Cartagena Reports

[Hilltopper]

I'm looking at spending 4 nights in Cartagena, following my 10 day stay in Medellin in March.

What's my best option for moderate price, A /C, decent room & chica friendly.

Hotel or Apartment thru Juan or Mery (not a lot of recent info on hotels in the hotel thread)

By the forum, it looks like El Laguito or Boca Grande is the prime area I need to stay in?

How far are some of the bars and discos that are located in El Centro (Elektra, Mister Babilla, Babar, etc.) from Laguito or Boca Grande?

Others may disagree, but IMO the best value is still to rent an apt from either Juan or Mery when it comes to things like good a / see, decent place with amenities, chica friendly and trustworthiness. If you rent from either of them, you'll be staying in El Laguito, which is one of the zones in CTG that you will most likely feel comfortable in if this is your first time to the city. If you're looking to save a few bucks, see if there is a studio or one bedroom available, or share the cost of a two bedroom with a fellow monger.

If you choose to stay in Boca Grande, you will find it more commercialized (shops, restuarants, banks, etc.) and more populated. Boca Grande is another area where you will most likely feel comfortable.

The best way I can answer "how far" is either El Centro or the Old City is to say between the equivalent of $3 to $4 USD each way from or to Laguito. Given the time of night that you would be traveling to a disco, you'll want to hail a taxi.

One thing you can do to gather additional info is to read back through this thread from say 2007 forward. IMO things really haven't changed all that much. Have some prices for things in restuarants, taxis, etc, gone up a little? Sure, but not really that much in local currency the last 3 years. Some guys are going to say prices have gone up more and they'll say especially for the chicas, but if you really spend some time reading posts on this thread from 2007 forward you'll see that they haven't really gone up in local currency as much as some may lead you to believe. You can really get a feel for CTG by spending a hour or so each night reading the various posts until you're up to the current date.

If you go back further than 2007 or so, especially back to the first couple of years of Uribe's first term, then yeah, IMO you'll notice more significant or substantial change.

[Ho Whisperer]

Hey amigo, I just got forwarded the same info that Black Hawk sent to you, and you've got more info there than probably anyone else on this board could add to......

Absolutely, I received some very detailed and thorough info that helped sway my decision to check out Cartagena as opposed to Cali this trip. This list will be an invaluable asset for my trip to Cartagena.

Just bought my plane ticket last night to include Cartagena.

Much Respect to Black Hawk for going out of his way to set me up with some good intel!

[Lusifer69]

Hey guys I m going to Cartagena for the first time in a few weeks. I already have an apt there and I have read all the reports for the last year. But you guys got me intrigued with Black Hawk69 list can anyone forward me the list? I have read a lot of his post but haven't seen any large list like is been mention here.

Thanks.

Hey amigo, I just got forwarded the same info that Black Hawk sent to you, and you've got more info there than probably anyone else on this board could add to.

Why continue to ask questions of where to stay in Cartagena when the Black Hawk email sums up EVERYTHING including GREAT info of exactly where to stay and find chicas.

What a gift he sent you, and I don't think you realize it.

I know you're excited about your first visit but wow, you got lucky with him deciding to help you out like that.

I've been to Cartagena many times and I still saved his 'guide'/info for my next visit to Cartagena and for my first visit to Santa Marta, invaluable.

Buen Viaje!

[John Gault]

Hey amigo, I just got forwarded the same info that Black Hawk sent to you, and you've got more info there than probably anyone else on this board could add to.

Why continue to ask questions of where to stay in Cartagena when the Black Hawk email sums up EVERYTHING including GREAT info of exactly where to stay and find chicas.

What a gift he sent you, and I don't think you realize it.

I know you're excited about your first visit but wow, you got lucky with him deciding to help you out like that.

I've been to Cartagena many times and I still saved his 'guide'/info for my next visit to Cartagena and for my first visit to Santa Marta, invaluable.

Buen Viaje!

I made a few posts on the CTG board a few years ago as a Newbe to that area and I got the same treatment from Urban Wildlife. He bombarded me with info that made my trip there point and click. Later I sent him a little info on areas that I was familar with. That how this game should work.

[Tar Heel Bred]

Hey amigo, I just got forwarded the same info that Black Hawk sent to you, and you've got more info there than probably anyone else on this board could add to.

Why continue to ask questions of where to stay in Cartagena when the Black Hawk email sums up EVERYTHING including GREAT info of exactly where to stay and find chicas.

What a gift he sent you, and I don't think you realize it.

I know you're excited about your first visit but wow, you got lucky with him deciding to help you out like that.

I've been to Cartagena many times and I still saved his 'guide'/info for my next visit to Cartagena and for my first visit to Santa Marta, invaluable.

Buen Viaje!

Could you help me out with some hotels priced around 30 bucks that are chica friendly in Cartagena and Santa Marta. Ill be there for 2 weeks in April.

Thanks

[Ricker]

I'm looking at spending 4 nights in Cartagena, following my 10 day stay in Medellin in March.

What's my best option for moderate price, A / C, decent room & chica friendly.

Hotel or Apartment thru Juan or Mery (not a lot of recent info on hotels in the hotel thread)

By the forum, it looks like El Laguito or Boca Grande is the prime area I need to stay in?

How far are some of the bars and discos that are located in El Centro (Elektra, Mister Babilla, Babar, etc.) from Laguito or Boca Grande?

Hey amigo, I just got forwarded the same info that Black Hawk sent to you, and you've got more info there than probably anyone else on this board could add to.

Why continue to ask questions of where to stay in Cartagena when the Black Hawk email sums up EVERYTHING including GREAT info of exactly where to stay and find chicas.

What a gift he sent you, and I don't think you realize it.

I know you're excited about your first visit but wow, you got lucky with him deciding to help you out like that.

I've been to Cartagena many times and I still saved his 'guide'/info for my next visit to Cartagena and for my first visit to Santa Marta, invaluable.

Buen Viaje!

[Tar Heel Bred]

Dude. The info you sent me was great and much appreciated. I've reread it many times. I've crossreferenced the names of bars & other spots you mentioned with the addresses I got from "World traveler 69" Cartagena list and put them into a google map. Just some of the locations that resulted in google maps looked a little off. Hence the inquiry as to how far away some of these spots should be! Your info didn't have addresses. So I'm just covering my bases.

& there's just no recent info on hotels in the hotel thread. A couple of posts in 2010 and the rest is '09 & '08.

No disrespect. I'm just trying to make sure I'm prepared

I'm actually looking for info on the exact same thing. Looking for a decent chica friendly hotel centrally located near the old city and the nighlife.

Can't decide whether or not to try and look for someone that will rent me an apartment for a week. This will run me about 50 bucks a day imo. Or just find a decent hotel for say 30 bucks a night.

[Ho Whisperer]

I see I must have wasted my time sending you a bible of information on Cartagena, but it is alright, as I quit sharing information along time ago, but you just happened to be an exception to my rule, so I look at it as a wake up call for me again, to not waste my valuable time or knowledge, as everything you are looking for was in what I sent you.

Dude. The info you sent me was great and much appreciated. I've reread it many times. I've crossreferenced the names of bars & other spots you mentioned with the addresses I got from "World traveler 69" Cartagena list and put them into a google map. Just some of the locations that resulted in google maps looked a little off. Hence the inquiry as to how far away some of these spots should be! Your info didn't have addresses. So I'm just covering my bases.

& there's just no recent info on hotels in the hotel thread. A couple of posts in 2010 and the rest is '09 & '08.

No disrespect. I'm just trying to make sure I'm prepared

[Ho Whisperer]

I'm looking at spending 4 nights in Cartagena, following my 10 day stay in Medellin in March.

What's my best option for moderate price, A / C, decent room & chica friendly.

Hotel or Apartment thru Juan or Mery (not a lot of recent info on hotels in the hotel thread)

By the forum, it looks like El Laguito or Boca Grande is the prime area I need to stay in?

How far are some of the bars and discos that are located in El Centro (Elektra, Mister Babilla, Babar, etc.) from Laguito or Boca Grande?

[Phreeman69]

Hollywood Beach is not that nice. It's crowded, rocky, and worst of all are the annoying guys trying to hook you up. One followed me around despite my objections. I did everything but push him. He did point out the group of girls working the beach, four cuties sitting with a couple guys.

I was walking away from him when I ran into Annie. She was in a tight knit beach dress, showing off her curves, walking up to use the bathroom.

"Hola." Smile.

"Hola." Smile.

Well aren't you nice. Can I buy you a drink?

We sat in a gated part of the beach where the annoying guy couldn't follow us. She flirted, and I don't think that she knew that I knew, that is until I asked her if she liked to make love, and to do specific things, actually. She wanted 200, 000, then 150, 000, but it was late afternoon and she settled for 100, 000.

Then she did something to my finger in her mouth that took my breadth away. This girl was the best I've ever had. Look for her. She's 31, blondish with freckles, from Bogata. She has a scare on her neck from a car accident and a big tattoo beneath her navel.

Absolutely fantastic in bed. I thought the girl from Cali was a nympho. Annie asked to get on top,"just for a minute," and promptly came twice more. I had to cover her mouth because it was quiet in the hotel at that hour.

I asked her to come back the next morning for a session before heading to the airport. This time she showed up in a white cotton dress and heels. Two hours of unhurried romp. I truly hated to leave. And I've been thinking of my next trip to Colombia since.

[Phreeman69]

It was Thursday night and by midnight there was still nothing going on at Queens or Isis. Perhaps there were a dozen girls and handful of guys, but the energy was just very slow. This was the case for these two clubs my whole trip.

Time to head to LDV. It was very easy to get to, about 10 minutes taxi from the old city. You walk up steps from where the taxis wait on the street and there is a courtyard with a couple bars, including LDV. There were about 15 girls hanging out outside and then inside about 25 more, outnumbering the guys three or four-to-one.

I chatted up this light-skinned 19 year old from Medellin. She was thin and showing a lot of skin, tiny shorts unbuttoned and a bare midriff. Unfortunately she only did CBJ; her attitude overall was uptight in fact, so I moved on. There was a very friendly girl in a red dress, also from Medellin, a little curvier and older (25 I think) than is my usual, but I liked her smile. And I think she let me try out a kiss. Somehow I got the impression that she would be under a little time pressure to return to a baby at home, so, well let me see who else is interesting.

I ended up with a pretty girl from Cali, about 21 and thin. She wanted 200, 000 but I told her 150, 000 was the standard rate and when she thought I might move on she said fine.

She was great. Her mouth was wonderful and she loved oral both ways. (It's great when you come up for a breadth and she pushes your head back down) No rush to leave either.

I took her cell and made a date for the next evening. We had a drink and went back to the hotel for another great session. She insisted on 150, 000 again. It was before 11 o'clock so it should be less, but I didn't press it.

My plan for the rest of the night was to collect phone numbers for the following day. I ended up at Elektra which was really hopping. There were probably 30 girls and almost as many guys, but lots of dancing and partying, unlike LDV. Really great energy.

I woke up the next morning with a bunch of phone numbers, none of whom I could remember, so I knew it was time to head to the beach.

[Ho Whisperer]

If you don't speak fairly good spanish, I would skip Cali and Bogota. Cartagena is a tourist town, organized around separating visitors from their money in return for providing fun activities. Not speaking Spanish is no problem there.

In Cali, the casa Clininca Doctor Amor has lots of beautiful girls of all sizes and shapes, prices starting at 35k pesos for 30 minutes. And you can stay next door at Apt Hotel Del Rio with a gym and pool. And the neighborhood is not too bad, close to everything in Cali.

In Bogota the inexpensive casas are all in sketchy neighborhoods. If you stick to the safer north part of the city, everything is much more costly, including girls.

-zing

Thanks Z.

I'm by no means fluent in spanish. But I know enough to get me through my previous solo / accompanied trips to Medellin, Lima, Peru & DR. I can get around town, and make a little small talk with the chicas. The problem is if they mistake me for being fluent and fire off rapid spanish. Then I'm lost until they slow down and repeat.

I'm reading thru all 3 threads at once 4 info.

I get the idea Cartagena is more bars / discos w / freelancers (which I prefer) as opposed to casas.

With Cali being more casas.

Do you know anything about the "Castle Cali"? Found a post from '09 saying this place is like the MDE mansion, as to helping setup guests with girls. The link for it just describes random services offered, not like a hotel website. I will post this in the Cali thread also to try and find out more, as it may belong there.

[Golfinho]

Anyone else have any idea why they would start such a stupid policy which will discourage some of us from staying there?

It's called a Condominium Association. With rules. Made by the unit owners. Just like Condo Associations everywhere in the world. Trying to 'bribe' a 'guy' working the door is not the class move, Pussylover. Anywhere. Find somewhere you can love all the pussy you want. At the same time. And report back.

[Zing23]

I'll be making my 5th trip to Medellin in March and was looking at spending a few days at the end of my trip in one of the other colombian cities. Looking for some input on which ones might offer a better experience. Cartagena, Bogota or Cali?

If you don't speak fairly good spanish, I would skip Cali and Bogota. Cartagena is a tourist town, organized around separating visitors from their money in return for providing fun activities. Not speaking Spanish is no problem there.

In Cali, the casa Clininca Doctor Amor has lots of beautiful girls of all sizes and shapes, prices starting at 35k pesos for 30 minutes. And you can stay next door at Apt Hotel Del Rio with a gym and pool. And the neighborhood is not too bad, close to everything in Cali.

In Bogota the inexpensive casas are all in sketchy neighborhoods. If you stick to the safer north part of the city, everything is much more costly, including girls.

-zing

[Black Hawk69]

Reference Mirador Del Laguito, I had a buddy who stayed there less than a month ago and he told the guard refused a bribe and would not let him take the 2 girls he had picked up at LDV to his room. He claims the guard told him they have a camera in the lobby area and he is not allowed to let any of the guests, who do not own a unit in the building, take more than one girl at a time to their rooms. He claims the guard turned down $50. 00 US to let them both in. I recently asked another friend about this new policy at Mirador and he told me Mery is even telling her customers that one girl per guest is the rule in that building. If this is true, I will never stay there. Not that I do a lot of doubles or triples, but I at least want the option should I decide to do it. Anyone else have any idea why they would start such a stupid policy which will discourage some of us from staying there?

Very simply, the owners of the apartments who actually live on the premises do not want the place to be over run with party people, noise, and theft problems. They want the place to be known as a family type of building. This comes directly from a couple permanent residents of the building that I know very well.