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10-22-22 05:54 #882
Posts: 27Manizales Mid-Aug'22
I am an Asian (brown skin), and I don't speak spanish. I know some words and sentences in Spanish, but I cannot talk in spanish. I almost always have to use translate app.
I took photos for some of the places, please let me know if you / WorldTraveler69 needs it.
Tour of Catedral Basilica de Manizales: tour takes you to its top, tallest building in manizales. Costs 12 k. Lasts one hour. I think the tour starts every hour.
Monumento a los Colonizadores: Another high point, but in the north west Manizales. Gives different view of Manizales, and good views of mountains. You may continue to walk down south along the pedestrian path (about 1 km long) enjoying the views of the mountains.
The cable car station is on Cr23, between Cl31&32, if you are interested.
Manizales to Pereira by bus: I enquired at the individual operators' booths at the Manizales terminal; 'Expresa Aracua' leaves every 20 minutes, 'Transportes Armenia' leaves every 30 minutes from 5:30 am, 'Expreso Palmira' leaves every 15 minutes. So, they leave frequent enough that no preplanning is needed.
For the places below, anything before ' I got from ISG, and anything after ' is my contribution.
Covered all places below from Friday 6:30 pm-8:15 pm.
Cr26#24-04,80/30 120/ HR, 1 pm-3 am: Could't find. Nothing on Cr26#34-07 too.
Cl27#21-?79. Tabera. Sammy. 60/30: Couldn't find. The last building on 21 in 21-60.
Cl27#22-25. Taberna Secreto 2: Closed. There is a sign 'Secretos Taberna Bar', dirty & unmaintained. Also there is no Cl27#22-25. There is 22-37, next is '22-23'. There is a door in between that says '22- So, I guess it no longer exists.
Cl27#22-47. Oasis Tabera. 60/30, 2:30 p-12:30 a: 1-2 girls 5-6/10, didn't feel safe maybe because not much crowd.
Cl25#23. Sahara Taberna, 12 a-2:15 pm 4 pm-12 pm: Couldn't find, need exact address.
Cr21#23-40, Bar Momentos: 10 girls 5-6/10 at 8 pm. Felt safer, though not as safe as nightclubs in USA or Pussy99 in Bogota.
Overall, I didn't do any session in Manizales. Medellin was far better.
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10-21-22 21:49 #881
Posts: 307Cucuta
What hotels do people stay at in this city? I like the El Centro area of Medellin and would like to stay some where similar to like a Hotel Nutibara.
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10-20-22 02:56 #880
Posts: 327Originally Posted by Coupe66 [View Original Post]
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10-20-22 02:39 #879
Posts: 327Originally Posted by MongerHunger [View Original Post]
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10-20-22 02:37 #878
Posts: 327Originally Posted by LoveItHere69 [View Original Post]
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09-25-22 15:15 #877
Posts: 547Forgot to mention to not take the bus on the weekends which added 45 minutes to my trip. The pedal bicyclists jam up the highways. I swear there was 100 of them on the highway singles, doubles, and packs of them. I assume Medellin is not the only city with tons of bicyclists. Very hard for trailer trucks and buses to pass them when they act as if they own the road.
The bus stop in Manizales has a tram at the same location that goes to the center of town. It may be easier to get off the bus, take the tram to center of town (which happens to end near their huge shopping mall and touristy area), then get a taxi from there.
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09-23-22 17:42 #876
Posts: 547Originally Posted by MongerHunger [View Original Post]
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09-23-22 14:29 #875
Posts: 2872Travel
The easiest way is to fly.
But, Buses are cheap.
Manizales
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?h...5.4965157&z=13
Pereira
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?h...305000002&z=12
Armenia
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?h...641918645&z=13
Originally Posted by MongerHunger [View Original Post]
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09-22-22 04:00 #874
Posts: 1299Originally Posted by PigSavinBoy [View Original Post]
-Gabacho.
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09-21-22 23:36 #873
Posts: 95Originally Posted by Gabacho [View Original Post]
Is there a similar stream of shoppers and tourists there as in Med or it's more of a party / bar scene (like street between the back of the church and museum in Medellin)?
Does the action happen all day or mostly afternoons?
Well, just your opinion on how does it compare to Medellin el Centro would be appreciated, if you don't mind.
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09-21-22 19:33 #872
Posts: 944Pereira, Manizales, Armenia
How easy is it to travel between these cities? I want to expand my exploration into regions that have a small Gringo presence.
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09-21-22 16:16 #871
Posts: 1299Originally Posted by SankarShetty [View Original Post]
Bucaramanga doesn't have much of a street scene at all from what I have seen the 2 times I have been there. Not sure about casas. Cucuta on the other hand has a thriving street scene. Ur gonna wanna stay at Hotel Mar on La Septima across the street from the bus station. If arriving by plane just tell the taxista to take u to Mar Hotel and if arriving by bus just walk across the street there by that overpass. It's a decent hotel 50k COP a day with a fan or 73k a day with AC (I recommend the AC room). From there u just walk about 3 blocks up the street to get to the action. Lots of street girls from Avenida septima and calle cuarta all the way down to where the park is and on both sides of the street as well as side streets. Also there are many bars where u can grab an Aguila light for 5k COP and theres girls inside the bars too. Going rate is 25k COP for a half hour session that's 20k for the girl and 5k for the pieza. If u like caldo de costilla there is also a hole in the wall restaurant with plastic red tables and chairs that has excellent caldo de costilla in the mornings (better even than in Bogota) and i believe it's like 6k for a big huge bowl and it comes with 2 arepas and coffee or limonada.
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09-19-22 11:54 #870
Posts: 208Which city for side trip
Originally Posted by Gabacho [View Original Post]
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09-10-22 01:33 #869
Posts: 484Originally Posted by LoveItHere69 [View Original Post]
I don't mind what you think, but to me it was kind of exciting because I haven't seen any other places like this in Pereira or elsewhere in Colombia. If you know any of the others there, please let me know. And when I say 'summon the courage' I just meant in a new Colombian city for me, I'll be careful wondering into bars by myself in areas I don't know! Nothing to do with having the courage to chat to the hookers!
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09-09-22 20:51 #868
Posts: 547Originally Posted by Coupe66 [View Original Post]