Santa Marta

[ChuchoLoco]

Calle 16 #5-37, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia. Prices: _ Tel: +57 311 4157825.

www.hotelbetania.com.co

The Map:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?h...251285858&z=15

Seems like a nice place but pricey for what you get. Realize it's a beach town but.

Thanks to all who replied.

[NapataJohn]

Please fill us in a bit more on what happened and where? Was this recent?

Glad you made it out ok!

Thanks but it happened to someone else yesterday. I just posted his account that is all.

[World Travel 69]

Calle 16 #5-37, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia. Prices: _ Tel: +57 311 4157825.

www.hotelbetania.com.co

The Map:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?h...251285858&z=15

The hotel is actually not named Ayenda, I knew it for sleeping inside, because some of the cards / bedshits were referring to it. Here is the name of the hotel:

Hotel Betania by DOT Light.

You can find it on maps.

[RacShack]

A traveller posted this. Please be careful even in SM.

My Samsung Galaxy S20 and my wallet were stolen at knife point in Santa Marta.

If anyone sells a Galaxy S21 or S20 (any model), please message me.

Please fill us in a bit more on what happened and where? Was this recent?

Glad you made it out ok!

[NapataJohn]

The hotel is actually not named Ayenda, I knew it for sleeping inside, because some of the cards / bedshits were referring to it. Here is the name of the hotel:

Hotel Betania by DOT Light.

You can find it on maps.

A traveller posted this. Please be careful even in SM.

My Samsung Galaxy S20 and my wallet were stolen at knife point in Santa Marta.

If anyone sells a Galaxy S21 or S20 (any model), please message me.

[JohnDarkSmith]

John,

Thethe a search for Ayenda Hotel and got multiple answers most with Agenda followed or beginning with a 4 digit number some with other words in the name and most in Centro. Does your place have more to the name? Thanks.

The hotel is actually not named Ayenda, I knew it for sleeping inside, because some of the cards / bedshits were referring to it. Here is the name of the hotel:

Hotel Betania by DOT Light.

You can find it on maps.

[ChuchoLoco]

Ayenda 1617 El Paisa. Am I correct?

I checked this one out but it's in Rodadero. Lots of Ayendas, only the other John knows for sure but thanks.

[NapataJohn]

John,

Thethe a search for Ayenda Hotel and got multiple answers most with Agenda followed or beginning with a 4 digit number some with other words in the name and most in Centro. Does your place have more to the name? Thanks.

Ayenda 1617 El Paisa. Am I correct?

[ChuchoLoco]

Hi, there were some tourists I would say, but mainly they were not into mongering. The weather was hot during the day, it really was. I stayed at an Ayenda hotel close from parque de LOS novios, it was clean, modern, inexpensive, friendly (and girl friendly, but I asked my contact to dress in a non-sexy fashion), with AC.

John,

Theíthe a search for Ayenda Hotel and got multiple answers most with Agenda followed or beginning with a 4 digit number some with other words in the name and most in Centro. Does your place have more to the name? Thanks.

[ChuchoLoco]

Hi, there were some tourists I would say, but mainly they were not into mongering. The weather was hot during the day, it really was. I stayed at an Ayenda hotel close from parque de LOS novios, it was clean, modern, inexpensive, friendly (and girl friendly, but I asked my contact to dress in a non-sexy fashion), with AC.

Even Medellin can be too hot for me.

Your answer is perfect, Thanks! I will handle the heat for a few days on a side trip from Medellin and the hotel recommendation couldn't be better. Just the kind of place and location I was looking for. Waiting until February. Thanks again JDS!

[JohnDarkSmith]

What's the weather like? Too hot? How about places to stay, visitors, inexpensive and fairly modern etc. Seems things are not booming but still can be ok with a little effort. Are there too many tourists? Usually better if no but it's a neat little town so I'm sure it gets it's share. Nice to the point report by the way.

Hi, there were some tourists I would say, but mainly they were not into mongering. The weather was hot during the day, it really was. I stayed at an Ayenda hotel close from parque de LOS novios, it was clean, modern, inexpensive, friendly (and girl friendly, but I asked my contact to dress in a non-sexy fashion), with AC.

[JustTK]

Is there one like new life in Medellin? I heard about Paris but is it a full service place? Please recommend a day time place, preferably a casa.

Not really. Paris is a small massage place. Casa blanca is a casa but it opens early evening and the owner is real pushy. Olds bar is ok sometimes for the afternoon. Its a bar w girls and rooms next to bananas. Best bet is mileroticos for afternoons. Their rooms or home service.

[DonMedellin]

Is there one like new life in Medellin? I heard about Paris but is it a full service place? Please recommend a day time place, preferably a casa, not a fan of parques. Thanks everyone.

[Kutler]

My apologies as I could not attach this photo to the post.

This city block in Rodadaro at night time becomes a gathering point for Putas.

It is included as it would not normally be perceived as a zona Roja type of neighborhood.

K.

[Kutler]

I haven't posted a report for some time, but did get a chance to get away to Sta Marta for 5 days.

I spent a lot of time during the day on the beach, and at night taxied into the city or took the local bus.

I only regret passing on one nice chica with a larger build, in the city itself.

I did several walk thru at Bananas which had fine Chicas but I never priced them, concentrating on Parque de Los Novios, the Malecon and Parque Bolivar (in the early evening).

I find the prices in Sta Marta had increased substantially, and disappointingly that Colombia had gone inflated.

While settling for no chicas in the ciudad I did well in Rodadaro, a place I had never experienced SWers before.

On the primary road, not the thru road, on which stores such as Exito and Speedo along with countless tiendas and souvenir shops line, there is a clique of putas that offer a welcome diversion.

They come out late and mingle with the street vendors, and might not be easy to pick out mainly due to the fact one is less observant in this area. I have to properly thank a local tout, whom I forgot to tip, LOL, of their existence.

The first night I picked out a busty 21 year old Columbiana from Bucaramanga, who drank all my beer and was generally a hoot. Once she started on the hotel beer she was gently escorted to an external drinking location. Colombia had suspended IVA on domestic hotel stays till Dec 31, so other than taking her ID there was no other financial repercussions. 100 K.

I returned to the clique a day or two later, after giving up on centro Sta Marta. I picked out a flaca Venezolana, who was all business and reflected the incessant phobia of the BBBJ. She came to the hotel too, 80 K.

I tried to repeat but couldn't get past the con condom so passed.

I have to make note of one particular restaurant in Rodadaro which defies the high prices generally found in this tourist trap and offers great Asado BBQ chicken. Its a Sta Marta chain called https://www.facebook.com/PIKO-TOM-Po...8975893717002/.

They have another location in Sta Marta, and I saw one in Gaira while on the local bus.

If you are familiar with Portuguese chicken the quality of this BBQ is comparable, the Asado variant being the spicier.

During the next two days in Bogota, I spent most time in Santa Fe, finding the prices had not changes much, but once again the BBBJ becoming more rarer during the last year.

I finally became a member, which did not take effect until after my trip unfortunately as the methods to pay are difficult. I am grateful to the other posters of information that saves valuable vacation time.

Kutler.