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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: 1045Originally 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: 1078Originally 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: 1078Originally 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.
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05-27-17 17:35 #22568
Posts: 3359Originally Posted by PepolesBuddy [View Original Post]
Not.
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05-27-17 15:17 #22567
Posts: 5496Originally Posted by Queens35 [View Original Post]
However, some people, when visiting another country, don't spend every waking hour fucking. Everything you do that isn't fucking, will be better if you speak some Spanish. This includes getting from the airport to your hotel, checking in to your hotel, ordering food and taking a taxi to whichever casa you visit. Even the fucking is sometimes improved by a few compliments or directions.
Knowing some Spanish also gives you more freedom. You can explore (in the better parts of Medellin) without worrying about getting lost. You can exchange a few words with people, something that will come in handy if you're staying at an AirBnB apartment. You might even overhear "Tan hermoso. Ojala todos LOS extranjeros sean asi. " And who knows where a few phrases in Spanish will take you?
There is no need to learn Spanish, but if you rate your trips by something other than # of fucks per dollars spent, learning some Spanish will make your trip better.
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05-27-17 13:18 #22566
Posts: 118Why don't you ask mr. Cody green.
Originally Posted by Queens35 [View Original Post]
Yea the guy that got robbed at knife point. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but I agree with dickhead. Don't be a typical fucking gringo and not know basics. Don't think this is a first world country. It's a jungle. You can be the victor or the victim. Viva Colombia baby!
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05-27-17 13:05 #22565
Posts: 118Which ones?
Originally Posted by Dickhead [View Original Post]
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05-27-17 11:24 #22564
Posts: 16Your guide friend
Jack,
I am in Medellin now and have a few days to kill. I like your idea and would like to hire your friend as a guide and Spanish teacher. I spent 4 month learning Spanish on Duolingo. Now I can read, write basics. But can only speak a little, slowly and broken. Does she have WhatsApp?
By the way, do you have time for a drink together? I am from New York. Second time to Colombia but I have been mongering in Europe a while.
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05-27-17 11:03 #22563
Posts: 3359Typical US attitude. They should learn English. Whatever. I know my knowledge of Spanish improves my experiences 200% or 300%. Those who can't speak it don't know what they are missing. I don't go to Colombia any more so I'm certainly not trying to keep people away. I spend my time in safer Spanish-speaking countries with better food.
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05-27-17 09:08 #22562
Posts: 319Speaking Spanish
Speaking Spanish helps if you have a specific request or something important to convey to the chica to make your session more memorable. But if you just want a "standard" session, you could be a deaf mute and you will enjoy yourself.
Some / most of the guys who preach the "Spanish is necessary" are doing it to prevent newbies and Spanish illiterate guys from coming to Colombia. The old "I don't want new kids in my sandbox" comes to mind. I find that comical to be possessive of hookers.
I must tell 3-5 guys per day about Colombia. A lot of guys from work are planning a trip. The pastiest white guys you'll ever see, and none of them speak a word of Spanish. I will give them a map and some advice and they will have a great time. How hard is it to walk into a brothel and point to a chica. After that, it's pretty self-explanatory. If you need Spanish to fuck, you got bigger problems than language. As for indy's, you usually book them by whatsapp and that's why they invented google translate. It's enough to book a simple date. These guys are not looking to have any in-depth conversations with these chicas.
Maybe if enough English-only guys come to MDE, the chicas will realize that learning a little English may help business.