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08-16-21 10:11 #48487
Posts: 1643Faucet storm foto to go with previous post
As if someone above turned on a faucet and I have never been in a harder thicker rainstorm than one of these, including Florida hurricanes. I am not a meteorologist, but my theory is the rainclouds build up pressure on the far ascending sides of the mountains until they are read to burst, and then when the rain clouds hit the peaks and cross over into the valley, the sudden drop in pressure dumps the water. These storms always start at the top of a mountain and then work there way down the side of the mountain toward the city and are usually depleted by the time they get to the bottom of the valley. Lot of flash flooding and some significant mudslides on the mountains, and it will shut down cable cars.
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08-16-21 10:02 #48486
Posts: 1643Yeah, 'Zactly
Originally Posted by Wolf662;2592'980
What I love about the rainy season now is it seems like at least half if not more of the rain falls during the nighttime. I am not saying it's the only place in the world like that but I have never seen it anywhere else. I did a shallow dive on the InterWeb and I could not find any data that showed rainfall per day by the hour. Who doesn't like to sleep with windows open and listening to rain? And when you wake up, everything is freshly washed.
They do have a strange awesome phenomenon here I call faucet storms if you look at the foto you can see why. I got caught in one of those deluges. Sat in out in a bar for about an hour. The overhead cable cars would not run afterwards, and there was some non lethal mudslides. And I have been on one side of the valley with the sun shining and watching a faucet storm on the other side and never got wet. Anyone you talk to on phone here will tell you if it's raining first thing in the convo sort of like an early warning system. Today, I spoke to two people who told me it was raining hard where they were and not a drop where I was. Than at dinner a few hours later eating outside under cover like most restaurants here, it poured hard, and we had to wait 20 minutes before we trotted back to the hotel.
In summary, the two features about rain that stand out to me in MDE are the faucet storms, and the nightime rains. Ostee Out.
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08-16-21 08:31 #48485
Posts: 20Originally Posted by Surfer500 [View Original Post]
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08-16-21 08:12 #48484
Posts: 20Originally Posted by Osteoknot [View Original Post]
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08-16-21 07:22 #48483
Posts: 947El Centro
Hung out in El Centro for a bit. Checked out Botero and the area around Vera Cruz. Carrera 53 and Calle 51 and vicinity. It was lively, seen a few older gringos entertaining very young chicas playing loud music and drinking. The area is quite a spectacle. Many SWs were below average and a few doable. I like Santa Fe in Bogota better. I posted up in a bar that plays Vallenato and Mexican music. I had the bartender play a few songs that I liked. Grabbed some Pilsens Grandes for 5 k and people watched the streets. Someone needs to get the homeless lady with the missing leg below the knee some crutches. She needs a better way to get around. Anyways I winded up talking to 2 chicas that were cousins. Shared some drinks and they did the same. Also shot down some Aguardente. One chica told me that she use to sell beers on the street but the police shut her down. Once her cousin found out that I was trying to hook up with her she started cockblocking. Damnit. She was ready and her prima blocked every effort. Oh well.
It got late and some places started to close but others were still open. By the time I walked back through Botero the cleaning teams were pressure washing and buffing the plaza and the street sweepers were cleaning the surrounding streets with the trash trucks. It was very late or early morning, depends on how you look at it.
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08-16-21 04:00 #48482
Posts: 309Long ways to go to be retired, but def working on early retirement. Job is semi-remote in a way. My best advice to learning Spanish is to practice with anyone and everyone you can. I can't really recommend any apps or programs since I don't have much experience using them. But yeah, locals are at first shocked at how I can speak Spanish, and once they know I can speak like them with all the slang and mannerisms, it's game over. They like this chino paisa parcero right away haha, and the Bello girls are just easy pickings. Non pro action is for the taking. There's lots of pros that live in Bello of course, but they're a very small fraction of the population. Anyways, just remember it's super dangerous in Bello so don't come out here please for your safety (wink wink).
QUOTE=BlackThought;2593067]Are you retired or have a fully remote job? I've been trying to learn Spanish using the duo-lingo app, but it's been tough jaja. Are the locals shocked when you bust out the Spanish? QUOTE].
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08-16-21 00:42 #48481
Posts: 23Face Pics?
Awesome report Bluechange. Question. Are you able to get face pics from any of these agencies before ordering?
Not much of an agency guy but my experience is that it's usually difficult to get one.
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08-15-21 23:32 #48480
Posts: 23Tinder question
I see a lot of guys have used Tinder successfully. But how well would it work without a profile picture? I can fill out the rest of the personal info accurately except for real name.
Just don't want to take a chance that the wrong people will see me and mess up the rest of my personal life. Only looking for prepagos etc. On a 2 week Medellin trip coming up.
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08-15-21 21:56 #48479
Posts: 749Originally Posted by RiceRocket99 [View Original Post]
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08-15-21 21:41 #48478
Posts: 309Thanks, once you drive by the Niquia metro station, there's a bunch of high rise buildings in that area. You'll def be able to spot mine. I love the area I'm in. In the last 6 months that I've stayed in Colombia, I've spent about 5 of them in Bello. Yes, Bello gets a bad rep for being dangerous and such. That's fine with me, even if Medellin gets overrun by gringos, Bello will still be a no go zone for most of them. Panama City is too expensive and use the USD. And not interested much in Bogota.
Originally Posted by MarquisdeSade1 [View Original Post]
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08-15-21 21:16 #48477
Posts: 309In Bello, I rarely see any gringos and almost never see any Asians. The only chinos I see are the ones working at mom and pop Chinese restaurants LOL. Lots of paisas are into Asians. I grew up in California, so I'm into modern style and fashion so most paisas like the way I talk and dress, especially when I can speak with their cultural slang and swag. You'll get non pro action like a kid in a candy store. But from time to time, I do get stereotyped because people will ask me what part of China I'm from or how is it over there in China when I wasn't born there or grew up there. I still have some family in Hong Kong. Anyways, don't matter if you're Korean, Japanese or Chinese, you'll get called a chino. I had to educate many on the differences and similarities between the countries. BTW, I was born in Panama so I actually grew up speaking Spanish, so I just got lucky.
Originally Posted by Belisaj [View Original Post]
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08-15-21 20:20 #48476
Posts: 45Addys for both
Jaja definitely not at the beach.
I'm based in laureles so I pretty. Much stick with spots close to the barrio.
Angeles spa is Carrera 81#42-60 apartment 202 and the other is Cra38 n84_97 in campo alegre, yo creo.
Originally Posted by Chicafan [View Original Post]
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08-15-21 19:37 #48475
Posts: 419Originally Posted by Regnom3000 [View Original Post]
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08-15-21 19:11 #48474
Posts: 1643Thanks, that is a high compliment
Originally Posted by Cam442 [View Original Post]
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08-15-21 17:39 #48473
Posts: 763Originally Posted by DzikaBomba [View Original Post]