What is the consensus of when we can plan on returning? The airport reopening and unrestricted (I. E. No 14 day quarantines) visits?
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What is the consensus of when we can plan on returning? The airport reopening and unrestricted (I. E. No 14 day quarantines) visits?
[QUOTE=IguanaSix;2468761]What is the consensus of when we can plan on returning? The airport reopening and unrestricted (I. E. No 14 day quarantines) visits?[/QUOTE]When the President of Colombia says so.
[QUOTE=IguanaSix;2468761]What is the consensus of when we can plan on returning? The airport reopening and unrestricted (I. E. No 14 day quarantines) visits?[/QUOTE]Supposedly they will begin allowing international flights again on Sept 1, but they've already moved the date back several times now and even if it's correct this time there's no guarantee they'll permit flights from the US, due to its current status as a viral hotzone. I definitely wouldn't be booking hotels and making travel arrangements until it's absolutely certain.
[QUOTE=DrPorn;2468551]I totally agree that between the quarantine and the addiction of being glued to a screen, people are turning into zombies that forget simple life pleasures and the importance of getting outside.[/QUOTE]The simple pleasures of life are now to be found on the screen.
[QUOTE=Talon;2468767]Supposedly they will begin allowing international flights again on Sept 1, but they've already moved the date back several times now and even if it's correct this time there's no guarantee they'll permit flights from the US, due to its current status as a viral hotzone. I definitely wouldn't be booking hotels and making travel arrangements until it's absolutely certain.[/QUOTE]If they act as seriously as Singapore, I wouldn't check news compulsively every day hoping to find that things have changed:
[URL]https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/leisure-travel-may-not-be-possible-this-year-wong[/URL]
We all need to exercise patience. I would sign a paper to commit, if I could be guaranteed to be able to have holidays in Colombia in Spring 2021. Any less month is a gift from the Sky, and it is an optimistic target.
Unless you are comparing it to maybe North Korea, how is whatever is happening in Singapore in any way relevant, indicative, germane, or otherwise related to Colombia? That was a rhetorical question, never mind. The real question is why did you bring it up?
[QUOTE=BlackPage;2468787]If they act as seriously as Singapore, I wouldn't check news compulsively every day hoping to find that things have changed:
[URL]https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/leisure-travel-may-not-be-possible-this-year-wong[/URL]
We all need to exercise patience. I would sign a paper to commit, if I could be guaranteed to be able to have holidays in Colombia in Spring 2021. Any less month is a gift from the Sky, and it is an optimistic target.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Knowledge;2468825]Unless you are comparing it to maybe North Korea, how is whatever is happening in Singapore in any way relevant, indicative, germane, or otherwise related to Colombia? That was a rhetorical question, never mind. The real question is why did you bring it up?[/QUOTE]I believe he brought Singapore up to illustrate what might be the requirements for entry into Colombia when they do open back up, therefore it would be germane to some of the questions posted by others.
[QUOTE=Surfer500;2468861]I believe he brought Singapore up to illustrate what might be the requirements for entry into Colombia when they do open back up, therefore it would be germane to some of the questions posted by others.[/QUOTE]Not sure if it is USD, It is $2000/14 days quarantine, plus test for $200. The round trip total is $4400 but if you are in US, your cost will only be one way. All the quarantines are done in isolation, some in government facilities or are monitored so don't dream about you can get chica to come while in quarantine. On top of that, you have to wear mask while flying and you may even choose to wear goggle which may make you not wanting to fly again. In quarantine's term, 14 days is actually 14+1 so you lost about of 30 days if you can't work remotely or you don't work.
I think it asks the citizens not to travel may not be the best advice. If you are able to get into the countries with 0 case you can travel freely once you are in it so why not if you have the means to do it?
[QUOTE=Nounce;2468876]Not sure if it is USD, It is $2000/14 days quarantine, plus test for $200. The round trip total is $4400 but if you are in US, your cost will only be one way. All the quarantines are done in isolation, some in government facilities or are monitored so don't dream about you can get chica to come while in quarantine. On top of that, you have to wear mask while flying and you may even choose to wear goggle which may make you not wanting to fly again. In quarantine's term, 14 days is actually 14+1 so you lost about of 30 days if you can't work remotely or you don't work.
I think it asks the citizens not to travel may not be the best advice. If you are able to get into the countries with 0 case you can travel freely once you are in it so why not if you have the means to do it?[/QUOTE]I have suggested similar things to the lawyer I have been talking to. I asked him if I can get a special visa where I pay a premium on the humanitarian flight, once I get there I will pay whatever they ask to stay at whichever place they require for 14 days, I will even pay official guards assigned by the government to secure the place where I stay.
My lawyer said it's better to wait until 9/1st, they are likely to require self quarantine anyway. Business visa won't work while the quarantine is in place, I tried. I even naively asked if I can get some special treatment given that I'm employing a team of people (including a few phds) in Medellin, and I'm trying to bring advanced technology to the country. Etc, the lawyer looked at me funny, in a gentle way, he said that do you think any politician will sign a special treatment for a gringo to travel to Medellin just because he runs a company here, especially when all the local businesses are closed? He has a point.
My true motivation / desperation of going back to Medellin is, beyond a doubt, the reunification with my 12 girlfriends (10 now, 2 of them turned 22 already). I'm optimistic about 9/1, I don't believe nature can be this cruel.
[QUOTE=Nounce;2468876]Not sure if it is USD, It is $2000/14 days quarantine, plus test for $200. The round trip total is $4400 but if you are in US, your cost will only be one way. All the quarantines are done in isolation, some in government facilities or are monitored so don't dream about you can get chica to come while in quarantine. On top of that, you have to wear mask while flying and you may even choose to wear goggle which may make you not wanting to fly again. In quarantine's term, 14 days is actually 14+1 so you lost about of 30 days if you can't work remotely or you don't work.
I think it asks the citizens not to travel may not be the best advice. If you are able to get into the countries with 0 case you can travel freely once you are in it so why not if you have the means to do it?[/QUOTE]What you just described is going to be the worst case scenario for entry into a Country which would mean testing and quarantine to get into a Country (15 days) , and depending on where your returning to another possible 15 days. I see very few board members having the means to do this. Hopefully some Countries will come up with a test a few days before arrival, then quarantine for few days with another test, and then you get released. I think there are a few Countries doing something like this now, and when you add the fact that Countries are blackballing other Countries from entering it's an ever evolving situation. Additionally, some members might not want to visit a Country with serious COVID problems like what is happening in the USA and starting to happen in Colombia now.
Long story short, I have almost resigned myself that until there's a vaccine, I most probably won't be getting on a flight going Overseas. But I am very tempted to do so as the DR has opened up and I talked with a guy who landed in Santo Domingo about a week ago who filled out a form upon arrival and was released, no tests, no quarantine.
Unfortunately, it's too fucking hot and humid there this time of year but an option.
[QUOTE=JjBee62;2468535]Bigo and Tik Tok aren't really comparable. Tik Tok is a video sharing app. Bigo is a livestreaming app. Both are entertainment services, but not really the same thing.
You should be interested in these apps, because they are changing things. Tik Tok is being used to coordinate political activism, and because it's mostly kids, it's flying under the radar. With it's popularity it may well become a major factor in world politics.
Bigo is a money making opportunity for a lot of young women and it is currently ridiculously popular in Colombia. There are many different agencies recruiting girls to work on Bigo. They have an advantage over the webcam apps. No special equipment is required. There's no nudity, so there's no risk to the reputation. One of the girls recently sent me her pay schedule. The models collect "beans" (I don't know why beans, instead of coins or diamonds). Each "gift" has a bean value.
If she collects 30,000 beans in a month she receives 1. 5 million pesos. 60,000 = 3 million pesos. 100,000 = 5 million pesos.
Earning 30,000 the first month is hard. Earning 60,000 the 2nd month is hard. However, if she sticks with it 3 months 100,000 becomes fairly easy.
A lot of the working girls are trying it right now. They don't have customers and they need the money. The ones who get up to 5 million a month and more aren't likely to want to handle old gringo dick for 50 k.
You don't need to embrace the latest technology, but it helps to be aware of it.[/QUOTE]This is interesting. I wonder if and how this impacts the availability of P4 P post pandemic.
The world is a big place with a lot of sex starved men. Medellin for all its bounty of available pussy.
Is a much smaller place with a finite resource. When it is just the adventurous gringos it is one thing.
But if the online hordes arrive and throw even a few pennies a piece, those paisas will be making decent.
Money. That's a legitimate concern. It certainly could affect the quality.
So full disclosure I only ever been to Singapore for business trips. I think four or five times. I can't think of anything that reminds me of the Americas about Singapore, not even the Americans I've met there. But fair enough, it is as valid to guess how closely Colombia will follow Singapore's policy as any other country's policies. So in that spirit, does someone want to touch on Brazil, Russia, Spain or the Dominican Republic? If the goal is to highlight countries with restrictive policies then as I mentioned North Korea would be the gold standard (no, I've never been there LOL!
[QUOTE=Surfer500;2468861]I believe he brought Singapore up to illustrate what might be the requirements for entry into Colombia when they do open back up, therefore it would be germane to some of the questions posted by others.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Surfer500;2468861]I believe he brought Singapore up to illustrate what might be the requirements for entry into Colombia when they do open back up, therefore it would be germane to some of the questions posted by others.[/QUOTE]Exactly. Thank you for explaining correctly. Very germane.
I brought Singapore as an example because I believe that several seem too optimistic about getting back to normal soon, like if the virus does not exist anymore. Instead, I am afraid we are still far from the tunnel exit.
Singapore is not Colombia, is not USA, and this explains why the number of cases in Singapore has been always small and limited to few circles (mainly dormitories for foreign workers). They will NOT open the borders to tourists for a long time (imagine how depressed I am for this: I was used to go KL, Singapore and Batam at least 3 times a year, with 6 border crossings each time).
By the way, I hope Mr. K is familiar with Singapore enough to know that mentioning North Korea is out of context. Singapore is one of the most open countries in the world. Nearly anyone can enter without visa for tourism. Singapore economy is largely based on free circulation of foreign people.
I doubt either Colombia or USA will be ever so serious and strict as Singapore, but this also means that things there will be out of control for much longer. Keeping borders closed at least from red countries, for a country as Colombia, is the minimum they can do to limit damage.
Work has been keeping me busy more than usual. I just came out of a none-stop 72-hour work marathon. Attempting to escape the reality that this will be another 100 hour work week, I put on some Mozart and poured a glass of the most beautiful Japanese Whiskey. During these trying times, the only thing that relaxes me is my memories of the FKK globe, the beaches of Rio de Janeiro and Costa Rica, and especially my time in Medellin.
I have been pondering an obvious question, what made ISG so appealing to me? [blue][Deleted by Admin][/blue] My conclusion is that because its content brings back my best memories. When a person experienced something as divine as mongering in Medellin, he will look for any opportunity to relive about that experience.
I can confidently say every frequent poster on this thread loves Medellin deeply; it is beyond just the mongering experience. There is something about the culture, the aesthetics of the city, the proud spirit of the people, the down-to-earth humanness, the naivete and tenderness of the paisas that deeply attract us. On the surface, we challenge each other's view, fight over Gusto v. S. Streetwalkers, Poblado v. S. El Centro, Casas v. S. The mansion. But deep down, we are here often because we all love Medellin.
I don't have anything new to contribute because I'm stuck in this hell hole called California. But I can share one of the many remarkable experiences I had in Medellin.
It was a regular workday in November 2019. I was living in a penthouse apartment in Medellin, I had lots of work to finish up that night, so I didn't go out. One of my favorite girl at Gusto texted me all night, for the most part, I ignored her. She texted me again at 2 am, right after Gusto closed, asking me to go to Paradise, where we first met. I wanted to work for a few more hours, so I ask her to come to my place instead of going to Paradise, she quickly agreed. Around 2:45 am, she rolled up at my apartment, driven by one of the taxi drivers that I usually use at Gusto.
Upon arrival, the cab driver immediately tried to sell me tussi, for 100 k per gram, he knows that on a typical Friday night at Gusto, I will burn through more than one gram, and I buy from him all the time. However, on that night, I still had work to finish, and I have lots of important meetings in the morning. I told him to fuck off, but he kept on saying, "the lady needs to tussi", and my girl tried to push for the sale. I was way too sober at that time to fall into this trap, I immediately told both of them to fuck off, and ran back into my gated apartment building.
After returning to my apartment, I continued to work, until at 3:30 am, the Gusto girl texted me again using some cryptic Spanish that even confused google translate. I don't remember what we talked about, but she agreed to come back to my apartment at 4:20 am, without the Gusto driver. 4:20 am on the dot, she showed up, and I decided to stop working.
Upon entering my apartment, she acted a little sad, as if I had betrayed her, I was still sober and hadn't had a drop of alcohol for the entire day, I tried to Google Translate my reason to her. She started to feeding me Whiskey, and some tussi she brought over, after about 20 minutes, I'm entirely in my party mode. I turned off my phone and started to makeout with her.
We kissed for a good 5 minutes. After that, I was utterly turned on. She put on some Latin dance music, and we started dancing in front of a full-length mirror in my living room. We kissed passionately while moving in front of our reflections. Slowly, she stripped down to her panties; black eyes will never escape my memory. My cock was rock hard and pressed aggressively against her panties; I can feel she was soaking wet.
We danced through many sounds while admiring our naked body movement. When the music's tempo increased, I pushed her against the mirror, pulled her panties aside, and slid my dick into her pussy. I fucked her voraciously until the music slowed down, I snored a line of tussi on her neck before pulling my cock out of her pussy and resuming grinding her over her panties.
After dancing and fucking in front of my living mirror for some time, we grabbed two beers headed to the balcony, we both wanted to dance under the last bit of moonlight before the sun takes over. On my balcony, we pressed our naked body tightly against each other, moved along with the music, and savored the kaleidoscope of lights on the mountains of Antioquia. From time to time, she looked at me with an innocent smile that god only reserved for 18-21 year-olds, and said "baby, I like" and then pointed to the view. I smiled at her for a few seconds, and then we started kissing. (I wish I knew some Spanish back then, I would love to say "Yo tambien, Yo Creo que eres más hermoso que la luz de la luna".
As the 6 am morning air starts to creep in, Medellin blissed me with a melanic rain. We moved back inside of my living room, we cuddled together to enjoy this early morning rain. Watching the raindrops landing on my balcony aimlessly while witnessing the colorful mountain lights disappearing under the gray sky, a feeling of melancholy and romanticism secretly united us.
Sitting on my couch, we started kissing ferociously, before I knew it, she commenced a blowjob as her life depends on it. From time to time, she will stare deep into my eyes while sucking me, the rawness of that stare conveys a mysterious desire of anger, love, and emptiness. Listening to the symphony of raindrops and watching the reddish sunlight attempting to break the dark cloud while receiving a passionate blowjob from a smoking hot 21-year-old Paisa, got be one of the best things in life. Having Mozart's concerto 21 and the first movement of Bach's concerto for two violins playing in my had solidified this instance as one of the most memorable moments in my life.
During this earth-shattering blowjob, when she felt that my cock is hard enough to fuck she will hop on and try to rid me like no tomorrow. If she feels I have gotten soft, she will switch back to sucking my cock. This heavenly experience marched to an end when the sun finally won its battle against the rainy cloud.
When the sunlight-filled my living room, we moved to the master bedroom, where we fucked like this was the last time we will ever fuck, her sweat and body warmth only enhanced my desire to penetrate her harder. I don't remember if I cum in her mouth or inside her pussy, I have fucked enough women to know that I have already gotten the most out of the night. I remember waking up 3 hours later, hurry to call into my first meeting while she is sleeping in my bed. I remember I give her the standard 600 k that I usually give to all my Gusto favorites.
I don't know about other people's situations, but for me, the experience I described is nearly impossible to find in Northern California. In Medellin, I can have it every night; in fact, this experience doesn't even make it to my top 10 in Medellin. God, I miss Medellin. I'm confident that Medellin will open in September, I have already decided to move there for at least six months. I will have new reports to share by then.
Yes this China virus is the shits but after this past long 4 day weekend under very strict quarantine here in Medellin got out today and spent about 4 hours in Botero and the Vera, plenty of pussy out and about, plenty of police too but not hassling anyone.
I dare to say that other than the vast majority of shops being closed the area was a buzz of activity. My buddy and I got a few numbers, saw and said Hi to some familiar faces and in the end I met up with my old ATF and felt in the giving mood so took her for a romp in the hay at one of those 5 mil room hotels in the Vera. Left satisfied as always with her as she is a sweetie.
If nothing else it was good just to be out and walk around and the weather was perfect which made for a pleasant afternoon.
Much love and respect.
The Tall Man.