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Re: Muy Caliente - Latin Music!!

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Re: Muy Caliente - Latin Music!!

October 15th, 2018, 4:43 am

Hay doctrinas y oradores
dictadores sin piedad que gobiernan sin verdad
y hay mentiras en los diarios
en las redes y en el bar

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Re: Muy Caliente - Latin Music!!

February 11th, 2022, 6:26 pm

Buen fin de semana wilmotianos! 
Música Colombiana, de la gente mas alegre de Latinoamérica! 
Medellín, Cali, Pasto, Santander, Cartagena!!! lugares preciosos 
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Re: Muy Caliente - Latin Music!!

February 11th, 2022, 7:37 pm

Medellin brings to my mind only one thing - hippos! Did you know that you owe the introduction of hippopotamus to Colombia to Pablo Escobar? He transported the whole zoo of exotic animals to his hacienda near Bogotá to entertain his son. The animals escaped after he was arrested, and the hippos adapted pretty well to Colombiana muy caliente :-)
 
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Re: Muy Caliente - Latin Music!!

February 11th, 2022, 8:58 pm

Medellin brings to my mind only one thing - hippos! Did you know that you owe the introduction of hippopotamus to Colombia to Pablo Escobar? He transported the whole zoo of exotic animals to his hacienda near Bogotá to entertain his son. The animals escaped after he was arrested, and the hippos adapted pretty well to Colombiana muy caliente :-)

That f*cker had his own zoo at the Villa Nápoles. If my memory doesn't fail me there must be now about 80 hippos in the area, all offsprings of Escobar's specimens. They have started to sterilize them recently. But it is slow as it is led by local non profit organizations and overlooked by authorities (like so many things...). The thing is that the hippos provoke radical changes to environment e.g. some local species living in rivers are now being endangered because of  hippo poo (if you needed some technical details on the situation there). No kidding.

BTW Medellin -ciudad de la eterna primavera- is much more than Escobar's hippos (which don't live in the city anyways!). The Botero Museum, the new library, the Jardín Botánico, the Cerro El Volador, nightlife in Laureles and El Poblado, the Metrocable, the escalators in the Communal 13 (I think there are ones of the longest in the World), feria de los flores every year, simply have a great time at some random bar discussing with locals (paisas -the people living in Antioquia- are super friendly and have a refreshing positive mindset), or enjoying outdoor activities in the surroundings, etc ...
 
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Re: Muy Caliente - Latin Music!!

February 11th, 2022, 9:15 pm

Yeah, I read a bit about this unusual story. Not easy to sterilise a hippo as it turns out. I visited Colombia in 2004 or something and went to see the deteriorating hacienda. But, really, wild deforestation in Colombia somehow doesn't resonate with crying over one river polluted by a hippopootamus.
 
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February 12th, 2022, 9:00 am

Yeah, I read a bit about this unusual story. Not easy to sterilise a hippo as it turns out. I visited Colombia in 2004 or something and went to see the deteriorating hacienda. But, really, wild deforestation in Colombia somehow doesn't resonate with crying over one river polluted by a hippopootamus.


Yes, sure there is a lot still to do there ("overlooked by authorities (like so many things...).") . But with corruption (pervasive), armed groups, low education, etc... things are moving slowly ...  please be indulgent towards Colombia. I hope you enjoyed your stay there and returned home (foremost) with nice memories.
 
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Re: Muy Caliente - Latin Music!!

July 17th, 2022, 11:43 am

Oh my good, what wouldn't I do for you
Ay mi bien, que no haría yo por ti

For having you for a second, away from the world and close to me
Por tenerte un segundo, alejados del mundo y cerquita de mi

Oh my good, like the Magdalena river
Ay mi bien, como el rio Magdalena

That melts into the sand of the sea, I want to melt into you
Que se funde en la arena del mar, quiero fundirme yo en ti

There are loves that become resistant to damage
Hay amores que se vuelven resistentes a los daños

Like the wine that improves with the years
Como el vino que mejora con los anos

This is how what I feel for you grows
Asi crece lo que siento yo por ti

There are loves that wait for winter and bloom
Hay amores que se esperan al invierno y florecen

And in the autumn nights they turn green
Y en las noches del otoño reverdecen

Just like the love I feel for you
Tal como el amor que siento yo por ti

Oh my good, don't forget the sea
Ay mi bien, no te olvides del mar

That at night he has seen me cry, so many memories of you
Que en las noches me ha visto llorar, tantos recuerdos de ti



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Re: Muy Caliente - Latin Music!!

July 17th, 2022, 1:48 pm

An oldie:
 
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Re: Muy Caliente - Latin Music!!

July 20th, 2022, 8:13 pm

Wow time flies!
What a great melodist on top of the widest guitar strap in History