Medellin Reports

[Knowledge]

Crikey, you are a full on Centro rat.

After viewing a dozen huge women in New Life, I walked to P Botero which is only 800 meters or 20 minutes away per Maps, but Maps is useful only if you can fix North, South headings, difficult any time of the day as Colombia is right next to the equator on the South side. My navigation skills went to shit. Fortunately people in Medellin is very nice and helpful. An old lady stuck half her body out of the moving bus' window to shout directions to me. This people has class. I really like them.

Got in Hato Viejo, one of the best rated rest in town for lunch. It was crowded with an upper class clientele. Seeing how hard they were cutting their steaks, I tried fried fish, which was good. They served chicharron, nuggets of fried pork bellies, as snack. They were hard as rock. 49 K for fish plus 12.5 K cops for a local beer, way too expensive and not as good as street food..

[Knowledge]

If you aren't a resident you can get in with at least one vaccine and a negative PCR test. Both have to happen within the established time limits of 14 or more days before the date of flight for the vaccine and no more than 72 hours before the flight for thee PCR test. Pro tip: don't rely on dodgy translations from Chinese web sites for information about Colombia.

No, last COVID shot must not have been within 14 days of arrival. Last COVID shot has to be MORE than 14 days from the date of arrival. Or else you must be tested. To put another way, you have to complete the vaccination cycle at least 14 days before you arrive in Colombia.

[Norbert61]

OK. So I am Canadian (which is not anyone's fault, even my own) - once the weather hits 20 deg see. We want our shorts on. I know this is not really done here. I went to Centro yesterday in my long pants. I was wishing I had shorts on especially after the Venni I found marched me all over the map getting a hotel room. More on that later- I only saw two other males wearing shorts (both gringos) - I mean there is no disguising who I am or what I'm up to. I'm Caucasian AF, built on a larger scale, 60 yo single male so it is not really a matter of fitting in. Ain't going to happen- but I don't want to be disrespectful and I don't want to be thought of as an ugly tourist. Though come to think of it that would be a fair description. I was here about 5 years ago and I didn't worry about it much and there were times my bare legs did make me a bit uncomfortable. Any thoughts comments?

[NapataJohn]

Unless something has changed, I think you went too early.

You went too early. Best after 11.

[Knowledge]

Next time at that hour try Conejitas, Barra Ejecutiva, which are both very close to Plaza Botero. The taxista did not suggest them because he would lose the fare for the trip to Laureles. 80 K room included or you can take them out for a little more than twice that amount.

Had a hard time finding UBER drivers for La Isla at 7. They kept canceling due to congested traffic to the tunnel heading to the airport. Finally found one, after much congested traffic go to La Isla about 8.

20 M Cops ($5) cover. The club is a converted warehouse w high ceiling, about 6,000 SF with a strip stage in the center, booths and long lounging couches around, flat lightings, no decorations. Music was thumping but there was no show, only 6 guys and 2 girls in dresses sitting idly. I felt disappointed. 6 to 8 meseros were sitting on couches not dong anything, not pushing me to buy drinks.

Girls kept coming in to work through the back door to their dressing room. I sneaked a view and found a dozen girls with their street clothes off, putting on make up. They were almost all hefty with big butts, big boobs, thick thighs, lots of tats, plain faces, a few blacks. Beers are 33 M cops or $8 for guys and girls. Session costs 320 M cops or $80 including room. There were 2 skinny girls but their faces looked old, bodies plastered with tats, not interested..

[Knowledge]

On behalf of the brotherhood of Centro rats, Mexico's loss is our gain.

Mexico is in danger of losing a regular.

[Knowledge]

You can negotiate better deals at Luna during daytime hours. They do operate 24/7. I guess it boils down to whether the goal is the girls or the lights, music, and the bro show.

I went to both clubs on my last two trip. Went to Luna first at 8 pm. Bouncer told me that most of girls start arriving between 10 and 11 pm. So went to Isla right from there. Same situation. That's why joint was not humming. Locals and girls start coming in after 10. Day time conejitas in centro not bad. But always buys due to central location.

[CoolGregg]

Drove around and around, Medellin is a huge city, got to Luna Lunera about 10. Told driver to wait 5 minutes while I go in to check it out.

It's a small club, about 2,000 SF, claims to open 24/7 with 15 M Cops or $4 cover. No client, about 8 girls were sitting around, average sizes, looking pretty good to my taste. No strip show, no beers sold, only liquor, the cheapest is a 120 M cops .

I went to both clubs on my last two trip. Went to Luna first at 8 pm. Bouncer told me that most of girls start arriving between 10 and 11 pm. So went to Isla right from there. Same situation. That's why joint was not humming. Locals and girls start coming in after 10. Day time conejitas in centro not bad. But always buys due to central location.

[Knowledge]

Search the forum for "casa" all the filthy details are here. I will clean up my private messages. I didn't know guys can't slide up in my DMs. Well, maybe I should leave it the way it is. Just kidding, I will clean it up.

Knowledge,

Your PM quota is exceeded.

Would be very nice to find girls hotter than Camilla in casas. Any place outside Poblado would be less risky than P Lleras, markets in Centro, P Botero.

Please post pointers and addresses where to find casas. Can take UBER and visit a few. Thanks.

[Captain Solo]

Nounce.

I was there until about 9 pm. 3 groups of guys were sitting with girls, but fee people bought drinks.

I saw about 20 girls, all too heavy for me. The girls selection, fun and sexy factors are about 30 percent of Hong Kong club in Tijuana.

[Captain Solo]

The area around Plaza Botero and Metro stop Beerios is the busiest and liveliest in Medellin with thousands shops and hundreds thousands people walking in the day time, but at night all shops are closed, lights turned off, the whole area is dark and deserted, only vagrants scurrying in the dark.

Forget about finding any decent hotels near P Botero; there are none. The bros should stay in decent GF hotels in Poblado or Laureles, cab to Botero in the day time, bag a few hot girls, get their tels, then negotiate visits at night in the hotels.

A few hot Botero girls have been calling and texting me at all hours to hook up.

[ChuchoLoco]

As it has been told many times here but bears repeating, no matter what debit card you are carrying, you should refuse the conversion rate when the prompt comes up on the screen when you are withdrawing cash at the ATM. That is simply an additional mark-up from the bank whose ATM you are using. I won't say the transaction always works when you refuse it, but 90% of the time it does. And if you are trying to draw out upper limit amounts, the same ATM can vary day to day quite a bit depending on the one you use, both on maximum amount per transaction, and maximum number of transactions per day or total amount per day.

After refusing the conversion rate what next? Is there another option or just proceed? Do they give the conversion rate that they are offering and is it that much lower than what you get after refusing? It's been a couple years since I've been there and I just don't remember being offered a conversion rate. But knowing all this now will help when I get back next month. Thanks.

[Captain Solo]

It's in a semi residential area with a blue front door. Went through 3 layers of locked steel doors and headed upstairs.

A few couches and booths surround a small lobby. Signs on the walls say 55 M Cops or $14 half hour, 90 M or $23 full hour, beers 5 M. The woman manager said, will bring up girls, remember their names or numbers.

I sat in a booth drinking a beer. A dozen girls climbed up the stairs, went in the booth, said Hi and their names. They were older, like mid 30's, all huge with big butts, big boobs, tattoos looking crude, a few blacks. They looked like the huge bulbous Botero's sculptures. The selection was the worst in Colombia to my taste. A couple guys went in next and they repeated the process of walking up the stairs to introduce themselves, lots of climbing. Guys looked happy taking big girls for banging.

I paid for the beer and walked down through 3 buzzed steel door, felt like I was in a prison. Walked out to the nice, clean streets towards Plaza Botero, tried to erase the images of huge, bulbous women from my memory.

[Captain Solo]

Turgid,

I go to Tijuana just about every weekend because of convenience, and it sure beats the LA ghettos with lots of violent crimes, ugly, skanky, hardened WGs.

People in Medellin show a lot of love to each other and to their children in public. Their children are nice, clean, well cared for, balanced, happy. They are friendly, honest, patient and helpful to strangers like me. Compared to other peoples in America, Europe, Asia, the average people in Medellin are civilized and good citizens.

I would want to do a few trips to MDE every year.

[Nounce]

... after much congested traffic go to La Isla about 8..... I wasted my time and money at La Isla, would never go back.

Unless something has changed, I think you went too early.