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I will be traveling to Medellin with Airfrance and Avianca via Bogota. Would like to know if I would need to collect my suitcase at Bogota and check it in with Avianca for my flight to Medellin or will it transfer automatically? Also how do I get from the international terminal to the domestic terminal at Bogota? Is it well signed posted and is it free?
I would be grateful for any help someone can give.
Superboy
[QUOTE=Superboy1; 1111038]I will be traveling to Medellin with Airfrance and Avianca via Bogota. Would like to know if I would need to collect my suitcase at Bogota and check it in with Avianca for my flight to Medellin or will it transfer automatically? Also how do I get from the international terminal to the domestic terminal at Bogota? Is it well signed posted and is it free?
I would be grateful for any help someone can give.
Superboy[/QUOTE]Yes, you have to pickup your bags. After you pick up your bags turn around and go out the door you came in and pick up the shuttle bus. No it is not marked at all and yes it is free. The issue you will have is when to get off the shuttle, the stops are only marked with letters and I don't remember which one it is, unless someone here has the answer ask the bus driver.
[QUOTE=Superboy1; 1111038]I will be traveling to Medellin with Airfrance and Avianca via Bogota. Would like to know if I would need to collect my suitcase at Bogota and check it in with Avianca for my flight to Medellin or will it transfer automatically? Also how do I get from the international terminal to the domestic terminal at Bogota? Is it well signed posted and is it free?
I would be grateful for any help someone can give.
Superboy[/QUOTE]Very simple. Colombia, in spite of ideas someone may have before going there, works fine.
If you have ONE ticket (Airfrance and Avianca are partners: when you buy a ticket from AF from Europe to MDE, you buy a single ticket XX-CDG-BOG-MDE, where BOG-MDE is AV90nn), you will be checked in through MDE from Europe, Paris or whatever. Your luggage will be delivered to MDE. Just pass immigration and turn right to take the bus to the other airport (Puente Aereo).
If you have TWO tickets, I think you can be checked-in anyway through MDE. If not, after immigration pick up your luggage, pass the customs, turn right and go to the Avianca transfer desk, where you can check in for BOG-MDE and to the bus to the other airport (Puente Aereo).
At all times, ask any Avianca personnel in uniform. They will welcome you with a smile and you will not be lost.
PS: I think Manizales travels from USA. From Europe and with AF, no hassle: check-in through final destination.
Aero Republica is at the other end of the international terminal. All you do is go throught immigration at Eldorado, go upstairs and check your bags with aero repubiica to Mde. Very simple. No shuttle busses.
Mel
[QUOTE=Mel365; 1111215]Aero Republica is at the other end of the international terminal. All you do is go throught immigration at Eldorado, go upstairs and check your bags with aero repubiica to Mde. Very simple. No shuttle busses.
Mel[/QUOTE] (this is OT, but useful)
I don't recommend it, because:
1) If you fly with AirFrance, they are allied with Avianca (not codeshare, though) and thus they issue conveniently a single ticket from Europe including the connection, e. G. :
XX-CDG AF nnn.
CDG-BOG AF0422.
BOG-MDE AV90nn.
Note that the additional return segment BOG-MDE cost very little.
2) Avianca has more flights, and thus the AV connection is more convenient, usually. 1:30 between the arrival of CDG-BOG and the departure BOG-MDE is more than enough (I did it many times) , including also the time for immigration.
3) Most important, if you buy a single ticket from AirFrance, including the AV flight BOG-MDE, you will be not worried about flight delays. If CDG-MDE is delayed, they rebook you and you don't lose your money. If you have two separate tickets AF+another carrier, delays on the first flight will make you lose your second flight and your money too.
4) Last, the time you need to go from the International El Dorado Airport to the Puente Aereo is few minutes. It's their standard procedure, so don't be worried.
Have fun and enjoy. I am not in a sex prison like USA, but here it is sad anyway.
[QUOTE=Mel365; 1107958]I have stayed at the Hotel VIP hotel apartment Bogota North numerous times. However for my current trip I have written to them and have not received an answer. Does anyone have info about them?
Any other good suggestions, I prefer hotels?
Thanks.
Mel[/QUOTE]Mel. Have you had any luck reaching Hotel VIP? I emailed them a week and a half ago. Haven't heard back. I also tried calling all the numbers listed on their contact page:
[url]http://sites.google.com/site/hotelvipbogota/contact[/url]
But no luck. I left a message on the 305 number.
For others who have stayed at Hotel VIP, are they usually pretty responsive? I'm going in late March, but I'd like to know if I'll be able to stay there or if I should look elsewhere.
Thanks
Well I'm back from the "field". This is a NEWBIE REPORT so take it as such and please just skip the usual batter a few of you seem to love so much. Corrections / updates / names of places however are appreciated.
First day here, I went to La Piscina, I strip club in the most dangerous part of Bogota, the SanteFe "Zone of Tolerance". This area is dangerous at night and even in the daytime I never felt great there.
[url]http://colombiapassport.com/2009/08/17/bogota-off-the-beaten-track/[/url]
I arrived too early (3PM) so nothing was going on at La Piscina, but I had some drinks with 3 white tourists, one 8. 5 chica and one 5 they managed to find somewhere for us. After a few rounds we went to another stripclub that was truly open, across the street. Nothing worth taking away but the chicks did get naked on stage on their 3rd dance.
Then I went and ate dinner and took a rest.
At 9:30PM my plan was to make it back to the La Piscina place I went earlier today. It's a huge place, beers are only $2USD and the quality of chicks is supposed to be incredible. Anyways, two taxi drivers told me I would get knifed or killed there at this time of night.
So instead I went to Extasis and another spot in a different side of town. Had a $12. 50USD beer at both. Then I headed to a really upscale place. The beer was $20 USD. FUCK. BUT. The girls were truly incredible. I'd say some of the hottest fucking girls I've ever seen in my life. It was mind numbing how hot these chicks were. I choose my favorite and she (a solid 9 in my book) sat down. Her ladies drink would have been $25USD so I stalled her and we mingled for a while. Then onto the business. There was a house fee of $132, 000 ($66 USD) right off the top. FUCK. Then she asked me for 600, 000! That's fucking $300 USD! I negotiated her from my offer of $150K down to $450, 000 but she wouldn't budge a bit lower. There was no way I'm paying $225 + 66 = basically $300 USD for only ONE FUCKING POP and one hour of time. NO WAY. Instead, I left and on my way out she told me she had a girlfriend that would go for $300, 000. (The chick was decent, nothing amazing) No thanks I said, I've already fallen in love with you, picked her up in the air and gave her a kiss on the cheek in front of all her supermodel ho friends, then walked. If you are interested in taking a look at the place (there are well over 15 smoking hot. 10 amazing and 5 decent girls in the place) It has more of a ultra-lounge atmosphere with older, rich Colombian guys in business suits, buying bottles and hot chicas. Anyways here are the directions:
Grab a cab and ask him to take you to 85 con 15. If he asks for more specific locations, or if you can't understand him, just say you want to go to the Carulla supermarket on 85 and 15. Make sure you ask the driver which direction is NORTE when getting out of the cab. . From there walk a block and a half north. On your right hand side you'll see neon lights, there are 2 or 3 clubs there. One of them is Extasis.
So, if U-turn right (towards the neon) you'll goto Extasis. But, if you continue North on down the street a ways. 3 more blocks, on the left hand side of the street you'll see doormen and possibly a lady or two outside of the high end place I mentioned.
Next up for me was one more no name place a taxi took me to where the girls were quite nice but a fucking beer cost $12. 50 USD AGAIN and I got pissed and left without ordering. On my way out they offered me $15 USD beer! I told them I wasn't a dumb gringo and left in my cab. I believe this city is seriously gringo unfriendly. But first my impression could be wrong. Anyways, I know the locals are paying WAY FUCKING less for the same shit.
So now I'm at home and ordering outcall for about $100 USD. Sucks but whatever.
Anyways, I'll leave Bogota for you guys to enjoy. I'm leaving for Medellin!
[QUOTE=FoxDirect; 1115065]Well I'm back from the "field". This is a NEWBIE REPORT
First day here, I went to La Piscina, I strip club in the most dangerous part of Bogota, the SanteFe "Zone of Tolerance". This area is dangerous at night and even in the daytime I never felt great there. [/QUOTE]LOL!!!
Ok, you honestly admit to be a newbie, but this does not impede you to READ the forum before posting.
"The most dangerous part of Bogota"????
Do you have any idea of HOW COULD BE A DANGEROUS PLACE IN BOGOTA?
I spend hours in Santa Fe day and night every time I go to Bogota. Dangerous, but manageable.
If you want to see a dangerous place in Bogota, go to El Bronx. To save you the effort of scrolling back the forum, see here:
[url]http://www.internationalsexguide.info/forum/showthread.php?580-Bogota-Reports&p=1106464&viewfull=1#post1106464[/url]
and also the previous post.
[QUOTE=Black Page; 1115210]LOL!
Ok, you honestly admit to be a newbie, but that does not. [/QUOTE]Black Page,
I hope you can appreciate the fact that we both feel SF is a DANGEROUS area. Let's leave it at that.
[QUOTE=FoxDirect; 1115065]Well I'm back from the "field". This is a NEWBIE REPORT so take it as such and please just skip the usual batter a few of you seem to love so much. Corrections / updates / names of places however are appreciated.
First day here, I went to La Piscina, I strip club in the most dangerous part of Bogota, the SanteFe "Zone of Tolerance". This area is dangerous at night and even in the daytime I never felt great there.
[url]http://colombiapassport.com/2009/08/17/bogota-off-the-beaten-track/[/url]
I arrived too early (3PM) so nothing was going on at La Piscina, but I had some drinks with 3 white tourists, one 8. 5 chica and one 5 they managed to find somewhere for us. After a few rounds we went to another stripclub that was truly open, across the street. Nothing worth taking away but the chicks did get naked on stage on their 3rd dance.
Then I went and ate dinner and took a rest.
At 9:30PM my plan was to make it back to the La Piscina place I went earlier today. It's a huge place, beers are only $2USD and the quality of chicks is supposed to be incredible. Anyways, two taxi drivers told me I would get knifed or killed there at this time of night.
So instead I went to Extasis and another spot in a different side of town. Had a $12. 50USD beer at both. Then I headed to a really upscale place. The beer was $20 USD. FUCK. BUT. The girls were truly incredible. I'd say some of the hottest fucking girls I've ever seen in my life. It was mind numbing how hot these chicks were. I choose my favorite and she (a solid 9 in my book) sat down. Her ladies drink would have been $25USD so I stalled her and we mingled for a while. Then onto the business. There was a house fee of $132, 000 ($66 USD) right off the top. FUCK. Then she asked me for 600, 000! That's fucking $300 USD! I negotiated her from my offer of $150K down to $450, 000 but she wouldn't budge a bit lower. There was no way I'm paying $225 + 66 = basically $300 USD for only ONE FUCKING POP and one hour of time. NO WAY. Instead, I left and on my way out she told me she had a girlfriend that would go for $300, 000. (The chick was decent, nothing amazing) No thanks I said, I've already fallen in love with you, picked her up in the air and gave her a kiss on the cheek in front of all her supermodel ho friends, then walked. If you are interested in taking a look at the place (there are well over 15 smoking hot. 10 amazing and 5 decent girls in the place) It has more of a ultra-lounge atmosphere with older, rich Colombian guys in business suits, buying bottles and hot chicas. Anyways here are the directions:
Grab a cab and ask him to take you to 85 con 15. If he asks for more specific locations, or if you can't understand him, just say you want to go to the Carulla supermarket on 85 and 15. Make sure you ask the driver which direction is NORTE when getting out of the cab. . From there walk a block and a half north. On your right hand side you'll see neon lights, there are 2 or 3 clubs there. One of them is Extasis.
So, if U-turn right (towards the neon) you'll goto Extasis. But, if you continue North on down the street a ways. 3 more blocks, on the left hand side of the street you'll see doormen and possibly a lady or two outside of the high end place I mentioned.
Next up for me was one more no name place a taxi took me to where the girls were quite nice but a fucking beer cost $12. 50 USD AGAIN and I got pissed and left without ordering. On my way out they offered me $15 USD beer! I told them I wasn't a dumb gringo and left in my cab. I believe this city is seriously gringo unfriendly. But first my impression could be wrong. Anyways, I know the locals are paying WAY FUCKING less for the same shit.
So now I'm at home and ordering outcall for about $100 USD. Sucks but whatever.
Anyways, I'll leave Bogota for you guys to enjoy. I'm leaving for Medellin! [/QUOTE]Well SantaFe is dangerous but only if you make it so. All you need to do to make it safer is stay in the st with lots off people on them and take taxis coming in and getting it of it. N what the taxi driver told you was just to scare you and make you go to the upscale club were they get a nice commission for bringing gringos in. (it happen to me 2). I bet he toke you to the stripclubs by Zona Rosa.
[QUOTE=FoxDirect;1115065]Well I'm back from the "field". This is a NEWBIE REPORT so take it as such and please just skip the usual batter a few of you seem to love so much. Corrections / updates / names of places however are appreciated.[/QUOTE]Sounds like you had a bad trip. BOG is a huge city and without Spanish skills and maybe a friend or 2, it can be hard for the newbie. Too bad you didn't try La 49 (on septima and calle 49 of course). I would describe it as a midpoint in price range. I remember being there one night back in '07. A friend of mine took me there. We had a good cheap colombian chicken soup or ajiaco there at 3 in the morning, the kitchen is open all night. Drinks are reasonable but beware the private VIP section upsell. My friend and this other guy with us took a hit of acid and were tripping out the rest of the night. I don't do that stuff but this is one place in BOG you can go wild, if that's you're thing, without worrying about getting robbed (or killed, LOL).
There's tons of girls here of all kinds and colors. I got looks and even the old "butt-pinch" so these girls are a bit more aggressive than the usual LDV types. I saw a girl with the biggest knockers ever, I mean insanely humongous although she was a bit fat. She was probably working to get some money for reduction surgery, LOL! The staff are trustworthy and helpful, although they're obviously looking for tips. One guys was annoying at first, but he was helpful in the end and seemed satisfied with my 10k cop tip.
You can even hang out with some of the girls there if you can speak Spanish and are a cool laid back type of guy. My buddy never sessions with the girls but he had no problem hanging out and dancing with a couple of the chicas that already seemed to recognize him as a regular (but NOT a client).
Now I suspect prices have gone up but back in Sep. '07, I sessioned with a very nice looking girl there for 200k cop for 90 minutes (plus the bs room fee it was 280 if I remember). She wanted 150 for 45 minutes but I offered 200 for double the time and she jumped at it.
I probably could have negotiated lower given how she jumped at my offer but I wasn't feeling too aggressive or apprehensive that night so I went for it. It wasn't mind-blowing sex but I was satisfied and so was she I believe.
By the way, I'm surprised more guys don't try this strategy. If the first offer isn't a crazy one, it works pretty good. The girls hear a higher number and so jump at it. Just make sure they're committed to the extra time and services promised.
Now if the first offer is too high, then obviously don't do that, LOL! However, if a girl is asking 600K, a 150K first counteroffer is ridiculous. That's definitely unrealistic and newbie style.
You're better off NOT negotiating. Just simply state a price you're willing to pay and for how much time.
If a really hot 9 at an upscale club wants 600 and I really want her, I'll say look you're really hot and I want to get to know you better and enjoy my time with you at leisure. I can pay you 400 for 2 hours tonight or any time you can drop by my place. Check to see if she can see you some other time. Let her know you want to spend your money on HER, not the club owner and their outrageous takeout fees and drink prices. NEVER laugh at a girls 1st offer, no matter how high or ridiculous it seems. That will never help you and can actually alienate the girl. Just smile and look like you've done this many times before. Let her know you don't negotiate but this is your offer and let her know emphatically if she takes it she won't regret it and will have a great time with you.
Sometimes a girl will choose to go with you for less than what she "expects" or "deserves" because you have chosen her, you've made cleared your intent or interest. A lot of these so-called "high end" girls will quickly lose interest in you if she thinks you are just fishing around for the lowest price hottie, or you're uncertain, or don't know what you're doing. I believe that's the psychology going on here.
400k cop even in the rich part of BOG is a generous offer; if the hottie doesn't jump at it, it's 99% certain to be a bad session anyway, so either result, this approach will work out better for you in most cases.
By the way La 49 is hopping until 5 or 6 in the morning (maybe even later) so if have no luck in the upscale uptown joints (where they rob you legally) , you can try your luck at the midpriced and midtown La 49 which should be safe enough even for "newbies."
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[QUOTE=FoxDirect;1115065]So instead I went to Extasis and another spot in a different side of town. Had a $12. 50USD beer at both. Then I headed to a really upscale place. The beer was $20 USD. FUCK. BUT. The girls were truly incredible. I'd say some of the hottest fucking girls I've ever seen in my life. It was mind numbing how hot these chicks were. I choose my favorite and she (a solid 9 in my book) sat down. Her ladies drink would have been $25USD so I stalled her and we mingled for a while. Then onto the business. There was a house fee of $132, 000 ($66 USD) right off the top. FUCK. Then she asked me for 600, 000! That's fucking $300 USD! I negotiated her from my offer of $150K down to $450, 000 but she wouldn't budge a bit lower. There was no way I'm paying $225 + 66 = basically $300 USD for only ONE FUCKING POP and one hour of time. NO WAY. Instead, I left and on my way out she told me she had a girlfriend that would go for $300, 000. (The chick was decent, nothing amazing) No thanks I said, I've already fallen in love with you, picked her up in the air and gave her a kiss on the cheek in front of all her supermodel ho friends, then walked. If you are interested in taking a look at the place (there are well over 15 smoking hot. 10 amazing and 5 decent girls in the place) It has more of a ultra-lounge atmosphere with older, rich Colombian guys in business suits, buying bottles and hot chicas.[/QUOTE]Sound like a couple of clip joints to me. You should have stayed around Santa Fe and gotten your dick wet for what 1 cerveza cost you at one of those places.
[QUOTE=Mr Enternational;1115308]Sound like a couple of clip joints to me. You should have stayed around Santa Fe and gotten your dick wet for what 1 cerveza cost you at one of those places.[/QUOTE]Agreed! But, I'm much happier in Medellin with $15 pussy and $1 beers.