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12-20-23 04:36 #13825
Posts: 176Originally Posted by ChicoBonito [View Original Post]
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12-19-23 05:47 #13824
Posts: 9La Sucursal Night Club
A few weeks ago I was in Cartagena, and looked up La Sucursal Night Club, which I had read on various websites is a strip club which doubles as a brothel (and for prices much cheaper than the street / club chicas in Centro Historico.
However, when I did some research, I found a news article about how the city had shutdown this location in May 2023 as part of a crackdown on forced sex labor. I then found their Facebook and Instagram pages and they seemed to still be in business, although the style and wording of their advertising had changed after May.
A couple of phone numbers for the place seemed to be no longer in service, but I finally found one that worked and was able to chat with them through WhatsApp. Unfortunately, they didn't provide me with much information other than their hours of operation and "yes, we have private rooms", and seemed very reluctant to answer most of my questions, even though I was trying to keep my questions as un-incriminating as possible.
In conclusion, I can't tell if they are still in full business mode as a brothel, or if they are back as strictly a strip club now. These doubts made me decide to not make the trip to that part of town to check the club out. Anyone have updated info on this place?
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12-18-23 21:13 #13823
Posts: 3339Bazurto market
I could not get my gal to accompany me there. She complained about the smells, the crime, the heat, and she had not been. I had friends who came and said that Bazurto had some of the best food they had in Cartagena while on a guided tour but I did not have time to go with them. I joked with my gal that the market was actually a fantasy and did not exist.
Finally, a friend of my gal said she and her husband would show us around. We piled into their car and went in. Okay, yeah, it smelled like fish guts, and the entire market was surrounded by birds looking for a free handout, but I had been to worse open markets. One of the stalls had an area that had air conditioned seating. We got a large crab, coconut rice with shrimp, some tasty dish made with fish, and bananas with a red syrup for desert. There were five of us, and this plate of food along with a choice of beer and sodas, all of which we did not finish, was $4 or less than $20 total for everyone. In contrast, I went to the snobby restaurant Cande for appetizers and cocktails a few days before this and paid like $60 for three of us, and this food IMO was better and more plentiful.
I saw Anthony Bourdain go to this market and always wanted to. I did not mean to get the turtle as he did, but someone in our group got some and I tried it, tough but edible.
One of the gripes I heard about the market was that it sold a bunch of cheap shit, and it did. If you are a local getting by on next to nothing, this is where you would shop. If you want upscale, you go to the malls.
I did not feel unsafe at all. The only weird part is when I was full, I mentioned lobster, langosta, to my gal. It was then I had these hard edged black women, the women I know who are the best cooks in real life in the world, grab me and say, "Yo tengo langosta. " I have lobster. I thought it was more out of pride in wanting to share with me their cooking than anything else. It was the only time I came close to feeling anything unsafe.
I remember going to a restaurant in Key Largo Florida that had all the stone crabs you could eat. I always felt before that night that I never had enough crab. I always wanted more. That night after twenty or so crabs, I was finally satiated. I think the same of lobster. It would be nice to just go there and eat like ten or so lobsters just to get that desire of having more out of your system. I saw a couple from Japan in Mancora Peru buy a freshly caught Tuna and eat the whole damned thing on the dock. It sounds like they wanted that never getting enough tuna out of their system too.
I am getting to the point where I am getting a list of places that I have to eat every time I come here. I have Pizza at Verona restaurant. I have to go to Serrezuela food court and get the lomo at the Bistro in the food court (way better than Andres IMO). If you go to the Serrezuela court, and you are crazy is you do not, on your left from Bistro, there is a place called Tobu which IMO has the best Sushi in town. Then to your right, there is a place called Coralito the best ceviche I have ever had. Right next to Coralito is a bar which makes Cartagena mojitos which are the best drink I have had here. Away from Serrezeula, I have also had good burgers at Distrito Burger bar and Vagabundo, more expensive but much better than El Corral my previous best here.
Bourdain went to the Cevichera in the walled city when he was here. He also went to the island of Tierra Bomba for the fresh fish and lobster, and he went to Bazurto to see what the locals had. After going he said that he did not understand why Colombia was not more popular, the food is good, and the people are friendly. I shook my head at the "the food is good" comment.
Thing is I do think the upscale restaurants outside of the food court in Serrezeula have been disappointing. I do want to try the rabbit at Cande but outside of that and having cocktails at ALQUMICO and trying more dishes at Barzuto, I think I am done venturing out to "the best places" to eat and drink in Cartagena. I am happy with my circle of places now.
And yes, I cannot believe I am saying this, but I do now actually like and look forward to the food in Cartagena. If anyone tells my gal this, I will deny it. LOL. But some of the food here is really, really good.
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12-17-23 22:04 #13822
Posts: 142Originally Posted by Orgasmico [View Original Post]
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12-17-23 18:06 #13821
Posts: 1521Originally Posted by PerkinWarbeck [View Original Post]
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12-17-23 16:34 #13820
Posts: 168Originally Posted by Orgasmico [View Original Post]
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12-17-23 06:03 #13819
Posts: 176Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
I'm a guy that's restricted to short 3-4 day visits, & Delta has nonsensical flight costs for different cities (Bogota is $1300 while a connect to BOG to CTG costs $390 wtf). Have my 1st trip this week, as a somewhat intermediate skilled monger I'm still excited.
Considering globally prices are going up, and the rich vlogger bro advertising CTG saying $100 is expected and reasonable. I still think the rules of success of being able to walk away, and knowing Spanish will still get those sub $70 rates with even top girls. Even with poor Spanish I got good BOG / SF rates by walking away / countering.
Doing the basic stuff we talk on ISG like hygiene / etiquette / attraction is also important. All the SF girls told me most of the gringos coming through are sloppy, rude. Most of the Vlogger YT tips on Cartagena I find to be annoying, make it rain, hood types I deal with in Miami / ATL so I'm not surprised Youtube prices are high.
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12-16-23 17:49 #13818
Posts: 16018Originally Posted by PerkinWarbeck [View Original Post]
I can't believe the mfs that keep posting videos online talking about how easy it is to get chicks in Cartagena, when the obvious part of the videos is that the chicks are hookers. Their next video should be walking into McDonald's and being served burgers.
P.S. Stop trying to send mfs to Barranquilla trying to fuck it up. It would not work anyway because BAQ is not that type of setting.
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12-16-23 16:51 #13817
Posts: 1521Originally Posted by PerkinWarbeck [View Original Post]
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12-16-23 16:45 #13816
Posts: 168Originally Posted by Orgasmico [View Original Post]
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12-16-23 16:30 #13815
Posts: 3339Originally Posted by PerkinWarbeck [View Original Post]
Originally Posted by Orgasmico [View Original Post]
I think you should compare Cartagena though to Florida and the Caribbean. If you are looking to get some heat and sun in March through May, Florida is a great place to go. Now? Not so much. The highs in Orlando the next few days are mid 60's and lows are mid 40's, and the Bahamas are not that much better. You can see those temps in middle America in the winter. This time of year in Cartagena, there is no rain and it is hot as balls. You are going to get 90 during the day and 80 at night which is what people in the North want when they go on a vacation.
So yeah, if you compare Cartagena to the rest of Colombia, it is expensive. If you compare it to Florida and the Caribbean, I think you could make the case it is still a bargain even including the mongering.
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12-16-23 15:43 #13814
Posts: 1521Originally Posted by PerkinWarbeck [View Original Post]
You can go to other cities like Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Pereira and do some mongering in those places, but beyond that it will be pretty boring after a couple of days. Cali can be fun. Maybe even other cities that the Youtubers don't frequent that are still low-key where you can use dating apps with much less fear of getting drugged and hook up with a non-pro or meet them around town. Every city will have something to offer in varying degrees, but Cartagena is easy for non-spanish speaking American mongers.
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12-16-23 15:04 #13813
Posts: 168Originally Posted by Gabacho [View Original Post]
Barranquilla is much better if you just want to try as many girls as you want. Bogota and Medellin are less expensive, and they have many more chicas to choose from.
Cartagena isn't a mongering destination. It's a vacation destination with mongering options. If you bring a girl with you to wife up for a week, it's a great time, and she'll love it. Take her around the tourist zones for pictures during the day, maybe a massage in the afternoon, go out and rumba at night, and then have sex all night. That’s the blueprint
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12-16-23 00:06 #13812
Posts: 1286Originally Posted by PerkinWarbeck [View Original Post]
So in other words the whole of the Cartagena centro street scene is like another parque lleras? Another place where 40 k peso bitches put on a pretty dress and charge tourists 200 mil?
I'm glad I've never gone to cartagena and I'm sure now that I never will. If I want to enjoy the beach there's better options such as Santa Marta that actually has value to it and isn't some gringo tourist trap.
And if I'm going for puro mongering then obviously Santa Fe in Bogota is the place to go. Fuck Cartagena and it's stupid dum dum bitches.
-Gabacho.
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12-15-23 22:19 #13811
Posts: 1521Crazy how these dudes still think they're in Sosua.
https://youtube.com/shorts/0I2qgHXG4...V6-x1Flh_nnU5y