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07-22-15 04:26 #6969
Posts: 95Originally Posted by BlueChange [View Original Post]
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07-22-15 02:52 #6968
Posts: 398Medellin or Cartagena?
Tempoecorto,
Medellin or Cartagena? Before my first trip to Colombia, I was pondering upon those same questions you now have. I ended up choosing Medellin for my first trip and it worked out great for me. In my second trip to Colombia, I traveled to CTG and did not like it that much after being scammed by a board member (Aunsa) and I ended up switching my traveling plan and going to Barranquilla where I had a fantastic time. Although Casa activity in Medellin seems to be the main dish, I think there is plenty on the Medellin menu as far as non pros or regular girls, University girls, facebook chicas, mileroticos chicas, and prepagos that can come to you or you to them, and of course the night life clubs / bars. You may be up to a surprise once you see the talent and how gorgeous those girls at the cheap Casas could be. For a casa starter, I recommend you go to Casa New Life, Zandaly, and Coffee Shop. They are more than 30 Centro casas in case you want to make that part of your morning, afternoon routine. Local women are friendly, gorgeous, and easy to meet and to talk to. To get a taste of the local people, I don't necessarily recommend that you stay in El Centro or the Mayorista areas. Those areas are poor, beat down, not that safe to be around late at night and kind of low class, but that is me. Some people in this board have shared that they have enjoy staying in those areas. J like visiting the Centro daily but just during the day till late afternoon and I loved it, but at night it changes drastically and its not that safe I would recommend middle class barrios like Laureles or Envigado http://www.medellinliving.com/neighb...uides/page/3/. They are safer, well situated and not too far from the action (Centro, Poblado, Parque Lleras, or even the Mayorista) and not that expensive and spoiled by tourist like El Poblado. If you go to Medellin, I recommend this Aparta hotel http://tuapartamentomde.com/ located in the town Laureles for just 60 K COP per night or about $22 USD at current conversion you could get a nice studio apartment, clean with a nice bed, and cooking supplies. It is pretty basic place, not high class, not cheap place either, is chica friendly and safe, nice neighborhood. You can reserve this place via booking.com and you pay when you get the keys to the apartment.
As soon as you get to Medellin, learn to take the public busetas and El Metro train and metro cable. You can start by taking a public white bus from the airport if it is not night time to Medellin for less than 4 USD and ditch the taxi. The transportation system is great and easy to navigate. You will meet plenty of locals in those journeys. If you decide to go or stay at the Mayorista, I recommend 1) Hotel Macedonia Plaza http://www.despegar.com.co/hoteles/h...plaza-medellin at Carrera 50 A No. 84 A - 03 Itagui, Medellíand +574 362 2121 : +574 596 5533 and 2) Hotel Alcaravan http://www.hotelalcaravan.com Carrera 50 A 84 - 09 Itagui Tel: (57 - 4) 285 1000 Cel: 314 865 28 84 Colombia, Alcaraban. They are in the 15-25 USD per day range. Also, pretty basic hotels and chica friendly, situated a block away from the Mayorista. But go there first, look at the Mayorista area or Centro area before you commit to a place, cause you may not like it. Another thing about Medellin is that there are not beaches, just mountains, but the weather is fantastic Spring all year long. Watch this video as an introduction to Medellin: http://colombia.adultsearch.com/medellin/.
In regards to CTG, since you are a DR traveler, you are going to be disappointed with the beaches because in CTG they are dirty as hell so to avoid disappointment don't try to compare it to DR beaches. They are not clear water like in the DR. CTG is also a touristic town with scammers and hustlers everywhere. So you have to constantly watch you back and the people you talk to because they will try to get you. It is a beautiful city thought with a great wall that surrounds it and all the preserve architecture of the 1500's. The weather is hot and humid as hell all year long. Just like the DR or even hotter and this is coming from me a Dominican born guy. There is a little more variety of women e. G. Some more women from Medellin or Cali, other areas, but still is more CTG women than anything else. You find more darker Colombians there too. I recommend the Hotel Pueblito Playa in Bocagrande http://www.hotelpueblitoplaya.com/. 85 k or 31 USD per night at Av. San Martín, No. 4-115, Bocagrande, Cartagena de Indias. Colombia. I think is the cheapest placed in that area. It is chica friendly and pretty basic hotel, clean, comfortable bed, it has a chica fee of about 45 K or 17 USD. It is a block away from Playa Hollywood, the beach where the chicas go and where Tony (a hustler) has his umbrella post. Tony has a listing of tons of chicas, but he is also a hustler so you have to act accordingly. Watch out or avoid the Cangrejo (crab) as I call them or sea food vendors and the black massage girls at the beaches, they are all over the beaches in Bocagrande and they don't leave you alone. 99.99 percent of them are hustlers and they are praying on tourist. Hope you enjoy your trip.
Cerebro
Originally Posted by Tempoecorto [View Original Post]
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07-21-15 21:43 #6967
Posts: 2116Which city and other questions
Hello everyone!
Loved reading the many pages of the various threads. Was wondering about a first time trip to Colombia (Peru too is in play but we will see which if any comes through). About a week or so and I am in two minds as to the right destination with the objective of of maximizing exposure to chicks and the country.
The questions to the Delphi circle here are: Medellin or Cartagena de Indias for a first timer? I read, the former is cheaper while CTG apparently draws chick from all across the country. The second, how feasible is it to liaise with regular women and get lucky. I am not a casa fan so would I miss women altogether if I do not visit the casas; Also what typically is the modus operandi for regular girls -which non pay websites in particular. Finally, what would be a good (meaning cheap and clean) place to stay in CTG? Reading the MDE site, I definitely would look at the hotels in the El Centro, Mayorista area. My kind of place. Full of locals, colors and food, just to give an idea of my way of looking at a new place.
I am going to post this in the MDE thread as well.
Thanks in advance.
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07-21-15 17:56 #6966
Posts: 9Originally Posted by Hilltopper [View Original Post]
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07-21-15 17:33 #6965
Posts: 2This post sound fishy. The first post and he knows people that have apartments and is asking another member to PM him. Does anybody knows where the scammer, thief and con man Aunsa. This post just gave me flashbacks. I wonder if Aunsa changed his name now to enter the board to begin renting imaginary apartments.
This sounds fishy when I was Cartagena I met a dutch Guy.
And he told me About his apartments en he living in Cartagena for 10 years.
So why is it fishy if I know somebody I met HIM introducing from my american house boss at that Time.
Don't you socialize when you on holiday.
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07-21-15 17:19 #6964
Posts: 367Originally Posted by Halcyon901 [View Original Post]
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07-21-15 16:32 #6963
Posts: 358Originally Posted by Cerebro [View Original Post]
For those that do not know, Aunsa was a poster on here not that long ago, who claimed he had apartment rentals, but was found to be only a con man who took deposits, made promises that never came to be. 100 percent con man. I highly suggest you stick to legitimate referrals and reputable agencies or the chances of you being ripped off are extremely high. This goes for rentals you see on Craigslist as well.
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07-21-15 16:31 #6962
Posts: 350Originally Posted by MikeMillen123 [View Original Post]
There are also other possible combinations of apartments through Juan that will work, but the combination mentioned above would be my first choice for 5 guys.
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07-21-15 11:41 #6961
Posts: 398Originally Posted by StefanCol25 [View Original Post]
Cerebro
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07-21-15 00:22 #6960
Posts: 2Appartment
Originally Posted by MikeMillen123 [View Original Post]
Send me a private message I can send you pictures amigo.
Salodus Stefan.
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07-20-15 20:19 #6959
Posts: 358Originally Posted by Hilltopper [View Original Post]
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07-20-15 19:47 #6958
Posts: 350Originally Posted by BlackPage [View Original Post]
I've also taken a "pirate" taxi, if you will, from CTG to my hotel in BAQ for 80 k COP. The pirate taxi was a guy who lived in BAQ and was hanging outside the Berlinas office in Mirabella with other guys.
Regular licensed commercial vehicles will ask 180 to 250 mil for a trip in a private vehicle. I never took the time to see how much one could negotiate down, as I justpassed and did one of the aforementioned.
Oh, the trip from Berlinas office in CTG to their office in North BAQ took exactly 1 hour and 55 minutes, which included two quick stops to let off one passenger each time.
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07-20-15 16:32 #6957
Posts: 96-bedroom house / apartment
What's up guys, I'm new here. I'm going to CTG in September for 4 days with a group of friends (5-6 guys total). Flights already booked. Staying Thursday-Sunday.
So I've done some research on this thread. I've read about the last 50 pages or so, and I can't seem to find the answer to my question:
Does anyone have any advice / guidance / connection on a 5-6 bedroom house / apartment that can be rented out?
I have Juan's website and email, and I am going to email him after I'm done here, but his website shows mostly 1-2 bedroom apartments.
I also checked AirBNB and VRBO, but most of these places say they come with a cook and staff, which we don't really need.
Also, I don't know how that works with having chicas coming back to the place and there's staff there.
I'm also going to post this message in the "Cartagena Hotels and Rental Apartments" thread, but I wanted to post it here because this thread is much more active.
Any advice you guys can give me would be super helpful.
Thanks
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07-19-15 09:11 #6956
Posts: 2527Originally Posted by Cerebro [View Original Post]
Also thank you WT69, even if you confused BOG with BAQ No problem. Thanks anyway for the time spent replying.
I will treasure all advices. Decision will also depend on who will actually pay my trip BAQ-CTG (maybe a local company is wishing to sponsor a taxi).
For those who don't know me: I have been countless times to CTG, so I know it well, but I've never been to BAQ. I will have to RTFF well before going there.
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07-19-15 01:56 #6955
Posts: 398CTG to BAQ
Originally Posted by BlackPage [View Original Post]
1) Expresso Brazilia 11 k-12 k on way http://www.expresobrasilia.com/en.
2) Copetran 15 K one way http://www.copetran.com.co/#.
3) Berlinas about same prices as 1 an 2, http://www.berlinasdelfonce.com/inde...s-y-horarios-5.
You can take those buses at the main transportation terminal in BAQ http://www.ttbaq.com.co/TT/index.php and they leave every hour or 1/2 hour depending on the time of the day. I liked the Expresso Brazilia and the Copetran buses, pretty big and comfortable buses. The Berlinas was a tiny bus and it was sort of too cramp like a crowded Guagua in the DR. There are other bus companies that you could try as well: http://www.ttbaq.com.co/TT/findpath....f51fd0297e236d.
There is also a bus that can pick you at your hotel front door and take you directly to BAQ. It also takes 3-4 hours to get to BAQ. That bus is more convenient since you won't have to travel to transportation terminal, but it is way more expensive. A taxi from BAQ to CTG is ridiculous expensive.
Cerebro