Sept and will see if I can visit my apartment in Laguito for a day or so. Anyone on the ground care to provide a SITREP as to what the reality is in the Walled City and beaches. I'm still assuming mongering is virtually non existent.
Thanks.
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07-04-20 21:55 #9690
Posts: 1257Photoprepagos
Originally Posted by BrotherP [View Original Post]
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07-04-20 20:05 #9689
Posts: 516Probably
Originally Posted by BrotherP [View Original Post]
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07-04-20 18:33 #9688
Posts: 581Good Post!
Originally Posted by TheCarlAnthony [View Original Post]
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06-26-20 14:53 #9687
Posts: 463Can you please elaborate
I don't mind dying 10-20 years earlier if I will be able to live a good life until then.
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06-23-20 01:01 #9686
Posts: 1184Originally Posted by PilotPaul [View Original Post]
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06-22-20 04:12 #9685
Posts: 1069Originally Posted by Tomasb [View Original Post]Originally Posted by PilotPaul [View Original Post]
You're both right.
It is the end of the world.
Thank you for your wisdom and knowledge.
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06-22-20 02:15 #9684
Posts: 487Originally Posted by Balboa [View Original Post]
Do you know the recovery rate from death?
Do you know the long term effect of having had the virus at all? And one does. Consider Chicken Pox, herpes zoster. Lays dormant in the body for 40 years the reappears as shingles. Ouch.
While personally you may not be impacted, you will carry the society cost of so many people having poor health, lost mothers, lost fathers, lost grandparents, lost knowledge.
To consider the death rate is such a small part of the required analysis.
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06-22-20 01:59 #9683
Posts: 1264Covid 19 o
It's only the end of the world if you or a loved one has the virus and dies or is incapacitated and / or permanently affected by the hospitalization. Otherwise, no problem.
Originally Posted by Balboa [View Original Post]