Cartagena Reports

[Kyle Fox]

Friday. Lot of rain during the day. The street in front of Hampton was like a 1 foot high river.

[TheShadow2]

"She asked for 200 K for the hour. I said 250 K for 1. 5 hours and she quickly agreed. I don't like the rush experience This tactic worked again with a different chica on Thursday night, counter offering initial price with slightly higher price for 1. 5 x the time. At 200 K, they are charging $67 for first hour and then you are getting the next 30 minutes for $17. Very good connection and GFE with this one. I gave her 300 K because of strong connection and knowing how tough life is in Venezuela now. Wanted to repeat but she didn't use my phone number or return to clock tower on Thursday night. I paid 24 K for 90 minutes in short-time hotel. Place was 2 blocks from main plaza."

Kyle,

Thanks for your detailed report, sounds like your trip was a good time. If I could offer one bit of advice. The next time you are negotiating a price with a working girl, and they offer a price for one hour and you want an hour and a half, just tell them you will agree to their price, but for 1. 5 hours, not 1.

I guarantee you 99.9% of them will agree to this in heartbeat. 80 % would accept a lower price and 1. 5 hours. Try it. You're the only person I've ever known that makes a counter offer higher than their original price, which BTW, is always high.

And please try to get comparisons to the USA out of your mind. When you're in Colombia, pay Colombian prices. Example: You take a taxi and the fare is 10 thousand pesos, do you give him 30 thousand because in the USA it would have cost you 30 dollars?

EDIT: I see Judd offered the same advice, good call Bro, didn't mean to ride your coattails.

[TheShadow2]

CTG is not MDE. In MDE local folks patronize clubs, in CTG mostly tourists patronize clubs.

Said that, any club in CTG during the weekend is a feast for the eyes: Fragma, Babar, Tu Candela, Eivissa, VIP, Mr. Babilla,...
(Warning: sexy girls dancing there are NOT necessarily working girls. In most cases, they are not. I assume a reader of this forum is able to discriminate without specific instructions).
There is even an after-hour disco (Morros).
Strip clubs, etc? Why nobody here reads the List? There is even a map.


Exactly the type of guys that LDV wants to keep away from their door. Backpakers and those on a tight budget have plenty of options at Calle de la Media Luna.

Exactly. I must say that LDV is not my type of place: most girls there are greedy and start from 300 k for 1 hour, the same girls who at Reloy are happy with 150 k (not a claim: experienced). But if I go to LDV, I drink and I pay drinks to girls. We go there to enjoy and be happy.


PS: I am going back to CTG. Wish me good luck :p

BlackPage,

You made quite a leap here. I specifically said in my report that I had the means to spend however much money at LDV that I wanted to, but that in the interest of not blatantly wasting money, I chose not to. Hell, I'd buy the place if I wanted to. But it sucks, so I won't.

Anyone who chooses not to be ripped off at LDV (which is what it is. A rip-off tourist trap) has numerous other options to get just as high quality girls while spending much less. And those options don't involve Calle de la media Luna, which BTW I'm betting you haven't been to lately.

[Judd]

Nice report! I think you could've asked 200 k for an hour and half service and they probably would say yes. Give it a shot and see if it works. How's the weather in CTG right now?

I've been here in CTG for 2 days. Flew in on Spirit from Fort Lauderdale. Purchased ticket 5 hours before flight departure, paid $376 and then $60 more to pre-pay 1 check back in each direction.

Staying in Hampton Hotel. $106/ night first 2 nights, rebooked today for $93/ night (taxes included on rates I show). Very nice hotel, no chica issues here. I previously reported this hotel.

Wednesday I ventured out to new LDV and Isis. New LDV has annoying lights that will strobe past your eyes every 3-5 seconds in most seats. Very annoying. Only 7 chicas around 11:15 pm. I went in at 10:45, only about 4 chicas. Just turned around and left. At 11:15 pm, I needed to sit down after standing / walking lot near the clock tower. I had a plain coke for 5 K. Rested 10 minutes and left. For my 2 cents, if a bar is "dead" I will walk in and walk out no matter where the bar is, USA, Colombia or wherever. Often times like this night I may come back later to see if there is a crowd. No need to hang out if the place doesn't have what I'm looking for.

Isis. Isis hasn't changed much. I saw about 12 girls. 4-5 in conversations with guys and no other guests. This place almost always seems very quiet to me. Average chica here is 25-26 and 20 pounds overweight. Nothing special to my eyes. Place is dark so maybe I missed something. Girls seem uninspired. I got a bottle of water, 14 K, relaxed 15 minutes and left.

Torre de Reloj (Clock Tower). This place is like the boardwalk in Atlantic City. Lots of people coming and going continually, especially 8 am - 1 pm. Right now there are a lot of Colombian tourists and many extra Christmas lights that are up. This is the busiest I've ever seen the walled city in terms of regular tourists. The chicas come out in force between 10-11 pm. There were 30-45 chicas here at any one time. Some well dressed, some casual clothes and some who look like they could use some cleaning up. I met a 24 yo Venezuelan who looked 20. She was very calm and didn't give me the overt "Hello, eyes" when we made eye contact. She wore tourist style dress, flat shoes and didn't look like a working girl in most respects, except she was sitting on a bench in the clock tower plaza. She asked for 200 K for the hour. I said 250 K for 1. 5 hours and she quickly agreed. I don't like the rush experience This tactic worked again with a different chica on Thursday night, counter offering initial price with slightly higher price for 1. 5 x the time. At 200 K, they are charging $67 for first hour and then you are getting the next 30 minutes for $17. Very good connection and GFE with this one. I gave her 300 K because of strong connection and knowing how tough life is in Venezuela now. Wanted to repeat but she didn't use my phone number or return to clock tower on Thursday night. I paid 24 K for 90 minutes in short-time hotel. Place was 2 blocks from main plaza.

Tinder: I used Tinder and make 8-10 matches. Prices quoted on Tinder were 200-300 K per hour and 1 500 K for TLN. I strongly prefer to see the person live in person before agreeing to spend 1+ hours with someone. I met one who didn't live up to her pictures. The pictures were the same girl but she appeared slightly average and flat-chested in person. 2 of the hotter Tinder chicas I saw in the Clock Tower plaza. They are very attractive but seem to know it and give off a veteran vibe which turns me off. I usually go for 18-21 newer to the business chica.

On Tinder there are many beautiful Colombianas. Though making a "match" and being able to contact them is something separate. I've tried matching with "less attractive" Tinder girls to use them to network to their friends but that has only provided 1 average looking referral (her cousin) so far.

Daytime. Daytime is the challenge in Cartagena. Prime hours in CTG for meeting someone are 9:30 pm - 4 am. Trying to meet someone in public from 12 pm - 6 pm is more challenging. Best source is Playa Hollywood or a casa. I'm not a casa guy and I loathe Tony at Playa Hollywood. I took a few phone numbers from chicas at the clock tower to give me some options for daytime.

I'd really like to hang on the beach with a skinny 20 yo in her bikini for an hour or two and then go the room for some fun. Hopefully I can make that happen today.

Thursday night I was about to go to Pley Club to check that out and before getting to the taxi I met a petite (4'10') Venezuelan. She said she was 18 (looked it) but turned out to be 22 when I went to verify her age. Had I not seen her age I could have believed easily she was 18. She had beautiful, silky smooth long brown hair. Actually so did the other Venezuelan from the night before. I'm a huge fan of long, straight dark hair. This petite thing was very GFE with me. I got BBJ after showering myself. So much fun to see a beautiful young women with gorgeous long brown hair taking care of business. Very satisfying. I also got 200 K quote and she quickly accepted 250 K for 1. 5 hours. Maybe I could play "hardball" and get better rates but $83 USD for 90 minutes is about 15-20 minutes and 4 lap dances in the US. She is single mother with 1 year old. Has see-section scar which is only real flaw with her body.

Thanks to those who have shared useful info before me (so I didn't go to old LDV to find it closed and wonder where the new place was).

KF.

[Kyle Fox]

I've been here in CTG for 2 days. Flew in on Spirit from Fort Lauderdale. Purchased ticket 5 hours before flight departure, paid $376 and then $60 more to pre-pay 1 check back in each direction.

Staying in Hampton Hotel. $106/ night first 2 nights, rebooked today for $93/ night (taxes included on rates I show). Very nice hotel, no chica issues here. I previously reported this hotel.

Wednesday I ventured out to new LDV and Isis. New LDV has annoying lights that will strobe past your eyes every 3-5 seconds in most seats. Very annoying. Only 7 chicas around 11:15 pm. I went in at 10:45, only about 4 chicas. Just turned around and left. At 11:15 pm, I needed to sit down after standing / walking lot near the clock tower. I had a plain coke for 5 K. Rested 10 minutes and left. For my 2 cents, if a bar is "dead" I will walk in and walk out no matter where the bar is, USA, Colombia or wherever. Often times like this night I may come back later to see if there is a crowd. No need to hang out if the place doesn't have what I'm looking for.

Isis. Isis hasn't changed much. I saw about 12 girls. 4-5 in conversations with guys and no other guests. This place almost always seems very quiet to me. Average chica here is 25-26 and 20 pounds overweight. Nothing special to my eyes. Place is dark so maybe I missed something. Girls seem uninspired. I got a bottle of water, 14 K, relaxed 15 minutes and left.

Torre de Reloj (Clock Tower). This place is like the boardwalk in Atlantic City. Lots of people coming and going continually, especially 8 am - 1 pm. Right now there are a lot of Colombian tourists and many extra Christmas lights that are up. This is the busiest I've ever seen the walled city in terms of regular tourists. The chicas come out in force between 10-11 pm. There were 30-45 chicas here at any one time. Some well dressed, some casual clothes and some who look like they could use some cleaning up. I met a 24 yo Venezuelan who looked 20. She was very calm and didn't give me the overt "Hello, eyes" when we made eye contact. She wore tourist style dress, flat shoes and didn't look like a working girl in most respects, except she was sitting on a bench in the clock tower plaza. She asked for 200 K for the hour. I said 250 K for 1. 5 hours and she quickly agreed. I don't like the rush experience This tactic worked again with a different chica on Thursday night, counter offering initial price with slightly higher price for 1. 5 x the time. At 200 K, they are charging $67 for first hour and then you are getting the next 30 minutes for $17. Very good connection and GFE with this one. I gave her 300 K because of strong connection and knowing how tough life is in Venezuela now. Wanted to repeat but she didn't use my phone number or return to clock tower on Thursday night. I paid 24 K for 90 minutes in short-time hotel. Place was 2 blocks from main plaza.

Tinder: I used Tinder and make 8-10 matches. Prices quoted on Tinder were 200-300 K per hour and 1 500 K for TLN. I strongly prefer to see the person live in person before agreeing to spend 1+ hours with someone. I met one who didn't live up to her pictures. The pictures were the same girl but she appeared slightly average and flat-chested in person. 2 of the hotter Tinder chicas I saw in the Clock Tower plaza. They are very attractive but seem to know it and give off a veteran vibe which turns me off. I usually go for 18-21 newer to the business chica.

On Tinder there are many beautiful Colombianas. Though making a "match" and being able to contact them is something separate. I've tried matching with "less attractive" Tinder girls to use them to network to their friends but that has only provided 1 average looking referral (her cousin) so far.

Daytime. Daytime is the challenge in Cartagena. Prime hours in CTG for meeting someone are 9:30 pm - 4 am. Trying to meet someone in public from 12 pm - 6 pm is more challenging. Best source is Playa Hollywood or a casa. I'm not a casa guy and I loathe Tony at Playa Hollywood. I took a few phone numbers from chicas at the clock tower to give me some options for daytime.

I'd really like to hang on the beach with a skinny 20 yo in her bikini for an hour or two and then go the room for some fun. Hopefully I can make that happen today.

Thursday night I was about to go to Pley Club to check that out and before getting to the taxi I met a petite (4'10') Venezuelan. She said she was 18 (looked it) but turned out to be 22 when I went to verify her age. Had I not seen her age I could have believed easily she was 18. She had beautiful, silky smooth long brown hair. Actually so did the other Venezuelan from the night before. I'm a huge fan of long, straight dark hair. This petite thing was very GFE with me. I got BBJ after showering myself. So much fun to see a beautiful young women with gorgeous long brown hair taking care of business. Very satisfying. I also got 200 K quote and she quickly accepted 250 K for 1. 5 hours. Maybe I could play "hardball" and get better rates but $83 USD for 90 minutes is about 15-20 minutes and 4 lap dances in the US. She is single mother with 1 year old. Has see-section scar which is only real flaw with her body.

Thanks to those who have shared useful info before me (so I didn't go to old LDV to find it closed and wonder where the new place was).

KF.

[Black Page]

Is there a place like Mangoes in CTG. The one in MDE is out of the world to watch super hot chicks dance.
Also are there proper strip clubs in CTG?

CTG is not MDE. In MDE local folks patronize clubs, in CTG mostly tourists patronize clubs.

Said that, any club in CTG during the weekend is a feast for the eyes: Fragma, Babar, Tu Candela, Eivissa, VIP, Mr. Babilla,...
(Warning: sexy girls dancing there are NOT necessarily working girls. In most cases, they are not. I assume a reader of this forum is able to discriminate without specific instructions).
There is even an after-hour disco (Morros).
Strip clubs, etc? Why nobody here reads the List? There is even a map.

, some people have a travel budget, and others want to feel like they get value for their hard earned money.

In any case, I won't go into LDV if they have minimums. Clock tower is full of girls.

Exactly the type of guys that LDV wants to keep away from their door. Backpakers and those on a tight budget have plenty of options at Calle de la Media Luna.

It's not random to enforcee on guys who are known users and takers.

Exactly. I must say that LDV is not my type of place: most girls there are greedy and start from 300 k for 1 hour, the same girls who at Reloy are happy with 150 k (not a claim: experienced). But if I go to LDV, I drink and I pay drinks to girls. We go there to enjoy and be happy.


PS: I am going back to CTG. Wish me good luck.

[YippieKayay]

Is there a place like Mangoes in CTG. The one in MDE is out of the world to watch super hot chicks dance.

Also are there proper strip clubs in CTG?

There are two strip clubs. Isis in the old city, and Pley club.

[TummySangs]

Is there a place like Mangoes in CTG. The one in MDE is out of the world to watch super hot chicks dance.

Also are there proper strip clubs in CTG?

[Hioctane]

What? If we all go in and buy a bottle, share shots with girls, get jovial, laugh dance etc. , sounds like we'd have fun and the bar would make money. Can't have that happen!

You are talking about "we" which makes a big difference. It is easier to reach the minimum with a bunch of guys. Some guys go solo and don't drink much. Going as a group. It only makes sense to get a bottle. It is a lot cheaper than getting individual drinks. Going as a group and nursing beers, I find that in bad taste. All I am saying is that there are a variety of situations.

[YippieKayay]

What? If we all go in and buy a bottle, share shots with girls, get jovial, laugh dance etc. , sounds like we'd have fun and the bar would make money. Can't have that happen!

In Panama City there's Habanos (a hooker pickup bar) and I've never seen any minimums required.

In any case, I won't go into LDV if they have minimums. Clock tower is full of girls.

[TheShadow2]

Yeah, let's all do that so we can close the bar down due to having no paying customers. So much fun to be in a world full of guys who think it's smart to use someone else's dime for their own gain. No one has said a word, ever, to me in LDV about a minimum spend. In the hundreds of times I've been in LDV, I've noticed it happening to guys who are only there to use the venue without patronizing the bar. It's a bar, that's the business thet are in; why go in to shit on them?

Walk the streets, go to casas, sit on a bench at the clock tower, but don't be a jerk and intentionally go to LDV to hookup with girls with the mindset of not patronizing the place. Lame.

To each his own. If spending money = good times for you, then go for it and enjoy. But not everybody rolls that way, some people have a travel budget, and others want to feel like they get value for their hard earned money.

Personally, I've got the means to do it either way, but I find no reason to set foot in LDV and rarely do, when there are so many other better options in Cartagena. The quality of the girls in LDV is not high enough to justify the much higher total bill at the end of the night.

I'd just as soon see them go out of business to discourage others from adopting their business model.

[TheShadow2]

Yeah, let's all do that so we can close the bar down due to having no paying customers. So much fun to be in a world full of guys who think it's smart to use someone else's dime for their own gain. No one has said a word, ever, to me in LDV about a minimum spend. In the hundreds of times I've been in LDV, I've noticed it happening to guys who are only there to use the venue without patronizing the bar. It's a bar, that's the business thet are in; why go in to shit on them?

Walk the streets, go to casas, sit on a bench at the clock tower, but don't be a jerk and intentionally go to LDV to hookup with girls with the mindset of not patronizing the place. Lame.

Is that you Aldo?

[Hilltopper]

What? If we all go in and buy a bottle, share shots with girls, get jovial, laugh dance etc. , sounds like we'd have fun and the bar would make money. Can't have that happen!

Jut sit down and buy a bottle of rum or vodka, tequila etc, tip the bouncers feed the girls drinks and have a great time. It will cost tops 250,00- 300,000 with big tips. It's so much nicer then trying to fucking pinch dollars. My God it's so cheap compared to US. That's my advice to you.

[Hilltopper]

Yeah they have a randomly enforced, 100 k minimum. Just get their number and meet them outside. I believe beer was around 10 k and cocktails were around 20 k.

It's not random to enforcee on guys who are known users and takers.

[Hilltopper]

Yeah, let's all do that so we can close the bar down due to having no paying customers. So much fun to be in a world full of guys who think it's smart to use someone else's dime for their own gain. No one has said a word, ever, to me in LDV about a minimum spend. In the hundreds of times I've been in LDV, I've noticed it happening to guys who are only there to use the venue without patronizing the bar. It's a bar, that's the business thet are in; why go in to shit on them?

Walk the streets, go to casas, sit on a bench at the clock tower, but don't be a jerk and intentionally go to LDV to hookup with girls with the mindset of not patronizing the place. Lame.

Thanks YipiKayay for the link. It was useful.

About the consumption in LDV, I remember that we drank two beers and three cocktails. I believe Hioctane's prices are right. I agree that its smarter ask for their numbers and then meet them outside. That night the bouncers were specially watchful.

Yes, I am newbie in this sort of thing. I travel to Ctgena for job matters once or twice in a year. Last year I discovered this amazing and pleasure opportunity. I have enjoyed fucking gorgeous girls.

Thank you guys for the advices.