Cartagena Reports

[Black Page]

OK, must say thanks for all the assists.

You simply cannot leave us like this, with the curiosity to know "WHY THE HELL HE FLIES FROM EUROPE TO MIA IF HE PLANS TO GO TO CTG??" :eek:

The only explanation I may find is that you told home and office that you are going to USA for business, but secretly you are going have a side trip to Cartagena. I did the same in the past, and more than once, so I would not be surprised. Honestly, I cannot imagine any other plausible reason for the choiice of flying to MIA.

Given that my bags were rigourously searched on entry in 2005 but now I'm an old fart I have some regular prescription blood pressure meds and ideally I'd like to bring the generic cialis as well.
Is that likely to cause issues if they go through all my luggage?

I always travel with a big bag of drugs (medical drugs LOL) in my luggage, from antibiotics to sore-throat pills, to anti-acid for stomach, etc. etc. , whenever I fly with checked-in baggage for more than few days stay. I am speaking about a plastic bag with supermarket size. I never had a single problem for that, in 20-30 years of travelling.
I do not use so many meds and so often. I just wish to have my supply ready in case I fall sick for whatever, from flue to hitting my head against a pole because I look at my cell phone.

Be careful to mix ED drugs with blood pressure meds. The combined effect may make you faint.

Secondarily, you should NOT travel to Colombia with ED drugs, but buy your stock there. It's cheaper and prescription free. In Cartagena, go to Pasteur. They sell generic Sildenafil and others much cheaper than in other farmacies.

[YippieKayay]

The original LDV is long gone, so is all the evening action focused on the clock tower and old town?

The action is technically everywhere. After 10 pm you can find chicas at the clocktower and LDV, Space, and Isis are all on the same street. There are Venezuelanas everywhere.

During the day the beaches in bocagrande usually have chicas that are out enjoying the beach and will go back to your apartment for a bit of money.

Is that likely to cause issues if they go through all my luggage?

Yes, I don't think they will care about your meds.

[DarrenGap]

OK, must say thanks for all the assists.

In fact I've accepted I'll have to lose a days mongering, and I'm booking a cheapo room in MIA for the Friday, and I'll take an early flight out of MIA on Sat, probably.

So. Saturday night in CTG. Bring it on.

Haven't been there since 2005 and the great days of LDV.

If I'm there early enough I can spend a bit of time finding a chica friendly apartmento.

The original LDV is long gone, so is all the evening action focused on the clock tower and old town?

Last year in Havana it was around 120 minutes after landing that I managed to "relax" with the first of several chicas. Hoping for something similar this year.

Given that my bags were rigourously searched on entry in 2005 but now I'm an old fart I have some regular prescription blood pressure meds and ideally I'd like to bring the generic cialis as well.

Is that likely to cause issues if they go through all my luggage?

[JjBee62]

So meanwhile while members on the Medellin thread are going at it, everyone on the Cartagena thread have been joining forces for three days now to close the gap for Darrengap between Miami and Cartagena to help him salvage his trip. My hat is off to everyone trying to help this guy. Wish I could help , I did do a quick Google search but without knowing what day Darrengap is flying, still though American Airlines has a 9:45 PM that flies a straight shot into Bogota, and having flown from the domestic terminal out of Cartagena and I can concur with BlackPage that the majority of flights were headed to Bogota, so the reverse would only make sense also. It might mean spending a few hours in a hotel in Bogota a quic search on Google and Expedia revealed hotels for less than 50 usd, and then an early flight into Cartagena.

My thoughts on the subject might provide an alternative. If my desire was to try someplace new, I'd look at a multi-city route. Go somewhere else for a day or two, which gives an easy connection to your desired destination. However, I don't see any attractive options for his departure window.

So next step is alternative airports. The Fort Lauderdale airport is less than 30 miles away from MIA and there's a flight to CTG via MCO (Orlando) leaving at 1 O:49 pm, at least for the random date I used.

This gives 2 possible options.

1. Find ground transportation from MIA to FLL and fly via Orlando.

2. Find a flight from MIA to MCO which gets you there in time for the MCO to CTG flight. There are 1 way flights starting at $49, which is almost certainly cheaper than taxi or Uber to FLL. Although there may be a cheap shuttle bus.

All this depends on what day you're arriving at MIA. It doesn't appear the MCO to CTG flies every day.

[Mojo Bandit]

I wrote the same, but maybe it is not so obvious to everyone.

BTW, still I do not understand how one who wants to go to Colombia from Europe should buy a ticket to Miami. The only explanation I have is that he told home and office he goes to USA for business, but secretly goes to Cartagena.

I did the same years ago. I was in USA for business, but I added 4 secret days in CTG flying via MIA to BOG first.

What have we to do!

So meanwhile while members on the Medellin thread are going at it, everyone on the Cartagena thread have been joining forces for three days now to close the gap for Darrengap between Miami and Cartagena to help him salvage his trip. My hat is off to everyone trying to help this guy. Wish I could help , I did do a quick Google search but without knowing what day Darrengap is flying, still though American Airlines has a 9:45 PM that flies a straight shot into Bogota, and having flown from the domestic terminal out of Cartagena and I can concur with BlackPage that the majority of flights were headed to Bogota, so the reverse would only make sense also. It might mean spending a few hours in a hotel in Bogota a quic search on Google and Expedia revealed hotels for less than 50 usd , and then an early flight into Cartagena.

[Black Page]

The easiest way to get to Cartagena is land in Bogota and take one of the Avianca flights to Cartagena that leaves almost every hour or two.

You'll find Bogota has many more flights going into it than Cartagena. Cartagena has a much smaller airport.

I wrote the same, but maybe it is not so obvious to everyone.

BTW, still I do not understand how one who wants to go to Colombia from Europe should buy a ticket to Miami. The only explanation I have is that he told home and office he goes to USA for business, but secretly goes to Cartagena.

I did the same years ago. I was in USA for business, but I added 4 secret days in CTG flying via MIA to BOG first.

What have we to do!

[YippieKayay]

The easiest way to get to Cartagena is land in Bogota and take one of the Avianca flights to Cartagena that leaves almost every hour or two.

You'll find Bogota has many more flights going into it than Cartagena. Cartagena has a much smaller airport.

[Hotrod10]

This may be a repeat.

On My computer I can access flight info that others can't find. I did research for you and results were not good. From Mia to CTG even looking at all connections the latest departure was 1659 with a connection in panama. Same for ATL and JFK.

When I travel to south america I must go through MIA some times I arrive in Mia before noon with a 11 pm departure. Thats a rough layover. I looked for a cheat hotel with a shuttle bus, to get a few hours sleep. The best I could do was a days inn for $70.00. What a dump. The worst love motel I have stayed in was much better. Good luck.

[BMo814]

My beef with miami is the time of day the planes fly to CTG. There are NO flights after about 6 pm I think.

I'm a euro pean flying into mia from europeland around 18.30. The route and timing are fixed unfortunately this time.

I want to avoid shelling out several hundred dollars on a nights accommodation.

So ideally something like a 9 pm flight to CTG would be good. Doesn't exist. I can maybe get to BOG though for about 2 in the am.

In fact there is a 21.45 flight to Santo Domingo, DOm Republic, so maybe that will assist.

If I absoluetely want that CTG pussy then I got to lose additional days travelling, and stay in the US which kinda defeats the object given my very short time off the leash.

I can't even find an airbnb near miami airort for less than 100 $ approx. One or two are cheaper but they look like murder scene motels from the tv, so maybe not my cup of tea.

I see well sounds like it's off to the DR, you can't lose either way plus it's Colombians and Venezuelans in the DR so you can get all the flavors you desire. Happy hunting.

[DarrenGap]

I'm not sure I understand your post but I'm sure it has to be several flight leaving Miami to Cartagena daily. I know Jet Blue has routes to Cartagena I know I'm a big late but did you check Jet Blue?

My beef with miami is the time of day the planes fly to CTG. There are NO flights after about 6 pm I think.

I'm a euro pean flying into mia from europeland around 18.30. The route and timing are fixed unfortunately this time.

I want to avoid shelling out several hundred dollars on a nights accommodation.

So ideally something like a 9 pm flight to CTG would be good. Doesn't exist. I can maybe get to BOG though for about 2 in the am.

In fact there is a 21.45 flight to Santo Domingo, DOm Republic, so maybe that will assist.

If I absoluetely want that CTG pussy then I got to lose additional days travelling, and stay in the US which kinda defeats the object given my very short time off the leash.

I can't even find an airbnb near miami airort for less than 100 $ approx. One or two are cheaper but they look like murder scene motels from the tv, so maybe not my cup of tea.

[BMo814]

Fly from USA to BOG, not necessarily from MIA (unless you really want to use that alliance). It should be cheaper and give you more connecting opportunities. Avianca flights BOG-CTG are very frequent, and if booked in advance not expensive. USA-BOG-CTG is my usual way of travelling to CTG when I have spare days (and money) after some travel to USA for work.

If you arrive to BOG too late, you can consider to spend one night in BOG. Hotels can be from cheap to expensive, as you prefer, and you have a plethora of good restaurants to choose. Also, you might visit Santa Fe, to have a different experience, or just have one less night for mongering but spend it to see how Bogota looks like.

I'm not sure I understand your post but I'm sure it has to be several flight leaving Miami to Cartagena daily. I know Jet Blue has routes to Cartagena I know I'm a big late but did you check Jet Blue?

[Black Page]

Them's the breaks.

Alamak! In English please?

[DarrenGap]

You must have a good reason to fly to MIA instead of to BOG, from AMS, CDG, FRA,....

Them's the breaks.

[Black Page]

I'll check out BOG options, I;m flying from europe to MIA so no choice there.

You must have a good reason to fly to MIA instead of to BOG, from AMS, CDG, FRA,....

[DarrenGap]

Fly from USA to BOG, not necessarily from MIA (unless you really want to use that alliance). It should be cheaper and give you more connecting opportunities. Avianca flights BOG-CTG are very frequent, and if booked in advance not expensive. USA-BOG-CTG is my usual way of travelling to CTG when I have spare days (and money) after some travel to USA for work.

If you arrive to BOG too late, you can consider to spend one night in BOG. Hotels can be from cheap to expensive, as you prefer, and you have a plethora of good restaurants to choose. Also, you might visit Santa Fe, to have a different experience, or just have one less night for mongering but spend it to see how Bogota looks like.

I'll check out BOG options, I;m flying from europe to MIA so no choice there.