Random Thoughts Regarding The Latest Lockdown Situation
[QUOTE=Osteoknot;2546348]Streets are quiet again at night. My balcony overlooks Avenida 70 and when I first arrived 3 months ago I posted a foto at night showing not one person on the street. Then things normalized over the next few weeks to where it was almost like Pre-Covid, except everyone was wearing a mask. Now it feels like a giant step backwards. Usually I close my sliding glass door to sleep at night because of the noise coming off the Avenue. Not necessary last night. I am flying home in less than a week. I will return when most folks are vaccinated and the curfews are lifted.
The girls are coming and going from my hotel without interference. But if it is your first trip to Medellin I would not come now. A buddy of mine who knows Medellin just canceled. The good news is things should change for the better once mass vaccinations begin. And the time line for that I would expect to be sooner than later.[/QUOTE]I agree with some of what you have said and am trying to gauge how the way I roll will fit in with the new measures being instigated. Having the daytimes open is huge, versus being shuttered inside for the long weekends called "puentes" here. I have purchased using points with Jetblue for departure next Saturday, if I cancel, the points go back into my account and the taxes are refunded.
I may leave, or not leave. Not sure yet, and like you don't like what's happening, and the other board members who have been here since the onset of the Pandemic know the drill here. There's not much notice when the lockdowns are coming and they extend them on a moments notice. I suspect that by no later than next Thursday they will continue with the weekend lockdowns, and if that's the case I might fly out on Saturday and stay away a while until the curfews are lifted like you intend to do.
As far as most Colombians being vaccinated any time soon, along with the new strains, and the effectiveness of the vaccines, I don't see Colombia being able to vaccinate it's way out of the Pandemic if that's even possible given the vaccine availability for them. It's very concerning what's happening in Brazil as most people are aware of, and even Chile which has vaccinated approximately 14% of it's population almost on par with the USA is struggling, so the next wave may be a perfect storm, and I apologize to others who consider this a doomsday forecast, but it's just a thought and I hope I'm wrong.
As far as other board members coming down, and if they only have weekend lockdowns, but the daytimes are open all days, then this may be just be fine for some, and a no go for others depending on how they roll.
I also would not recommend anyone coming down here who hasn't been vaccinated. And my apologies to the other board members that might take offense to this but, it's just my opinion for what it's worth. I'm lucky that I've been vaccinated so I have been operating like I did here exactly like before the Pandemic and am on the METRO everyday. For guys who are here or are coming, if you haven't been vaccinated stay off the METRO and from riding the buses. What doesn't make sense is the situation with the main METRO line that runs North to South, for the past week they have reduced the trains in each direction to every 15 to 20 minutes, and now the cars are packed like sardines with social distancing being like six inches apart. So much for all the footprints painted on the floors, and the City besides regulating the flow into the METRO stations causing long waits should of been adding more cars versus reducing them. Doesn't make sense at all if they are trying to "reduce the spread".
So I'm not trying to scare anyone away, and I'm sure I will get some pushback on my thoughts, but am just trying to logically put things in perspective at least how I see them.
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Mayhem In El Centro And The Disgusting Fat Chicas
So on Tuesday afternoon I was set to meet my Tomboy in El Centro at 3 PM. I was meeting her there and we subsequently got in a yellow taxi at 4 PM and when she arrived I booked a room at the San Fernando Plaza Hotel in Poblado for $ 55 a night including breakfast. So different having a king size bed, flat screen TV, swimming pool and wet and dry saunas and a killer breakfast versus doing the deed at Zona Rosa where our romance blossomed. Sushi Light had two for one specials in Poblado on Tuesday night so since she had never had Sushi before it was interesting when she tried the Wasabi. I banged her three times, once after hitting the pools and Sauna, once before breakfast, and once again after breakfast.
Regardless, I have never taken my I phone 12 Pro to El Centro nor had credit cards in my pocket when I'm there but had to make an exception this time and honestly was a bit paranoid to do so while riding on the Metro and walking around El Centro so I just basically kept my hands in my pocket. Since the Tomboy was running late I decided to stand and observe the circus, and all of a sudden a brawl started with a guy going after another guy with a stick, and I was basically caught in the middle of it so decided to take pictures of it. It all ended peacefully and the Police didn't arrive to break it up, but it was almost like being at a boxing match with people scurrying over, hootering and hollering to witness the event. Who knows what the squabble was over, probably 2,000 Pesos.
So after the event, and feeling proud of myself after successfully capturing the Mayhem, I decided to take some photos in and around the area with my camera coming out for a few seconds and then put back in my pocket. As usual, and very near to the entrance of Zona Rosa there is a tall beautiful Vennie wearing a pink top. She always gives me the nod, but I never respond, and am waiting for Slapshot to take her arriba, but she is always in the company of her Vennie sister's who are mostly ugly and disgustingly fat. And there are so many fat Vennies, I think when they get to Colombia the land of plentiful and cheap food, they pig out. I see so many fat Chicas, both Vennies and Colombians in El Centro, so disgusting, and am perplexed how they are always there and rarely see them go with anyone. Maybe I'm missing something here, seems like there's more fat Chicas versus normal and / or thin Chicas. So is it a combination of low price and service (s) whatever that may be. I've seen very few posts here of guy's extolling how good the beached whales are.
Never a dull moment in El Centro!
RE: Mayhem In El Centro And The Disgusting Fat Chicas
[QUOTE=Surfer500;2546437]...walking around El Centro so I just basically kept my hands in my pocket. Since the Tomboy was running late I decided to stand and observe the circus, and all of a sudden a brawl started with a guy going after another guy with a stick, and I was basically caught in the middle of it so decided to take pictures of it. It all ended peacefully and the Police didn't arrive to break it up, but it was almost like being at a boxing match with people scurrying over, hootering and hollering to witness the event. Who knows what the squabble was over, probably 2,000 Pesos[/QUOTE]Before I traveled to Rome back in 2008, I learned that a popular scam near the Colosseum involved street kids kicking a soccer ball near tourists. Eventually, they would kick the ball back and forth with the tourists, and while this was going on, the pickpockets were going behind the tourists and cleaning out the pockets of the spectators. I wouldn't be surprised if this "stick fight" was something similar.
[QUOTE=Surfer500;2546437]...riding on the Metro...[/QUOTE]Saw that and thought of this:
[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJZ8NH0HT_o[/URL]
Great song, and now I'm showing my age.