Bogota Reports

[SandRabbit]

I'd stay at Suites Real 85, there's also Suites Real 97 about $40 for a 1Bdr style apt w/ kitchen, very close to ZR.

[Daty318]

Just got back from Bogota and thought I'd post. Used a couple of services/listing out of El Tiempo and don't recommend any of them. Decided I'd try E-extasis and see what they'd send me. Requested Sara the first night and was pleasantly surpirsed. The women enjoys her work. I'd give her a 7 on looks, 9 on quality.

Requested Roxanna the second night. 9 on looks and a 2 on quality. This girl justs wants the money and had so many rules I couldn't keep track. No Daty, no BJ, no sucking her tits. Not sure why she was even in the business.

Beware and ask the service for what you want.

[Bukek]

I am traveling to Cartagenia through Bogota, and will have to spend the night both ways. Can anyone reccomend a decent reasonable hotel in say Zona Rosa where I might be near some action, and reccomend the best places in the area to check out some action. I speak some Spanish.

[Perkele]

Gentlemen!

Is there anyone who could help on finding relatively cheap accommodation in Bogota. I'll be there atleast six months, starting end of the week.

I'd be happy with furnished apartment, 1-2 bedrooms.

Thanks.

S

[Tom 33]

I would not include BOG or MDE in with Rio, Caracas and Sao. In fact, having spent a bit of time in MDE recently, I would call MDE relatively safe. Of course that was not true only a few years ago and things can change rapidly.

[Lucky Jack]

Bogota is as safe or unsafe as you make it. Just act with the same due diligence you would in any big city. I've spent a week there on three separate occasions and never had a whiff of trouble.

[SandRabbit]

I've been to Bogota 3x in the past 7 months, and i'd say its as safe as NYC, LA or CHI-town....but of course anything can happen anywhere.

[Bango Cheito]

As far as crime statistics go, Bogota, Rio, Medellin, Caracas, and Sao Paulo are all neck and neck for violent crime, at a level slightly above that of the most dangerous places in Canada or the US. Cali has twice the murder rate of these places. And some of the border regions in these countries are really like the wild west, with hundreds of murders per 100k residents per year.

[Bango Cheito]

Not to say BOG is safe because it's definitely up there in crime. But I did stay there for a week in the southwest, right off of 1 de mayo near plaza de las americas. Never had a problem there whatsoever.

BTW I'm trying to email Jackson but it doesnt seem to work. I want him to delete post# 228 by me in this thread. The girl is almost certainly a non-pro and it's probably therefore really inappropriate that her pic is up there.

[Surfer]

I would like to see the SOURCE of Alex's "statistics" showing Bogota has less crime than BA. Mexico DF has a horrible reputation for crime, and perhaps it is worse than Bogota but I have never had much interest in DF really so am less knowledgeable.

As I mentioned I spent the first week of March in BA and NOT only in Recoleta or Baqrrio Norte rich areas. We cruised to Dolly in Flores, a large red light area with ZERO gringos but TONS of drunken Argentines. We walked the microcentro at all hours.

Now this thing about crime in rich areas, while true, does NOT mean it is not MUCH worse in poor areas. Who here has EVER been to the South part of the city (beyond La Candelaria)? Hell centro and the Centro Internacional is WAY sketchy after the crowds leave when business hours end, and these are NOT poor areas like exist further South.

This is NOT to say one cannot enjoy BOG in REASONABLE safety by using good judgment, but BEWARE false claims made by touts out to make a buck. Use big city common sense, RESEARCH THOROUGHLY (ask LOTS of questions of taxi drivers, hotel staff etc) and go with a Spanish speaker you trust.

I am NOT Bogota bashing as I do like the city, but to suggest it is safer than BA strains Alex's already minimal credibility to the breaking point.

[Alex Klein]

Photographers I know do seem to have the model hookups but DAMN I'd be wary of any local guide who thinks Bogota is safe. I felt constantly watched when i was there.

Good point Ryck, dont think that you are safe just because you are in a rich area. I know plenty of locals who have been mugged down there.

I remember when I met that Canadian girl walking around the Universidad Nacional here in Bogota. She is white head, blue eyes and certeanly taller than the average girls here. Not surprisingly, she complaint all the time about being watched everywhere she was.

Let me say that every "gringo" (familiar for American) is observed by locals mainly because they found caucasic people attractive to them.

By other side, many of the crimes against property takes place in rich areas. Isn´t obvious? But here, according to statistics, is safer than Mexico city or even Buenos Aires. In those places kidnapping and assalts are everywhere.

I found funny that many of members in the forum visit places such as "la piscina", which is located at the unsafest and most dongerous place in Bogota. That place is known as the oficial "red district" which called Santa Fe district. This is the only legal area in the city open for prostitution and for sex-related nigth clubs. But also the majority of crimes (mainly personal injuries and assalts) occur in that district. Nevertheless, as far as I know, nobody in the forum had a bad experience there.

The rest of the touristic places are safer. But sex-locals are formally ilegal in areas such as Zona Rosa. That´s the reason why many places outside "Santa Fe" are hidden.

Alx

[Rob Hay]

Photographers i know do seem to have the model hookups but DAMN i'd be wary of any local guide who thinks Bogota is safe. I felt constantly watched when i was there.

Good point Ryck, dont think that you are safe just because you are in a rich area. I know plenty of locals who have been mugged down there.

[Ryck II]

Hi there,

Check this website: www.clasifica.com then go to "personales", choose "mujer busca ******", then choose bogota and in city select "santa fe de Bogota".

There are a few girls advertising their services in this website.

I contacted Daniela, she is really good!. She is originally from medellin and thus has a lovely accent, and a great attitude. Her body is nice with long legs, and great, a really great ass, plus small waist and small breasts. Too small breasts for my taste, but hey! you can not have everything! can you? ;)

She only charges 60.000 + taxi money which can be 15.000 more. The times that i met her she performed so well that she received a tip. Sorry guys for hurting the bussiness but she was really good.

Her body looks just unbelievable in those low cut jeans that she uses.

I'd like to say some words on security in Bogota...

!Watch Out! Bogota is unsafe as hell. Check statistics of car robbery and arm assault and you will get scared. Just a piece of advice, if someone has a gun and wants your wallet or you car, just give it to him... car is insured, and whatever is in your wallet does not worth your life or a bullet in your body.

Do not wear expensive gadgets, do not walk too much in unprotected areas specially the areas where rich people live.

On the other hand in the widely visited areas like Park 93, Zona Rosa, and even in the area surrounding "la piscina" you will be totally safe. There is plenty of private guards there because they want you to come and spend money and unsafety will definitely keep you away. I have been in piscina many times, drunk like a fish and nothing ever happened to me.

Enjoy!

Ryck

Take care mates,

Osca

[Senor Amable]

I couldn't agree more agree more with SURFER and RICKER'S comments.

[Ricker]

Yep ... i second the SUFER observation