Horror Night in Cartagena with my gringo Fiancé
´Finally my fiance had few days of vacation so we decided to go to cartagena, Bought the tickets and got on the plane..
The Hotel was gorgeous (Sta clara) but we noticed that the day was cloudly so we went for a walk and visited few places then at night we went to nice restaurant in front of the sea, the drops of rain start falling down and suddenly a thunder storm.
we finish our dinner and in our way to get the taxi to take us to the hotel I felt down on the floor trying to rush to dont get wet, Oh my god! I broke my thom I couldn´t walk and I was screaming and crying.. So we took the taxi and I ask the driver to take us to a Saludcoop hospital (my insurance health).
The Hospital wasn´t a saludcoop one, was something else but he said just in that I place I could be attended, it was horrible horrible look dirty and scary, the doctor took my Xrays and said it wasn´t broken..
It was just sore..so we asked the lady on the desk to get us a taxi to come back to the hotel, she said: Well I´m afraid there are no taxis comming to this area !!! WHAT??? yes there is a floating of 1 meter all around this neighborhood.. so I said well lets go walking and get one out on the street, the door man said:((No way is too dangerous...
So we waited 2 hours under the hugeee thunderstorm and finally a taxi arrived to the hospital bringing an emergencie pacient, Thanks god I said! and the weel of the taxi had a damn puncuture!! What else now!! the hombre caiman is gonna come to kill us!!!???
We begged the taxi to take us to the hotel, he said yes but is going to be very dangerous, by that time i did not realize how bad it was: all the streets in the barrio were with 1 meter floating, in the middle of the streets the (fishing guys as the driver said) I ask what ? yes they are fishing people that get stoicked in the cars in the floating !!!!!!!!!! what yes they are homeless and thieves oh my god!!! I START PRAYING as I´ve never have done many huge cars were stocked in the water and we were crossing it in a HELL twingo ! I think becaouse of my praying we finally got to the hotel and we were locked out for 15 minutes because the storm turn off the energy.
Next day we packed our things and came back to sunny Bogota!
Yes Cartagena is really beautiful but better go on sunny dry days and NEVER NEVER accept the taxi drive suggestion for a hospital in the worst neighborhood!
By MaSep on Oct 16, 2007, 17:56 in Travel tips.
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Gator says on Oct 16, 2007, 18:07: yep, it's hell walking with those broken "thoms." "Credidi pretio parvo emere et magno vendere tibi in animo fuisse!" . 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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MaSep says on Oct 16, 2007, 18:36: wow, for us it cost us our hole vacation, finally we came back to bogota a nd played boring golf..
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houstongal says on Oct 16, 2007, 18:54: Sorry to hear of your horrible night in Cartagena MaSep. Hopefully the next vacation will be better! "It is now official: there's no place on earth where you will not find a Peruvian band." David Sedaris 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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webmanco says on Oct 16, 2007, 19:25: Next day we packed our things and came back to sunny Bogota! ...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ... 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Lauthra says on Oct 16, 2007, 19:32: Darn, that does sound awful! But I beg to differ on the sunny Bogotá, this weekend was so manky and cold I had to do a lot of soulsearching to take a shower... Still, hope you had a better time in Bog with your fiancé. Nato (='.'=) 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Mr. Hollywood says on Oct 16, 2007, 19:51: I've seen the entire airport flood like that. They get crazy rains in la Costa.
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capitan_centella says on Oct 16, 2007, 20:34: Wow. Quite a history, but i just couldn´t miss on line. . . "When you open your eyes, you turn around with the world, But it can change, if you only close it, and see a dream to yourself." Me. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Lisa Zee says on Oct 16, 2007, 20:47: I am sorry to hear you has such a bad experience, you should have waited a day, because you know... "Despues de la tormenta viene la calma"
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scotty says on Oct 16, 2007, 21:55: I dont think i have ever seen the sun shine the times i was in Bogota. Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Man Tequila says on Oct 16, 2007, 21:57: I've seen nice Bogotá weather, course I'm Canuckian. Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez) 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Peter (Moderator) says on Oct 16, 2007, 23:27: Medellin was flooded too, my father in law's appartment was flooded with water from the heavy rains. Poor but snappy 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Miguel_Clavo says on Oct 17, 2007, 00:15: Hey Aaron! your buds didnt tell you about the rains??? streets without curbs??? water runs downhill and floods at the lowest spots?? you are gonna need more than sandals during the rainy season!!! =)...oh, and an umbrella or 12.......=)..i think BAQ is worse....i saw a 2-3 foot river of rainwater rushing so fast downhill it actually caused some knucklehead in a pickup truck trying to cross it to slide downhill sideways!!!....he had that OH SHIT look on his face as i waved goodbye to him!!!!!!!!!! jjajajajja.... "I would rather die living life, than to live a dying life."........ Oh, and my PM is always ON. Great Bumper Sticker: "Home of the Free, Because of the Brave" 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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scotty says on Oct 17, 2007, 00:34: I dont know if they are having the extent of flooding they are having in Cart and Med but i am getting reports that cali is having several days of downpours and flooded streets. Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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elmodefoque says on Oct 17, 2007, 04:52: "Bogotá, this weekend was so manky and cold I had to do a lot of soulsearching to take a shower... " lauthra PROUD ENEMY OF THE RIGHT WING!!!!!! THANK YOU! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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elmodefoque says on Oct 17, 2007, 05:08: I often wonder how colombianas could be so thoughtless as to put their gringitos in so much danger and filth by inviting them to Colombia. PROUD ENEMY OF THE RIGHT WING!!!!!! THANK YOU! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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gringolondinense says on Oct 17, 2007, 05:14: Speech over...take a bow Elmo!! :)
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morphus says on Oct 17, 2007, 05:17: Yeah, Europe is dangerous. I would like to visit London and return to my roots but I might get taunted by a bunch of hooligans. I can just picture it, they surround me and start throwing rocks and bottles at me. At least here in New York they just shoot you with a gun. Its over quick!
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elmodefoque says on Oct 17, 2007, 05:22: Just one final comment, muchacha, I hope you had him vaccinated; we don’t want him catching all our diseases. PROUD ENEMY OF THE RIGHT WING!!!!!! THANK YOU! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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elmodefoque says on Oct 17, 2007, 05:29: Morph, imagine hooligans roaming in NYC? Them Puerto Rican and black kids would kick the living crap outta them in a NY minute. Not even their Nazi flag would survive the beating. PROUD ENEMY OF THE RIGHT WING!!!!!! THANK YOU! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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morphus says on Oct 17, 2007, 06:03: The hooligans would'nt last in New York. We do have a problem with young European guys coming to New York to write graffiti though. They make up for most of the arrests for the crime. The are trying to re-live 1980s New York. Usually its one guy with the spray paint and another with a camcorder. Then they get arrested a few minutes later.
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elmodefoque says on Oct 17, 2007, 06:13: To qualify as a city in Colombia means having little female injun locals worshipping gringos then Barranquilla is definitely NOT a city. PROUD ENEMY OF THE RIGHT WING!!!!!! THANK YOU! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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elmodefoque says on Oct 17, 2007, 06:29: GIB if you're tired of being worship all over bogota, please join us for canaval 08, I'll take you to places in curramba where dogs are looked up with more respect jejejejej I swear, i'm not kidding, but then if we go up north to the wealthy side you'll do great. PROUD ENEMY OF THE RIGHT WING!!!!!! THANK YOU! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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robi666 says on Oct 17, 2007, 06:52: No, GIB! Don't go, it is a trap! "I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present." 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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elmodefoque says on Oct 17, 2007, 06:53: sssshhhhhh PROUD ENEMY OF THE RIGHT WING!!!!!! THANK YOU! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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elmodefoque says on Oct 17, 2007, 06:56: will hit all the puteria places in curramba, from down in murillo to up north. we'll all pile up in my 2008 taxi, with music blasting all over barranquilla. we gonna have to tie our amigas on the roof, PROUD ENEMY OF THE RIGHT WING!!!!!! THANK YOU! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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robi666 says on Oct 17, 2007, 06:58: Been to Freddy, Elmo? It should be put on the Lonely Planet. It's an institution in Curramba. "I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present." 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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elmodefoque says on Oct 17, 2007, 07:02: speaking of you tube, my nephew recorded this in may, i think?? don't rememer was too drunk! LA TROJA. i could be heard laughing PROUD ENEMY OF THE RIGHT WING!!!!!! THANK YOU! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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elmodefoque says on Oct 17, 2007, 07:17: robi, tremenda pea que no vamos a mete! are you gonna be in curramba pa los carnavales? PROUD ENEMY OF THE RIGHT WING!!!!!! THANK YOU! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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curramberochris says on Oct 17, 2007, 08:23: you can nearly see luisitania in the video.....seen some nasty girls in there!!!
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Waterdawg says on Oct 17, 2007, 08:32: Hey Elmo : How soon do you need to make a hotel Reservation for Carnival ?? Got a friend coming down to visit and wants to head over to the coast and Party..
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elmodefoque says on Oct 17, 2007, 08:38: now, will be nice. my ex wify wants to stay in el prado for that weekend but that chit is already booked. we'll do el prado until they kick us out on friday, then we go our seperate ways, she goes to family and i will go to PROUD ENEMY OF THE RIGHT WING!!!!!! THANK YOU! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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MaSep says on Oct 17, 2007, 08:41: Sunny Bogota that was 1 month ago!!! right now Bogota is awfull dark and rainny
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elmodefoque says on Oct 17, 2007, 08:42: i don't stay with family cus they live in a hell hole all the way in south curramba, fok that!!! PROUD ENEMY OF THE RIGHT WING!!!!!! THANK YOU! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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morphus says on Oct 17, 2007, 08:45: Theres a few apart-hotels in Barranquilla.
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MaSep says on Oct 17, 2007, 08:56: Yes his beautiful eyes have never seen such a poorness in Colombia... But inside my mind that day I was thinking ¡well darling ªªªColombia is not just park 93 and Sta Ana barrioªª
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robi666 says on Oct 17, 2007, 10:04: Well, Elmo, Juernes at the Plaza de los Mariachi, it is a snob place for guys from north. Visit Fredy, down en La Murillo... it looks like "Titty Twister" bar from "From Dusk Till Dawn". Except that the girls are old and feas... who pays for that? :-) "I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present." 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Tinto (Moderator) says on Oct 17, 2007, 10:06: Robi, That's one of the stupidest movies I've ever watched, but Salma makes it all worth while.
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robi666 says on Oct 17, 2007, 10:08: LOL... true Tinto! i wonder why they did not win any Oscar... :-) "I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present." 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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vicshere says on Oct 17, 2007, 11:13: confused the movie or her tits (they) didn't win an Oscar listo 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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slguy says on Oct 17, 2007, 18:55: Salma's breasts never lost anything! At least not when I was voting.... Before you throw me out, make sure I pay my bar tab 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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john_stark says on Oct 17, 2007, 21:49: Those incredible titties! That was a helluva movie. I don't remember what it was about but with the lovely Salma showing those things off, who the hell cares?
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capitan_centella says on Oct 17, 2007, 22:44: satanica pandemoniun. . . and it´s a vampiremovie. . . REAALYY BAD. . but a super OST. . . "When you open your eyes, you turn around with the world, But it can change, if you only close it, and see a dream to yourself." Me. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Robert Jorge says on Oct 18, 2007, 01:24: I'll come out, and call it one of my favorite movies. I loved it, and I purposely do not watch it a lot so I don't get tired of it. The best scene is at the very beginning when the Texas Ranger walks into the liquor store to drain his lizard. The dialog is classic. But the acting in the entire movie is incredible. BEWARE of gold diggers. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Robert Jorge says on Oct 18, 2007, 01:25: And Selma looks pretty hot. BEWARE of gold diggers. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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