Cartagena Reports

[Ticasonar]

the beach will be cluttered with lard ass gringos in grape smuggling outfits.

god i hope not, i want to be a one-of-a-kind :-)

ps - fatboys don't get fat by spending alot of time on the beach.

[Beavis]

just think, the lard ass gringos that know 25 words of spanish. they speak each and every one of them real loud so they are sure you can hear them.

fake ostrich skin cowboy boots, fake rolex watches, fake cuban cigars. they will pay the girls 100 dollars for one quick nut then give them a 100 dollar tip not to tell the other girls how small their dicks are. then they will come down to the bar and brag how she didn't even charge him because he was such a stud.

these morons will have a hard time dealing with the cartagena heat. let us pray that butch will not break out a speedo. the beach will be cluttered with lard ass gringos in grape smuggling outfits. tony the tout will soon be driving a mercedes as they begin selling miller lite on the beach. wannabe real estate tycoons maxing out their credit cards as they live the life they wish were true. continental will soon have a direct flight to cartagena from houston.

i hope that about the time shop gets set up and rolling, farc has an ak-47 parade and scares the living shit out of every one of them. let these assholes shit their pants all the way back to houston. if they want to watch sports tell them to find the nearest "hooters".

[MJG Dogs]

[QUOTE=Sun Devil]I hope Big John open his place really soon. That is what I missed when I was in CTG--a place where you can hang out, watch sports, drink coffee, eat food, and catch a chica all in one place. I did find a 24/7 internet cafe below LDV where you can catch sports, have coffee, eat food, and surf the internet.

Like I said before, You Del Rey season ticket holders need to stay put.... Big John is the biggest ***** of them all.....

Why would you want a friggin Del Rey hotel in CTG?, ok maybe out in Bosque or due east, but why make Laquito and Bocagrande even worse?

Del Rey= Higher prices for chicas, More touts, More bad people trying to prey on drunken gringos, More drunks, more Miami Hurricane fans, In san Jose it makes sense, for there is no beach, and San Jose is boring as hell. CTG has much more diversions.

Why would anyone want to pay $ 250-300K pesos in CTG for shorttime? This would be a consequence of a new Del rey....

Although I do agree regarding sports, CTG is not a good spot to watch sports, especially when USC is on the tube........... Myabe someone will open a sportsbar in Bocagrande.. Who knows?

[Treeshark]

Gentleman, so what if CTG gets a Del Rey South. No one is going to point a gun at your head and make you go there. I think that I might even enjoy a Del Rey in CTG. I enjoyed the one in CR. Besides any chicas that I would see there I would know to AVOID.

I guess I will have to check LDV my next trip so I know which chicas to avoid. I have not been inside for maybe 3+ years. I certainly remember my last time inside there. Guess it is story time.

About 3 & 1/2 years ago I was staying at Charleston Cartagena Hotel (see http://www.southtravels.com/america...gena/index.html } I was paying about $120 a night. I had just broken up with yet another amor de mi vida. A local pimp was finding me chicas to help heal my broken heart :-) We were waiting in front of the Charlestown Hotel waiting for a chica to show up. He finally ran off somewhere trying to figure out where she was. I becamed bored so started wandering that street beside the Charlestown Hotel that leads to the Iglesia and Plaza de Santo Domingo. That is the plaza that has the Botero sculpture. Suddenly I see two chicas out window shopping and I fall madly in love with one of them. I mean like the earth MOVED!!! I followed them while they were window shopping and we play the stare and look flirting game. Then I decided that I would head back to the Hotel to see if the pimp was back. He was there but no chica so I tell him that I want him to intoduce me to this chica that I has just seen. Before we can leave, here comes to the two chicas strolling down the street. They had followed me. So he goes over to them and brings them back to me and introduces us.

(Newbies, Colombian chicas like to be introduced to you rather then just being picked up)

I invite them to spend the afternoon with me at the pool on top of the Charlestown Hotel. The friend declined but the new amor de mi vida goes home to get her bathing suit and that is the start of a very romantic 5 days.

All she cost me was the food that she ate and the price of drinks wherever we went to party. It was all free because it was love. About the third night, she wants me to take her out dancing so we go to her favorite night spot. Guess where?? LDV Turns out that she was one of the hard core pros that works out of there. I played dumb and pretended that I did not understand what LDV really was. I figured why mess up the romance. I still had a great 5 days but felt like a complete fool because I had managed to pick up a LDV working chica in the shopping area of the old city.
Well that was my last time inside of LDV.

So newbies when someone tells you that you can find chicas everywhere in CTG, well it is true. When you see a chica that you really like, go for it. You really never know what may happen. And I am not a young handsome stud like many of the guys on this board. I am one of the old farts that you all love to make fun of.

But Cartagena can be a very magical place where your dreams can come true. We all have our special dreams, but for most people they forever remain dreams because you are scared to even try. I live my dreams because I am willing to try. Perhaps it is time for some of you to try to live your dreams.

I find that it rather fun.

[Tom 33]

Cartagena is very seasonal. High season is very different from low season. There is no average. One night there could be a military ship in port with many guys checking out LDV. The next night could have 4 guys all night. For this reason it is difficult to compare CTG to anything.

I don't shop much at LDV anymore. But, if you want to compare 9's and higher in Bocagrande versus San Jose, I'll take Bocagrande. Bocagrande also wins in safety and restaurants.

But I do live in Laguito and have more chicas than I can handle.

Try Loco Gringo for sports, food, Internet, and chicas. I spend a lot of time at the outside tables there. The girls parade by for your approval. And several working girls live in apartments above the restaurant.

[Gonzo]

I concur with Sun Devil, I was also there during the World Cup, and the ratio was outstanding. And now there's a football tournament in CTG, but I don't think this would account for USA gringos, who are not super-crazy over soccer.

I was told about the swarms of Europeans in LDV, and they were noticably absent in June. Timing is everything.

If anyones knows anything about CTG, LDV is the last place to find bargains (or the reasonable prices), which are available.

[Larrymoe]

I was in Cartagena a couple weeks ago and there were very few males in LDV. This boom I am reading about is probably a short term thing. Cartagena is far from what it use to be. It makes no sense that the girls are asking for more money when there are less guys. What the hell happened to all the new girls that use to come to LDV? They must be somewhere? But where? The girls in LDV now have all been there for years and are totally jaded. 200,000 for an hour? Or more? In Medellin where many are from they would be working in a brothel getting paid 15,000 an hour. Maybe they just think they need that one loser, once a week, who gives them the money they ask for? And otherwise walk home alone. Pathetic.

[Tiny 12]

I feel like the guy in the Fedex commercial who didn't waive his hand the right way. His boss says the same thing about 30 seconds later and gets all the credit. You guys were jumping all over me a few months ago for saying San Jose was a better mongering destination for a non-Spanish speaker, and for saying the Blue Marlin had more 9's and 10's than LDV.

[Sun Devil]

I hope Big John open his place really soon. That is what I missed when I was in CTG--a place where you can hang out, watch sports, drink coffee, eat food, and catch a chica all in one place. I did find a 24/7 internet cafe below LDV where you can catch sports, have coffee, eat food, and surf the internet.

As for LDV being full, when I was there during the World Cup tournament last June , there were about 4 to 5 guys and about 50 girls milling around. Cartagena is host to a sporting event, the 20th Central American and Caribbean Games.

That is why there are a bunch of guys down there right now. The girl who I hooked up with last June pointed this out to me when we passed a stadium on our way to a big mall somewhere in the interior of the city.

[Npaul1]

I met John, owner of the Del Rey in Cartagena. He bought a block of property on the oceanfront in Laguito. He owns the art gallery and a restaurant building and a couple closed buildings. He has more money to invest than he knows what to do with. He is a nice guy and comes from Costa Rica on his Catamarand.

[MJG Dogs]

Beav;

sadly to say the opening of a Del rey South in Cartagena, may happen sooner than later. that fat stupid drunk John, is buying up a lot of property in CTG..

The thought of all the fat drunks from the Del Rey invading CTG, is enough to make my puke. Who wants the fat fools with the Miami Hurricanes jerseys running around. NO thanks................ Maybe the colombian military and police would crack on them......

You Del Rey Season ticket Holders--- Please stay in san jose.

[Jelly Donut]

I was in LDV Sunday night and there were WAY more gringos than chicas.

Do you have an idea of where the gringos were coming from? I mean, were the college kids on vacation or older guys? It's seems like they are having some sort of Central American and Caribbean sporting event in CTG the past couple of weeks, right?

On the supply side, I've been chatting with a pro who I met in LDV last winter. Based on the internet addresses off her email she spent most of the spring in her home town, away from the coast and tourists. I thought that was interesting.

But it looks like she returned right around time these games started in Cartagena. She's been very busy since getting to CTG. In the spring she was a decent correspondent, but now she seems to be spending more time working. :)

[Beavis]

Well Surfer when you come to Colombia you can visit me near our favorite beach. This is the reason we won't be moving to Cartagena. Just wait until they open the Blue Marlin South, makes me want to puke!

I guess we can thank our favorite ball massager for the real estate boom, lol.

[Hit n Run]

Agreed Zippy. Hard to believe I'm saying it, but CR is a better value now for short vacations. LDV - average night 50 girls, way too many guys, 35+. Top shelf has only 5 girls, and just the 8.5 range. All want 200K for short time, some say per hour. I've had a few lesser tier 6s who I was merely chatting up, out of nowhere bark out 150k and yell no negotiation!! These are girls I wouldn't barfine at any price. Very bad attitudes throughout. I sit outside with a beer and watch them storm out and go home without a customer all night, before ever dropping the price. Its almost a waste of time to even go in there now. La Trip is good, but there's only 3 or 4 cute ones...great attitudes, but 7s at most. The CTG value has left the building, and is not worth the entire day long hassle leaving the country to get back to the US to save little money.

For you CR and DR short trips guys, CR is only say $20 more a night per chica, the convenience of location makes up for the pro attitude. There's far more selection, plus, there's always at least a dozen way better looking girls than what you'll find in CTG.

This change has no effect on extended stay mongers with a black book of girlfriends, and other cities to visit, but newbies should take note.

[Npaul1]

Alot of girls with tatoos, just for the money. a couple years ago the girls were more non-pros.