Medellin Reports

[Wolf662]

I do not mean to harp on this because I know it is not what the forum is about. But so many times I am in line waiting to check out for something and I cannot believe how slowly even the checkers move to ring up groceries. How can the Colombians be so patient?

Sometimes I ask a girl if she will stay at least as long as it takes to check out at a grocery store just to know she will be with me for an hour or two.

Glad I am not the only one that drove crazy, the Tienda-D1 on Carr51 next to Nutribarra in Centro I went in like 5 times and turned and left, 20-30 people in a slow moving line every time.

1 cash register open, 4 to 5 other employees standing strategically about the store for stock-loss prevention.

I go 3 blocks away to the TiendaD1 across from Parque Bolivar on Carr49 and it's empty, no line. The other one is right between 2 subway stations though.

So tip, if staying in Hotel Botero or close, walk to Parque Bolivar to shop.

[Wolf662]

Fuck so called strip clubs. The girls are mostly rude obnoxious worn out hags. There is almost no dancing. The clubs are outdated, uncomfortable chairs. There no point to give them any business. There are very rare exceptions to this. One lazy ***** dared to ask me for an unearned tip and when I coldly refused started insulting me. Then I just stood up and left to cool down. In a perfect world she would get a deserved response, but hey it's their country.

What clubs were you at exactly?

I felt just the opposite, I loved their clubs, I was in 4 clubs in Centro- Barre Ejecutiva & Maracibo, Conijetas & Grille Nueva Avenida. (last one is next door to Conijetas) No cover, cheap drinks, enough cute chicks. Hey I only need one and their was 3+ hot ones each time in Ejecutiva & Conijetas, didn't pull from the other 2 places. Looked to be close to 50 girls at Conejitas on the Sat night I was there. And BE had 3 hotties on a Monday night!

Unlike the street girls or Casa girls I could sit and have a drink with a few girls and see who seemed more cool / sweet / into it / fun and who seemed a stone cold bit*h. (I suppose you could have a drink 1st with the street girls but it might cost more then the session. LOL) Added bonus seeing them semi-naked on stage for further examination. 50,000 club fee to leave. $16?

Much better for me then 12 girls walking by me in a Casa and I have to pick based on looks alone, less likely to find chemistry for the TLN girl that way especially.

[Motcar]

Heading to Medellin next Wednesday with mis hermanos for primero tiempo( My brothers for the first time). Any good local bars to check out. Habla poco. Gracias amigos.

[Chicafan]

Look at GDP per capita of Hong Kong vesus Colombia That says it all. It's like 5 times more.

I do not mean to harp on this because I know it is not what the forum is about. But so many times I am in line waiting to check out for something and I cannot believe how slowly even the checkers move to ring up groceries. How can the Colombians be so patient?

Sometimes I ask a girl if she will stay at least as long as it takes to check out at a grocery store just to know she will be with me for an hour or two.

[YippieKayay]

The waits at supermarkets in Medellin and Santo Domingo are ridiculous. I am in Hong Kong now and the line at the supermarket could be 15 persons deep and you will be out of there in 5 minutes.

Look at GDP per capita of Hong Kong vesus Colombia That says it all. It's like 5 times more.

[Turgid]

Inefficient and dumbfounding. You check in at the store, wait, then eventually get called to sit at a desk with an employee. That person slowly prepares the requisition of what you are purchasing and sends you to a payment line. It might only be 3 people deep but you will stand in that line for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, your original employee gets that time to sit and do nothing but wait on you. It's free time for that person. They do nothing but wait on you to come back with proof of purchase, finish your deal, send you on your way. Makes no sense but they think it's normal.

Between the supermarkets and phone stores Colombians must spend a third of their days waiting in lines.

The waits at supermarkets in Medellin and Santo Domingo are ridiculous. I am in Hong Kong now and the line at the supermarket could be 15 persons deep and you will be out of there in 5 minutes.

[Bbrocs]

Inefficient and dumbfounding. You check in at the store, wait, then eventually get called to sit at a desk with an employee. That person slowly prepares the requisition of what you are purchasing and sends you to a payment line. It might only be 3 people deep but you will stand in that line for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, your original employee gets that time to sit and do nothing but wait on you. It's free time for that person. They do nothing but wait on you to come back with proof of purchase, finish your deal, send you on your way. Makes no sense but they think it's normal.

Between the supermarkets and phone stores Colombians must spend a third of their days waiting in lines.

100% correct. Phone store. Ok you go pay for that SIM card why I sit here and look at my what's app. Once you come back off that line I'll install your SIM card after I see your receipt. Just a extra un-needed step because of no trust. This is why families wait on three different lines at supermarket. I always get on the wrong line where the guy is putting minutes on phone and making a payment on his xito charge card. Going to the bank. Better bring a Magazine cause you can't use your phone while waiting. Still, I'm happier here then in the states where I'm invisible.

[Nektar]

I'll be in Medellin from April 7 to April 23 so anybody can PM me if they wish to contact me for whatever.

About cell phones: I went to Claro in a Mall around San Diego, Medellin last December, bought a phone and sim no problem with my passport. Get the phones at a big Claro, etc. Mega center and have them do all the work setup or adding minutes. Its better than buying a phone at a Bodega.

About prepagos, excellent posts in the last few pages! One of the funnest things in the world is to have a stunning beauty in bed and you are all over her while she answers the phone and its her boyfriend and she speaks like she is at the Mall. Prepagos see their sex work as normal work, so calling a boyfriend from another man's bed is just like you calling your wife from the office. If a guy just pays the prepago and respects her it will be fine in most cases. Its when a gringo chooses to pry into her personal business or to get closer to her that all the problems for the gringo start. Many beautiful prepagos work only daytime hours so you wonder what they do at night. Probably not Bible study or puzzle building.

[Chicafan]

No that would be to easy. Colombia is all about the two step process.

Inefficient and dumbfounding. You check in at the store, wait, then eventually get called to sit at a desk with an employee. That person slowly prepares the requisition of what you are purchasing and sends you to a payment line. It might only be 3 people deep but you will stand in that line for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, your original employee gets that time to sit and do nothing but wait on you. It's free time for that person. They do nothing but wait on you to come back with proof of purchase, finish your deal, send you on your way. Makes no sense but they think it's normal.

Between the supermarkets and phone stores Colombians must spend a third of their days waiting in lines.

[Bbrocs]

Can't you buy SIM cards with Data plans like in Panama from a Vending machine.

No that would be to easy. Colombia is all about the two step process.

[You69Me]

Can't you buy SIM cards with Data plans like in Panama from a Vending machine.

Here's a handy how to add data to your smart phone. Both claro and tigo use the same process. After putting money on your cell phone. Dial *611#.

A box will open. Press 1 for Paq Datos. And hit send.

Another box will open. I press 1 for Paq datos cobro unica vez and hit send.

Next menu asks do you have a smart phone, blackberry. I press 1 for smart phone and hit send.

Next menu shows a 1 day pack, but I want other options so I press 2 for Mas Paquetes. And hit send.

Next menu is 1 DIA, 2 semana, 3 for 2 week 4 is month. You pick the one that you need, and hit send.

I pressed 2 for semana for the week and it shows that its 15,000 pesos. I press 1 hit send.

Next menu asks to confirm it. You do and you are all set. For the week as long as you have 15,000 on phone.

If there is another plan in operation that will finish and then this will start.

[GringoTigre]

The camgirl topic pivoted into a few interesting different dimensions.

Just like there are prepagos from agencies on the upper end who ask in excess of US rates*, there are camgirls and sites on the high end. Livejasmin is certainly one example. Sure chatturbate has some stars as well, but unlike some sites, there is a huge cross section of all types there.

*of course there is a huge difference in raw material quality between US and COL for the same $.

I know of one cam girl, who was making good money, until her boyfriend talked her into becoming a prepago. Last I heard she was making less and still with the BF.

I know one camgirl who is supporting 2 family members, living in a great place, with about $50 k USD in the bank, no debt and a growing business. Her boyfriend has a solid, well paid job and doesn't get 1 peso.

Most have no concept of money and no business skills. Some have a lot of business savvy.

[Bbrocs]

Here's a handy how to add data to your smart phone. Both claro and tigo use the same process. After putting money on your cell phone. Dial *611#.

A box will open. Press 1 for Paq Datos. And hit send.

Another box will open. I press 1 for Paq datos cobro unica vez and hit send.

Next menu asks do you have a smart phone, blackberry. I press 1 for smart phone and hit send.

Next menu shows a 1 day pack, but I want other options so I press 2 for Mas Paquetes. And hit send.

Next menu is 1 DIA, 2 semana, 3 for 2 week 4 is month. You pick the one that you need, and hit send.

I pressed 2 for semana for the week and it shows that its 15,000 pesos. I press 1 hit send.

Next menu asks to confirm it. You do and you are all set. For the week as long as you have 15,000 on phone.

If there is another plan in operation that will finish and then this will start.

[Bbrocs]

After 2-3 weeks you need to have cell phone registered using cedula. Some people say can register with USA Passport using 611 Customer service with claro. I'm still trying to figure it out.

I went in to there office in one of the main malls in town. Took 5 minutes. USA passport was fine.

[Bbrocs]

It's that I bought my SIM card (Movistar) several years ago, when they did not force expiration after few months without using and topping up. Any SIM card bought today expires as yours. I am keeping my old SIM card as gold.

Also, others talk about registering the "cell phone" with an ID. I am not in Colombia now and I cannot check personally how it works, but I would reasonably say that it's the SIM CARD that you need to register, not certainly the phone. It's possible in theory to register the IMEI of a phone associating it to a legitimate ID, to prevent theft or illegal usage, but as far as I know nobody does that in the world. Even the "black list" of stolen phones, supposedly managed and shared by operators, is not effective to prevent frauds and thefts. If they steal your phone, you will use the manufacturer feature to lock it from remote.

If your phone sim is claro you need to register your unlocked cell phone if you didn't buy it from them. I started getting text messages that I was going to be blocked in 5 days if I didn't come in and register the phone. But I also had issues when I first got the sim card I did it with a drivers license. They used my street address as my first name. I became Jefferson in the system. Had to bring in a copy of that drivers license to get it changed. I am so set now. Tigo doesn't make you do this. Neither does the sim card you can buy at exito movil exito sim. Most carriers want to see ID to buy a sim card. Claro wants to see either bill of sale for US phone or they might block your IMEI.