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[QUOTE=Puntz79;1743901]No. Airline name is in the subject. Viva Colombia.
Low cost airline with a growing number of routes in Colombia. I've never tried, Avianca and LAN work fine for me but I can't imagine VC being much different from and other low cost carrier I. E. Spirit, Southwest, EasyJet, AirAsia, FlyDubai etc.[/QUOTE]Sorry shouldve been more specific. That is the name of the airline. Viva Colombia. As I said I will report back on my flight experience with them.
[QUOTE=Lmarcone;1743778]I too need to scratch off my "bucket list" somehow.
Any help would be appreciated and returned in kind.[/QUOTE]Hate to be the one saying this but she is off the market. Of course those grandfathered in can still get that on the DL. This is confirmed. Buuuuut, you know how long these things last so give it some time and just like magic, her FB reappears. LOL.
[QUOTE=NCal2014;1743908]Sorry shouldve been more specific. That is the name of the airline. Viva Colombia. As I said I will report back on my flight experience with them.[/QUOTE]Flew this while traveling to SantaMarta with my novia (LOL) and it was decent. No hassel and fairly cheap. Something like $100 round trip and cheaper if you book 2 weeks in advance. I did a last minute because of paisa drama. Couldn't decide if I wanted to try my luck on my own in Santa Marta or bring sand to the beach. LOL.
[QUOTE=JamesDandy;1743691]Did you ever drill one so good she gave you your money back?[/QUOTE]That has actually never happened to me even when I was a jovencito.
I'm checking girls out on romance latina, is it me, every girl on this site is a web cam girl?
[QUOTE=SBeach25;1743912]Flew this while traveling to SantaMarta with my novia (LOL) and it was decent. No hassel and fairly cheap. Something like $100 round trip and cheaper if you book 2 weeks in advance. I did a last minute because of paisa drama. Couldn't decide if I wanted to try my luck on my own in Santa Marta or bring sand to the beach. LOL.[/QUOTE]Thanks for the heads up. I like Southwest. I was hoping it would be similar to them. I was not as lucky with the pricing I got 2 roundtrips to San Andres for just under $300 USD.
From today's El Colombiano:
There is a new airport transfer service between MDE and Olaya (the much closer to town Medellin airport). The one way travel time is 10 minutes! The service starts July 16. The flights leave every 30 minutes. The first flight of the day leaves Olaya at 6 am And the last flight leaves MDE 5:45 pm Here is the best part. The fare is 150,000 COP one way. That is a per person fare. As always, there a catch. You can only bring one piece of luggage and it cannot weigh more than 22 pounds. You would have to pack VERY lightly.
It could be fun to try at only a little more than twice the price of a taxi. Since it only knocks an hour or so off the travel time, it's more of a novelty than anything else. Obviously it doesn't compete well against the collectivos or especially the buses. I think the collectivos are 16,000 or so.
[QUOTE=Havana927;1744281]I'm checking girls out on romance latina, is it me, every girl on this site is a web cam girl?[/QUOTE]Nope, both Romance Latina and Colombian Cupid have I'd say about %10 real profiles. Real as in they have Whatsapp, are not outright putas or web cams or fake pictures.
Got a couple of numbers from Romance Latina with their free seven day trial. No dates. Colombian Cupid I tried out for 3 months for something like $65. Got a lot of contacts on Whatsapp. Dated about 6-8 girls so far, don't remember exact numbers. All really flaky though. Got a lot of web cam requests too. Most chicas mention money or debts or the typical bullshit. A lot of flaking, a lot of what I guess is typical online dating bullshit. Better to just save my time and go to a casa LOL. Pay my 35-40 k, nut, and go back to Poblado LOL.
Also Badoo is absolutely terrible. It is free but worthless.
Better to just meet girls in day to day life on the streets of Medellin. Online has its advantage because it creates a setting where you don't need to approach chicas cold and you can survey a lot of chicas and message the ones whose pictures interest you (sort of like a catalogue). But that advantage is negated by the time and effort you will need to put into it.
But that being said, this could just be me. Colombian Cupid was my first attempt at online dating in my life so maybe I have no idea what the fuck I am doing.
BTW, my favorite response from chicas on Colombian Cupid who are prepagos is "no tengo celular" (I don't have a phone) when I ask them if they have Whatsapp.
A lot of scammers too. Example: one chica I was chatting with she gives me her Whatsapp and then we have a conversation. She starts to mention how she has debts etc. so that is why she works all day 7 days a week running her own "small business". I log in a couple of days later to see her online in the middle of the day and ask her "how's work going" - she forgot who I was and responded "I don't work, I'm a student".
Most of the chicas there will also claim they are students - but they are most likely not. They just need an excuse for the fact that they are doing nothing with their lives and waiting to meet a gringo. You can figure out if they are telling the truth in about 10 minutes of conversation asking them about their subject lol.
I think where I fucked up a little bit with Colombian Cupid is that I took a lot of the chicas there way too seriously and tried to do real dating (and did have some little bit of success) but at the end of the day there really is no point wasting all the time when you can go to a casa for 35k.
Just my 2 cents.
I would try it.
[QUOTE=Knowledge;1744320]From today's El Colombiano:
There is a new airport transfer service between MDE and Olaya (the much closer to town Medellin airport). The one way travel time is 10 minutes! The service starts July 16. The flights leave every 30 minutes. The first flight of the day leaves Olaya at 6 am And the last flight leaves MDE 5:45 pm Here is the best part. The fare is 150,000 COP one way. That is a per person fare. As always, there a catch. You can only bring one piece of luggage and it cannot weigh more than 22 pounds. You would have to pack VERY lightly.
It could be fun to try at only a little more than twice the price of a taxi. Since it only knocks an hour or so off the travel time, it's more of a novelty than anything else. Obviously it doesn't compete well against the collectivos or especially the buses. I think the collectivos are 16,000 or so.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Onibmab;1744352]Nope, both Romance Latina and Colombian Cupid have I'd say about %10 real profiles. Real as in they have Whatsapp, are not outright putas or web cams or fake pictures.
Got a couple of numbers from Romance Latina with their free seven day trial. No dates. Colombian Cupid I tried out for 3 months for something like $65. Got a lot of contacts on Whatsapp. Dated about 6-8 girls so far, don't remember exact numbers. All really flaky though. Got a lot of web cam requests too. Most chicas mention money or debts or the typical bullshit. A lot of flaking, a lot of what I guess is typical online dating bullshit. Better to just save my time and go to a casa LOL. Pay my 35-40 k, nut, and go back to Poblado LOL.
Also Badoo is absolutely terrible. It is free but worthless.
Better to just meet girls in day to day life on the streets of Medellin. Online has its advantage because it creates a setting where you don't need to approach chicas cold and you can survey a lot of chicas and message the ones whose pictures interest you (sort of like a catalogue). But that advantage is negated by the time and effort you will need to put into it.
But that being said, this could just be me. Colombian Cupid was my first attempt at online dating in my life so maybe I have no idea what the fuck I am doing.
BTW, my favorite response from chicas on Colombian Cupid who are prepagos is "no tengo celular" (I don't have a phone) when I ask them if they have Whatsapp.
A lot of scammers too. Example: one chica I was chatting with she gives me her Whatsapp and then we have a conversation. She starts to mention how she has debts etc. so that is why she works all day 7 days a week running her own "small business". I log in a couple of days later to see her online in the middle of the day and ask her "how's work going" - she forgot who I was and responded "I don't work, I'm a student".
Most of the chicas there will also claim they are students - but they are most likely not. They just need an excuse for the fact that they are doing nothing with their lives and waiting to meet a gringo. You can figure out if they are telling the truth in about 10 minutes of conversation asking them about their subject lol.
I think where I fucked up a little bit with Colombian Cupid is that I took a lot of the chicas there way too seriously and tried to do real dating (and did have some little bit of success) but at the end of the day there really is no point wasting all the time when you can go to a casa for 35k.
Just my 2 cents.[/QUOTE]Yea badoo I got like two money request and I'm. Still two months from going to medellin, romance latina so far web cam girls request and two girls that said two months was too far away, guess ill take your advice, can't wait.
[QUOTE=Onibmab;1744352]Nope, both Romance Latina and Colombian Cupid have I'd say about %10 real profiles. Real as in they have Whatsapp, are not outright putas or web cams or fake pictures.
Got a couple of numbers from Romance Latina with their free seven day trial. No dates. Colombian Cupid I tried out for 3 months for something like $65. Got a lot of contacts on Whatsapp. Dated about 6-8 girls so far, don't remember exact numbers. All really flaky though. Got a lot of web cam requests too. Most chicas mention money or debts or the typical bullshit. A lot of flaking, a lot of what I guess is typical online dating bullshit. Better to just save my time and go to a casa LOL. Pay my 35-40 k, nut, and go back to Poblado LOL.
Also Badoo is absolutely terrible. It is free but worthless.
Better to just meet girls in day to day life on the streets of Medellin. Online has its advantage because it creates a setting where you don't need to approach chicas cold and you can survey a lot of chicas and message the ones whose pictures interest you (sort of like a catalogue). But that advantage is negated by the time and effort you will need to put into it.
But that being said, this could just be me. Colombian Cupid was my first attempt at online dating in my life so maybe I have no idea what the fuck I am doing.
BTW, my favorite response from chicas on Colombian Cupid who are prepagos is "no tengo celular" (I don't have a phone) when I ask them if they have Whatsapp.
A lot of scammers too. Example: one chica I was chatting with she gives me her Whatsapp and then we have a conversation. She starts to mention how she has debts etc. so that is why she works all day 7 days a week running her own "small business". I log in a couple of days later to see her online in the middle of the day and ask her "how's work going" - she forgot who I was and responded "I don't work, I'm a student".
Most of the chicas there will also claim they are students - but they are most likely not. They just need an excuse for the fact that they are doing nothing with their lives and waiting to meet a gringo. You can figure out if they are telling the truth in about 10 minutes of conversation asking them about their subject lol.
I think where I fucked up a little bit with Colombian Cupid is that I took a lot of the chicas there way too seriously and tried to do real dating (and did have some little bit of success) but at the end of the day there really is no point wasting all the time when you can go to a casa for 35k.
Just my 2 cents.[/QUOTE]I had almost the exact same experience on all those sites. Except yes I met my novia on CC we chatted for a bit saw her in MDE and so on and so on. But aside from her its all exactly what it says in this report. Save your time and money and just go the casas during the day. Set up dates with girls from FB or Mansion or just regular chicks on the street. Its not that hard. You just have to take the lead. Thats how its done in S America. Just my 2 pesos.
[QUOTE=NCal2014;1744362]I had almost the exact same experience on all those sites. Except yes I met my novia on CC we chatted for a bit saw her in MDE and so on and so on. But aside from her its all exactly what it says in this report. Save your time and money and just go the casas during the day. Set up dates with girls from FB or Mansion or just regular chicks on the street. Its not that hard. You just have to take the lead. Thats how its done in S America. Just my 2 pesos.[/QUOTE]Be prepared to sort through a lot of prepagos and girls who have no intention of meeting and only hope to get some stupid gringo to send money to them with some sob story. I did however meet 3 or 4 real women, students, single mom's ect and I had some great sessions with them. I wouldn't pay up or bother with either site until I was within 2 or 3 weeks of my trip.
Spent a week in Medellin with a young friend. I am 58 he is 27 so we had different experiences. Spent the first few days in El Centro at the Nutibara. If you stay there just make sure to get a room towards the back, away from the discotec. That's what we did and it was quite nice. $65 k per day. After arrival in a van from the airport, went to Mondongos on the other side of the river. Very nice, but a little pricey. That same first night he took a girl out of Fase 2, she wanted to drink, at Charlee's, quite expensive. Finally they went to a love hotel, and then she got a taxi for them to come back to the Nutibara. Nice intro to Medellin, glad he survived. That same night we had a few drinks at the disco at the Nutibara, there were some locals dancing, it was amusing. Then about 3 am walked down to Conejitas. Not very nice at that hour. Then walked around the block. Bad idea, but interesting and we lived. Approaching back to the Nutibara, entered a "casino", there were about 10 people around the roulette table. I bet it up with $10 k worth of tokens. People were very nice.
Next day had breakfast near that same casino, right across the street from the Nutibara. En El Centro the young locals can be seen drinking at breakfast time, they haven't been to bed. Nice "bandeja paisa" for about $5. Took a walk down towards "La Minorista", it gets dicier and dicier. Bought some fresh-squeezed orange juice from this lady on the corner, she warned us, but we kept on. It is a sight to see. My young friend had never been to Central or South America, it was quite the wake-up call. Finally got so dicey we had to cross over to a sort of median area. Police put on their plastic gloves and searched two guys right next to us. We got a pass. Walked back, they seemed to have some sort of complicated whistling warning system to protect their drug sales.
Bought some phones. In this regard I will say that things have changed - 3 years ago you could get mugged for a smartphone, but nowadays everyone has one. So you might consider bringing your own phone, it's not the big deal it used to be.
Then not long past noon time went to "Parque del Periodista". That place is crazy fun, particularly if you like to smoke. Never made it back, but it would be awesome at night.
I did continue to take some walks during the daytime back behind the Nutibara. It is quite crazy. It would be good to study for a sociologist, but even though it's interesting it really is just too dangerous.
The next day after another good breakfast, went to try to buy a lighter. The little store didn't have one, but this guy there took us around to find a lighter, the whole time telling me that we needed to get out of there, too dangerous. This I took as a sign, and we got a taxi to head for La 70. (in hindsight it would have been easier and cheaper to take the metro). The cab driver took forever, because he was looking for a hotel that would pay him a commission. It's actually a pretty short ride. Finally I told him to just let us out, and we were on the best part of La 70 in any event.
We sat down to get some food, and there was a little park behind us. We ended up getting a room in a newly-refurbished Hotel Parque 70. This hotel was super. This area is just a few hundred yards from the metro station El Estadio and it is a great location. La 70 is infinitely more authentic than Parque Lleras, and you walk out your door and you are right there. We went to a soccer game, La Verde versus Cali. Happened to sit right next to this group of about 300 crazy kids, sometimes referred to as the "Porra Brava". Amazing experience. Fortunately La Verde managed to come out with a tie game, so no actual violence. Next time I will sit at the other end of the stadium with the people who have shirts on.
We found Energy after some searching, and went there every day. You can walk from La 70, or take a taxi. They do the little parade for your selection, and there are beautiful women there. I couldn't remember their names, so I called out a name and got a lady I hadn't really requested, but she turned out to be quite complaisant, and I was a happy camper. There were 2 "10's" there, one from Medellin and one from Venezuela. It was $140 k for an hour, money very well spent.
There are many restaurants on La 70, and also there is food on the street. You can get steak, slaw and fries on the street, with a drink for about $5 US. Or you can get a more upscale delicious meal at the parilla "Dejame que te cuente".
During downtime, we played 3 cushion at a nice 3 cushion pool hall right there on La 70.
Here's an article that discusses this area La 70:
[URL]http://www.medellinliving.com/colombian-story/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A[/URL]+MedellinLiving+%28 Medellin+Living%29.
We had a great time.
Tried locating a casa called Miel or Kassandra. Carrera 65 #32 a-43. It no longer exists. Got replaced now by an auto parts shop. Me: "are you guys a *house". Shop owner: "not anymore". Shame.
Hopped over to Blue Room which is relatively close by out of curiosity. 90 k half hour, 110 k hour, 190 k for 2 chicas. Lineup was below average, there were two decent ones there but only 5 or 6 presented.
You have to negotiate 2nd pop with chica (as explained to me by mamasan). Chica quoted me 60 k (wtf?) - didn't even bother negotiating with her. Was tired and left. I can understand the negative reports. 110 k damage. Not a big deal.
The reason I will not go back there is that the hot water was not working. Which is ridiculous for a casa charging 110 k per hour. Even quite a few casas in centro have hot water. Room wasn't that great. And they are not conveniently located. At least energy is a 5 minute walk from Estadio station.
They charge 3 k per condom. It has a very nickle-and-dime-you feel about the place with service that is not at all upscale for charging 2 x centro.
It also took a while for the chicas to present themselves.
One nice thing is that they present one by one and then they all come and lineup together and repeat their names. This should be a trend in casas.
[QUOTE=Havana927;1744281]I'm checking girls out on romance latina, is it me, every girl on this site is a web cam girl?[/QUOTE]Can't really add much to Onibmab's awesome breakdown of both sites other than to say Romance Latina was legit pre 2013. Since Robert (Mansion) co-owned the site with Jay (the guy that runs RL), Jay and this Rico Suave-looking guy would set up shop at the Mansion and invite a bunch of chicas over to interview and set up profiles for them. RL was unique in that chicas would go there actively looking for gringos. You would find current and former Mansion chicas on there, was well as semi-pros ("college students".
Post 2013 they have let the site go to shit with about of fake profiles and web cam scammers. I don't know why Jay doesn't go through his site and clean house. Probably more profitable to make it look like RL still has lots of talent (inflated, plus they don't do a cleanup of old, 1 year inactive profiles of chicas), which fools guys into paying for a membership.
Colombian Cupid are full of scammers through and through. There are only three flavors on that site:
-Fake profiles
-Chicas looking for Western Union novios (with no intentions of meeting you in person)
-Unattractive MILFs looking for serious relationships