Lessons Rad has learned traveling through Colombia (Medellin, Guatape, Salento, Cali) & Peru (Cusco, Agua Calientes, Puno, Lake Titicaca)
- Tomatoes are much tastier in Colombia
- Colombia’s number one export is….. Flowers!
- All the stores in Centro Commercial’s (“Malls”) are the same and it freaks me out a bit. Ex.) Medellin has a Centro Commercial in El Poblado for electronics and it’s 200 stores that all sell the exact same thing – phones, cases, cameras, and headphones)
- When ordering jugos naturales ask for “sin azucar”, I’ve seen them easily add 4 tablespoons of sugar to fruit juice. TABLE- Spoons!
- If you forget to take your debit card at new ATMs they will keep the card so you can go back and retrieve it from the bank. Ask me how I know that..
- Buy Imodium or Depends for Peru, depending on your preference, if you plan to eat a lot of Ceviche
- Crossing the border in Bolivia is a bitch, $160 USD cash Is needed, these guys money laundering??
- Blade Runner 2049 is a perfect movie, not travel related just a fact you should know
- Americans abroad annoy the hell out of me, I actively avoid them at hostels
- Yo veo mucho Bob Esponja en Espanol
- In Medellin people wear plastic gloves to eat Buffalo Wings because they are soft
- It’s always okay to laugh when someone says Lake Titicaca
- Yes you feel like a millionaire spending monopoly money at first, but when you go to a very touristy area and spend 10 SOL on a Gatorade you’re pissed!
- I feel dumb daily for using the imperial system
- Don’t give Papaya!!!!
- Not everyone here knows Drake, that’s crazZzy!
- Speaking of music, bars here only play the top 10 reggae tone songs of the moment all night long. ALL. NIGHT. LONG.
- Don’t tell people you’re from Miami because then they laugh at you for not speaking Spanish :/
- You’re the man/woman if you say “Que chimba”
- Seriously, buy Imodium or depends in Peru, it’s the hunger games for your stomach
- Continue to think Medellin is very dangerous so that it keeps prices low for the next 5-10 years. And disregard it’s Nomad Lists #4 city in the world to work remotely from. It’s cool to have lived in a city for a month that’s on the precipice of blowing up in the next 5 years
- If you don’t have a mindfulness practice get one, it’s honestly the easiest and best way to improve your life today
- Don’t pet wild dogs, lest they show you their teeth
- Pet wild cats cause cats rule
- Modafanil & Viagra are available over the counter in Colombia, again depending on your preference
- Skittles avg price here is ~$4USD, I seriously have paid more for Skittles than Bandejo Paisa for dinner!
- Cover your drink in the clurb
- Leave your iPhone at home if you hittin’ the town for the night
- Actually have your phone get stolen to teach you a valuable lesson and to improve your street smarts. Also, you are addicted to your phone so this detox will do wonders for you
- Don’t try to translate word for word to tell a joke in Spanish, it no trabajo
- Yes you are a bad person if you flush the TP in their toilets, they have a sign right there saying how small their pipes are bro!!!
- “Ya come” is my favorite response when being hounded on the streets to eat at a restaurant
- I do dance better than Latinos but y’all already knew this
- Brad is not a name in SA, so when ordering I say “Brad, mismo Brad Pitt” and the girls laugh and then they ask me out…
- Lake Titicaca stands for Puma Mountain, serving as a reminder of all the dope cats that used to live in the area
- Lake Titicaca does NOT stand for teet’s & caca’s… ur churlish