Medellin Reports

[Jchipper]

I have the names of 2 legit excellent Massage girls, any one need an Hotel or Outcall Massage, PM me, these are attractive girls but the Massage is just that, no hand jobs etc, let me know as they are too hard to find here that are good, A Greg has a good one but she is pricey.

[Too Jaded]

You could fly to Panama city in Business class and do a short hop from there (in cattle class:-) to few cities in Colombia. Just a thought.

That's what I am now doing, thanks for the advice.

2J

[Superboy1]

Col Blog,

I really appreciate the info. I thought it was a no-brainer but as you pointed out I will have to consider both options especially since my travel agent can't seem to find me a direct flight to medellin for a reasonable price. I might have to go threw Bogata or Cartagena and if that is the case I might jump into a small airplane after all. Thinking of all the paisas to come might get my mind of all the turbulences that I will have to endure.

Thank you.

Where you flying from?

Superboy

[Tom 33]

Col Blog,

I really appreciate the info. I thought it was a no-brainer but as you pointed out I will have to consider both options especially since my travel agent can't seem to find me a direct flight to medellin for a reasonable price. I might have to go threw Bogata or Cartagena and if that is the case I might jump into a small airplane after all. Thinking of all the paisas to come might get my mind of all the turbulences that I will have to endure.

Thank you.

Go through Bogotá. CTG has less fights than MDE.

The small planes aren't that bad. I have flown Aires BOG-MDE and MDE-CTG. In each case the plane was a 37-passenger turbo-prop with plenty of carry-on room.

Aires has flights efvery few hours serving BOG, MDE and CTG. However, they are rarely non-stop. MDE-CTG stops in Monteria long enough to let people on and off. BOG-MDE stops in Ibagué for an hour or two.

[Jiooooo]

Col Blog,

I really appreciate the info. I thought it was a no-brainer but as you pointed out I will have to consider both options especially since my travel agent can't seem to find me a direct flight to medellin for a reasonable price. I might have to go threw Bogata or Cartagena and if that is the case I might jump into a small airplane after all. Thinking of all the paisas to come might get my mind of all the turbulences that I will have to endure.

Thank you.

[Col Bog 1]

JMC it is, I hate small planes and I need about 3 transits before getting to Colombia so an additional one to ride a small plain is out of the questions.

Thanks again

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Hi Jiooooo

I think that it's not that simple.

Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) is an "out of town" airport.

Once there, it takes 45 minutes of a tortuous road to arrive to Medellin.

Enrique Olaya Herrera (EOH) is an "in town" airport.

Once there, you are in Medellin.

In fact, it all depends on where you arrive in Colombia.

If your landing point is Bogota, you may consider to go to EOH.

I use EOH at 90% when I go to Medellin from Bogota.

Now EOH has some bad figures.

It operates from 6am till 5:30pm

After that, if for any reason your plane has not left, you have to go to MDE to found a late plane.

Only small planes are allowed to land at EOH (remember this airport is in Medellin, very close from the Poblado).

I use Satena, an army air company, with good planes (Dornier 30 seats, Embraer 50 seats)

I think Aires goes there as well.

Satena is a local company and for what I know, you can't buy tickets from outside...
One more thing, if you arrive to Bogota International airport, you have to go to the other terminal (Puente Aereo) to go to Medellin with Avianca (Colombian biggest and very good Air company). You will have to take a bus after getting your luggages (custom clearance). The bus is free and goes to the other terminal in 5 minutes, driving in the internals airport's roads. Average time to wait for the bus : 7 minutes.
If you use Satena, you don't have to take a bus, just get in the airport and there they are right in the middle.

They have an Internet site : http://www.satena.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?lang=es-CO

One more thing you may consider :

Bog => MDE with Avianca : 50 minutes
MDE => Medellin by road : 45 minutes

Total time : 95 minutes

BOG => EOH with Satena : 30 minutes and there you are !!!

Of course, it also depends on when your plane arrives at Bogota and the connexion you may have.

One more thing : It's not easy to have a seat on Satena as they are full most of the time. You have to make an early reservation.

Cheers

[Aussie Greg]

Its quiet interesting peoples views on the subject of commission, if you would like to do business in Colombia, ¨get youst to it¨ as its a way of life here, whether its a Gringo or Colombian.

I can only speak for me ¨Aussie Greg¨ and not the company that I help out. I have at times given my lawyer's telephone number to people I meet then its up to them and the lawyer, I really don't give a fuck what they are doing as I'm busy with my own situation, I just try to help out.

I'm happy with my lawyer and I also have another lawyer to keep him honest with prices etc and check on what he is doing is correct and what I want. I have also sent people I meet to dentists and plastic surgens that I use.

I have never been given any payment from my lawyer, dentist and plastic surgen, I must say that my denist does give me a discount on my own teeth when I need work and also my plastic surgen does give me a good price on all my girlfriends with there titty jobs (I'm up to 3 now! ) but I have never been given any cash/commission from the above and or any commission from any working girl.

So entonces, if your unhappy with your own situation, change your lawyer! or go back home, its a simple as that.

A. G.

[BeersTerry]

Yeah, as Tom inferred. I was talking to a guy who owns a business. he could'nt believe how inventive the employees got at stealing at liberating money from the business.

[Q Bert]

Qbert,This is right on, I have had the same experience with this scenario. I have a Luxury Aprt. in Poblado for rent by the week. So dont stay at a B n B stay at your own place.

I have been living here for a while now and have learned so much. I just wanted to pass on this information after I thought about it one night. I know this person gets a lot of gringos passing through his place and hate to see this happen to anyone else. There is a right way to do business and this ain't it.

[Q Bert]

If you are trying to open a business in MDE and you speak broken Spanish, I hope you have a lot of Vaseline. The lawyer will be the least of your problems.

Of course my Spanish is better now but business is business. I did fine besides this one major mistake so I just wanted to pass the info.

[Jchipper]

Qbert,This is right on, I have had the same experience with this scenario. I have a Luxury Aprt. in Poblado for rent by the week. So dont stay at a B n B stay at your own place.

[Tom 33]

Having opened a business in Medellin and using a "recommended" lawyer from this board from other business owner(s), I'll say don't trust anyone because you've stayed at their establishment or they speak English, get drunk with you, etc.

I did this and found out that my lawyer was 8 times higher than the going rate. The quote from this business owner was something like (and I am paraphrasing)...."use this lawyer, he is good, speaks English, and doesn't charge gringo prices".

Certainly I can't prove it, but I imagine there was a kick-back to this business owner because the rumor is that he gets big kick-backs from everyone he recommends to his gringo customers. Some of this is certainly understood but out-right lies about the prices is a little suspect. I am not going to name names but if you need a lawyer ask around while you're in Medellin with your broken Spanish. You're likely to find a better lawyer than your trusted native English speaking B&B owner(s). They are not your friend, they're there to suck dry you like any other Colombian who sees a gringo.

If you are trying to open a business in MDE and you speak broken Spanish, I hope you have a lot of Vaseline. The lawyer will be the least of your problems.

[Q Bert]

Having opened a business in Medellin and using a "recommended" lawyer from this board from other business owner(s), I'll say don't trust anyone because you've stayed at their establishment or they speak English, get drunk with you, etc.

I did this and found out that my lawyer was 8 times higher than the going rate. The quote from this business owner was something like (and I am paraphrasing)...."use this lawyer, he is good, speaks English, and doesn't charge gringo prices".

Certainly I can't prove it, but I imagine there was a kick-back to this business owner because the rumor is that he gets big kick-backs from everyone he recommends to his gringo customers. Some of this is certainly understood but out-right lies about the prices is a little suspect. I am not going to name names but if you need a lawyer ask around while you're in Medellin with your broken Spanish. You're likely to find a better lawyer than your trusted native English speaking B&B owner(s). They are not your friend, they're there to suck dry you like any other Colombian who sees a gringo.

[ElCastillo]

This is great Wisslis - thanks for the great work. I live around the corner from New Life so could you add my place to the map? Just kidding.

If you could be so kind as to provide a link or email us the full, non scaled down digital version that would ROCK!

PS. you say the maps are available at Castillo and Mansion - physically there on paper or on their respective websites?

We print them out if a guess wants one. It is not on the website.

[Rumpus]

Went to NewLife a few days ago. Lots of girls to choose from. Their renovation of the downstairs is now complete. Huge hot water heater.

12 girls in the lineup. It was easy doing the "remember the name" thing and out of the 12 I only had to juggle 2 names. Kind of a disapointment.

I visited New Life last Thursday and again earlier today. On Thursday the place was busy, crawling with cute girls, I counted 3-4 (only 2 in the linup) that I'd consider very hot, but only 4-6 total were actually available at 2pm.

On Monday at 3pm, different story, out of 10-12 girls, only 1 was passably doable (not "very hot" to me).

lesson: Casas vary from day to day, week to week. Scope out your favorites but don't expect the same as you found there the last time.