Cartagena Reports

[Tomasb]

Good point! I will be in CTG on that Monday, a few days before Halloween, which occurs on the following Friday. Saturday, Nov. 1, is All Saints Day in the US or DIA de LOS Muertos in Latin America and an important date on the Catholic liturgical calendar. It is also the day where many Latin Catholics visit cemeteries to pay respects to their departed family members and friends. I am considering staying in CTG to November 2 to see the festivities if anything is going on. Any intel?

So I am wondering if Halloween in the North American sense is celebrated in CTG with costumes, trick or treat etc? I prefer 'tricks' though. LOL!

Is Halloween in Cartagena like in the states but better? Do the the chicas wear less. I would love to bang a few sexy pirates.

[Black Page]

OP, as I wrote in my post here
http://www.internationalsexguide.inf...=1#post1634382 ,
these articles on "El Universal" are quite misleading, even laughable because they present old stuff like striking news. Naif at best, when they claim that a "postribulo" was discovered thanks to their secret videotaping.

The photos posted here
http://m.eluniversal.com.co/multimed...ocagrande-1272
have nothing secret. They are taken from the public section of the Facebook page of Casa Golan, which is NOT a brothel but just one of the two Israel "private clubs" in Cartagena (the other is Casa Benjamin).
By the way, I recognized a girl in those photos! Someone here will do the same.
Again: those clubs are patronized EXCLUSIVELY by Israelian tourists and dozen of chicas, they are not brothels but kind of hotels or holidays "resorts", and therefore simply FORGET to go there and introduce yourself hoping to be admitted. Since most patrons come from the Israel Army, the security is at maximum levels. If you try to enter without being invited, you may find someone investigating about you (it even happened to a girl I know).
All this publicity on the press will not be appreciated by the managers and patrons of those casas. I guess they will stop parties for a while. Only quiet guys enjoying the beach now.
All girls want to go there, because the guys are extremely handsome and in fit (and generous, not with money <grin> but with all kinds of drugs).

Police never goes there to check for "illegal substances". Those clubs seem to have some extra-territoriality, like an Embassy. Imagine if police enters to check? What can they do after they find drugs? Arresting everyone? Imagine what happens next, when the Colombia Ministry is directly called by its Israel counterpart?

There are even days in CTG when girls seem disappeared from LDV etc. It's when the Israelians organize their parties in some island. 20-30 girls go there and spend 2 days dancing and fucking.
Everyone in Cartagena knows that, except the tourists and evidently the journalist of El Universal. They might try to ask a taxi driver next time, when they want to know something about the city where they live.

To complete the picture about what El Universal is publishing in these days, enjoy the article.
http://www.eluniversal.com.co/politi...ipacion-174189
but especially the Comentarios by the readers.

[Raeder21]

As somebody who will be visiting CTG for the first time, there has been a lot of good information posted over the past week. Like I mentioned before, I have plenty of experience in other cities in Colombia and a handful of other countries. But visiting a new place is always a toss up.

You guys have even provided us general pricing on drinks / cabanas / etc. Thank you for that! Really helps so I don't get ripped off.

From everything I've read, it seems like I'll be having an awesome time!

I do have one last (very general) question, and I'm sure everybody will have their own opinions on this. I'm going with a group of friends and we will mostly be day drinking, partying at night and finding chicas all day / night. Where do you guys recommend that I should go for the best chicas during the day / night? Playa Hollywood seems to be the spot during the day. Relaxing and drinking and just wait for the right chica. What spots are the "go-to" at night? And I'm not a snob, but I would like to find 8's and 9's (10's will probably be too much $$ Since my Medellin trip I've been wanting to go back to Colombia for a long time and I want the creme of the crop! LOL.

Once again, thanks for all the information you guys have provided. Without it, I'd feel so much more lost.

[Black Page]

It is not this black and white. Quality of the ingredients with the correct recipe may vary greatly when manufactured in third world countries. IMO it is safer to pay extra for the non generic ed drugs.

100% agree till "IMO...". Please note that Colombia is not "Third World" anymore (not in the political sense "extra EU / Extra USA", but in the sense of underdeveloped / underground. Colombia pharma industry has excellent reputation and generic drugs are fully equivalent to branded ones. I trust and buy generic antibiotics in my European country, as well as here in Colombia.
Generic drugs sold in official pharmacies in Colombia are under the strict control of the public health agency, which analyse and monitor compositions etc.

[Old Parr]

More on the house of prostitution in Bocagrande and the Israelis.

http://www.eluniversal.com.co/multim...ocagrande-1272

[Old Parr]

I know some people have problems with Tony, but he's a hoot. Just make sure you agree on prices beforehand. Even if you just saw him yesterday. If you want to save money on his overpriced drinks, bring a cooler with beer and aguardiente. Give him a shot and a beer every now and then and he'll stop bugging you about buying drinks. I agree that he knows many of the girls on the beach and if even if he doesn't. He will call her over for you even if she is not a pro. I have shown him the pics of chicks I picked up from LDV and heknew probably 90% of them. Tony is a good resource. Just don't give him your phone number. He will blow up your phone trying to send girls over to you at all hours of the day!

Fuck him anyone going to Playa Hollywood would be better off sitting in Fao section, which is located next to Tony's. At least you do not have to worry about being ripped off, taken advantage of, and you still will have access to any of the girls on the beach that Tony has, or tell the massage lady Emily who works in the same area what you are looking for, and she will take good care of you without the bullshit you would go through dealing with Tony. Fao and Emily are quality people.

[BigB23]

Is Halloween in Cartagena like in the states but better? Do the the chicas wear less. I would love to bang a few sexy pirates.

[BigB23]

Thanks for the pointer, already memorized. It may come out in the wrong order.

I went back to the original post you cited, and yes, current pricing was the same when I was last there in May. Just memorize the price for the main items and then when you ask for a carpa with a chair, table, etc, just recite the price out loud with a big smile to let Tony know that you know the prices for everything. Then say. "Tony no fuck me okay". HE'll get a kick out of it, LOL.

[Hilltopper]

I can appreciate the point you make, but I also know that not everything about Colombia falls neatly into a mindset of viewing it as "third world".

In looking at the version of generic I last bought while in Cartagena, I see that it was manufactured by Lafrancol, a Colombian company with a 100-year history in the the Pharmaceutical and Consumer Goods sectors in Colombia. They have significant sales abroad and are a forerunner in the development and launch of new products. They have an extensive portfolio of products consisting of a wide range of drugs designed to treat different types of diseases, and at the same time meet the needs of patients and physicians, and offering high quality products at a fair price.

It is not this black and white. Quality of the ingredients with the correct recipe may vary greatly when manufactured in third world countries. IMO it is safer to pay extra for the non generic ed drugs.

[Hilltopper]

I'm glad you got your personal situation corrected. I've only tried the generic versions of Vit V, having purchased it many times in CTG and never having any problems. My conclusion is that neither my experience or your experience can be considered scientific evidence by the next guy, LOL. Various people can have different side effects or none at all. Me personally, I'll continue to just walk-in a local pharmacy while in CTG and buy the cheapest generic they have there, just as I've done dozens of times.

It only happened when I used the generic version. Since I switched to the Real McCoy, I have not had any problems.

[Hioctane]

I went back to the original post you cited, and yes, current pricing was the same when I was last there in May. Just memorize the price for the main items and then when you ask for a carpa with a chair, table, etc, just recite the price out loud with a big smile to let Tony know that you know the prices for everything. Then say. "Tony no fuck me okay". HE'll get a kick out of it, LOL.

I know some people have problems with Tony, but he's a hoot. Just make sure you agree on prices beforehand. Even if you just saw him yesterday. If you want to save money on his overpriced drinks, bring a cooler with beer and aguardiente. Give him a shot and a beer every now and then and he'll stop bugging you about buying drinks. I agree that he knows many of the girls on the beach and if even if he doesn't. He will call her over for you even if she is not a pro. I have shown him the pics of chicks I picked up from LDV and heknew probably 90% of them. Tony is a good resource. Just don't give him your phone number. He will blow up your phone trying to send girls over to you at all hours of the day!

[Tomasb]

Lasted for days at a time? You didn't know you're supposed to consult with a medical professional should the effect last longer than 4 hours?

It only happened when I used the generic version. Since I switched to the Real McCoy, I have not had any problems.

[Hilltopper]

I went back to the original post you cited, and yes, current pricing was the same when I was last there in May. Just memorize the price for the main items and then when you ask for a carpa with a chair, table, etc, just recite the price out loud with a big smile to let Tony know that you know the prices for everything. Then say. "Tony no fuck me okay". HE'll get a kick out of it, LOL.

Are these prices still about the same?

[Hilltopper]

Lasted for days at a time? You didn't know you're supposed to consult with a medical professional should the effect last longer than 4 hours?

For the past several years, I have been buying generic viagra in different SA locales including CTG and Lima. Also, for the past several years, I have been having trouble with severe hiccups after ingesting the generic version. This can go on sporadically for days at a time to the point I recently decided that I would have to forgo buying this stimulant in the future.

However, I asked a Peruvian doctor friend of mine about this problem. HE said the ingredient mix is not always precisely the same or it's possible the coating, or lack thereof, on the generic pills may be causing the problem. As a result, the last batch I bought I paid the normal viagra price for the real version and have not had any indigestion or hiccup problems.

[Shamester]

It looks like you work as marketing manager of Pfizer? Generic drugs are exactly the SAME as "original" brands, if produced by reputable industries. What you report is kind of urban legend propagated by pharma industries. Probably a negative placebo effect, unless you bought pills from non-reputable industries.

Why they cost less? They don't have the "added value" of the brand name.

Are Colombian industries reputable? Yes, by all means they follow the same quality standards of Europe or USA industry. I remember Genfar, Colfarma, but there are others too.

Would I buy blue pills available on Internet? No, because they come mostly from India, etc, where the concept of "legal" is fuzzy.

It is not this black and white. Quality of the ingredients with the correct recipe may vary greatly when manufactured in third world countries. IMO it is safer to pay extra for the non generic ed drugs.