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Dez's Digital Nomad Thread: Colombia (1 Viewer)

Spoke with my boss this morning.  He hasn't heard anything from the CEO, but today he told me that it's on him to go back and follow up.  As I mentioned, he's been buried in a customer issue for the past week and a half.  That's out of the way now, and he expects the follow up conversation to happen this week.  He said it all boils down to the exposure to the company.

 
They lifted all the Covid restrictions in Barranquilla this past weekend, so everyone went nuts (to the beaches, to the clubs, etc.).  Looking at the numbers, this latest wave didn't really peak so much as plateau, so I'm not sure what that might mean for the coming weeks.  As of now 6% of the country is fully vaccinated and 10% have received at least one dose.

 
I guess you can call this an "update."  Talked to my boss last Tuesday and he said that he hasn't been able to follow up with the CEO yet because of this and this and this.  The main thing is that he wants to be able to put the time aside to write everything out - all the concerns/questions that he anticipates from the CEO, as well as his prepared answers to those concerns.  He's the best boss I've ever had and I do trust him, and I know no one knows how to handle the CEO better.  He's super slammed all the time with work, and this week he's giving some presentations for an industry conference.  So I'm just trying to have faith and patience.

In the meantime, it's been over 7 weeks since I kicked this off officially, and today is 4 weeks since the CEO was first told about it.  The apartment lady in Barranquilla who I've had on hold for two months wrote to me over the weekend and said someone rented the apartment for three weeks June 26 - July 16.  The original plan was to go the beginning of June or July.  June is out so I had scheduled some vacation for July 6-9 in an attempt to prod things along, and I'm now going to have to push that back since I have no idea when to buy a ticket or for how long, and prices are jacked up since we're now inside of a month (plus the apartment is now unavailable, of course).  Might try to take July 2 off and go somewhere for a long weekend (Mexico City?) if I can find a decent price.

Hard to keep these young chicas on the hook for very long, so by the time I get there hopefully there will be others.  The protests are still going on and the latest Covid wave that had plateaued a couple of weeks ago has now super spiked.  Their numbers are worse than ever.

https://thebogotapost.com/an-end-to-covid-19-restrictions-in-colombia/49007/
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/colombia-restart-large-events-covid-19-deaths-climb-past-90000-2021-06-03/

:sadbanana:

 
Update: Talked to my boss again this week.  He presented everything to the CEO, answered his questions, and proposed that there be a policy put in place to cover this sort of thing (rather than make it about me specifically, I would just be the first person to test it out).  The CEO said he's inclined to go along with it as long as the policy passes the company lawyer's review.  So my boss wrote out the policy, reviewed it with me, and planned to take it to the lawyer sometime this week.

In the meantime, Colombia is on the brink.  Cases continue to be at an all-time high and they just surpassed 100,000 deaths - 40,000 since mid-March(!).

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jun/22/colombia-covid-coronavirus-third-wave-unrest

I have to consider long and hard if it's worth going anytime soon to stay the 3 months.  I'm heading to Mexico City over 4th of July weekend, so maybe I'll end up there for the first turn.

 
Dez89 said:
Update: Talked to my boss again this week.  He presented everything to the CEO, answered his questions, and proposed that there be a policy put in place to cover this sort of thing (rather than make it about me specifically, I would just be the first person to test it out).  The CEO said he's inclined to go along with it as long as the policy passes the company lawyer's review.  So my boss wrote out the policy, reviewed it with me, and planned to take it to the lawyer sometime this week.

In the meantime, Colombia is on the brink.  Cases continue to be at an all-time high and they just surpassed 100,000 deaths - 40,000 since mid-March(!).

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jun/22/colombia-covid-coronavirus-third-wave-unrest

I have to consider long and hard if it's worth going anytime soon to stay the 3 months.  I'm heading to Mexico City over 4th of July weekend, so maybe I'll end up there for the first turn.
GLLLLLL bro.  You'll make it to South America soon enough.  In the meantime, enjoy the Mexican hospitality. 

 
Headed to Mexico City tomorrow for the long weekend.  Can't wait to eat some incredible Mexican food, and hopefully some incredible mexicanas as well.  I've got a few things lined up, but as usual you don't know for sure until you get there and it happens.

 
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Mexico City trip could not have started out worse.  My 6am flight Friday from home city to Dallas was an hour and 20 minutes delayed (not like they had the plane there all night to fix it, amiright?).  The AA app popped up that I was going to miss my connection and to choose another, so I went with 10:30 (get into CDMX at 1:20pm instead of 11:30am, not too bad).  Get to Dallas and find the gate, the flight gets pushed back to 12pm.  Ok, whatever.  Finally they board the plane, everyone is on and ready to go, and the captain comes across that they're cancelling the flight.  The delays had caused the crew to time out.  We get off the plane and line up at the desk outside the gate where they are re-booking everyone.  I'm finally about 5 people away from the counter and they announce that they need to use the counter for the next flight and that everyone should go to AA customer service.

You might not have heard, but apparently DFW had the most delays and cancellations IN THE WORLD on Friday.  So we all get to customer service and the line is about 5 gates long, you could not see the end.  I'm trying to pull things up on the app to try to re-book and it's not working.  Finally it does and the only options are on Saturday.  I keep checking back and watch the options dwindle until only Sunday flights are showing up (I was returning on Monday).  The lady at the gate counter had told us to keep checking because with so many delays and cancellations, new seats could suddenly appear.  So after 3 hours in line the app pops up with a 6:20pm flight to MEX and I book it.  It had shown up several times before that but when I would choose it it would say it was unavailable.  Anyway it finally worked, but since we were "almost" through the line I decided to wait to get to customer service to confirm and find out if I had to do anything with my checked luggage.

That turned out to be a big mistake as it took another 2 hours to get to the desk, where the lady said "What are you doing here? You're all set."  By this time I needed to get straight to the gate.  My phone was almost out of battery so I went to pull out my charger and couldn't find it.  It took me a minute to realize that I'd left it in the back seat pocket on the flight that was cancelled.  I got to the gate and they were boarding.  I was sweating bullets as I put my phone boarding pass to the scanner with the screen dimmed at 5% battery but it worked on the second attempt.  We of course were delayed taking off, and finally landed in MEX at 9:40pm.  I spoke with several passengers who said they had asked various AA employees over and over if their bag would be there, and I had done the same.  And in all cases they said don't worry, it's automatic.  So you can imagine what the scene was like when half the plane (including me) did not get their luggage.  So it was time to stand in line again to register a claim.  I told the guy at the counter that we had all asked about our bags and that we were all told by several people that we would get them.  He said "Yeah, they say that but it's not true.  They wait until you get here then they send it the next day."

I went and bought a SIM card, got some cash, caught an Uber, and arrived to the apartment at midnight.  Ran out for some tacos al pastor to try to make myself feel better about losing the entire first day of my 3-day trip (which kind of worked, they were great).  Saturday morning I kept calling the number they had given me for the baggage office, but of course no answer.  They had said that I could go to the airport to get the bag or they would deliver it.  I checked the app and it said that my bag had been loaded on the first flight that morning.  It was arriving at 11:45 and it was 11:15 and since I was not trusting anything at this point I decided to go back to the airport to get it.  After some hassle there I finally got my bag and thanks to lunch-hour traffic didn't get back to the apartment until 2pm.  Time to start my "long weekend."

 
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Luckily(?) I didn't have anything set up for Friday or I would have been beside myself.  I did have a date set up already for Saturday night with a 31-year old so was happy to get my bag enough ahead of time.  She had just gotten out of her year-and-a-half relationship two months ago and we'd been flirting for a couple of weeks, so I felt pretty good about things.  She suggested she pick me up at 5pm and we go to eat.  Typical latina lateness plus Mexico City traffic and she made it around 6pm (not bad) and we went to Sonora Prime.  I ordered the lomo (my standard at new steakhouses, as I like to compare) and she ordered the ribeye, and we shared with each other.  And OMG what incredible steaks.  I have a favorite steak place in Colombia that I will put up against anyone, and these steaks might have been better.

We drove back and found a parking garage near my apartment, left her car off, and went walking to a couple of bars.  We had a few beers, she had a couple mojitos, listened to a mariachi band, and then we went back to the apartment.  Couldn't get the TV to work except for youtube, so she put it on a reggaeton channel and we started making out.  A few minutes later she got up, took me by the hand, and led me back to the bedroom.

The next morning we woke up and she felt playful again.  Took a shower afterwards, and then got ready to go.  She was going home and I had to go to the pharmacy to get my Covid testing situated.  She dropped me off and I went on inside.  Paid my $17 and went to stand in line.  An hour and a half later and it was finally my turn.  About 10 minutes later and I had a printout of my results (negative) then headed to my favorite taco place for lunch.

 
My only question would be, for a 3 day trip, why check a bag? I have a bag that I can stuff full for a 7 day trip and put in an overhead bin. Leave nothing to chance.

 
He probably packs 86 boxes of condoms.
I had considered there were "various sundries" he brought along that probably differed from the usual load out of say, a married man. If that's the case, for 3 days, you bring maybe one change of clothes, a toothbrush and prosper, no?

 
My only question would be, for a 3 day trip, why check a bag? I have a bag that I can stuff full for a 7 day trip and put in an overhead bin. Leave nothing to chance.
Definitely a fair point.  I just like the "convenience" of a checked bag and I'm usually lugging around a backpack with my laptop in it (though this time I brought the backpack and left the laptop at home).  That and I've never wanted to have to worry about what I can or can't bring in a carry-on, what amounts, etc.  I typically bring some gifts for girls that I'm going to see that wouldn't get through.

 
Like what?

:popcorn:
Heh heh... I knew that would get a rise.  Nothing crazy though, I usually bring Bath & Body Works lotions.  A great product that they are typically unaware of and don't have access to.  They are a big hit.

 
I'd been working on another chica that I've known for two years, hoping to see her on Sunday.  I couldn't get a straight answer out of her for two weeks, and after I got back from lunch I sent her a message asking if we were going to see each other or if I should make other plans.  Not the best move, and she ended up blocking me.  But I didn't really care, as I needed her to #### or get off the pot so I could move on down the list.  But this was at 3pm and didn't leave me much time to set something else up, and as it happened it fell through with the other two chicas I was hoping to get together with.  It seems both of them thought I was staying for more time.

In the end it might have been good that I didn't work things out, because around 7pm I decided to check the AA app regarding my 8am flight home the next morning, and low and behold there was no flight.  Nothing on the app.  I logged onto the website and searched my record locator, and it did not exist.  I called the reservations number and the automated system scheduled a call back between 3-4 hours.  So much for my evening.  They called back around 10:30pm and found that the system had automatically cancelled my return based on the cancellation on the way down to CDMX.  My 8am flight was now booked, and she was able to get me on the 6am flight.  I got off the phone at 11pm, went to bed, and got up at 2am to be at the airport by 3am.

So by the time it was over, my 3-day visit to Mexico City really ended up being about a day and a half.  I got lucky, and also ate some amazing food.  But in the end probably not worth the (hassle, stress, money) trip.

 
Update: (insert weeks of delays, lawyers, and folly to bring us to the present day) I spoke with my boss yesterday and he said that he hammered out the policy with the lawyer, then presented it to the CEO and HR manager.  They approved it and everything is a go!  17 weeks after kicking this off.  He said he needs to put together a company meeting for next week to announce the policy and it will be official

:pickle:

 
It's going to be shorter than originally planned, just 6 weeks, but that's ok.  If this goes well, I'll head back down for two months in January.  I got on Airbnb yesterday evening and the apartment I've wanted is reserved for a week right in the middle of the dates I'm looking at.  So that's annoying.  I've been looking around today and haven't come across anything as good for the same price.  Prices in Barranquilla freaking Colombia are higher than they should be (of course I'm looking in the best part of the city).

There's one apartment that I've stayed in a couple of times that I like, but the internet sucks and there's no dryer (I know, first-world problems).  Also, the landlady goes on and on about the electric bill and turning off the A/C when leaving the apartment.  I figure I'm going to be working in the apartment and running that thing all day and night, and I don't want to have to listen to her.

 
They officially published the new policy this past week, and I'm leaving on Friday for 7 weeks.  I worked out a deal with the lady regarding the apartment.  Two bedroom place in the best spot in Barranquilla, basically right across the street from Buenavista Mall and everything I need within walking distance.  I've stayed there twice before and it's a nice and comfortable space.  She recently upgraded the internet and even had a technician come out to check everything again.  All supposedly working fine and 80 mbps.  Still too expensive, but actually the best price I could find in that part of town (which is the most expensive).

I bought the flight that leaves earliest and arrives earliest.  But I've got two very short layovers, and since I'm flying American I'm guessing I won't make the original arriving flight (MIA to BAQ).  But that's part of the reason I'm starting early in the morning anyway, so if nothing else I'll be able to make the last flight from Miami.

I've been throwing things in a corner for the last couple of weeks and now just trying to get everything packed up.  Hopefully after this first go-round I'll have a better idea of what I need and what I don't need for the next time.  Putting a 21-inch monitor in my checked bag and crossing my fingers it doesn't "disappear."

 
Amazingly enough, all cylinders fired properly last week.  I made all my connections and arrived around noon on Friday, and my monitor made it also.  My ex SIL's friend picked me up at the airport and drove me to the apartment.  After getting everything situated, we went to try an American style barbecue place that I only recently found out about.  It was actually pretty good, and I'd classify it as "authentic."  After that she helped me do some grocery shopping to stock up the apartment.  Having only gotten two hours of sleep the night before, I was pretty much wiped out by 7pm and in bed by 9pm.

Saturday I went over to the mall to buy a plan for my Colombian phone ($11/month unlimited), then went to check out a new gym located there.  Decided I would probably sign up on Monday.  Saturday evening I met up with a cute 19-year old who I've been talking to since February but didn't have an opportunity to meet when I was here at Easter because she was out of town.  We walked around the mall, got something to eat, then went to a bar nearby for music and drinks.  We each had 3 beers and a big cocktail and it was a lot of fun.  I got a kiss at the end of the night so no complaints from this old man.  She's been writing to me every day so we'll see if that goes anywhere.

Sunday I struggled for 2 hours trying to get my Sunday Ticket Max going on my laptop.  I've never had an issue before when I've been on VPN while out of the country.  I called DirecTV twice and they were no help, the one lady basically told me that "they" are getting smarter with things like VPNs.  Then inexplicably, 20 minutes before kickoff it just started working.  I was unable to connect to the page at all prior to that.  So I'm nervous about next week, but at least I got week 1 in.  SNF and MNF are available on the cable channels here.

Sunday evening a girl I know was at the mall with her friend and they wanted me to get dinner with them, so we met up and walked to a Mexican restaurant nearby.  I've never been to a good Mexican restaurant in Colombia, but I tried the tacos al pastor and they weren't bad.  This girl, Mary, had told me a couple of years ago that she liked me, and we had made out, but then she later ended up blowing me off for another guy and gave me the "oh you misunderstood, I meant I like you as a friend" routine.  But she and her friend are fun and we had a really good time at dinner.  As I was getting out of the taxi to head into my apartment building she said she loved seeing me again *eyeroll*.  She's been writing to me every day since I got here and today said we need to go out more often.

Monday I tried to sign up for the gym, but they said I had to sign up and pay online.  I tried to do it on my phone while at the gym, but it kept giving me an error.  I said can't I just pay you right now?  But they said nope, has to be online.  I keep meaning to try it from the apartment but haven't done it yet.  There's another gym nearby and I might walk over there first today to see if I get the same crap from them.  The first gym is probably a better more popular place though.  I wasn't able to get anything going with a chica, but I can't have dates every day.  That would blow my budget lol.

Not much yesterday, I was supposed to have a date with a chica but she wasn't feeling well.  She wrote to me today and said she still feels bad, so on to some other targets.  I've been hitting Tinder and Bumble hard and have a few new prospects to go with all the old ones, so we'll see how it all shakes out.

Everything in the apartment is great, the internet is working well and I'm on my third day of working from here with no issues *fingers crossed*

 
Was able to sign up online for the gym yesterday.  I showed up without my passport and they were a bit agitated with me lol.  They let me come in and use the equipment but I have to bring my passport the next time to finish up my membership.

Tuesday/Wednesday chica (Vanessa) was still feeling bad yesterday but told me that we'd see each other Friday (tomorrow) for sure.  She said that she really wants to see me but that she's nervous.  I'm not sure I buy it.  If you saw the statuses she posts, you certainly wouldn't call her the shy type.

Maria, the girl from last Saturday night, pointed out to me that this Saturday is "Amor y Amistad" day here in Colombia.  It's sort of their Valentine's Day, although they've kind of started celebrating that day as well.  So I said then we should see each other on Saturday and she agreed.

 
Well my Friday night date, Vanessa, cancelled on me too late to make other plans.  I'd go through the whole story of what supposedly happened, but it's typical Colombian b.s. that only can happen here (it's literally like herding cats).

Saturday night's date with Maria was nice.  We basically just went and got dinner and spent a couple of hours together.  Didn't get a kiss, but didn't try either, and didn't really invite her back to the apartment.  She seems like a serious girl, so I'm just going to go at her speed while exploring all the options.

A friend of mine, Dana, was supposed to come from Cartagena today to visit.  She's a 24-year old virgin who has expressed some interest in the past of having me show her the ropes.  But she made it clear that there would be no funny business while here.  She has been teasing me a bit though, so who knows.  But anyway, she wrote at lunch and said she can't come until Wednesday now because of blah blah blah.

It's like I'm in my 20's dealing with some of this chica b.s. :rolleyes:

But hey... it's like I'm in my 20's! :excited:

 
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Well my Friday night date, Vanessa, cancelled on me too late to make other plans.  I'd go through the whole story of what supposedly happened, but it's typical Colombian b.s. that only can happen here (it's literally like herding cats).

Saturday night's date with Maria was nice.  We basically just went and got dinner and spent a couple of hours together.  Didn't get a kiss, but didn't try either, and didn't really invite her back to the apartment.  She seems like a serious girl, so I'm just going to go at her speed while exploring all the options.

A friend of mine, Dana, was supposed to come from Cartagena today to visit.  She's a 24-year old virgin who has expressed some interest in the past of having me show her the ropes.  But she made it clear that there would be no funny business while here.  She has been teasing me a bit though, so who knows.  But anyway, she wrote at lunch and said she can't come until Wednesday now because of blah blah blah.

It's like I'm in my 20's dealing with some of this chica b.s. :rolleyes:

But hey... it's like I'm in my 20's! :excited:
sounds exhausting.  the wrong kind of exhausting.

 
Finally met up with Vanessa last night.  Oh my goodness.  18 years old, better than her pictures, amazing body.  Hottie.  Spent a couple of hours together at the mall.  Walked around a bit then sat down and talked for a while over a couple of milkshakes.  It took her a little while to warm up, but by the end she was posting pictures of us to her Instagram and WhatsApp.  I wasn't exactly sure how well things went, but after she got home she wrote me some very complimentary things and definitely wants to get together again.  She's been pretty flirty with me in the past, and she's not shy at all with the pictures and statuses she posts in general, so hopefully this will end up going somewhere very fun.

Dana was supposed to come today from Cartagena, but she wrote to me last night about some more problems, so I'm saying the chances are slim.

Maria's birthday is today and she's going to be with her friends/roommates.  I told her we should celebrate tomorrow or Friday and she agreed.  So the plan is to go to a nice restaurant that she's been wanting to try.

 
Caveman33 said:
How are you meeting these ladies?  I assume you're going for sex but what is their angle?  Are they interested in your charm, good looks, money, or American status?


Mostly through Tinder.  The two girls I went to dinner with a couple of Sunday nights ago, I know them because I rented an apartment from the one (actually from her boyfriend at the time).

They're all interested in different things, I guess.  If they tell me they're looking for something serious then I usually don't pursue them.  If they tell me they're open to the possibilities or just want to go with the flow then I see what's up.  When I started talking to Vanessa in May she said she didn't want a boyfriend, so she's near the top of the list.  Maria told me she was just interested in meeting people.  She seems a serious girl though, so I'll just take it as it comes.  But I'm not putting out any vibes to any of them that I'm looking for a relationship or telling them anything to that effect.  If the time comes to make some kind of decision if I want to move forward with any of them, then I'll have to do that.

There are plenty of chicas interested in money (we call them interesadas) but they are pretty easy to spot.  I don't want to deal with any of that, but if anyone wants to go that route then I say enjoy.  My theory is basically that when it comes to women, you have to have some kind of advantage, right?  Something that gets their attention or makes you interesting.  So being a gringo is your advantage here.  You're different, you're foreign, you're "exotic," you have a sexy accent, you represent some sort of "value."  The other thing that I absolutely love down here (in case you haven't noticed) is that they are way more open about age.  Unlike silly American girls, the chicas here recognize that guys their age are complete idiots and they want someone more mature, with goals and vision in life.  They find older guys more attractive and interesting.  Not all women, to be sure, but a whole lot of them.

 
Well I said it might devolve.  What's so creepy about it?  Meeting girls and telling you guys about it.
You can't please everyone.  While many enjoyed the ArizonaRon tales, I enjoy the authenticity of your stories.  Someone asked about your age and I agree that more background information would enrich the story.  I appreciate you explaining the situation and your openness to exploring possibilities with a variety of young women.  More detailed physical descriptors could make the story better.  For instance, the lady in Mexico, was she large chested with a relatively flat bottom?  How did things progress in the bedroom?  What positions?  I think all of this is pertinent to the story.

 
You can't please everyone.  While many enjoyed the ArizonaRon tales, I enjoy the authenticity of your stories.  Someone asked about your age and I agree that more background information would enrich the story.  I appreciate you explaining the situation and your openness to exploring possibilities with a variety of young women.  More detailed physical descriptors could make the story better.  For instance, the lady in Mexico, was she large chested with a relatively flat bottom?  How did things progress in the bedroom?  What positions?  I think all of this is pertinent to the story.


I believe I tried to give such descriptions far in the past and ended up in a timeout.

 
Dana wrote to me yesterday afternoon with more of her made up b.s. drama.  We had a spat, she finally said that she wasn't coming, and I said ok.  Glad to wipe my hands clean of it, as she is very fastidiosa.  I finished work, went to the gym, and then did a little grocery shopping.  I got back and was relaxing and the phone rang.  It was Dana.  I answered and she said "guess where I am?"  I said I didn't know and she said she was in Barranquilla.  Mmm...what?  She switched to her camera and showed me that she was in a hotel room.  She said she'd had to come for other reasons, that she would be staying in the hotel that night, but was going to come stay with me the next night (today).

Alarm bells were ringing in my head, as one might expect.  I've been friends with this girl for 3 years, and it's mostly been frustrating.  She rarely talks plainly about anything, makes up drama, constantly flip flops, etc.  Definitely registers somewhere on the loca meter.  She had asked me to bring a couple of things for her from home, which I had.  So I told her she could come and get them now but that I had plans for the next night.  She asked what plans and I said I have a date.  So she said she would come over but she could only stay for 20 min.  I said great.  She wanted to know my apartment number and I said I would meet her in the lobby when she got here.

An hour later she arrived and I went downstairs to meet her.  She came walking into the building with this long, light skirt down to her ankles, a short top with spaghetti straps, and all the midriff showing (God, I love how they dress on the coast).  We sat in the lobby and talked for a while, and I started second-guessing my decision to keep things downstairs.  After a while she started caressing my hand, then giggled, suddenly stopped, and said she had to go.  I asked her if she wanted to go up to the apartment for a little while.  She considered it for a few seconds then said no she had to go.  I asked once again if she wanted to go upstairs, she declined, and knowing that was probably best I let it drop.  The car that she came in was waiting for her so I walked her out and she left.

A few minutes later she wrote to me saying how handsome she thinks I am, how nervous I made her, and that I made her skin tingle.  Now that I was out of the moment I just sent her a haha thanks response and told her to let me know when she got back to her room.  She never did, then last night at 1am while I was in a deep sleep my phone started ringing.  I looked at it and it was her.  I silenced it and rolled back over, no way was I getting caught up in some meaningless 1-2 hour conversation when I needed to sleep.  She sent a message saying that she couldn't sleep.  Then one at 2am saying she didn't feel good.  Then one at 3am saying she was leaving for Cartagena.  I did send her a message this morning after I got up asking what happened but I haven't heard from her.

So a long post for a big nothing burger, but sharing the drama.

 
Been trying to meet up with 20-year old Mary.  I've been talking to her for several months and she basically told me before I got here that she wants to get it on.  We were supposed to meet Thursday at 6pm.  She confirmed around noon and then cancelled around 6pm.  She said the week days are really busy for her but the weekends are good, especially Sundays.  All these girls want the weekend slots :shrug:

My steady Maria then cancelled on me yesterday (Friday).  We confirmed around noon and at 5pm she told me she was traveling to her hometown because her mom wanted to see her, but that she'd be back on Monday and we would see each other then.  It's hard to tell when chicas are telling the truth or feeding you a line, because really, things are very random here.  I'll take her at her word.

So of course they both cancelled on me when it's too late to set something else up.  As soon as Maria cancelled I wrote to Vanessa.  She basically told me I should have written to her sooner.  I then wrote to 25-year old Alina.  I've been chatting with her since March but still haven't met her.  She lives nearby so I thought I might have a better chance.  I told her I wanted to go to the nice steak place over at the mall and asked if she wanted to join me.  She said she was on the way home so it would be a little later.  Great!  Save!  Then 30 minutes later she said she would confirm for sure at 7:30 because she was still tied up.  I finally wrote to her at 8:10 asking how it was going and she replied and said it wasn't going to work, she didn't have the time.  Great.

So I ended up going to the steak place by myself, two Fridays in a row at the mall solo checking out the hot chicas with their dates.  The steak was disappointing.  From there I walked over to a couple nearby bars but didn't really get a vibe so I just headed home.  I was pretty much ready to fall asleep at 11:30p when this girl from Bumble, 25-year old Marcela, wrote to me and said that she and her friends were over at the club and I should come meet up with them.  I didn't really want to, but hey I'm in Colombia and I need to get out there.  So I dressed again and headed and got over there around midnight.  The girls were all dressed up, and Marcela looked really good (I hadn't met her in person before).  One of the girls looked like Megan Fox.  We sat there on the patio for a while and they wanted to go into the club to dance.  We went in and were there for not even 5 minutes and Megan Fox decided it was too crowded and boring and we turned around and went back out to the patio.  Had a beer, the girls had their faces in their phones, Megan Fox was unhappy.  I couldn't follow the conversation that well, but after a while Marcela said they were going to go home, the girls were bored.  I asked her if she wanted to stay a little while longer with me, but she said they were all staying together, etc.  So they went their way and I went mine.  Got back in at 1am, wasted an hour and some pesos, but hey whatever.

 
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Today I've got some friends coming from Cartagena.  A friend of mine, her mom, and her adorable little niece.  Really great people, I see them whenever I'm in Cartagena.  Since I'm in Barranquilla they decided to come visit (about 2 hours away).  My friend's boyfriend and another friend of hers are coming as well.  The mom always cooks for me so I'm trying to return the favor today.  We'll see how it goes but I'm already stressed out (these gas burners burn a lot hotter than I'm used to).

I might have a date later tonight with Angie, also from Cartagena.  She wrote to me a couple of days ago and said she might be coming to Barranquilla today for a couple of days to see a friend, and if she does she'd like to get together.  Not holding my breath!

 
still sounds exhausting.  but fun.  will there be a payofff for our hero soon??  the latina drama cracks me up.  broke up with one a million years ago.  she showed up at my building 45 minutes later.  she left after  2 days of trying to win me back.  good times

and can you describe this "mall".  is it similar to one in the US?  i went to one in Cordoba, Arg, and damned if it wasn't just like the states.  just looking to paint a better picture in my head.

 
still sounds exhausting.  but fun.  will there be a payofff for our hero soon??  the latina drama cracks me up.  broke up with one a million years ago.  she showed up at my building 45 minutes later.  she left after  2 days of trying to win me back.  good times

and can you describe this "mall".  is it similar to one in the US?  i went to one in Cordoba, Arg, and damned if it wasn't just like the states.  just looking to paint a better picture in my head.


The nice malls here in Colombia are nicer than anything I'm used to in the smaller towns I've lived.  I would imagine that they are on par with the big city malls in the U.S.  The one where I'm living has three phases.  The first phase has four floors: two with shops and a food court, and a cinema on the third floor.  There's a casino on the fourth floor, but I've never been in there and have no idea if it's even open.  It has a big Exito on the first floor, which is like a Wal-Mart with goods and groceries.  Phase two is a completely different building, connected by an inside sky bridge.  It's also got four floors of stores and a big two-story Jumbo, which is also like a Wal-Mart type store, but heavier on the groceries.  The third phase was completed about two years ago and is connected catercorner to phase two by another inside sky bridge.  So the three buildings form an L-shape with streets in between them.  The third phase has a three-story Falabella, which I would liken to Kohl's or some other department store you would find in a U.S. mall.  The top floor has an awesome food court which is laid out in a modern way.  It's more like restaurants and bars.  There's also a smaller cinema up there.  In the "basement" is the gym I joined and a Carulla, which is one of the nicer grocery store chains here.  That floor also connects to the nearby Homecenter, which is like a Lowe's or Home Depot.

The first time I went into the third phase two years ago my heart sank, because right there on the first floor is a Bath & Body Works.  As I mentioned earlier in the thread, that's my secret weapon when I come down here, I bring B&BW lotions as gifts and the chicas go nuts over them.  I was actually with my friend Sara the first time I went in there.  She's always asking for me to bring their lotion or body wash for her.  I said "oh no" and she looked at me like what? then looked over and saw the store and her face lit up like a Christmas tree.  She dragged me in there and went nuts checking everything out.  The good thing is it's the only one on the whole coast and most girls don't know it's there, so I'm still safe.

 
My friends got here about 11:30 in the morning on Saturday.  Since I was having trouble with the gas being so hot, I turned it off when I left the apartment to go down and get them.  The apartment door automatically locks when you close it, and as soon as I closed the door I realized that guess what, I forgot to grab the key :doh: .  I got downstairs, said hello to everyone, then went to the porter and asked if he had a way to get in.  These are all private apartments so they don't necessarily have extra keys at the front desk.  He checked and there was no key.  He called the sister of the lady I rented the apartment from (the sister lives nearby) and she said she'd be there in 10 minutes.  30 minutes later she sent him a message saying there was a lot of traffic.  30 minutes after that she sent him another message that they had to send someone to the other side of town to get the key and deliver it to the building, and that I would get charged about $8 by the delivery guy.  I would have paid $80 at that point.  We all just sat in the lobby visiting and after a while my friend and her boyfriend left to pick up some things we/they were going to need.  After being downstairs for 2 hours and 45 minutes, the guy finally showed up and thank God it was the right key.  I felt like an absolute idiot :censored: .  But people here tend to go with the flow, and my friends didn't seem too worked up about it.  Not like I was anyway.  Thank goodness I'd turned the gas off or it would have been a complete disaster.  Somehow the food turned out way better than I even hoped, and all were impressed.  My friend's mom, who I said is a great cook, went on about it all the rest of the day and the next.  My friend, her boyfriend, and her friend all left to head to their apartment, and Mom and the niece stayed with me.  I had a really nice time visiting with the mom and playing with the niece, but thank goodness for this kids show that she liked on youtube lol.

Angie wrote to me that she had arrived in Barranquilla but that she wouldn't be able to see me that night (Saturday).  Big surprise.  But we would see each other on Sunday and she would come watch football on the couch with me.  We'd been flirting more heavily throughout the week and talked about laying on the couch together watching the games.  On Sunday morning she sent me a sexy short video of herself in front of the mirror in bra and panties :shock: .  Later she wrote to me that she was at Buenavista right about the time my guests were leaving.  She said she was with a guy but that they were just friends, for me to come see her at the salon where she was getting her hair done.  So I went over there, saw her for about 5 minutes, then she had to go back in and finish her hair (they were coloring it).  I think maybe she just wanted to make sure I was who I said I was (first time we'd met).  She said she'd write to me later about getting together.  About 3 hours later I wrote asking her when we would see each other.  She responded that she was still at the mall and that things had complicated.  She wouldn't be able to spend time with me but she wanted me to come back over to say goodbye :rolleyes: .  I walked back over and she was on the phone, then she went over to talk to her guy friend, then she came over to me and said she was going to go look for an amiga and the guy didn't want to leave her, or something.  I said cool, whatever, then went back to the apartment.

As soon as I got in about 5pm I wrote to Mary (who had cancelled on Thursday) and Vanessa (the hottie from last week).  After a while, Mary responded and said she was free later.  I said great, come on over to the apartment and we'll have a relaxed evening in.  Believe it or not, there were no glitches and she showed up at the apartment building later that evening.  I went out to get her from the taxi.  She got out of the car and omg, much cuter than her pictures, slim little bod, wearing shorts and a short cutoff form-fitting halter top, no bra, midriff (God, I LOVE how they dress on the coast).  We walked in, the porter gave me the WOW eyes, and went up to the apartment.  I had the game on, but she wasn't much interested in that, so we put some music on, and broke open the Smirnoff Ice (the chicas love that stuff).  We talked for a long time, she kept touching my leg, we got a little more comfortable and yadda yadda yadda :pickle: She hung for a while longer but it was getting late.  She wanted to know when we would see each other again and I said next Sunday was good, since that's when she seems to be free.  She said why not Saturday and I just sort of grunted something (I guess there's some hierarchy with girls and Friday/Saturday nights?  You guys tell me).

 
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