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05-28-17 03:35 #22583
Posts: 1137Originally Posted by Queens35 [View Original Post]
Twice I was asked to give a donation of 5 mil pesos Once I had a local drug dealer tell me "no -da- la plata para la polizia" (And Dickhead don't correct my Spanish that's what he said). I don't partake BTW in any drugs. Not even MJ.
EDIT: fixing the auto-respelling for the spanish part.
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05-28-17 03:35 #22582
Posts: 319Originally Posted by Paulie97 [View Original Post]
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05-28-17 03:32 #22581
Posts: 319Originally Posted by JjBee62 [View Original Post]
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05-28-17 03:27 #22580
Posts: 319Originally Posted by Dickhead [View Original Post]
BTW- Do cops actually do that? I have never carried any kind of ID or papers with me anywhere in Medellin. I'm not giving my passport to some mugger, so I prefer to leave it in the hotel. If they ever stop me, I will tell them when I arrived. I'm sure it won't be a problem.
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05-28-17 03:27 #22579
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05-28-17 03:22 #22578
Posts: 319Originally Posted by Balboa [View Original Post]Originally Posted by Dickhead [View Original Post]Originally Posted by JjBee62 [View Original Post]
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05-28-17 00:53 #22577
Posts: 1680True That
Originally Posted by JjBee62 [View Original Post]
Last trip I was in New Life and there was a group of cargo shorts wearing gringos talking so loud you could hear them all over the building. They were making fun of the girl's names while laughing at the prices. When addressed they made no attempt at all to use the local language. Nearby Colombianos were rolling their eyes. But if we listen to guys like Queens what is needed is more of these so the locals will ultimately adapt and learn to speak English. Lololol.
The cluelessness is mind boggling.
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05-27-17 23:31 #22576
Posts: 1137Originally Posted by FunLuvr [View Original Post]
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05-27-17 23:22 #22575
Posts: 1043Originally Posted by Dickhead [View Original Post]
I'll try to avoid all those dangers, and continue to visit.
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05-27-17 21:29 #22574
Posts: 3359I'd like to see what a gringo who speaks zero Spanish says to a colombian police officer who walks up to him and asks him for identification and proof he is in the country legally. That's not an uncommon occurrence.
But out of 53 countries I've been to, Colombia would certainly be one of the five most dangerous, if you take an overarching view of danger. You have a high murder rate, a high traffic fatality rate, a lot of unvaccinated people and dogs, poor food safety (although I've seen way worse), and some fevers in certain parts of the country. Now, I have not been to the coastal areas. I have been to Bogotá, Medellíand, Bucamaranga, and Leticia and the surrounding Amazon.
And, I'd add the danger of building collapses, the lack of fire escapes, the propensity to chain lock emergency exits, and so forth to the list. When I lived in Medellíand, I watched them put up an apartment building across the street. A complete disregard for safety. The building I lived in, which was I believe 24 stories and I was on I think #15, would sway in the wind, and not even heavy winds.
So enjoy, but be safe and don't be naïve.
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05-27-17 20:50 #22573
Posts: 763Originally Posted by YippieKayay [View Original Post]
Getting tired of pointing out Jamaica, the Bahama and U.S. Virgin Islands all have a higher murder rate, and Medellín is now considered safer than the US cities of Baltimore, St. Louis, Detroit and New Orleans etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._homicide_rate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medell%C3%ADn#Crime.
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05-27-17 20:00 #22572
Posts: 1137Originally Posted by Balboa [View Original Post]
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05-27-17 18:47 #22571
Posts: 1077Originally Posted by Queens35 [View Original Post]
The word is, and has been out about Medellin, and all of Colombia.
Common sense says, learning some language skills of the place I'm visiting can only make my time better.
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05-27-17 18:42 #22570
Posts: 1077Originally Posted by JjBee62 [View Original Post]
You'd think it'd be plain common sense.
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05-27-17 17:43 #22569
Posts: 3359Fucking is definitely better if you speak her language. How else do you tell her, 'I like this but not that. ' 'Do that a little softer / harder / slower / faster, please.' 'Can you stick your butt a little farther in the air?' 'Open your legs a little wider, please.' 'Yes, I promise not to come in your mouth but I don't always keep my promises.' And how do you ask her what she likes? Oh, that's right, I forgot; you don't care. It's been worth it to me it learn the languages where I travel most often. So I can communicate with hookers in several types of Spanish, Italian, and French, and I'm working on my Portuguese. But I'm also interested in meeting regular people, and I travel all the time. I'm sure my viewpoint would be different if I were flying someplace for a weekend that I had never been before and never planned to go back to.
My problem is, if they use a different alphabet, I'm lost. Can't learn much of anything. Also I could not learn German to save my soul, even after several weeks there. You win some, you lose some.