Medellin Reports

[Mr Tango]

HiOctane,

The point of asking about blackmarket sims not being rechargable is that I don't want a new number (and new sim) mid trip.

Jergens007,

The club scene site I found has added albums with the following titles over the past month: Spazio, Mango, Babylon, Oz, La Kasa, Mantra, Chiquita, Forum. Not sure they're all clubs, just some girls, or special events. If these aren't the top clubs, they've got to be popular after all the site is covering them.

[Bonhead]

Geraldine aka Demi Moore is under 18 years of age, 17 something but go for it guy's!

Aussie Greg

I guess we have a few guys here that could potentially be in violation of federal US laws concerning sex with minors while abroad.

[Frank Casio]

Hi guys,

I've known Geraldyn for over a year and she certainly didn't look 15 years old then. In La Mayorista the very few 16 year olds that come there, run away when they see the police, and I never saw Geraldyn run away from anything. Plus those 2 or 3 young ones tend to hang out together. The police does check ID's in La Mayorista.

Geraldyn was suppose to bring me her ID the last time she was over My Place, but I forgot to ask. She's closer to 20 than anything. I thought she was 19, but if her ID said she was 20, then she probably just turned 20.

Is not easy to get your permanent ID in Colombia when you turn 18, they give you a temporary one way before you get the permanent one. I know guys that are 21 and still havn't gone around to go through the hassle of getting the permanent one, specially if they were from another part of the country originally.

If guys are so meticulous about the temporary ID, you're going to miss out on a lot of "hot", just turn 18 pussy! That's my take on it!

Are you sure? She had your meticulous partner look it over before he allowed her to stay with me. I wouldn't' think it would have fooled him. Must have been a helluva copy. I even took pictures of it to be safe. It says she is 20.

[Hioctane]

Are you sure? She had your meticulous partner look it over before he allowed her to stay with me. I wouldn't' think it would have fooled him. Must have been a helluva copy. I even took pictures of it to be safe. It says she is 20.

I wonder myself. On a previous trip, some gringo wanted to take her back to the Mansion. She claimed she didn't have a cedula. Or maybe she didn't have one that would past muster.

[BlackSultan]

This kind of makes no sense. Is there a place mafiosos WILL NOT go to? Only places I can think of is, the low end casas in Centro. They probably prefer the Loutrons. If a place is nice. Whether it be a restaurant or discotec, I'm sure Mafiosos go too!

I don't understand why some guys are so concerned where Mafiosos hang. If guys mind their business, use basic street sense, and don't bring attention to themselves, then they should not have a problem.

[MiamiHeatLuver]

Hi guys,

A few pics. of Party at My Place Parts l, ll, lll & lV with Charma, Geraldin, Nataly and others. Guys left out to preserve their Privacy ! Parts lll & lV comming later !

Frank casio!

NICE, old gringo gigalo party.. lol jajaja

[Hioctane]

I can tell you for a fact that within the better class of Paisas, Mango's is not a place to go anymore. As of the last couple of years. It has a reputation as a place that has a lot of prepagos and mafiosos.

The higher classes of people have other areas they go to.

This kind of makes no sense. Is there a place mafiosos WILL NOT go to? Only places I can think of is, the low end casas in Centro. They probably prefer the Loutrons. If a place is nice. Whether it be a restaurant or discotec, I'm sure Mafiosos go too!

[Av8r]

Geraldine aka Demi Moore is under 18 years of age, 17 something but go for it guy's!

Aussie Greg

Are you sure? She had your meticulous partner look it over before he allowed her to stay with me. I wouldn't' think it would have fooled him. Must have been a helluva copy. I even took pictures of it to be safe. It says she is 20.

[Bbrocs]

I had Comcel on my unlocked phone. Some information, first the comcel store on Nutibari in Laureles is a great place to grab your sim card. Reasoning it was all one stop shopping there, I grabbed the sim, and put some peso's on the sim right there, but the biggest reason for hitting that location was that my phone wasn't truely unlocked. It was unlocked only for T-mobile cards here in the states. Right underneath the Comcel store there is a second Comcel store thats not up the stairs. At this location they can unlock phones for a small fee, this is priceless, they also here add spanish to phones that languages are just english and some sort of Asian language which some phones only have. I take all my old phones to them now and unlock them. I know you can call your carrier here in the states for the unlock code, but last time it didn't work, so that comcel location was priceless.

BB

[Hioctane]

Thanks for the responses gentlemen. I already have an unlocked quad band phone so that's no problem. FYI. If anyone's been with AT&T for a while you can call them and ask to have your phone unlocked. Be sure to let them know you're asking because you're traveling out of the country and want to have a local number while you're down there. They remotely unlocked my Blackberry Pearl two years ago. Which was promptly left in a cab upon my arrival (arrrgh! ). Of course I wouldn't count on getting an iPhone unlocked since AT&T is so protective of them.

But I'm still wondering about getting a SIM card from an authorized dealer vs the knockoffs from the street vendors. Another board says that authorized dealers require ID and street vendors don't. They also say that the unregistered cards can run into problems recharging when Comcel finds the rogue number. Has anyone with these cards had to buy a new card and thus have a new phone number?

The first time I went I got a SIM off the street. No ID or anything required.. Only 10k. Second time I just bought minutes and recharged. No problems whatsover. Same phone number. What's the big deal? If they won't recharge your phone, get a different card!

[Jergens007]

Chido,

What is the new trendy spot where all the upper paisas go to now? Places like.

Mantra? Spazio? Armana?

Thanks

I can tell you for a fact that within the better class of Paisas, Mango's is not a place to go anymore. As of the last couple of years. It has a reputation as a place that has a lot of prepagos and mafiosos.

The higher classes of people have other areas they go to.

[Manizales911]

Also which two carriers is the most popular. Tigo is one. What's the other?

I need to get myself one. All the paisas have no minutes. The only reason they can afford to keep a phone is that incoming calls are free. Many have borrowed my phone and the minutes just shrink away pretty quickly!

Comcel is the largest carrier in Colombia.

[Manizales911]

In Bogota you've always had to present a cedula or passport to buy a comcel sim.

Likewise with other cities,I've had Comcel for years and whenever I lose a phone or give it to one of my novias family I have to fill out a shitload of paperwork and have my passport with me.

[Mr Tango]

Second attempt to post (I may have timed out last time)

Gentlemen, thanks for the info. I already have an unlocked quad band phone, but possibly with the wrong frequency for internet (it's a euro model nokia n95). By the way, when I had a Blackberry Pearl under the 2 year contract with AT&T I called customer support and explained that I was going on vacation out of the country. I asked if they would unlock the phone so I could use my phone to have a local number and they unlocked it remotely. I think you'd have to be with them for a while and I'm betting they wouldn't do this with an iPhone (since they're so protective of this market). But hey it's worth a shot instead of buying another phone.

One question still not addressed, the performance of black market sims vs going to the authorized dealer (requiring a credula or passport). Do they work the same? A travel board said that the black markets can't be recharged once the cell company determines the account to be unauthorized. Which means getting new number. Anyone have any experience in how it takes to be detected?

[Ricker]

I can tell you for a fact that within the better class of Paisas, Mango's is not a place to go anymore ...

Great news!! That ´better class of people´ in Medellin are way too arrogant for me.

I´ve avoided Mangos for years because of the pompous attitude, maybe I´ll make a return visit :)

Thanks!! hehehe