Medellin Reports

Has anyone ever heard of somebody being drugged and robbed at a casa?

[QUOTE=Sangnyc21;2297896]Most guys here think this wouldn't happen to them. LOL.

I always suggest using precaution.

Know a guy who moved out to Medellin recently get drugged. Told him before his behavior was dangerous didn't listen and wouldn't you know it!!

This is one of the reasons along with others why I don't like casas or street girls. I always bring them to my place where security is thorough.

If I do meet a girl at a club I'm always with my local buddy who acts like my bodyguard LOL.

This is more common than you think.

All these girls knows some dude that's from their hood that are up to no good. These guys know what the girls are up to and try to get them to go along with robbing and drugging people and etc.[/QUOTE]

I love your report. Thanks for taking the time to write it. One question: why do you recommend paying in cash at restaurants? I never do so I want to see if I'm missing out on something. I am a working girl for frequent flyer points.

[QUOTE=ReefTip;2297618]I have just returned home from my maiden trip to Medellin.

A few notes and observations from this trip.

I used this forum as my main research tool for the trip. Thank you to the members who have contributed to this site.

I took a lot of time to find somewhere suitable to stay. My needs were a good kitchen, security and an area where I can walk in the day time.

I settled on an AirBNB place in Laureles. I like the area. I prefer entertaining my ladies at home where I have full control rather than going.

Out for casa visits, strip clubs etc. I was by myself so maybe next trip I will venture out more, but I was in my comfort zone operating this way.

I spent my time with mostly pros. I did a couple of non pros with mixed success, had I stayed here longer I might have been tempted to date more.

Non- working girls.

Some were from facebook and I used the photoprepagos site..[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Sangnyc21;2297896]Most guys here think this wouldn't happen to them. LOL.

I always suggest using precaution.

Know a guy who moved out to Medellin recently get drugged. Told him before his behavior was dangerous didn't listen and wouldn't you know it!!

This is one of the reasons along with others why I don't like casas or street girls. I always bring them to my place where security is thorough.

If I do meet a girl at a club I'm always with my local buddy who acts like my bodyguard LOL.

This is more common than you think.

All these girls knows some dude that's from their hood that are up to no good. These guys know what the girls are up to and try to get them to go along with robbing and drugging people and etc.[/QUOTE]I think there are pluses and minuses. Before I invite a chica to my domicilio, I like to do our first date at a "Love Hotel" and there are tons of them. This way she won't have access to anything I have in my room.

Not only that but there are cameras at the check-in and at least some of the places the door locks once you enter and only after you call when you're finished (and they check the mini-bar) do they let you out.

If we have a nice time and the vibe is good I might have her over the next time. I think it's a cheap way to "vet" the lady beforehand. Now some places have porteros (desk staff) that the girl has to go through.

Including copying their ID and getting a phone confirmation before they allow them to leave. OK that's a different layout. But if you are in a Air-bnb or a room and there isn't security. Be careful!

[QUOTE=Knowledge;2297908]Has anyone ever heard of somebody being drugged and robbed at a casa?[/QUOTE]The YouTube video on the devils breath a guy and his friend got drugged at a *****house in Bogota. So anything is possible.

[QUOTE=Sangnyc21;2297896]Know a guy who moved out to Medellin recently get drugged. Told him before his behavior was dangerous didn't listen and wouldn't you know it!!

This is one of the reasons along with others why I don't like casas or street girls.[/QUOTE]What was your buddy's behavior? With street and casa girls you are usually in and out. You are not sitting with them chillin alone. Casa is full of people with a supervisor. You are in and out of the place. A chick could not drug you then go sit in the lobby and wait for the next customer. With street girls you go to the room and fuck them and leave. Not really having any meals or beverages with them in order for them to spike your stuff. Unless you are sucking on some laced nipples or something. And most street girls work out of the same motel, so...

My buddy was drugged in a normal club in Bogota. He was not partying hard or anything. He just had 1 beer. My cousin used to hack computers when he was too young to be prosecuted. These days he does not even have any protection on his computers. If they want to get you then they are going to get you, regardless of the precautions you take.

[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2297949]What was your buddy's behavior? With street and casa girls you are usually in and out. You are not sitting with them chillin alone. Casa is full of people with a supervisor. You are in and out of the place. A chick could not drug you then go sit in the lobby and wait for the next customer. With street girls you go to the room and fuck them and leave. Not really having any meals or beverages with them in order for them to spike your stuff. Unless you are sucking on some laced nipples or something. And most street girls work out of the same motel, so...

My buddy was drugged in a normal club in Bogota. He was not partying hard or anything. He just had 1 beer. My cousin used to hack computers when he was too young to be prosecuted. These days he does not even have any protection on his computers. If they want to get you then they are going to get you, regardless of the precautions you take.[/QUOTE]About a month or so ago on Veracruz, I entered a Motel with a girl.

Before entering I bought her a beer that she brought with her to the room.

She drank about half the beer and set it aside, we undressed, etc.

During sex she kept insisting that I grab the bottle and drink the beer.
Even when I said I didn’t want any, she insisted.
I ended up fake drinking some, never really drinking any, hell no!

When I offered her the bottle, she refused saying she had enough, and it was for me.

My senses, and her actions had me thinking that it was likely that she spiked the beer.

I don't know for sure, but I sure wasn't going to drink it.

That precaution most likely saved me from being drugged / robbed.

Precautions and street sense will definitely keep you safer then not heeding them.

They prey on the unwitting, non-precautions type guy.

[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2297949]What was your buddy's behavior? With street and casa girls you are usually in and out. You are not sitting with them chillin alone. Casa is full of people with a supervisor. You are in and out of the place. A chick could not drug you then go sit in the lobby and wait for the next customer. With street girls you go to the room and fuck them and leave. Not really having any meals or beverages with them in order for them to spike your stuff. Unless you are sucking on some laced nipples or something. And most street girls work out of the same motel, so...

My buddy was drugged in a normal club in Bogota. He was not partying hard or anything. He just had 1 beer. My cousin used to hack computers when he was too young to be prosecuted. These days he does not even have any protection on his computers. If they want to get you then they are going to get you, regardless of the precautions you take.[/QUOTE]The guy was over aggressive with girls. Because he was a foreigner he thought he was some sort of prize for these girls and I knew right away one day the wrong girl is going to take advantage.

He doesn't get that women in Medellin are extremely friendly and even when rejecting you they are very polite about it.

He just assumed he can get any girl he wanted even approaching girls who would be with guys.

Just a typical foreigner thinking they are a prize for these girls.

That's why I always say Colombia is not like DR or CR. I use these 2 countries as examples because I'm seeing a lot of guys who use to monger exclusively there are now turning their attention to Colombia.

[QUOTE=Knowledge;2297929]I love your report. Thanks for taking the time to write it. One question: why do you recommend paying in cash at restaurants? I never do so I want to see if I'm missing out on something. I am a working girl for frequent flyer points.[/QUOTE]I found most restaurants charged a hefty premium for using plastic.

[QUOTE=Villainy;2297936]I think there are pluses and minuses. Before I invite a chica to my domicilio, I like to do our first date at a "Love Hotel" and there are tons of them. This way she won't have access to anything I have in my room.

Not only that but there are cameras at the check-in and at least some of the places the door locks once you enter and only after you call when you're finished (and they check the mini-bar) do they let you out.

If we have a nice time and the vibe is good I might have her over the next time. I think it's a cheap way to "vet" the lady beforehand. Now some places have porteros (desk staff) that the girl has to go through.

Including copying their ID and getting a phone confirmation before they allow them to leave. OK that's a different layout. But if you are in a Air-bnb or a room and there isn't security. Be careful![/QUOTE]I like your vetting process!

Make sure you say you want your card to be charged in pesos in the local currency or else they can tag 3% or more fee if they have to convert to US dollars on the transaction. By default, they should charge in pesos, but it's good practice to double check that before they swipe the card.

[QUOTE=ReefTip;2298004]I found most restaurants charged a hefty premium for using plastic.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=RiceRocket99;2298157]Make sure you say you want your card to be charged in pesos in the local currency or else they can tag 3% or more fee if they have to convert to US dollars on the transaction. By default, they should charge in pesos, but it's good practice to double check that before they swipe the card.[/QUOTE]I have never seen a surcharge for plastic anywhere that accepts in MDE except the Mansion. I have a credit card that charges no foreign transaction fees and always just say Pesos Colombiana when I hand over my card. I use a charge that provides triple points for restaurant charges and charging frequently allows me to carry less cash on me. The only scam I see is when the waiter tries to add on a hefty 'Tip' when a service charge is already included in the bill. This happens frequently at Basilica. I always get that removed without much hassle. When my wallet was stolen in Medellin last summer (I was a scopolamine victim) I was glad I had little cash and a charge card in the wallet. The thief managed to rack up $13k in charges by the time I woke up but I was not held responsible.

I almost always use a CC with no foreign transaction fees to pay for drinks / food at the middle to higher end restaurants and rack up points / miles. 99 out of 100 I have no problem, but one time I was slapped with a 3% fee after the fact at Tabu (Indian restaurant in Poblado). Waiter gave me the reason as conversion fee to USD, never heard that before. Whether it's true or not, that was my experience.

Most restaurants ask if you want to include 10% tip on the bill when you ask for the check. I always say yes, but I do double check to make sure it's 10% and not 20%!

[QUOTE=CharmCityDave;2298197]I have never seen a surcharge for plastic anywhere that accepts in MDE except the Mansion. I have a credit card that charges no foreign transaction fees and always just say Pesos Colombiana when I hand over my card. I use a charge that provides triple points for restaurant charges and charging frequently allows me to carry less cash on me. The only scam I see is when the waiter tries to add on a hefty 'Tip' when a service charge is already included in the bill. This happens frequently at Basilica. I always get that removed without much hassle. When my wallet was stolen in Medellin last summer (I was a scopolamine victim) I was glad I had little cash and a charge card in the wallet. The thief managed to rack up $13k in charges by the time I woke up but I was not held responsible.[/QUOTE]

We go from Girls, to Strip clubs, to casas, to street girls of Vera Cruz, to Robbery, Credit card fees, uber vs taxi, centro vs Poblado, back to being drugged, robbed, and safety. I love it, absolutely love it. Its nearly impossible to get the name of new talent or new girls, because too many on the board bring up the foolishness of robbery, Poblado, protecting the girls identity, truth is, many of you who are being robbed in Colombia, were being robbed in your native country as well, sad thing is, you didn't learn a thing from being robbed. So lets list a few do's & don't's. No one pours my drink, no one rolls my smoke, I go to no one's location for sex, we don't flash cash in foreign countries. If you are adhering to these simple rules, you minimize much of the risk of being robbed, drugged, or taken advantage of, Pollo Negro is out!

Hello fellow mongers,

I will be making my first stop in Medellin on Mar 24 - Mar 29th. Thanks to this forum I have been able to do a ton of research as far as what to expect, where all to stay and go, etc. Everyone's contributions are greatly appreciated. I do have a few questions before arriving that I was hoping to get answers to, but will first list out what I plan to do while there in order to give back to future members that may find it useful.

I will be staying in an AirBnB in Poblado. The building has security, and I confirmed that I will be able to have guests over; they will just have to register at the front desk. I know I am overpaying for the area, but I prefer a nice place to lay my head, and knowing that security will assist in checking the chicas in gave me some relief after reading the last page or two about drugging / robberies. That said I know there will still be risks.

I plan to hit up casas throughout the late morning / mid afternoon. I will utilize the map and start with the ones I have seen good recommendations for on this forum. I also plan to check out the Centro Sws as well as the seen at Mayorista, but typically in previous areas I've visited (Mainly Mexico the Sws were ever only so-so at best). Does anyone recommend Mayorista anymore? I used to read about it a lot more in posts going back a few years, but not recently.

At nighttime I plan to do a bit of perusing photoprepagos as well as hitting up the Centro strip clubs. I have read about the dangers of Centro at night and have factored that into my decision to check out the strip clubs. Plan to Uber straight there and straight back. Also plan to take in the Parque Lleras scene as well, but unless something falls in my lap, not excited about overpaying just to find a casa girl that happens to be in this area.

The higher end strip clubs don't really interest me as I'm not too keen to pay the steep drink prices and inflated chica prices unless I'm there with others. But it is always an option.

I have also considered getting a room at the Mansion for one night just to say I've experienced it. However will probably wait until closer just be / see I'm so meh on it and then realize they are sold out. Is it worth the experience once? (As of earlier this week they had some availability still).

So here are a few questions that are still lingering. If anyone can assist I greatly appreciate the assistance.

I know there is a wealth of info on getting cash. Whether it be from ATMs or exchanges. For personal reasons I am not able to use a debit card. I will have means to cash once in the country, but my predicament is in my flight in. I am arriving early around 1-2 AM (got to love JetBlue routes) and so I assume the airport cambios won't be open. I also read that Uber is not allowed at the MDE airport. Can anyone confirm this is still a thing? If so can I pay my taxi driver with a credit card? Or should I look into a private driver that I can pay with a credit card? What would you all do in the same position?

In previous trips the price of generic Viagra / Cialis was all over the board. I could pay $10 USD for 2 pills, walk down the street and then pay $7 USD for ten pills. Are there any pharmacies anyone recommends that are known for selling it cheap? Is the price pretty much the same everywhere? If so what should I be expecting to pay?

WhatsApp. I planned to just use my typical WhatsApp number from the States but after seeing a previous post where it was mentioned that prices could vary with prepagos texting to an American number I've thought maybe I should look into other options. I could get a SIM just to setup my WhatsApp to a local number, but should I go through the cost of a cheap sim and dealing with my phone company to unlock my phone just to try to save a few bucks? Have others experienced this Gringo pricing difference before? It was the first I've read about it. Furthermore I should mention that my current plan is to use my current American phone plan as for $10/ day I can use all my data and unlimited calls / texts in Colombia. I need my phone to work as normal so I am fine paying this fee. Any other SIM card would only be purchased to setup a local WhatsApp number on my phone.

I know there will always be bait and switch. However are the photos I'm seeing on photoprepagos and mileroticos for the most part accurate? They are way better quality bodies than I am used to seeing in Mexico, and I didn't see many reports of being let down by bait and switch type situations while reading through the forums. I'm sure that question seems naive, but with all the good reviews I just want to make sure I'm not missing anything.

Lastly am I missing anything that I should be doing / seeing while on my first trip? Would love to get the full experience so feel free to let me know whether positive or negative.

If any of the other mongers are in town that week would love to get a beer or two somewhere. Waiting on PM to be active (Jackson mentioned mid-next week when I enquired) so can't PM just yet as an FYI. Thanks again!

I haven't seen that in Colombia.

[QUOTE=ReefTip;2298004]I found most restaurants charged a hefty premium for using plastic.[/QUOTE]