10:30 flight to Cartagena

[sparks]

[President Bush]

Divide the prices by 4200 to get the approximate price in USD.

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[sparks]

You meant 42, not 4200. Correct?

[President Bush]

Doing exchange rates can be weird until you get used to them.

There is just under 4200 Colombian pesos to the US dollar.

100,000 pesos = $24 pretty much

Whiskey is all imported, of course, so not way cheap like almost everything else is (assuming you have dollars). I figured the Scotch prices here might be fairly similiar to standard US prices but I dunno for sure.

Shorthand way to calculate USD prices in pesos here is to just drop the last three digits on the exchange rate and prices in pesos.

4200 to the dollar becomes 4. Price of 150,000 becomes 150.

The thing costing 150,000 pesos at 4200 pesos to the dollar is $35.71
Drop the last three digits on everything and you just divide 150 by 4 = $37.50

Not the same price but you don´t need a calculator and plus you always know the price is even cheaper than you figured.

[President Bush]

next I´ll try to figure out how to make videos not sideways...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mFe_EIbI98M

Cartagena de Indias is preparing to host one of the most important Kangoo Jumps events in Latin America: the Open Latino Festival 2025 , which will bring together more than a thousand bouncing boot enthusiasts from March 21 to 23.

This festival, now in its third edition, will consolidate the city's position as a benchmark for sports tourism and healthy living. Organized by Salto Club Colombia, with the support of the Mayor's Office of Cartagena, the Governor's Office of Bolívar, and private companies, the event will feature renowned coaches from Colombia, Hungary, Ukraine, Spain, Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil .

For three days, the iconic Plaza de la Aduana will host choreographic competitions, master classes, and international certifications in disciplines such as Kangoo Power and Kangoo Dance . There will also be activities open to the public, such as the "Rumba Violeta" mass class, in commemoration of Women's Month.

https://ground.news/article/open-latino ... o-noticias

Life in Colombia kicks the shit out of the US.

[President Bush]

Vultures by the pool

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[Admin]

Divide the prices by 4200 to get the approximate price in USD.

Those prices are about 1/3 of what we pay here.

The price at the shop is easy enough to figure - they'll be paying the distillery the same as everyone else, and the supply chain and wholesaler cut will be much the same, so the killer is tax. Obviously, Colombia doesn't believe in hitting people for drinking alcohol in the way we do in western countries.

The pics of the town scare the shit out of me. Living in a highly earthquake-prone country, there's nothing like those buildings here, and it's easy to see why when Colombia does get hit by a big one, the death toll is horrendous.

[President Bush]

Divide the prices by 4200 to get the approximate price in USD.

Those prices are about 1/3 of what we pay here.

The price at the shop is easy enough to figure - they'll be paying the distillery the same as everyone else, and the supply chain and wholesaler cut will be much the same, so the killer is tax. Obviously, Colombia doesn't believe in hitting people for drinking alcohol in the way we do in western countries.

The pics of the town scare the shit out of me. Living in a highly earthquake-prone country, there's nothing like those buildings here, and it's easy to see why when Colombia does get hit by a big one, the death toll is horrendous.

Cartagena is a low-risk zone for earthquakes though I´ve wondered about it a couple times, the apartment we´ve been renting the last weeks is on the sixth floor of a 1940s apartment building. The old walled part of the city dates from the 1500s, lots of old colonial and Italian style architecture from way back, haven´t noticed tilted old buildings earthquake prone areas can have.

In terms of major natural disasters in Colombia here´s one I learned about last year when we were exploring around a major peak, Nevado del Ruiz...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armero_tragedy

Last night´s ceviche

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[President Bush]

FL´s visa was approved. We are both residents of Colombia. Really glad we are out of the US. Time to eat, about $4.50 each.

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[grayman]

FL´s visa was approved. We are both residents of Colombia. Really glad we are out of the US.

Congratulations to you both!