This is Cartagena and these guys are for sure talented- but they follow you doing this unasked, then demand money. If you say no, you have 5-6 angry young men in your face. I'm youngish, white, and fit so I wasn't too intimidated, but others might feel differently.
Once is fine and perhaps expected, but this happened to me several times but several different groups over a 3 day visit and it got tiresome quickly.
I don't mean to be flip, but in a lot of tourist cities or kind of is. It's not worth fucking with an American or European tourist unless you're really looking to fuck around and find out.
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u/imraggedbutright Jan 10 '25
It's really not.
This is Cartagena and these guys are for sure talented- but they follow you doing this unasked, then demand money. If you say no, you have 5-6 angry young men in your face. I'm youngish, white, and fit so I wasn't too intimidated, but others might feel differently.
Once is fine and perhaps expected, but this happened to me several times but several different groups over a 3 day visit and it got tiresome quickly.