My Solo Colombia Adventure 🇨🇴

Just spent 5.5 days exploring Colombia with minimal Spanish—survived on Google Translate and a few broken phrases! Here’s the unfiltered recap: Bogotá (2.5 days) ☁️ "The Andean capital with surprises" ✅ Highlights: Monserrate (must-do! Take the round-trip cable car 🚡 for epic city views + snack at the food street below) Theatron - Latin America’s largest nightclub (🌈-friendly but 1/3 straight couples + students) La Candelaria historic district (safe by day, but locals warned me to taxi after dark 🚖) ⚠️ Note: Colombian men are short (half under 170cm) but handsome. A priest even kindly shooed me from an "unsafe" area. Barranquilla (1 day) 🏭 "Shakira’s hometown... and that’s it" Felt like a Chinese industrial town (same concrete vibes 🏗️) Only worth it for: Shakira statue (but the city-wide blackout left me wandering 2km in pitch darkness 🌑—no streetlights, just car beams!) Riverside promenade (meh) Cartagena (2 days) 🌴 "Pretty but predatory" Walled Old Town: Beautiful but tourist-trap central 🎪 Scam alert: "Friendly" guides → aggressive overcharging 💸 Beach touts offering sketchy boat rides to Bomba Island (risk of robbery 🚨) Bar hustlers (both genders) fishing for foreign wallets Dating apps = 99% 🦆 (pushy & transactional) Medellín (Missed) 😢 Heard it’s stunning—next time! Language Fails 🤦 Accidentally ate ant-filled empanadas 🐜 Selected "1 cuota" (lump sum) to avoid installment payments Verdict: Colombia rewards the cautious but punishes the naive. Solo? Doable—just keep your wits sharp. #ColombiaSolo #TravelTruths #GayTravel #ShakiraOrBust