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Character List:
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Maya = Blond bombshell in the airplane
Stephanie = Innocent, childish kid who is chubby
Paola = Main Female Protagonist: The independent young mom
Alexa = Main Female Protagonist: The Year long friend
Mafe = Paola's Friend
Ed = Hostel friend
Elizabeth = Hostel friend
Luisa = Girl from Medellin
Jessica = Hottie in the Bar
Sandra = Attractive Salsa Instructor
Stephanie = Innocent, childish kid who is chubby
Paola = Main Female Protagonist: The independent young mom
Alexa = Main Female Protagonist: The Year long friend
Mafe = Paola's Friend
Ed = Hostel friend
Elizabeth = Hostel friend
Luisa = Girl from Medellin
Jessica = Hottie in the Bar
Sandra = Attractive Salsa Instructor
Day 6 Wednesday (Medellin)
I meet a cool Danish guy in my hostel named Stefan. It seems like all the foreigners here are really mellowed out, like they are relaxing but also confused about what they are doing there, looking for a purpose or a spark in life. They are cheerful people, but it seems like they are pondering to themselves what they are doing with their lives. Living in a country where you have no connection with will do that to you. When I was living abroad in Japan for my 2 years, you really see yourself from a third person perspective.
So in the morning I wake up and get ready for my date with Luisa that day at 2 pm. I meet some other foreigners and we agree to go out that night for Salsa. I take the subway and navigate my way to the meeting location. I have no internet or phone, and it's about 1:55 and I still could not find the location. I was afraid I was going to be late, and she would leave before I get there. It's a terrible feeling, being late, and knowing that this could potentially fuck up your day if you don't make it in time so you force yourself to go through the stress and endurance as your heart beats out of control. After rushing like hell, I finally make it in time and find the location we agreed upon. Luisa is there, and before I approach her, I think to myself "wow, her pictures make her look thinner than she really is." She was by no means fat, but had more meat on her. On the good side, she had a really big ass, and if she lost weight, she had one of those faces that would've been very pretty. We meet, exchange greetings and start talking to her. She's one of those girls that I didn't invest much time into, and honestly didn't know what her interests were (except Halo) and what she was all about. I just start talking about random stuff while smiling (smiling is important in social relationships, I tell myself this everytime but I don't do it enough). She shows me through the town, we find cathedrals and parks that we stroll around. She didn't have that much time that day, but we still manage to have a semi good "date." She is really innocent, and tells me she never had a BF before. We take pictures, exchange hugs, and I head back to the hostel.
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One of the places we went to.
Back in the hostel, Elizabeth tells me we should go shopping to prepare for the night out tonight. Seeing as how I needed a new shirt (I didn't bring that much clothes) or boat shoes (I've always wanted one but I figured it would be cheaper here) and nothing planned, I agree and we head down to the shopping areas via subway. Elizabeth is really fluent in Spanish, she has Mexican roots, so I feel relieved when I travel with her. As we walk to our destination, I remember this really hot Colombian lady give me that seductive smirk as we walk by. Apparently it's common for girls here to do this, and part of me wants me to stop her in the middle of the road and try to get her contact, but I remind myself my Spanish is nada and she probably doesn't speak English. We end up on this higher end Shopping center, where prices seem actually higher than it was back home.
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$70 US dollars for a damn shirt? Fuck that.
Elizabeth finds this one store where she finds shoes she really wants, and this pretty dark haired tall Colombian lady helps her. As I wait outside 15 min later, that same lady leaves the shop (I'm guessing she's done with work) and she notices me, gives me that same flirtatious smile and leaves. This certainly puts me in a better mood.
We head back, and we group with the others: Ed (same guy from last night), Kathy (older woman expat), Georgie (young 20s British girl who came here to see her BF but broke up today), Elizabeth, and me. We take the cab to the bar, where we notice that there are lots of locals with a few foreigners. As we step in, people are dancing and there are tables on the sides to walls. We get our own little table, and I waste no time going to the bar, getting a drink, scanning the area for gems. I find one, surrounded by two friends, and I go in (all-in bitches). I start saying some easy words in English, and thankfully, the one I talk to speaks enough to introduce herself and her friends to me. She is pretty stunning, but 1v3 is difficult, especially with little Spanish. I try to entertain her and ask her to dance, but she tells me she's here with her BF here and doesn't know if he would be cool with it. I just say thanks anyway and move on, assuming she really didn't have a BF. Minutes later, I realize that it wasn't a lie, the dude was kissing her and talking to them so I feel more content I wasn't shut down shut down.
Afterwards, two girls walk in, and one of them already catches my attention. I tell Ed, (back me up yo), and he joins me as I approach the two girls. I start talking to the shorter pretty one, with seriously zero anxiety level on initiating conversation (guess I feel more relaxed in Latin America). Her name is Sandra, and she turns out she's a Salsa instructor. She also has good English so we start joking and having a good time. Ed, as a good wingman, starts talking to her friend, but I realize her friend is really bad looking. It's funny but at the same time, I give Ed a salute in my head for taking one for the team. Ed leaves after 5 min after I get a good conversation going with Sandra. He lasted longer than I thought, honestly lol. Me and Sandra start dancing, and she actually starts teaching me Salsa moves. She was a really good teacher and I have a blast hanging out with her, but she insists I dance with her unattractive friend b/c she feels bad for her. (Her friend is just sulking at the chair, looks miserable tbh). I do the volunteer work + Show Spoiler +
sometimes if you are trying to 1v2, you need to please the other girl to look like a positive friendly dude
Georgie was not having fun, I could tell. She was one of those British girls who has no interest in foreign culture, but came here for her BF, but broke up today. I feel a little bad for her, and try to talk with her. She tells me she hasn't seen attractive Colombian dudes, and she's not into the music. What a close-minded brat, I tell myself. Why are you even overseas if you're going to be one of those culturally ignorant white girl who doesn't appreciate anything about the foreign country? I've seen many like her in my expat days as Japan, and they all go back home "homesick," but honestly, they never really give the new country a chance. She tells us she's "exhausted," but the moment another foreign dude (British or Australian I'm guessing) comes talks to her, she instantly "wakes up" and laughs / pounces on that convo.
I stroll through the bar, and I find this really, really, sexy girl with black dress and a big tattoo on her back. She's sitting in the bar with her lady friend on the left, and this desperate Colombian local who obviously has no game, and has finally mustered up the courage to talk to her after sitting next to her after 15 min. I approach them with the intent of 1v2 and killing this dude's game in his own country without Spanish. Her name is Jessica, and she's one of the girls that doesn't seem very reactive, but laughs a lot even at things she doesn't think is funny, to be sociable. I work on them for a while, and Jessica also has a basic grasp of English (thank god for this bar), but it's difficult, because her lady friend turns out to be her sister, who is also semi-hostile / semi-cockblock. I bring Ed over to take care of this bitch, and they hit it off really well. It's me, Jessica, and Colombian dude, and I isolate us from him by suggesting we go smoke outside, which she agrees to. We have good vibes outside, and we return later, she suggests we hit up another bar. SCORE, I tell myself. She waves off the Colombian dude goodbye, gives him some consolidation prize (number? I'm not sure, maybe fake) and we leave to this new bar.
Apparently she has a kid, I find out in the cab ride. It's very common for attractive girls here to have babies, because Colombian laws on men and child support are nonexistant. But she really is a looker, and I feel lucky to have accomplished this. We head to this local as local can be bar where we sit outside and order vodka. We have initially good mood, I get to make out with Jessica, but she's definitely on her guard because she tells me she doesn't want to make another mistake again (unplanned pregnancy). Jessica and her sister keep going to the bathroom. Ed and I are having a good time, he tells me something like this has never happened while he was here, and I tell him good things happen with ladies if you stick around me as a wingman. Then we check the bottle price, and the mini vodka turns out to be $80. Holy shit wtf, we freak out. He didn't have any cash, and he was expecting to borrow from me. I brought enough, but not enough for a rip-off alcohol. We are also panicking because we suspect if this is a scam or not (if girls work for the bar maybe?). Thankfully, he finds an ATM nearby, but he returns and tells me the ATM is closed at the moment. Oh, fucking hell, I discuss with him privately. We are fucked, I tell him. The girls are expecting us to pay, and if we don't have enough to pay, what the fuck is going to happen to us?
The girls come back, and we play it cool. He tries for the ATM again 30 min later, and thankfully it works. Jessica seems really sobered up, which is odd because I kept feeding her drinks. She also seems not happy, which worries me because my probability with getting laid with her is going down by the second. It's definitely impossible to make out with her again right now, and it also doesn't help that the other girl is all over Ed. Fuck this shit I tell myself. We head to a third bar afterwards, where it's almost completely empty except another group. There, we have a really good time, dance, drink, drink, and drink. At this point, I secretly sip and throw the rest out to my side, because I knew my limit and I wasn't going to get fucked up with potential lay or potential scam. Jessica is in a good mood again and we make out and later, her friend suggests a hotel, which we all take a cab for.
But on the way there, they want cocaine, so our taxi goes to this shady building where they pay $3 for 3 grams of that stuff. (wow, cheap, and I don't even know shit about this stuff). The three of them are sniffing that shit while I politely decline ( I know I don't have self-control so I don't even risk trying it).
We head down to a really fancy hotel, and the girls want to go here. Ed was like, wait, wait, wait, what's up with the price on this hotel? It's like $90 for a night. I had no cash remaining, and Ed was dangerously low too. They say they will split it 4 way, so let's go. I tell them that we can find a cheaper hotel, and we also don't have to share a room between the 4 of us. They keep insisting, and Ed whispers to me that they probably will not split it 4 way, but expect to be split 2 way between us dudes. If that happened, we wouldn't have enough money to pay for it. So we argue for 10 min and finally bring the taxi to a cheap hotel $10 a night (it was nearby too). The girls are super pissed we are not willing to fork out that much $ to spend on them, and they leave, and we are forced to find another cab.
ANOTHER day I was close to sex, and didn't happen, I tell myself. Ed later tells me that the two girls kept doing cocaine in the bathroom, and now I realized why Jessica was going so frequently, and why she was so fucking sober the entire time. We get back to the hostel at 7 am. It was a wild night.
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