Medellin Reports

[Josie]

Gents,

I will be in MDE on my first trip soon. Experienced monger, speak some Spanish. I plan to stay in Poblado area.

Which area is best and totally safe to pick up some freelancers in the day or evening (not in the night) that I can bring to my hotel? Is it Parque Lleras? And approx what would be taxi cost to travel from there to, lets say mansion hotel in Poblado?

And by the way, is a photocopy of passport photo page along with a copy of page with arrival stamp good enough as ID on the streets? Thanks to anyone who can help me.

Your Hotel will ask you for your passport and have them copy it and the immigration stamp page to walk around. Something I find out, at least at La Isla, you need your original passport if you want to use a credit card. All chicas seem to be independent, at least the one I encounter. You should be able to negotiate to take them to your room. At the strip clubs and casas, you can try to get a phone number for evening activities.

At the Hotel M club, there are many gringos that show up that do not stay at the Hotel. One night there were about 20+ girls at the club, and I was the only gringo there. They will go with you to your Hotel.

[Surfer500]

Your points are valid. Medellin is not especially user friendly, and even much less so than Costa Rica. It's even quite spread out unless one is staying in Centro and concentrating on just the street.

It's also not a very GFE destination. Your typical puta wants to offer the bare bones experience, everything covered and limited if any normal foreplay like kissing. There's always exceptions to the rule, as you can glean some more friendly girls from FB, but this is hit and miss and requires work. Few in this venue work regularly.

The language barrier is also significant. Many locals seem to assume that all tourists are fluent in Spanish, and if they can manage to speak fast and loud enough that you'll eventually understand them. Jajaja.

I travel to Medellin only because as a Floridian it is close to me and much cheaper than Costa Rica. If the exchange rate ever reversed on us I'd rethink that decision. If I lived in Southern Cal I'd likely just run down to Tijuana. If I lived out west or even Canada I'd be looking much more to Asia.

A couple of comments to consider. I live two hours from Tijuana and it's a shithole and don't bother with the place and used to be a regular there many years ago.

As far as Colombia not being a GFE destination, well your correct that for those with no Spanish speaking skills it can be a challenge to get this, for the Spanish speakers though it can be off the charts.

And everything covered and a bare bones experience, well this can be quite the contrary.

Just my personal opinions.

[Tasss]

Hey guys,

Just to repeat for the 1 millionth time on the forum, be careful in Centro. Walking through that area at night was always sketchy, but with the new gates there, the Plaza is even more devoid of people at night. I didn't know that and I tried to take a shortcut from the SW corner of the Plaza (around the end of Calle 52) to Ave De Greiff where the strip clubs like Conejitas are. Previously the path around the outside of the museum to De Greiff was de-populated at night with maybe only homeless and trannies walking around so I didn't like going around outside. That's why I typically take a diagonal path through the Plaza. I've done this many times so I thought I knew what to do. But I realized too late that apparently now both paths are pretty empty. About 200 ft in 2 guys rush in from behind me and demanded my phone with both holding knives. I normally look behind me every once in a while if I'm in a sketchy place, but it didn't occur to me they can mark you from somewhat far away and run at you before you notice. Anyways I wasn't going to fight that. I just put the phone on the ground and let them take it. Phone was old, so not a big financial loss. But if you're tense and the thieves are tense, obviously things can go very bad.

As another poster said, I think after 8 pm the risk / reward of going to either Santa Fe in Bogota or Centro in Medellin starts tilting towards more risk. To be sure, I still enjoy both areas, in fact picked up a pretty one next day around the south side of the Plaza at 2 pm, but no more late night outings there for sure. The girls there are rougher and more hardcore, more aggressive trannies, more homeless, more groups of guys hanging around for no apparent reason.

[StevieP]

How do I find the Escort Agencies in Colombia? Can you point me in the right direction? I see you mentioned it in your post.

The girls voluntarily sign up for a website so you get all kinds there but yes, there are normal women on there.

As they say, you are paying for it one way or another. I am not sure what you mean. For some, there is women who qualify as prostitutes. Others would cuss you out for bringing it up. There are not going to be legal issues in Colombia like the US, so I do not get what the issue is with that. It is hard for me to say this on a monger board where all the guys think every chick just wants money, but there have been women on SA that I have met who do not like how they fell taking money for sex and have stopped doing it. I thought there was no or not as much of a stigma with prostitution in Colombia / South America, but there is.

All the women know is that this is a website that they can maybe make money and see what a guy's income and wealth is (or at least have some idea). For many women, it is a chance to meet foreigners / Americans.

For most guys, it is pay per meet. Paying for a GF abroad does not make sense to me though some guys could do it.

Many if not most the women on the site that I had met had never been on a date before nor even understood what an arrangement was. Others use it as an escort service. The best thing to do is to define what you want and the kind of woman you are looking and put it in your profile. You then send out messages to women who fit what you need..

[JjBee62]

So far my statement holds- like I previously said mongers fluent in Spanish will not experience the scene in the same way and although you, Balboa, and you Surfer500 will not register the scene as difficult- not only because of your language skills but also your extreme familiarity with the setting- others will have a vastly different experience.

My point here is to give prospective visitors a little does of reality- many guys find Medellin to be fantastic but honestly speaking there are challenges that get glossed over. If you are looking for a point and shoot location that is set up specifically for you like most of south east Asia, this is not it. Like I said, even Brazil is more user friendly despite the language barrier there. I have yet to hear any refutations to the specific points I laid out.

Knowing at least some of the local language goes a long way. Once I was able to try and communicate in Spanish I found everything got better.

As for the ease of the scene, it's going to vary depending on the individual. For the newbies, there's not much easier than staying at the Mansion. Even for an experienced monger, it's not a bad way to get started in Medellin. Admittedly, there are cheaper and better accommodations, but there are some benefits.

The casas do lack in the GFE department, but at 50 k for 30 minutes you can search for the good performers without spending much.

For the budget monger from the US, Medellin, or Bogota is hard to beat. It's much more accessible than southeast Asia and it's possible to get by for under $50 per day, including 1 or 2 girls.

However, everyplace has some drawbacks.

[JjBee62]

Wrong.

The nicer the hotel the less guest friendly they are which others have posted a million times. That is the rule. Of course you can find the exception.

If you are a disco and late night bar drinker than Centro is not the place to be. El Poblado is. I want to end my night somewhat near my accommodation especially if I get drunk or find a girl.

Transportation does matter. In the daytime you can go from El Poblado to Centro casas and Botero easy taking bus, metro, or taxi. But if you go the other way then things change. I believe the metro stops running at 11:00 pm and the buses stop even earlier. So if your are staying in Centro but want to party late in El Poblado you can take any transportation there but returning you will have to take a taxi (or Uber, Didi, etc.). The little details matter. I would like to visit El Poblado more often but hate dealing with taxis, especially late at night and if is raining they try to scam you on price.

Many of the nicer hotels are semi guest friendly. If the girl is dressed reasonably, although they might add a guest fee, they often will let them enter.

One thing I've always done when I'm hanging out in Parque Lleras is to walk down to Parque Poblado to catch a taxi. They are lined up in front of the park. I've had a few that I had to remind to reset the meter, and a few where the meter ran up quicker than normal, but mostly I've had good luck.

Another option for the disco and party people is to stay in Laureles. Plenty of clubs there.

[Mojo Bandit]

Horrible scene near ground zero this afternoon She was treated on the scene and taken away in an ambulance. The walk job was carted off in the back of a police pick up. This happened only moments after I arrived at about 4 pm or so.

I read about this on an FB page- but they said the girl was probably in ICU. Did you get the impression she was going to be alright?

The FB poster said that the crowd of people thought he jumped to commit suicide and landed on the girl and were about to finish him off until somebody said they saw him fall. I'm not so sure that should have made a difference. Either waty he was a careless.

[JjBee62]

Where should I go once my six months tourist visa expires? Or is it possible to walk / bus across to Ecuador or Peru (without an exit stamp) and walk / bus back to Colombia and pretend I left months ago so I can stay longer than six months?

Your entrance stamp is dated. If you leave without getting an exit stamp, they are going to look at your entrance stamp and realize you've already overstayed for 3 months. You only get 90 days on your entrance stamp. You need to either extend for an additional 90 days, or leave, with an exit stamp and re-enter to get another 90 days.

If you wish to stay longer than 6 months you will need some other type of visa. If you're not already fluent in Spanish, one way is to get a student visa. If you prepay for 3 months of classes you can get a 6 month student visa. Before you ask, yes you have to actually take the classes. 3 months of Spanish classes costs around 3 million pesos.

[Nounce]

Have you tried any of the chicas from pasionprepagos? The rate seems like a better deal than FB chicas and their bodies are stacked.

No. I have not.

[Fun Luvr]

Where should I go once my six months tourist visa expires? Or is it possible to walk / bus across to Ecuador or Peru (without an exit stamp) and walk / bus back to Colombia and pretend I left months ago so I can stay longer than six months?

None of that will work. First, how do you plan to get out of Colombia without an exit stamp? Even if you could, that works against you. Time runs from entry to exit. Also, entry and exit dates are stored in a computer, tied to your passport.

[Villainy]

Wrong.

The nicer the hotel the less guest friendly they are which others have posted a million times. That is the rule. Of course you can find the exception.

I have no idea where you came up with that. I have stayed at the nicest hotel in Laureles and it is guest friendly (Hotel Dorado la 70). I've also stayed at several others in Laureles that are a notch below.

(Hotel Egina, Hotel Asturias, Hotel Boliviarana.) all of which are guest friendly. Maybe you are talking about El Poblado places exclusively. But what Osteokot said is consistent with my experience in Laureles.

[LoveItHere69]

Obviously you need a guest friendly hotel, it can be close to El Centro or can be an easy taxi ride or Metro ride from El Centro, it doesn't really matter. People make a big deal about finding guest friendly hotels but honestly it's harder to find a hotel that is not guest friendly than one that is.

You want to be close to Ground Zero because that is where you will screen your girls initially.

Wrong.

The nicer the hotel the less guest friendly they are which others have posted a million times. That is the rule. Of course you can find the exception.

If you are a disco and late night bar drinker than Centro is not the place to be. El Poblado is. I want to end my night somewhat near my accommodation especially if I get drunk or find a girl.

Transportation does matter. In the daytime you can go from El Poblado to Centro casas and Botero easy taking bus, metro, or taxi. But if you go the other way then things change. I believe the metro stops running at 11:00 pm and the buses stop even earlier. So if your are staying in Centro but want to party late in El Poblado you can take any transportation there but returning you will have to take a taxi (or Uber, Didi, etc.). The little details matter. I would like to visit El Poblado more often but hate dealing with taxis, especially late at night and if is raining they try to scam you on price.

[Osteoknot]

I invested in a Dollar Store mirror for less than nine bucks. There were cheaper ones but this one was actually pretty nice without distortion and I'm going to hand it down to one of my novias when I leave on Wednesday.

The fotos are a small sample of the action you will get when a girl sees a mirror in your room including dancing with other girls. I did not ask any of these girls to pose for these shots, they did it on their own.

I claim they get moist and dewey inside from looking at themselves which puts them more in the mood, and improves their performance, jajajaja.

If you're just a wet mud hole fucker and this kind of stuff doesn't matter to you then forget about it which you probably have already done if you even read this far, jajajaja, perhaps I am delusional but I have this crazy idea that you can get a lot more bang for the buck, pun intended, with what should be a trivial amount of extra money for anybody who can afford to be here except maybe I do not have a good feel for the guys who are here on a shoestring budget. Keep On Keepin' On, Osteeeee Out!

[Paulie97]

My point here is to give prospective visitors a little does of reality- many guys find Medellin to be fantastic but honestly speaking there are challenges that get glossed over. If you are looking for a point and shoot location that is set up specifically for you like most of south east Asia, this is not it. Like I said, even Brazil is more user friendly despite the language barrier there. I have yet to hear any refutations to the specific points I made.

Your points are valid. Medellin is not especially user friendly, and even much less so than Costa Rica. It's even quite spread out unless one is staying in Centro and concentrating on just the street.

It's also not a very GFE destination. Your typical puta wants to offer the bare bones experience, everything covered and limited if any normal foreplay like kissing. There's always exceptions to the rule, as you can glean some more friendly girls from FB, but this is hit and miss and requires work. Few in this venue work regularly.

The language barrier is also significant. Many locals seem to assume that all tourists are fluent in Spanish, and if they can manage to speak fast and loud enough that you'll eventually understand them. Jajaja.

I travel to Medellin only because as a Floridian it is close to me and much cheaper than Costa Rica. If the exchange rate ever reversed on us I'd rethink that decision. If I lived in Southern Cal I'd likely just run down to Tijuana. If I lived out west or even Canada I'd be looking much more to Asia.

[Plan77]

You can buy a sim card in any Tigo Claro store / kiosk. You don't even need an ID. Very easy to get.

Nice to know, thank you very much for replying.