Medellin Reports

[Surfer500]

For the record, the song 'Blowing in the Wind' was written by Bob Dylan (1962) and he sang the song. But Peter, Paul and Mary's version probably gained the most notoriety and fame. Yes I'm an old fart and remember when the song came out. But good analogy Black Page.

I assumed there were a lot of old farts like us on this board who would of known about these vintage 60's singers and songwriters. But hell I feel like I'm in my twenty's when I troll El Centro looking for a wife!

[BayBoy]

How many times shall we repeat the same thing
Before everyone will understand
Yes how many times it will be repeated
That no upper-class hotels do welcome "casual guests"?
Yes, how many times can a man turn his head
To not see deluxe motels or apartment for rent?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

For the record, the song 'Blowing in the Wind' was written by Bob Dylan (1962) and he sang the song. But Peter, Paul and Mary's version probably gained the most notoriety and fame. Yes I'm an old fart and remember when the song came out. But good analogy Black Page.

[GringoLoco66]

Don't know anything about hotels. Apartments are the way to go in Medellin.

I will second that. Apartments are the way to go. AirBnB has apartments for as little as 20 USD per night. And no one is going to hassle you. I usually stay a La Provincia in Poblado. They don't ask any questions and tolerated quite a bit of partying in my room. No one said a word to me. Cra 30 A #9-45. But that is just one of many places.

[El Mechanico]

I guess there are not many who never heard Bob Dylan. Sometimes they say "If you need it explained, then it's useless to explain it anyway". However, this is the translation in simple terms of "my" song:

1) No upper-class hotels do welcome "casual guests".
2) Go to a deluxe love motel or rent an apartment.
3) It was said so many times, so many times already...! Never read that before? RTFF.

I knew it, thank you!

El Mechanico.

[Black Page]

Probably never heard of Peter, Paul, & Mary either.

LOL! :-D :-D

What is this? A competition of sarcasm?
(I had to Google "Peter, Paul, & Mary" to find out).

P.S.: I don't like Bob Dylan.

[Surfer500]

I guess there are not many who never heard Bob Dylan. Sometimes they say "If you need it explained, then it's useless to explain it anyway". However, this is the translation in simple terms of "my" song:

1) No upper-class hotels do welcome "casual guests".
2) Go to a deluxe love motel or rent an apartment.
3) It was said so many times, so many times already...! Never read that before? RTFF.

Probably never heard of Peter, Paul, & Mary either.

[Black Page]

What are you sayin?

I think he starts out saying RTFF & you'll get the answers to your questions and then changes the theme to rent apartments & you won't have to worry about chica friendly or not!
El Mechanico

How many times shall we repeat the same thing
Before everyone will understand
Yes how many times it will be repeated
That no upper-class hotels do welcome "casual guests"?
Yes, how many times can a man turn his head
To not see deluxe motels or apartment for rent?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

:-/
I guess there are not many who never heard Bob Dylan. Sometimes they say "If you need it explained, then it's useless to explain it anyway". However, this is the translation in simple terms of "my" song:

1) No upper-class hotels do welcome "casual guests".
2) Go to a deluxe love motel or rent an apartment.
3) It was said so many times, so many times already...! Never read that before? RTFF.

[El Mechanico]

What are you sayin?

I think he starts out saying RTFF & you'll get the answers to your questions and then changes the theme to rent apartments & you won't have to worry about chica friendly or not!

El Mechanico

[Chesscat]

What are you sayin?

How many times shall we repeat the same thing
Before everyone will understand
Yes how many times it will be repeated
That no upper-class hotels do welcome "casual guests"?
Yes, how many times can a man turn his head
To not see deluxe motels or apartment for rent?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

[Knowledge]

In the 70's the idea was alternative weekly newspapers with their liberal advertising policies would be the death of the hobby.

http://colombiareports.com/medellin-...g-sex-tourism/

In the end the Internet will be the death of the hobby. Local governments won't tolerate the publicity. Jaco will be next and that is for sure. The military government of Thailand is pissed. The world's 'Zona Tolerance' is getting smaller and smaller.

(actually the things Cuba Dave talked about were really not toxic but that is not helping him (make a donation).

[Quagmire1974]

(actually the things Cuba Dave talked about were really not toxic but that is not helping him (make a donation).

Making a monetary donation to Cuba Dave may very well be pointless. I found a post from this past March on another internet message board claiming that the guy who sold Cuba Dave out to Costa Rican authorities is the same one running the Cuba Dave legal support fund on Facebook and is simply pocketing the cash. September 4 will be the crucial date. Unless Costa Rican authorities can prove Cuba Dave was part of organized crime, they legally won't be able to hold him in preventive custody after that date.

[SavePros321]

http://colombiareports.com/medellin-...g-sex-tourism/

In the end the Internet will be the death of the hobby. Local governments won't tolerate the publicity. Jaco will be next and that is for sure. The military government of Thailand is pissed. The world's 'Zona Tolerance' is getting smaller and smaller.

(actually the things Cuba Dave talked about were really not toxic but that is not helping him (make a donation).

We've already discussed this at length. Damn near 15 pages of just that alone. Post number #20176 on page 25 in this forum kicked things off (hat tip to Manizales for breaking the news here). Start there and work your way back.

[PirateMorgan]

http://colombiareports.com/medellin-...g-sex-tourism/

In the end the Internet will be the death of the hobby. Local governments won't tolerate the publicity. Jaco will be next and that is for sure. The military government of Thailand is pissed. The world's 'Zona Tolerance' is getting smaller and smaller.

(actually the things Cuba Dave talked about were really not toxic but that is not helping him (make a donation).

[Lou32]

Some guys here need to be the authority and you are dealing w / the president of that club. Now that I think about it, it's a one man club.

You cannot win or convince someone like this to be reasonable. Mr E has his game and if you play different you are inferior.

I tend to keep him on the ignore but I know he is a smart guy too so I give it another try.

Then he does the same thing all over again so it's back to ignore for him. You, I and most others here.

Know we are not dealing w / things. It's too bad some here are so cold. It is what it is.

"I tend to keep him on the ignore." I hear you there, buddy.

[Quagmire1974]

I reserved Casa La Fe and they sent their policies by email, one of which is this. Did you manage to bring any guests into your room?

"The hotel does not permit casual guests in hotel rooms at any time. ".

That's a good hotel. It used to be known simply as Casa La Fe and was owned by an expat named Geoff and his Colombian wife. I think the name change to Casa La Fe a Kali Hotel was because Geoff and his wife sold the hotel to a larger conglomerate or have gone into partnership with them, I'm not sure either way.

Is the hotel chica friendly? Eh, yes and no. You received the verbiage of "The hotel does not permit casual guests in hotel rooms at any time" and that was also in effect when I was there a while back. Reception is located immediately inside the front door of the hotel but is only staffed until 5 pm in the evenings, more or less. Afterwards, a doorman keeps a loose eye on who comes and goes. I had no problem bringing a chica back to my room on three consecutive nights after reception was closed because I was friendly and chatty with the doorman and acted like I owned the place. If he had resisted, I was prepared to grease the guy's palm with a few thousand pesos. It probably also helped that my chica was a secretary who I met at a local ice cream shop and looked like a simple resident of Cartagena, as opposed to a glammed-up working girl in a tight dress with 6 inch stiletto heels.