My 2 cents on being Asian in Colombia
To my fellow Asian brothers who've never been to Colombia or fairly newbies and wonder how you guys stand out and whether any exotic factors are in your favor, I can chime in a little. I'm Chinese, born in Central America, and raised in California. I'm in my mid 30's and have been going to Colombia the past 7 years. I lost almost all my Spanish when I immigrated to the great US of A as a kid, but when I started to visit my home country after college I began to pick it up and eventually became fluent.
There are Asians everywhere in Latin America, especially in Panama and Peru. Colombia is no exception, but they are not as prominent. In Medellin, being Asian is not exactly an advantage unless you go to the barrios where no gringos venture out and you will definitely have an exotic factor (Manrique for example, la 45 is a sight to see at night! What makes you stand out is your ability to speak the language and doing it with class, charm, and confidence. Of course, that goes with any race or ethnicity. From my experience, lots of paisas have yellow fever LOL. Learn the language and your fun will increase 10 fold.
One joke I like to use that makes every paisa I've met laugh, is this 'soy un chino pirobo malparido gonorrea hijueputa carechimba' . It's just bunch of bad Colombian words put together and I say it with as much a paisa accent that I can muster.
I've had paisa girlfriends that I've taken long trips with (in and out of the country) and we have the best time imaginable. A pic below shows me hanging out with some cool Colombianas recently. I'll be in Medellin next week and probably staying in Colombia for a month or so. Any fellow, chill, and non-chichipato Asians or non-Asians want a guide to show you around, let me know. I don't mind as long as I'm available. I'll even buy first round. Reconnecting with my oldies takes lots of my time, but hunting for the fresh newbies takes even more and it's all worth it. BTW, I'm not a casa guy, so I wouldn't be able to help you in that regard. I'm more the wine, dine, lines and party till sun comes out type of guy LOL.
Note: Not sure what's wrong, but my photo couldn't upload and said error. Oh well, I'll try again.
Is this a great city or what?
Bags are packed and ready I'm heading to the airport in the morning. After a day layover in Mexico City, I head to Medellin Monday night.
Due to some confusion over who has the keys for my friend's apartment, I decided to not go there until 8 Monday morning. This left me with about 7 hours to kill. No problem. Send a message, arrange a pickup and have her take me straight to a motel where she can keep me happy until the morning.
Meanwhile, one of my favorites is trying to figure out how to get me to spend every day with her. As much as I enjoy her company, that's not going to happen. Another girl, who I expected to cancel (for a very good reason, which I would have understood), has let me know she's waiting for my call and expects to spend most of the day with me.
My Venezuelan is still working on getting to Medellin while I'm there and she seems optimistic about the chances. She's a hustler, in a good way. She's doing 3 different things, not related to P4P to support her family.
Last but not least, another favorite wants a trio. The last trio with her was full of problems. Weather and traffic, combined with us being unable to find a taxi, cut into our time. The other girl was inexperienced and that kept things from moving smoothly. Then I got a call telling me I was needed elsewhere.
This time, I have no other commitments, both have agreed to a minimum of 3 hours and I'm insisting on full girl girl interaction. The other girl's response to her was along the lines of "how great for you to eat me while he fucks you."
Of course something or other is bound to change. But I'll just roll with it and figure it out.
