This morning I went off to do my shopping as planned, firstly I went to Copacabana and did the food shop, I believe in giving my trade to local business, and when local shops have cheaper prices than the Super and Hypermarkets, I see no reason to go elsewhere, so a big call out to MerCopa!
From there I went to Bello, firstly to fill up with petrol and gas, I must have missed out on a regular fill, because it did nothing for the state of my wallet! Anyway, whilst filling up with gas, I was having a laugh with the Attendant, because he had run over from the petrol pump, where he had just filled me up, when we were approached by a street woman, this is nothing unusual, they will approach you daily in the hope you will give them a few pesos to buy drugs, if you are driving and see them about, you usually close your windows, to stop them grabbing anything and running, but this was different.
I wasn't ready for the following conversation, it took me totally by surprise, but it went something like this:
Young woman..." Do you want my body for 5000?"
Me..."No thank you"
Young woman pulls up her sweater, displaying a naked body, to show me what I was declining, then walked off. The Attendant and I turned to each other, after she had gone, and laughed about it, but it is really sad when people have reached the depths of giving away their body for a pittance, because 5000 pesos is about £1.25. I was totally gobsmacked, this was something totally alien to me, and the first time in nearly six years in Colombia that I had come across it, as I said...sad!
From there I went on to the Commercial Centre in Niquia and wandered around, having completed what I had come for, and then made my way home.
The first three years of my Blog follow my journey settling in to life following my move to Colombia in 2012. After yet another a break from Blogging, I am back, but with a change of emphasis, due to health problems, I have been spending less and less time in the workshop, so decided I either had to close the Blog, or revert to it's original use...a diary! So thats what I am doing, it feels good to be back.
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