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Coffee Country
First stop: Buga. Nice little pueblo, friendly people. Very religious, the center of the town is an old historic church. Lots of beautiful girls.
Second Stop: Armenia. Another very nice little city. Lots of hot girls. A nice cento area to see. Historic church, big sculptures, nice little shops. Sorry guys, but the name of the hotel here escapes me. But if you stand in the town square facing the church and look to your right / front, there is a side street with an obvious hotel there. That is where I stayed. I recommend the place, it was very nice and only 40, 000 pesos a night. Directly across the street are a bakery and restaurant, as well as a convince store. Also here is the National Coffee Park. It is like a small version of Six Flags. Very small. But still fun. 25 dollars buys you a ticket that included all attractions, including a horse ride, bumper boats, go carts, roller coaster, etc. Worth 25 dollars for a fun day. If you are in shape, try the 'coffee walk' back to the top instead of the cable car. Its a nice little walk that will give you a little workout.
Third Stop: Pereira. I did not really like this place. It seems just like St. Louis. A dirty little industrial town where the people are not very friendly. Smoggy, etc. Their only claim to fame is the 'viaduct' which seems to be a large bridge. Not real impressed, did not stay long. Perhaps there is more that I missed.
Fourth Stop: Santa Rosa / Termales. OMFG I love this place. I could move here. Santa Rosa is a nice little town, friendly people. There is a little cafe called Pablos just before the road to the termales. The service here is EXCELLENT even by US standards and the chorizos are fricken awesome. I highly recommenced. I also highly recommend the Hotel Termales. They are right up the road from the public springs. It is expensive for Colombia (97 dollars a night) but it is great. You get a room, access to a private hot spring and pools, poolside service for anything you want to eat or drink, a nice restaurant (you can opt to pay about 30 dollars more for all inclusive breakfast and lunch) and a massage spa that is twenty feet from the hot springs. It also includes free access to the public hot spring area. Pricey, but worth it to set in your own private hot spring with your novia wrapped around you, sipping your drink and contemplating if you should both go get a full body massage or not. FYI, my novia identified several prepagos there, so the place is obviously chicka friendly. I think it may be BYOW though, I did not see any girls trolling for work. Also, don't think too much about why the doorman here needs a 12 gauge. Just be glad he is on your side.
If your budget will not accommodate this, there is another option. Just around the corner from the public springs are several small bed and breakfast type places and many good little eateries. We ate breakfast at one (fresh ages, arepa, pan, chorizo for only 14, 000 pesos for both of us). They are much cheaper. The charge to enter the public hot springs area is 20, 000 pesos. These smaller hotels also have cheap horse rides (10000 pesos for an hour). They take you up into the mountains on horseback and the views are amazing. They also have canopy rides, etc.
All in all, a great area.
Final Stop: Manizales. A very nice little town. Very similar to any normal college town in America. Nice nightlife, cute girls, clean town. Stayed at Casa Galvez. Cost was 68 dollars a night, highly recommend. Very nice rooms, nice staff. Went to Zona Rosa for entertainment at night, and it was fun. Many bars and restaurants and a very safe area. Walked around centro the next day, nice street with many shops, etc. I did not see much in the way of P4P, but I did notice a shop in Zona Rosa called 'Manizales Cupid'. It seemed to be a dating shop (I am assuming for gringos) to meet locals.
Ok, folks. That is all. Good hunting.
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Valledepur
Foxes, yes I have read that valledepur is a beautful little town in a valley, but can be very hot. I have also read.
That there are some severely beautiful women that populate the place, but again, finding the casas can be tricky. Thanks for the info, keep it up, I would like to go there later this year!
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[QUOTE=Furysys; 1126551]Foxes, yes I have read that valledepur is a beautful little town in a valley, but can be very hot. I have also read.
That there are some severely beautiful women that populate the place, but again, finding the casas can be tricky. Thanks for the info, keep it up, I would like to go there later this year! [/QUOTE]Today I also went to "Sagrario" it is another casa con chicas, I saw only 1-2 interesting chicas,"Sagrario" is a casa like "Donde Robinson", you go there and bring with you a girls. Chicas of "Sagrario" cost less about 70. 000 pesos for 2 hours. But "Donde Robinson" is definitively the best. Cachete is a bar with enough ugly putas.
I hope it help you.
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[QUOTE=Palermo; 1127989]So I was in manizales airport for about 6 hours waiting for my flight, which wasn't as bad as it sounds as I met 2 of the best looking women I have seen so far this trip ...
... They ended up busing to perieira and so I decided to go along too.
... That's how I ended up in pereira ... [/QUOTE]Nice Pereira reports Palermo, gracias!
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[QUOTE=Palermo; 1129514]. So it reminds me of the Colombia I used to know, before the invasion, LOL.
I'm not opposed to other gringos discovering Colombia by the way, I just miss the good old days. C'est la vie. [/QUOTE]I hear ya brother ... :)
Thanks for the updates.
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Nice read.
Lots do do in Peirera as long as you get up at noon and then work out for 3 hours.
Armenia is much the same only not as dirty with a smaller 'rough section'. I like it, though I watched 3 guys kick the shit out of a guy from across the street in the safety of a restaurant. When they got tired of kicking the guy in public, they dragged him down into the darkness. Amazingly, saw him walking around later on that night.
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I dig your posts Palermo, honest and a touch of humor.
Sounds like that hot Claudia may not be so hot in the sack, just from your assessment of her and her money grubbin', I get that "oh brother' feeling about her, but of course ya never know.
Good luck.