A primrer on mongering in Bogota
I spent 5 days in Bogota which I've detailed in separate parts in this forum, but I thought I'd share what my general thoughts are and what I would and wouldn't do over. My primary goal when going to Bogota was chicas so your tastes may vary.
My taxi from the airport was COP 21, 600.
I stayed at Suites Real 85 which was very walkable to Zona Rosa and generally a very chica friendly hotel. I'd stay there in a heartbeat again. Prices were COP 183, 000 per night. So about $100 per night. But it had a separate room from the bedroom and a tiny kitchen. Breakfast was just fruit (usually papaya) , coffee, and juice.
I changed some dollars to pesos at the airport. I got 1800 pesos to the dollar. I did the rest of my money conversion at New York Money in Andino Mall. I got 1770 pesos to the dollar that same day at New York Money (third floor at Andino Mall).
As far as eating, I didn't eat much fancy stuff. More or less I was in Zona Rosa and looking at menus and going in and eating whatever. None of it was memorable.
On to the chicas. I would have gone to Santa Fe early (Santa Fe being the red light district where everything is cheaper and more dangerours). Most people on this board say gringos should only go during the day. Most people talk about these places in Santa Fe: Atunes, Picina, Paisas. I regret not going to Santa Fe. I didn't do much during the daytime and as per the advice on this board I didn't go at night.
I also went to the Mezzanine massage places at Cr 15 and Calle 104. I only went to #6. One girl above the rest, but for COP 100k, not so bad. It's a good place to get your feet wet. It's only open during regular business hours. Like 9 to 5 or whatever. It's above a cafe top place. RTFF for more details.
Of the experiences I had, I found 2. 5 at El Cedro and one at El Padrino. These are the higher end places in Zona Rosa that most of the guys in this forum hate on saying that the same girls can be found in Santa Fe. I'm not saying it's not true. I'm saying I don't know becuase I didn't go there.
El Cedro was kind of nice because the girls left you alone when you came in. The first time I went, the bouncers had every free girl in the place come around and introduce themselves to me. The second time, I had to ask for this "pussy parade". This second time it was a Saturday night and much busier. El Cedro has a COP 100k salida and drinks were 25k for a Club Colombia beer.
At El Padrino, the girls swarm on you and won't leave your side. I know they're hookers, but I'm not a mean person. So I didn't like the atmosphere. As per my earlier report, I found a great girl at El Padrino. Who took a dump on the rest of the girls there. It was late, but the girls I saw there were vieja or fea. Salida at El Padrino was COP 130k and Club Coloimbia (cheapest option) was 25k each (and they pulled some bullshit about you had to buy for the girl you were talking to also). You can read my reports for more specifics. The difficult part was that I was with friends who had more morals and didn't want to partake so many of my activities were later at night.
GFE means different things to different people. Does it mean they kiss? Does it mean they sweet talk you? Or does it mean they don't act like robotic bitches who want to get out of there ASAP? No matter how you slice it, I felt like all the chicas I was with gave a good to very good GFE. They were all 1 to 2 hour sessions (with one TLN) , but I found them all very sweet and friendly. But it didn't hurt them I'm in my 30s and look young. So surely that helped. Anyway, I would go back to Bogota in a heartbeat. The girls were generally great. I never felt threatened at all. My high school Spanish got along ok. Hopefully, someone in the future will find this helpful.
