Agreed about playa blanca- you've been warned
[QUOTE=CkNice11;2704886]Just came back from a week stay in Colombia. Did 4 days in Medellin and 4 days on Cartagena. I'm a do the Cartagena review first then do a Medellin review tomorrow.
First time and Cartagena and I must say the beauties here were great. Crazy thing is I didn't even get the full Cartagena experience because of the elections. It was illegal to serve alcohol and the clubs were closed. I only got 1 night to actually experience Cartagena nightlife. The beauties hang out in the clubs and I seen more beauties in delirium then dolce Vita. Prices in Cartagena for drinks and ladies were more expensive then in Medellin but the vibe was a little better so I didn't mind. Ladies start off quoting 150 or 100 but it can be negotiated. 1 chick wanted 150 and wouldn't budge off that price. I didn't pull the trigger not cause of the money but off the principle of the matter LOL. I had this one though that looked and was built like a young Cherokee. I had her a couple times and we hung out on some chill stuff before I left.
I stayed in a air be and be off the beach and had hotel el varejo Centro as a smash spot. It was cheap with air and around the corner from all the action and guest friendly.
I took ubers everywhere because there cheaper and I trust them more then taxis. I've learned when overseas stay away from taxis if possible this has not steered me wrong so far.
One thing I have to talk about to help protect another brother is how to avoid scams in the beach. I grew up in urban Detroit so I know the game when it comes to hustlers and finnesers. As the saying goes you can't hustle a Hustler. Was at playa Blanca beach when a tourist group pulled upm I watched the vendors point out a brother and say my brother my friend. When you hear that naturally your antennas should up LOL. But they asked him to come sit on there spot at the beach. He asked how much and they said don't worry about it come sit. He sits and a older ladies comes and massages his feet. He says no but they continue to do it anyway. Long story short they told him he owed the massage lady 300 mil and the tent 500 mil. That's like 75 use for massage and 125 to sit in a damn chair. When overseas always get the price before hand never fall for that it's ok don't worry about it. I never run a tab either I usually pay after I get my product or my service.
The beach vendors didn't bother me though. I've mastered saying no and acting like you don't exist if you still trying to talk to me. They go away after that. Overall though I highly recommend Cartagena. Beautiful women good food and more activities to do outside of drinking and smashing. I got it under Brazil but ahead of Dr in my personal opinion. Any questions or anything feel free to hit me up.[/QUOTE]I just got back from playa blanca and the other beaches about to.
10 min ago. If you're a newb and you're reading this, as this poster mentioned below, assume every single person that approaches you is a scammer; the masseuse, the chair guy, the beer guy, the jet ski guy. Assume every word is a scam. You've been fully warned. Try to never use a middle man for anything, go buy your own food and beer if you need to. Bring your own beer cooler and don't acknowledge one word from any stranger. I'm very desensitized to this, but I do feel bad for the newbs visiting playa blanca.
La dolce vita update plus Robbery update
Saturday night- let my day time boat girl go home at 7:00 pm after showering and only 2 leches. She's was good though and is on my repeat list. Vennie of course. Paid her 750,000 and 20,000 tip.
About LDV, what I read on here couple weeks ago is true. They denied us entry into LDV unless we were going to get bottle service! And honestly, what's even crazier is, the doorman didn't even take a 50,000 mill bribe to let us in without bottle service!! I was mind blown by this guy. I assume this bottle service BS is for Friday-Saturday. They loosely tried to enforce it Friday night, but we sort of begged our way in, and they let it slide. But tonight, Saturday night, we had already came out from space, got denied at LDV, so ended up getting girls from Delrium. Similar deals between 4 of us .600,000-750,000 for 5-6 hours, 2-3 leches.
P. S- I know some people most likely feel I'm over paying for girls, but I only come here for 4-5 days at a time per year and only get girls who are 8+,9+, and usually always from the clubs so far. You guys may be able to find better deals on the street and local beaches, but I can't speak to that.
I wasn't going to post this part for anonymity purposes amongst my friends, but will share for why'all benefit and awareness.
So I got robbed tonight- first time ever in my life, and first time ever in my trips to Cartagena / Medellin / Costa Rica / DR / mexico. I picked up a girl from delirium, and based on my experience from the previous 3 nights, decided against taking a taxi from in front of the club due to insane traffic inside the walls. My friends and I discussed doing this the night before as we were so frustrated with the traffic. So I decided to walk back out to the main clock tower entrance for a taxi. As you may know delrium is only one block from the clock tower square, so it's surprising this can happen. I was walking with my girl to the main clock tower entrance. The problem was (and this was 100% my fault) I was texting while walking, texting my friend who was coming from space to meet at the clock tower entrance with his girl (our other two friends shared a taxi with their girls), so it was two of us left, sharing a taxi. I was walking with my girl and texting my friend, and was about halfway between delirium and the clock tower square (same street as delrium) and all of a sudden, I feel my neck get yanked. Some guy ran from behind me, and in one motion swiped my gold chain from around my neck and ran off into the clock tower square. I was in such shock, I didn't even chase him. Couple good samaritans tried helping by explaining to the police what happened, but at that point I was even skeptical of them and was so shocked and frustrated, I wanted to leave after talking to the police for about 3-4 minutes.
Yes, this has my own fault written all over. Never ever be texting in public. I also didn't wear my ring on this trip, but didn't bother to leave the chain at home. I never intentionally ever wear my chain outside of my t-shirt, but obvs sometimes it's hanging outside without my knowledge. So that's two faults of my own. However, big learning lesson for all of us, still frustrating, but I'm over it now, because it's only money, could have been 100 x worse. Please be careful guys!!