In Oct. of 1999 I ended a 4 year relationship with a typical AW. She thought of 3 things and only 3 things....herself,herself and herself.So as I pondered my future I remembered that in the summer I was sitting next to a guy on a flight from Florida to LA. This guy was returning from Bogota and had just gotten engaged to a chica and was to be married in about 3 months. I thought what is this all about. So I got on the web and started to look at different sites. I ran across a site named Latin Love with a phone number for a guy named Bud. So I called. Bud answered and proceded to spend the next 2 hrs with me on the phone. We talk in the next weeks about me going to Cali. At first I thought he was crazy,(I still do,LOL)then the idea began to grow on me. So since I have travelled around the world alone, a trip to Colombia didn't seem so bad, it might be fun.As Bud and I got to know each other he told me of a girl I should meet when I get to Cali. I said sure, if Bud was recommending her she must be pretty nice.I booked a ticket and sent Bud some money for a room and the day before my birthday I went to Cali, Colombia.When I arrived I was given the BIG room, some of you guys know the room. Well I got the books and selected about 10 or 12 girls to meet of ages from 24 to 32. I was thinking like an american. The next morning Veronica and Edgar started calling the girls to set up appointments. I told them that Bud said I should meet this one girl that he knew. Veronica said that she would try to find her to set an appointment. Well I started meeting a few girls and decided that I would like to go out dancing with a girl named Lilliana. She was 31, cute,sexy and very affectionate. I thought she must be studying to be a dentist because she wanted to clean my tonsils with her tongue. Anyway we had a nice time till she bit me on the cheek. I was so surprise that I asked Edgar if this was a Colombia thing to say " I really like you". Nothing so romantic, so Edgar gave her the name Pirahna. After the weekend I started to meet some real nice girls. It was now Wednesday and I still hadn't heard a word from this girl that Bud wanted me to meet. It didn't seem to matter since I had met a girl that I would get engaged to in the coming months. I was now hiding from Lilliana whenever she would come to the agency.I was no longer the hunter but the hunted.It was now Friday and I was to leave on Sunday when I heard that this" girl" would come Saturday morning to meet me.I had been looking forward to meeting her for the past 6 weeks.
Three other guys where at the agency while I was there, Noel a guy from England who was getting married to a chica, Jeff from San Jose who had a beautiful girl but wasn't sure about her and eventually broke-up with her and the now infamous Richard who married a chica in 5 days and left her after 3 never to see her again.( Sad story)
Saturday morning arrived and I got up anticipating the girl to arrive around 10 or 11 in the morning, nothing happens early in Colombia.Everyone that worked at Latin Love usually arrive around 9 to 9:30 in the morning, so I wanted Veronica to get there early so she could trans. for me.At the time my spanish was very limited. At 9:00AM the bell rang at the front door, one of the cooks went to answer the door. I was sitting in the upstairs living room that overlooks the dining room. This is always a quiet place to sit and have a sita. In glided a breath of fresh air. She was beautiful with huge brown eyes and of course that " Colombian Walk". I stood to meet her and said Hello. We went to the sofa and sat down....wait, where was Veronica or Edgar!!! How was I going to talk to this beautiful Colombia lady. She had a way about her, sound like a title for a song, She was calm and soft spoken, a little shy, with a sweet and gentle spirit. Well with my best or worst spanish and my pocket trans. we proceded to talk for 2 hours. It seemed to both of us like 10 minutes. She looked at her watch after 2 hours and with a look that said it was midnight for her, she said good-bye. I asked her if I could have dinner with her but she said she couldn't promise me. And just as quickly and she came into my life.....she left and was gone. I never heard from her that night. As she walked out Noel asked me who that was. I told him that if I ever get the chance I would marry that girl.
To be continued......
