Medellin Reports

[Turgid]

....Do you think the robber is going to rob me if I wear a football shirt and shorts? ......

Be careful to wear the correct football shirt for the locale you are visiting or you may be attacked for a different reason.

[Gabacho]

Organized gangs in Colombia? I don't see how that's possible. And it's absolutely not possible that clueless gringos are an easy target. No way. Unless maybe it's a tragic form of Darwinism.

All sarcasm aside, a "tragic form of Darwinism" is exactly what this is. The weekend warriors are going to continue to get scoped, robbed, and or murdered until they learn to leave the iPhone 15 and the bling bling at home. And all that will be left will be us Centro rats who have nothing to steal, and we'll still be getting dirty street pussy on our dirty dix, amen!

[Huacho]

Lately, this type of tragic death is happening very frequently. No good. Either there is an organized gang out there who knows how to rob and murder tourists or Newbees keeping their guards off or Americans are easy target?

Organized gangs in Colombia? I don't see how that's possible. And it's absolutely not possible that clueless gringos are an easy target. No way. Unless maybe it's a tragic form of Darwinism.

[JohnnieCash]

How exactly do you know who is Colombian and who is Venezuelan?

I know who is Venezuelan and who is Colombian by knowing the girls, their amigas and novios, seeing with whom they hang out with, and then seeing with whom these people hang, and so on and so forth, quickly you'll see who's who and generally they don't seem to mix. I had a Colombian girl refusing to ask another girl a question for me (there was some commotion and I wanted to know what was it about) because she was a Vennie, so she quickly found a Colombian girl to ask, she identified her non-Venezuelan nationality just by looking around, she didn't even know her.

[Gabacho]

How exactly do you know who is Colombian and who is Venezuelan?

You can tell as soon as you hear them talk. The Venezuelans sound completely different and use different words than the Colombians such as "epa" for "hola" and they say "naguara" and "verga" alot. Paisas instead of saying "verga" will say "hijueputa" or "que gonorrea". Also Paisas tend to have a very distinctive accent where they don't pronounce the letter "the" at the end of words surrounded by vowels. For example "pescado" is pronounced "pescao" and mercado is "mercao" etc.

Also paisas tend to be more fare skinned and Venezuelans more darker skinned but that isn't always the case and isn't a for sure way to tell.

Generally the Venezuelans look poorer and work informal jobs such as selling coffee, single cigarettes, and candies from a street cart often made from a stolen grocery store cart which they call a Chasa or Chasita.

[Lugnut]

Most (self-respecting) Colombians wear long trousers, it's mainly Venezuelans that are wearing shorts and various loose rapper clothing (and Vennies do love their airflow and sandals). But them wearing shorts due to a different skin complexion doesn't have such a blinding effect like a gringo showing off his white legs.

I don't think I have ever seen a Colombian wearing sandals here (I wonder whether they go in the sneakers to the beach when they play tourist). Venezuelans, sure, they don't even mind wearing flip flops out and about (but then at least have the decency to put on the socks while doing so LOL).

How exactly do you know who is Colombian and who is Venezuelan?

[Knowledge]

It's the same for me. There are unfortunate incidents of this sort that are widely reported. I take pains to avoid anyone reading about me in the media. I think the explanation is a combination of the two things you mentioned. It happens to Colombians too but you don't see it reported as intensely as it is when it happens to foreigners. An example of what I mean is the case of the American guy who murdered his Colombian girlfriend. It was covered live 24/7 in all media. Colombian guys killing their girlfriends is something that happens several times a day but it never dominates the airwaves the way that single case did.

Lately, this type of tragic death is happening very frequently. No good. Either there is an organized gang out there who knows how to rob and murder tourists or Newbees keeping their guards off or Americans are easy target?

[Villainy]

Lately, this type of tragic death is happening very frequently. No good. Either there is an organized gang out there who knows how to rob and murder tourists or Newbees keeping their guards off or Americans are easy target?

How many of these fine upstanding tourists would wear their bling and pull out their iPhone 15's in the worst ghetto section of their respective cities? How many would go strolling alone in those same areas day or night?

Yet these same people seem to lose all their common sense when they get on a plane and come here.

For some unknown reason which only makes sense to themselves they want to wear their open chested silk shirts and their bling and expensive watches. Oddly enough they get robbed and sometimes with fatal consequences. They bring girls to their rooms without a hotel reservation desk to verify IDs and pour out alcoholic drinks only to find that they got drugged and robbed and if they are lucky they survived the experience.

If it sounds like I'm blaming the victims, well, that isn't my point. Guys who come here need to remember to bring their common sense as well as their passport. Wearing bling just isn't going to impress anyone. Except the poor, desperate thieves who prey on the weak. Drinking in your room with girls you don't know is just begging to be victimized.

Drinking or not, when you leave a restaurant at night, instead of walking down dark empty streets, load the app. DiDi, Uber whatever and call them to the restaurant instead of walking alone down some dark side streets.

If this doesn't make sense to you. Take a 6 month vacation and stay in mid-town Manhattan. You'll get an education in common sense. Your bad (or careless) habits will get you mugged but probably not killed. After that you'll be prepared to handle yourself in Medellin or any of a number of other Central or South American cities without getting yourself killed.

[CoolGregg]

Oh wait a minute it was in Envigado not Centro. My bad. Of course it is stupid to bring gold chains to Colombia. Many moons ago I bought a nice Emerald pinky ring in CTG. Gold was a lot cheaper then. It took a few trips before it was stolen while I was asleep. After that I don't wear any fancy stuff in Colombia. Who am I trying to impress? The only people who would care are crooks and gold digger chicas. In 2010 I stayed in Envigado and I did not see one working girl. Times change I guess.

Lately, this type of tragic death is happening very frequently. No good. Either there is an organized gang out there who knows how to rob and murder tourists or Newbees keeping their guards off or Americans are easy target?

[Gabacho]

All should be welcome to visit Colombia. Stop worrying about other guys and just enjoy your visit. When I visit, I don't pay any attention to what other guys are doing and paying. I spend what I want and I don't really care what a bunch of anonymous strangers think. There are those who call guys spending a lot of money on girls simps but a number of these guys just make more money than you and the money they spend is not that much to them. I know a number of guys who work in the financial industry in New York City who come down to Medellin. They make millions each year so spending US $100 on a girl is not a big deal to them. Are they simps because they make so much money than you and are willing to spend it? I don't think so. They come down, get the girls they want, have a good time, and go back home happy.

You missed my point entirely. The problem isn't what I think. The problem is what Colombians think. These weekend warrior types are getting murdered by the boat load and they are giving gringos a bad reputation in Colombia. Don't take my word for it, read the comments on the Minuto30 article that Combo pointed out.

[Knowledge]

If I'm honest my opinion is Colombians, men and women, of course know all about the game and the fact that they are of course by far the majority players. What they and I dislike is the flamboyant behavior of some short term punters that gives the country and the game a bad name.

Can you really blame them for thinking that way?

To be honest the weekend warriors need to just go away.

[John Gault]

Oh wait a minute it was in Envigado not Centro. My bad. Of course it is stupid to bring gold chains to Colombia. Many moons ago I bought a nice Emerald pinky ring in CTG. Gold was a lot cheaper then. It took a few trips before it was stolen while I was asleep. After that I don't wear any fancy stuff in Colombia. Who am I trying to impress? The only people who would care are crooks and gold digger chicas. In 2010 I stayed in Envigado and I did not see one working girl. Times change I guess.

[MoonShot]

Can you really blame them for thinking that way?

To be honest the weekend warriors need to just go away.

All should be welcome to visit Colombia. Stop worrying about other guys and just enjoy your visit. When I visit, I don't pay any attention to what other guys are doing and paying. I spend what I want and I don't really care what a bunch of anonymous strangers think. There are those who call guys spending a lot of money on girls simps but a number of these guys just make more money than you and the money they spend is not that much to them. I know a number of guys who work in the financial industry in New York City who come down to Medellin. They make millions each year so spending US $100 on a girl is not a big deal to them. Are they simps because they make so much money than you and are willing to spend it? I don't think so. They come down, get the girls they want, have a good time, and go back home happy.

[Knowledge]

Quintero is out of the picture now. Two years ago he had himself and his core followers convinced he was a future president of Colombia. Now that he resigned in disgrace and his patron Gustavo Petro has more active scandals than all his predecessors combined, only the most delusional believe he has any political future. You might be right about him going to jail. Even if Fico agrees with the barriers I don't see that he has any choice but to remove them to avoid getting the stink of Quintero's disastrous term on him.

I say fuck the barriers and I say fuck Daniel Quintero too.

"Taking back the park from undisreables" is in clear violation of this law (see attached foto). How can you have a law that says that public parks cannot bre closed that they must be open to all the citizens for their enjoyment and free transit while at the same time picking and choosing which citizens are allowed in??

Daniel Quintero is a fucking criminal. I say lock his ass up!

[Mr Enternational]

Read the comments to see what (a lot of) Colombians think of male tourists looking for pussy.

There were 8 comments. One said they do not learn. Another said that is what you get for coming here looking for hookers. Another said it is the Venezuelans doing all the killing. The other 5 said to stop blaming the victim and that nobody deserves to die because they sought the services of a hooker. Which of these are you saying is what Colombians think of male tourists looking for pussy?

Different people have different thoughts concerning different things. Is anyone supposed to live their lives based on the diversified thoughts of strangers? The comment saying that is what you get also said you come do it here because it is not legal there. Duuuhhh. As if that constitutes a wrong doing. The same way people from there go to overseas because more money is paid. The same way I go to the racetrack to drive fast because there is a speed limit on the public roads. Am I supposed to not go somewhere something is allowed just because it is not allowed where I live? That would be dumb.