Diferent strocks for difernt folks
[QUOTE=Vitrea;1352973]You mean that as a safety precaution just for Cali or is that your personal preference? Thank you for reply. Another Senior member suggested a place (Cali Plaza) which I will try.[/QUOTE]To have a girl in your hotel, is only advice if she is your girlfriend, is hard to have a girl, that you don't know, if the hotel have a safe, no problem.
My recommendation is.
[url]http://www.hotelversallescolonial.com/home.html[/url]
If you have a novia reservation for 2. If not, just like Bay Boy said.
My two Pesos.
Any questions feel free to ask.
Kukulkan.
First timers take on Cali
The city seemed expansive and has a rough edge to it. I missed some of the high-end neighborhoods that I am used to seeing in MDE and BOGOTA. Even the areas with bars and restaurants did not have the liveliness. Also, I discovered that my personal taste has strong bias against the body type of the Calienas (sp?). I prefer Paisa flakas that are all natural.
The taxi situation in Cali is interesting. Identical to warnings from other posters on this forum, the hotel strongly discouraged us taking cabs off the street. That certainly is a negative in my mind.
In the evening, my first stop is at Flores Frescas. Sad to report there are only 6 flowers there and none being even close to being fresh and pricelist is so expensive that is laughable. Well whiskey is 25, 000! I had one and I witnessed 4 other 'tourists' doing it too. I asked them to call a cab and they would not want to do it. They said, they will call but why don't I wait till I watch a few dances. Clearly they did not want 20% of their clientele walk out the door. In any other city, I would have walked out and hailed one myself but here, I am in a bit of a predicament. Just then, the cabbie that dropped me off walks in check on to see how things are going. He said he remembered me saying that if I don't like this place I will go to club Escosses and he waited. I hugged him and bailed out of there. His name is Elvis. He turned out to be an awesome guy and one of the best taxi drivers I ever met during my travels. He shared a lot about Cali and a bit of his personal stuff. When asked about eating local cuisine, he took us to a great restaurant that is around the corner from inter continental and the food there was undoubtedly the best on this trip.
Next stop is club Escosses, supposedly the oldest club in town. This place had a much better vibe. It was a party with good music and the intimacy of this place lends itself to a high energy atmosphere. Unfortunately though, I was either not drunk enough or the girls are not that attractive. I almost called it a night but decided to try the third place on my list; Dinas. It was a bit out of the way but said what the heck and went. The place is more like a dive bar with decent music and bunch of tables. No stage or floor space for dancing. Interestingly I saw two girls that were in the parade that morning at Clinica. I did not like them then and the booze did not change my mind either. Finished my drink and left the bar to walk out. As I was about to walk though the second door, down come a couple of chicas with friendly faces. I had to check them out. I almost literally dragged them both into the bar so no one else would grab them. Back in the bar we had a round of drinks, made a joke of an attempt at salsa and I took one of them upstairs for amazing 30 minutes. She is a 22 yr old MILF with a surprisingly tight body. She was a true nympho and could not get enough of it. If you are at Dinas, she is hard to miss. She is a dirty blonde, thin, fair and all natural. The door was knocked three times before we got out. Now that is nice service and she got a 20K tip for that. Had the late night munchies, stopped at a burger joint and got dropped off at the hotel. 5 hrs later for 50, 000 pesos. Not bad considering the fact that he was my driver, guide and a wingman.
If anyone is interested, I can post or PM Elvis' contact info and I will dig up the name of the restaurant.