Semaforo Tricks

A couple of months ago I was stopped a t a traffic light on Paso Ancho (Cali) and a guy in a yellow hard hat came up to the window and siad he was on a job for Emcali but didn´t have the change handy for a bottle of gaseosa. I can´t remember but I think I gave him some (was with novia). Today I´m on Simon Bolivar stopped ten cars back at the stop light and I see the same guy. He´s got his yellow hard hat under arm, rubber boots and a length of bright yellow (official looking) rope dangling from his waste and he´s going from car window to car window. I´m not well traveled but I suspect the street (semaforo) hustlers of Cali have no equal when it comes to inventiveness. An aside: I was sitting with a girl last night in the movies watching El Vuelco Del Cangrejo and she asked me "¿Hay muchos ladrones alla (en la costa pacifica)?" I said ther are muchos ladrones everywhere in Colombia (like she didn´t already know that and is probobly one of them).

By Atrevido on Mar 25, 2010, 18:15 in Friendly Talkzone.

yummyj says on Mar 25, 2010, 18:44:

I dunno...the guys in Medellin just go from car to car waving a hat are pretty crafty. (and original) HA!

Just because you have been to Colombia, that does NOT mean that you are anywhere near an expert on the place. Sorry. Truth hurts.

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tannedincali says on Mar 25, 2010, 19:18:

They all have a lot of imagination, some say they just need some change to pay the bus, others ask for money for they medical treatment or to buy drugs that they supposedly really need and even carry a medical receipt.... the rule of thumb for me is to keep my window close and not to give my money to any of those lazy b**.

Take the red pill and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes

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apeters says on Mar 25, 2010, 21:02:

how was the movie El Vuelco Del Cangrejo? I want to see that

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Atrevido says on Mar 26, 2010, 04:10:

It´s a good portrait of the people in the part of Colombia but very low key. Don´t expect any action or anything unexpected.

https://sites.google.com/site/colombianaturesite/nature-images

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webmanco says on Mar 26, 2010, 09:43:

No hay extremo cierto o verdadero, porque los extremos opacan, enruedan, (lavan cerebros) verdades. Yotas

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