Archive for 'contributed stories'
Contributed Story: Two Maids I’ve Had in Cali
Posted on 30. Aug, 2011 by Colin.
SUMMARY: Story of two women from a rural Cauca torn apart by violence.
Aged in her 50’s, Maria Paloma was every bit the indigenous Colombian Indian. She was tiny, with dark, straight hair, high, defined cheek-bones and two small beady black eyes. She was also my first ever “maid” … Read more
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Contributed Story: Bus Blow Job in Venezuela
Posted on 04. Jan, 2011 by Colin.
SUMMARY: A fellow American in Colombia gets a blow job on a Venezuelan bus ride.
I went to Venezuela to file my Colombian visa papers. I was on my way back in a bus from Maracaibo to San Cristobal. I was waiting in line to throw my shit under the bus and I saw this super dark venezolana with long, straight black hair in line a few people ahead of me and I’m pretty sure I had a long, straight boner. … Read more
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Contributed Story: Hangin’ Tough in La Candelaria
Posted on 14. Mar, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: Christopher K from Colombia gives his advice on how NOT to get robbed or bothered in La Candelaria section of Bogota, Colombia.
I also stayed on the 3rd floor of Aragon and walked to the Platypus to use the internet. I made the Plat-to-Aragon walk at all hours: day, night, 3am, whenever, and always with my laptop. Of course, locals say this is crazy stupid, but there’s a knack to it.
The first skill you need is to read body language on the street, and I mean from two blocks away. I can tell an armed thief from a harmless bum in La Candelaria from at least one block away. What’s he doing, where’s he looking, how’s he carry himself? … Read more
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Contributed Story: La Candelaria Pickpocket FAIL
Posted on 14. Mar, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: Quick dittie on an attempted robbery in La Candelaria.
This piece was contributed by Christopher K, who was the big Bogota blogger before getting locked up in a Brazilian penitentiary last year. Here’s his story:
Something’s not right in front of the tienda bar. It’s not too late at night and Sam’s just purchased an arepa con chorizo. We’re talking with two friends on the sidewalk when a mendigo asks for money – perfectly normal in La Candelaria, but there’s something off about this particular bum. His eyes are too focused, too searching. It’s so subtle I wonder if I’m the only one who notices. All four of us fuck him off and he wanders away. We’re involved in an animated discussion , but I make a note to keep an eye on this guy. He’s distinctively short.
A few minutes later a one-armed mendigo rudely breaks into our chat to beg. We fuck him off as well. A minute later I notice him standing with the short guy. They’re looking at us while talking – planning something maybe. … Read more
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Contributed Story: Revolution in China?
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: An American expat in China explains his opinion on the prospect of revolution.
Western media will have you believe China’s government is immoral and oppressive, and that at any minute people will revolt to produce a modern democracy. I’m no expert but I’ve lived in China for almost two years now. This is my American perspective on the prospect of revolution… Read more
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Contributed Story: Instability in Tijuana
Posted on 06. Nov, 2009 by Colin.
SUMMARY: Luis Blasini from Borrowed Flesh describes a typical day in Tijuana, one of the most violent cities in Mexico.
An old man draped in filthy rags blinked in the unrelenting Mexican sun. His creased face was the color of a brown paper bag and he sported a dingy yellow cowboy hat. From tired eyes he watched three white trucks – Tijuana paddy wagons – hurtling down a broad street kicking up dust. Several police clung to the sides as they raced by – dark eyes filled with fear and hatred, faces covered in black masks. One stared back at the old man, fingering his shiny black AK-47. The old man stood glaring in apathy… Read more
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Contributed Story: Failed Bail on German Bar Tab
Posted on 30. Oct, 2009 by Colin.
SUMMARY: Two Americans studying in Germany try to bail on a bar tab, just failing but undoubtedly improving Americans’ image abroad.
While the other utterly square students in our study abroad program were practicing verb conjugations in our slumlord-governed apartments, KT and I were buying drugs from the Turks in the park and smuggling mushrooms from the Netherlands… Read more
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Contributed Story: My Last Pint in Ireland
Posted on 22. Sep, 2009 by Colin.
SUMMARY: An American traveling through Ireland suffers a cultural faux pas, then has sex with an Irish girl.
I planned to stay only two days in Ireland, but I fell in love with it and spent two weeks seeing Dublin, Howth, Galway, Doolin, and Ennis. My last night I got wasted with two American travelers in Ennis … Read more
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Contributed Story: The Pigeon Poop Scam in BA
Posted on 05. Jun, 2009 by Colin.
SUMMARY: A common street crime targeting tourists in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
It’s a bright Saturday afternoon in December 2007. We were walking along a side street on the way back to our hotel — only a few blocks off the Ave. Julio 9. Not many people around… Read more
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Contributed Story: Pooping and Machu Picchu
Posted on 28. Feb, 2009 by Colin.
SUMMARY: Contributed story of a hilarious account of a gringo visiting Machu Picchu. With pictures.
Special undies
Before the trip, I went to REI for camping equipment. I bought a fleece, backpack, and a very special item: a $25 pair of underwear you can wear for 4-5 days that doesn’t absorb odor/moisture. Happiness Level: A+ … Read more
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