Happy Presidents Day!
Donald Trump has been president for a month. How’s that workin' out for ya?
I forgot to mention when Jim arrived he brought me some
things I requested. Things I can’t find,
or haven’t found, here in Medellin
I watched the Today
show until 11am and then left for the gym.
On my way I saw the apartment for rent that I first noticed when my
brother and I were walking to Otraparte.
It appears to be on the 4th floor. I wouldn’t want to go any higher than that
without a working elevator. (Notice I
said “working”. We’ve looked at
apartments here before with broken elevators and were told it will be fixed mañana. Yeah, right!)
The gym wasn’t very busy, 3 of the machines weren’t working,
and I was done after an hour. I weighed
in at 79 ½ kilos.
After lunch I walked to $efecty where I paid the Une bill of
72mil, took an Envigado bus to MBE where I picked up my package (a small
Shedrain manual umbrella), paid 16mil for it, and paid about 50,000 pesos for
March’s rent. I only had to wait about 5
minutes for a Sabaneta bus but traffic was getting heavy (3:30pm) and it took a
while to get back to the apt.
While my brother was here we used Uber possibly more often
than we used taxis. Here are some
thoughts on my new experience.
Pros:
ü Uber
cars all seem to be new or newer.
ü The
price seems to be about 2,000 pesos less than taxi meter rates.
ü For an
extra charge you can request an English speaking driver.
Cons:
ü Drivers
often seem to have difficulty finding your exact location.
ü It’s a
little discouraging to see empty taxis go by while you’re waiting for your Uber
car to arrive.
ü You
have to pay a fee if you cancel your Uber request even though the driver seems
unable to find you or it appears to be driving in circles.
T-shirt of the day: Youth and talent are no match for age
and treachery.
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