I think you have things backwards, Thailand has been dying on the vine because tourism has been shut down since March of last year and they are slated to re-open on the 1st of November. The last thing Thailand wants to do is scare tourists away, regardless of what type of tourists they are.
Relatively speaking this the best of times and the worst of times to be an international monger jajaja.
The best because at least compared to the recent past I think we will be seen less as "personas non grata" jaja.
When is your 1st trip to LOS scheduled? I'm thinking summer, when its sooper hot and less crowded?
My last long visit was during Christmas and Asia's new year holiday, that's a great time to visit!!
The counter service of Spirit Airlines in Chicago O'Hare was a complete shit show. The all-female staff messed up the lines: line A, international but to Cabo only; line be, everything else. Well, a bunch of people were going to Latin American countries (final destination). But they classified the line as direct flight. You don't find that out until you wait in line, get to the agent, and she tells you to go to the back of a mile-long line. They absolutely refused to let you skip the line to get in the correct line. This is messed up because of how poorly they communicate (dozens of people asked if they'd make the flight based on the line length and which line to wait in), plus, instead of fixing the problem, reducing the number of people in line, the insane request to go to the back of the line after you legitimately waited the first time, was outright dumb. Instead of stepping one queue over, the supervisor insisted people go to the back of the line that amassed to several hundred people by that time. They didn't fix the problem, they just postponed the solution. I heard the floating agent that helps people with auto-check in say they dealt with the chaos everyday. Totally stupid if you know it causes a problem and do not fix it. Unprofessional customer service. Although it worked out in the end, I had to sweet talk the floating agent to let me skip the line. It does pay to talk nice, I thought, but realized that if she does that everyday, then she's just playing the role of the hero when it wasn't required. They created the problem and they offered the solution. Not professional.
The transfer through Fort Lauderdale was much easier. Maybe because I didn't have to check in? Plus, the plane was much cleaner, less packed, and overall much better.
There is no doubt FLL is bad, and I have global entry (best $100 I ever spent and free if you get some American Express cards) but if you use the free mobile passport app and fill out your info, you can also bypass the horrendous lines. It is not as good as Global Entry but it sure as hell beats standing in the regular line.
Colombia and now Thailand are saying they want to Crack down on prostitution. What if they want to make a example of someone. They swipe your passport and see that you've been to every know hooker destination in the world. Look at the overreacting on the terrorism laws after 911. They trampled on everyone's rights. They could do the same with banging legal age hookers in the 3rd world.
I think you have things backwards, Thailand has been dying on the vine because tourism has been shut down since March of last year and they are slated to re-open on the 1st of November. The last thing Thailand wants to do is scare tourists away, regardless of what type of tourists they are.
My return flight from Bogota had FLL as port of entry in USA, and it was the worst 150 minutes I spent in any airport. I had to wait in several lines. There was a waiting line to enter baggage claim area, and once I entered the baggage claim area, it took another 30 minutes for baggage to arrive in baggage claim. After that ordeal was over, there was long winded waiting line to enter immigration area, and then the actual lines for getting your entry into USA. Since I had connecting flight, I had another line to check in my bag, and then another line for security check to go to gate of connecting flight. All in all, it took 150 minutes to reach the gate of my connecting flight.
Get Global Entry, and when arriving in FLL just walk around the lines and ask where the Global Entry kiosks are which all use facial recognition. I returned with a friend last month who didn't have Global Entry who went thru the same ordeal you did, and the airlines don't like it either when flyers miss their connections. And it's been going on at that airport for months now, you would think they would of cleaned up their act by now.
I am with Mr. E on this. I have been going to Colombia for 16 years (who knows how many trips), some of which I was married to a Colombian and the rest as a monger. NEVER had anyone ask to view fotos on my phone, never gotten shaked down. I was body scanned once, but it was years ago when I was on vacation with my ex-wife and daughter, but that was in Cartagena. Not saying that shake-downs, etc. Can't or don't happen, but it's certainly not the norm based on what I've experienced and based on what I know of friend who visit Colombia regularly.
Damn, 16 years? Thats a long time. What's the longest have you spent there at one time? Any tips on Medellin or Colombia in general outside of mongering?
But milerotica can be very good source if you pick girls that are highly reviewed. Catador columbia forum provides excellent reviews of milerotico girls. You can not go wrong if you stick to girls that are reviewed with positive feedback.
Will make sure to post a good review while I'm there, if anyone else is there 10/31 - 11/5 let me know, can link up for some food / drinks!
I have recently used Lacelestina agency in Bogota. I had a long list of girls that I wanted to see but I ended up seeing only couple of girls from this agency. The main problem I faced was not able to determine which services a girl provides or does not provide or provides only for extra charge. Their profiles do not list what services they provide. And the phone handlers were not helpful in providing such details. I was looking for GFE, DFK and 69 but nobody from the agency was able to help me screen their girls to match my requirements. One time, they send me a girl promising that she provides the requested services only to find out that she does not provide such services. So I stopped using this agency.
I had better luck with eroticabogota agency as their profiles clearly list all the services each of their girl provides and its phone handlers were very willing to work with me to help me select the best one that match my requirements. I ended up seeing 5 girls from this agency and they all were good for me.
So Lacelestina can share face pictures so you know what the girl looks like but they do not list all services she will provide.
With eroticabogota, it is other way around. They will not share face picture, so you would not know what she looks like but they will list all the services she provides. At least, its phone handlers were willing to help to bridge that gap.
I have not used mileroticos as most of the girls there are flaky, I tried to see one highly reviewed girl in Bogota but she did not bother to respond in timely manner.
But milerotica can be very good source if you pick girls that are highly reviewed. Catador columbia forum provides excellent reviews of milerotico girls. You can not go wrong if you stick to girls that are reviewed with positive feedback. I am going to try milerotico girls in Medellin as I have short listed few of the highly reviewed girls. Most of them provide their services around 120 k-140 k price range, that beats agency pricing and non-reviewed agency girls.
Ever since Trump passed that new law which basically is going after any sex tourism, even though we are not trafficking, immigration has been a real pain. Here is some added protocol I have been following since trump passed the law. Everyone should follow this because I'm getting harassed a lot more crossing over from Tijuana.
1) You need 2 phones. One you use in the states like a 1 k iPhone with all your apps that you can think of, and a cheaper 300 dollar phone for mongering. On the monger phone you will only need to download what's app, tinder, and uber.
2) when you cross back to the states, especially Colombia which harassed the hell out of me as a solo traveler, you want that phone to be completely deleted and reset to factory settings. For android: Settings / general management / reset / factory data reset / reset. That's it. After it's done you can cross over and they won't see shit. Any google searches, photos, and what's app conversations are gone.
Take a screen shot of your what's app numbers and email it to yourself to a rarely used email. When you get home you can add the numbers back and dump the girls you are getting tired of anyway..
How is that real? What happens when you go to a legal brothel in Nevada-do they pop you on the way into California? Or as you cross up into Idaho a fed is going to pull you over: were you in a brothel? I need to see your phone. Most of this discussion is just silly.
There is no doubt FLL is bad, and I have global entry (best $100 I ever spent and free if you get some American Express cards) but if you use the free mobile passport app and fill out your info, you can also bypass the horrendous lines. It is not as good as Global Entry but it sure as hell beats standing in the regular line.
My return flight from Bogota had FLL as port of entry in USA, and it was the worst 150 minutes I spent in any airport. I had to wait in several lines. There was a waiting line to enter baggage claim area, and once I entered the baggage claim area, it took another 30 minutes for baggage to arrive in baggage claim. After that ordeal was over, there was long winded waiting line to enter immigration area, and then the actual lines for getting your entry into USA. Since I had connecting flight, I had another line to check in my bag, and then another line for security check to go to gate of connecting flight. All in all, it took 150 minutes to reach the gate of my connecting flight.
The searching of phones etc. And questioning at airports
Without getting into too many specifics, this is beginning to happen more frequently now. A single male traveler with a history of travel to Thailand, Colombia, Cambodia and Costa Rica. Boom - expect to be grilled and have all of your stuff turned upside down. Customs some times take your electronics stuff away for hours, yes plural hours, and inspect it, far away from your eyes.
Don't be stupid. Take care and of course, don't indulge in illegal activities.
Now, can anyone please point me to any info on that sex tourism law that has been mentioned recently. About buying sex. I am not aware of any such law.
I was told I needed to include anything within the past 15 years. Then why does it say 5 and 10 years?
When the bureaucracy train goes off track, there's no telling where or why it happened.
Way the fuck off track. My credit score is 825 and I have not even had a traffic ticket in the last 20 years. Reminds me of Rappi. My shit still was not working yesterday so I wrote to them. They said I was in violation of the terms and conditions. What violation? We can not tell you that sir, but you can close this account and open another. Yes but I do not want to open another account and mistakenly do the same thing I did to get this one flagged. And what happens to my 73 points in this account? Sorry.
You said if you didn't do anything wrong, than don't worry. If that's true, why did they take your global entry card away. Maybe they already have you pegged as a sex tourist. You travel everywhere.
Colombia and now Thailand are saying they want to Crack down on prostitution. What if they want to make a example of someone. They swipe your passport and see that you've been to every know hooker destination in the world. Look at the overreacting on the terrorism laws after 911. They trampled on everyone's rights. They could do the same with banging legal age hookers in the 3rd world.
What? You are definitely paranoid. I literally tell the agents that I was in Tijuana fucking hoes when I cross back over and they ask. They just say ok welcome back. I ja e not been harassed at that border in 30 years. If you are not doing anything illegal there is no reason for all this mission impossible I spy shit.
I can't believe you told them that. You never know when you get the power hungry officer. What if you get a female officer. She looks at your WhatsApp and says this girl looks underage. You tell her she is 19. They don't believe you and take you to the back because they think you're engaging in sex trafficking. Remember the new law said Facebook and Craigslist can be held accountable and arrested if someone on their platforms are engaging in prostitution. There are more reports here of extra scrutiny. I would be vigilant. Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean someone isn't after you. I can tell you last time I crossed over from Tijuana the Jerk officer was hoping I would say what you said. He kept asking question after question.
What? You are definitely paranoid. I literally tell the agents that I was in Tijuana fucking hoes when I cross back over and they ask. They just say ok welcome back. I ja e not been harassed at that border in 30 years. If you are not doing anything illegal there is no reason for all this mission impossible I spy shit.
Well your quite brash. I used to be a Tijuana regular, and when asked what I was doing in Tijuana my answer would always be just hanging out. All the border agents know exactly what single males are doing in Tijuana, especially crossing back in the evening. However, I do know a guy a little more brash than you that would always tell the agents he hoped he didn't pick up the clap while in Tijuana.