Medellin Reports

[JamesPearle]

AFAIK, someone can set up a bogus account and post fake pictures on any social media platform. In the future, I'm only dealing with social media profiles that are recommended by someone reliable. Definitely stay on high alert while you're there. Good luck.

Thanks for sharing. I'm from the US. Heading to Medellin mid December for my first visit.

I'm going to avoid tinder. Stick to street action and Clubs. Trying to figure out how to find girls on FB.

[JamesPearle]

I had been all over the world and never had any problems. Easy to get comfortable and careless.

Because it's important and nobody seems to get it until after they've been robbed:

1. Stay away from Tinder. There are no secret hidden princesses there. It's either the same girls you can find elsewhere, or it's gangs setting up gringos to get robbed. Getting laid in Medellin is easier than getting fresh, hot fries from a fast food burger joint. Why greatly increase your risk of being robbed without improving your chances of getting laid?

2. Never session with 2 strangers. You're paying double to find out if the first girl is worth half the price. You also have someone to distract you while someone else can steal your stuff.

3. There's not an honest hooker in Medellin who will refuse to go into a bar or restaurant to eat or drink. If a girl refuses, or tries to steer you somewhere else, assume her intentions are not good..

[Huacho]

How do you find these women on FB?

If I search for Medellin, FB is looking for names that contain Medellin.

My plan is to just find some street action in el center or parquet Llera but having FB to find a dinner companion would be nice.

BBJCIM / BBFS is what I'm after.

You need to actually RTFF and maybe you won't get robbed and beaten. You keep asking questions that have been answered over and over and you can't even spell the places you plan to go. And then you want to take hookers to dinner. No, no, no, and no. And RTFF. You are prime meat for the taking.

[Huacho]

But in my defense I was drunk and horny.

That is my excuse for every single stupid thing I have ever done, and it's a weak one. Tinder is a leading source of problems. And it's been posted pretty much everywhere.

[Huacho]

Main reason to go to Peru is Machu Picchu and Cuzco which is about as close to a must-see as you can get. Lima has an ok mongering scene, but you don't generally go to Peru to hang out in Lima only.

I have been to Machu Picchu, Cuzco, Nazca, the Amazon, all over Perú. I don't favor it as a mongering destination. Mongered in Lima, Trujillo, Iquitos, and Arequipa.

[Zeos1]

I arrived late last night so I decided to go to fase II. 20 mil cover, I pay it and go in and it's pretty dead. Not a good sign. I've already paid cover so I order a drink. 22 mil for a mini budweiser, not even a full bottle. Whatever, there are some hot girls around, not on stage though. The ones on stage was like a 6. 5. She finished dancing and comes and asks me for a tip for her dancing. I say no, that's what I paid cover for. At this point I'm pissed. It's not about the money, it's the principle. Like maybe you think I'm cheap for not wanting to give her 2 or 5 mil (assuming you have those bills, once you dig into your pocket it's game over) but I think the club the club is cheap if they pay their dancers so little that they have to panhandle. Anyway I was hoping it was a once off situation. The second dancer I didn't even watch, I was looking at my phone. When the second dancer came up to panhandle I said fuck this I'm out and finished my drink and bounced. Then I realized the airbnb I rented had fucking holes in the doors for ventilation and vents in the windows that you can't close. You heard every noise in every room. Slept maybe 4 hours tops due to the noise. Texted my host in the morning that it's not going to work out. He hooked me up with a deal for a nicer hotel, had to pay like 350 mil more for the 2 weeks. I have to wait til 3 to check in and I get here and it also has the uncloseable vent in the window. WTF? How is this a thing? How to Colombians sleep? FML. Not feeling Medellin so far. Kinda wish I stayed in Bogota. Hopefully it gets better.

Oh another thing, when the host made the change for me, I told him I needed a place where I could bring a guest back. He tells his wife this and she picks me up to take me to the hotel, and she's explaining this to the lady at the desk and they're telling me it's fine as long as it's only one person. Man I almost cringed to death. Now this hotel makes them sign in with ID and shit. Bruh.

I think you missed the whole thing as far as strip clubs. The girls that go up to dance are paid by the 2 mil tips that everyone gives them. That is how it works. Your cover charge has nothing to do with it, what the club gives them to dance is probably 0, they are paid by the patrons that give them those tips. So by gettting bent out of shape about it you basically just insult everyone in the place. But that is just because you are looking at it from a totally different angle. That of a foreigner who has no idea of how these clubs work. When you go in make sure you have a stack of 2 mil bills, if you run out get the waiter guys to bring you change, and give them a 2 mil for their effort. Everything will then be cool and you can enjoy yourself. 2 mil is about 50 cents, that's what you pay to watch a girl dance on the stage. Of course you can refuse, and I doubt anything really bad would happen, but it is just not cool.

[Gabacho]

OK, this has been discussed ad nauseum many times. You don't understand how the ATMs work. You are getting the Visa Exchange Rate. So, if you go to Davienda and draw out 100 mil (for example) and then go to Colpatria and take out 100 mil and then you go to Banco Pichincha and take out 100 mil all on the same day and of course, if you are offered a bank rate or guaranteed rate or anything of that ilk, you just decline it. You will get 100 mil without a bank charge and it will be the exact same cost in US dollars at each bank.

If you do the same thing at Servibanca, Bancolombia or BBVA you will get the same exchange rate as above except these banks charge a fee. If you adjust the fee out it will the same cost in US dollars.

What you didn't understand is that you took out money at Davienda on one day and money from a different bank the next day etc. The exchange rate varies each day. Except for Saturday, Sunday and Monday where the exchange rate will be the same because the Visa Exchange rate set for Saturday doesn't get updated until Tuesday. There is a one day lag between what you see on XE as the mid-market rate and what you will receive at the ATM..

BBVA doesn't charge a fee if you use capital one.

Stop spreading false information.

[Gabacho]

About 2 weeks before arriving I set up an account on Whatsapp, Tinder, and Facebook and mentioned I was going to be in Medellin for a few days and wanted to meet some women to party with. In about a week I had begun getting a lot of responses on Tinder and Facebook in Spanish of girls saying they wanted to meet. I asked for photos and all of them sent sexy photos back. The conversation basically suggested they were DTF. Great so far.

After I arrived in Medellin I started contacting these girls over messenger and whatsapp that I'm here and ready to meet. I got hardly any responses back. I'm like. This is crazy. I'm here, I'm ready to party and have fun, but none of these chicas are responding. WTF? I remembered another ISG guy said he was in town recently and told him what was happening. He said "yeah, there are a bunch of scammers online especially on tinder. You got to watch out. " More about that later. Good news is that he hooked me up with a couple facebook profiles and said "yeah, hit up any of these girls and they'll take care of you. " Cool!

Day 2 I contacted one of the girls he put me in touch with that he said gave an amazing blowjob. After all the stress of day 1 I really needed a soft, warm, wet mouth to help me relax. He was not lying at all. She had a great body, super friendly and was a blowjob queen. After we did our thing, I asked her if she had any friends because I wanted to have some fun with two girls at the same time. She said she had a friend she could bring tomorrow. Cool...

Wasn't it obvious that something bad was going to happen? I mean you with 2 random bitches you never met before, they acting funny, then you got the dude mean mugging you, and why would you let them tell you where to go, your the one paying, they go where you want to go or they can kick rocks and you go get another one in Botero for 40 k. I don't know why you had 2 and why you let them set you up. And when I seen the dude mean mugging me I would asked wtf he wanted. But I wouldn't have been in that situation in the first place.

But glad you didn't get shot. Next time save your self the drama and just go to Botero / Veracruz.

[Mtndew704]

I arrived late last night so I decided to go to fase II. 20 mil cover, I pay it and go in and it's pretty dead. Not a good sign. I've already paid cover so I order a drink. 22 mil for a mini budweiser, not even a full bottle. Whatever, there are some hot girls around, not on stage though. The ones on stage was like a 6. 5. She finished dancing and comes and asks me for a tip for her dancing. I say no, that's what I paid cover for. At this point I'm pissed. It's not about the money, it's the principle. Like maybe you think I'm cheap for not wanting to give her 2 or 5 mil (assuming you have those bills, once you dig into your pocket it's game over) but I think the club the club is cheap if they pay their dancers so little that they have to panhandle. Anyway I was hoping it was a once off situation. The second dancer I didn't even watch, I was looking at my phone. When the second dancer came up to panhandle I said fuck this I'm out and finished my drink and bounced. Then I realized the airbnb I rented had fucking holes in the doors for ventilation and vents in the windows that you can't close. You heard every noise in every room. Slept maybe 4 hours tops due to the noise. Texted my host in the morning that it's not going to work out. He hooked me up with a deal for a nicer hotel, had to pay like 350 mil more for the 2 weeks. I have to wait til 3 to check in and I get here and it also has the uncloseable vent in the window. WTF? How is this a thing? How to Colombians sleep? FML. Not feeling Medellin so far. Kinda wish I stayed in Bogota. Hopefully it gets better.

Oh another thing, when the host made the change for me, I told him I needed a place where I could bring a guest back. He tells his wife this and she picks me up to take me to the hotel, and she's explaining this to the lady at the desk and they're telling me it's fine as long as it's only one person. Man I almost cringed to death. Now this hotel makes them sign in with ID and shit. Bruh.

I have never been impressed with the high end strip clubs in Medellin. Too much money for much value.

[SouthernOcean]

Just arrived. Tired but going out to look. Anyone out and about tonight for a beer?

[Mr Enternational]

Oh another thing, when the host made the change for me, I told him I needed a place where I could bring a guest back. He tells his wife this and she picks me up to take me to the hotel, and she's explaining this to the lady at the desk and they're telling me it's fine as long as it's only one person. Man I almost cringed to death. Now this hotel makes them sign in with ID and shit. Bruh.

Did the hotel not make you sign in with ID and shit?

[Mr Enternational]

I arrived late last night so I decided to go to fase II. Whatever, there are some hot girls around, not on stage though. The ones on stage was like a 6. 5. She finished dancing and comes and asks me for a tip for her dancing. I say no, that's what I paid cover for. At this point I'm pissed. It's not about the money, it's the principle. Like maybe you think I'm cheap for not wanting to give her 2 or 5 mil (assuming you have those bills, once you dig into your pocket it's game over) but I think the club the club is cheap if they pay their dancers so little that they have to panhandle. Anyway I was hoping it was a once off situation. The second dancer I didn't even watch, I was looking at my phone. When the second dancer came up to panhandle I said fuck this I'm out and finished my drink and bounced.

So what you are saying is that you did no research before going to this place, because everybody has said for years that this is how strip clubs in Colombia work. The chicks dance on stage and later they come around to collect the 2,000 peso tips from the patrons.

[BbqMushrooms]

The shittiest way to end this is by her nicking one of my portable charging batteries. I've asked her about it saying "I can't find it do you remember where I put it? Oh silly me", but we'll see if she's will fess up or not. She took an interest in it and I know she had the opportunity because I kept all the charging cables stupidly close to my electronics. We'll see if she even replies.

So far I've been fortunate to not having to deal with any thieves. Most of the girls, including the trans woman, asked multiple times if it was ok for them to take something that I offered. I appreciated that. Also, I found my stupid battery. It was in some other random bag for no good reason. I feel terrible for asking her about it, this is the second time on this trip I was like "I'm sure that woman stole something from me", but it turned out to be my mistake. It would be dumb of her to do that given how much I spent on her and the plans we made going forward. I need to keep better track of my stuff. Having two places was annoying, so maybe I'll just stick with the known quantities and invite them to this coliving.

[Villainy]

I agree with everything on the exchange rate, but note that the amount you can withdraw often depends on ATM location, and maybe time of month, as much as bank. Those in Poblado for example tend to allow more. Case in point, I was just in the Laureles Unicentro and 3 different banks (Davienda, Banco Social, and BBVA) gave me a limit of 300 k. ServiBank and another didn't have money and I finally was able to get 600 k at BancoColombia (their max at that location). Simultaneously a buddy I was texting with got 2 mil from a Colpatria in El Centro. Over the years I have personally had more luck with Colpatria. They have a closer connection to the American banks (Citibank, now Chase) and Canadian banks (Scotiabank) than others. I have found their charges to be less (although I have Schwab and don't really care).

One other note, BancoColombia almost without fail will give you the 100k notes. As noted, it's a pain in the ass using those. I pawn them off on the chicas lol.

As always, YMMV.

You make some good points. The amount you can pull via 1 or several withdrawals is limited by the bank and also by your daily withdrawal limit. I didn't know that Bancolombia gives out 100 mil notes (ugghhh) I usually avoid them like the plague. You can only withdraw 600 mil in one transaction and they charge a hefty fee. I have Schwab and would get reimbursed but since I live here I don't want to abuse the privilege. Davienda is also stuck sometimes and you get 100 mil notes as noted before.

[TalkYes]

I arrived late last night so I decided to go to fase II. 20 mil cover, I pay it and go in and it's pretty dead. Not a good sign. I've already paid cover so I order a drink. 22 mil for a mini budweiser, not even a full bottle. Whatever, there are some hot girls around, not on stage though. The ones on stage was like a 6. 5. She finished dancing and comes and asks me for a tip for her dancing. I say no, that's what I paid cover for. At this point I'm pissed. It's not about the money, it's the principle. Like maybe you think I'm cheap for not wanting to give her 2 or 5 mil (assuming you have those bills, once you dig into your pocket it's game over) but I think the club the club is cheap if they pay their dancers so little that they have to panhandle. Anyway I was hoping it was a once off situation. The second dancer I didn't even watch, I was looking at my phone. When the second dancer came up to panhandle I said fuck this I'm out and finished my drink and bounced. Then I realized the airbnb I rented had fucking holes in the doors for ventilation and vents in the windows that you can't close. You heard every noise in every room. Slept maybe 4 hours tops due to the noise. Texted my host in the morning that it's not going to work out. He hooked me up with a deal for a nicer hotel, had to pay like 350 mil more for the 2 weeks. I have to wait til 3 to check in and I get here and it also has the uncloseable vent in the window. WTF? How is this a thing? How to Colombians sleep? FML. Not feeling Medellin so far. Kinda wish I stayed in Bogota. Hopefully it gets better.

Oh another thing, when the host made the change for me, I told him I needed a place where I could bring a guest back. He tells his wife this and she picks me up to take me to the hotel, and she's explaining this to the lady at the desk and they're telling me it's fine as long as it's only one person. Man I almost cringed to death. Now this hotel makes them sign in with ID and shit. Bruh.