Bogota Reports

from the places you mention, I surmise you prefer high end places. Accordingly, La Mansion, Lido, Casanova's etc may be great for you, though I still would check out La 49 (which I've written about in some detail if you scroll down the thread aways).

Almost all hotels in BOG are guest friendly (though SOME may add an extra charge). I'd recommend Hamilton Court then Saint Simon. I would DEFINITELY insist on getting a hotel in the Zona Norte/Rosa.

You say you are going for two weeks so I assume business requires you to stay in BOG. I would STRONGLY urge you to get out of BOG on the weekends (or whenever you can), especially because your Spanish is fluent you should do well in regional capitals.

Try the Dann Carlton. Nicer hotel than the HJ in my opinion, and close to the Zona Rosa and Parque 93. Call them and ask for their corporate rate.

If you prefer a chain with US associations (all be it just in the name), try the Embassy Suites on K7 (at about Cl 60 ~ 70 IIRC).

Gidday Rabbit,

This Hector guy, can he speak english ?

Regards,

Aussie Greg.

[QUOTE=SandRabbit]Just found the name & phone number of the guy who took me to PALACETES,(chica casa) call Hector @ 716-3173 or 315-764-8311, he's kind of a man-for-hire, where ever you need to go or if there's something you are looking for, he can get it or find it for you. Make sure you settle on a price for his service before hand! If he asks where you got the number, tell him that the gringo he helped in November in Villa Luz gave it to you. Can't say he's the cheapest, but he'll deliver, he's just trying to make a living like the rest of us. The Rabbit[/QUOTE]

Aussie Greg, my spanish is decent, so i don't know how much english he speaks....i'd guess very limited though??? If you speak a little espanol, maybe you can find some middle ground? the rabbit

Thanks for the info, will see how I go, I'll keep you posted, again thanks.

Aussie Greg

[QUOTE=SandRabbit]Aussie Greg, my spanish is decent, so i don't know how much english he speaks....i'd guess very limited though??? If you speak a little espanol, maybe you can find some middle ground? the rabbit[/QUOTE]

I took up residence in Zona Norte at the Fontana hotel (US$90/night) - nice place and teeming with amazingly beautiful, well-off women all over the hotel. The hotel set me up with a driver and car for US$6/hr. I didn't like the driver as he was old and not very friendly--so as I would go from place to place with different cab drivers, I found one I liked who knew about the mongering scene well and stuck with him. My spanish is at best intermediate, but I'm latino so I fit in moreso than others. Although the quality of the women at spots like La Mansion, Lido, Casanova's etc. was very good, they are all major rip-off joints IMO. They charge upwards of 20k pesos for one drink (uno trago!). Not my type of place.

Anyway, my driver told told me the best place to go is an area named Conrrado-so I took him up on it (vamos). Depending on where you are coming from, negotiate with the driver to get you there--from the Norte area expect to pay between 10,000-15,000 pesos depending on your bargaining skills (off the meter). The ride is about 20-30 minutes depending on traffic. The best thing to do is have the cab driver drive you around the 5 or 6 blocks so you can get a general feel of the area. It is essentially a red light district with girls all over the place (street, bars, clubs).

Conrrado obviously isn't the greatest of areas, but for the most part I didn't feel like there was any impending doom. The best place here is La Piscina. A huge place with an olympic sized pool smack in the middle of it. There were around 80-100 girls here and an equal number of guys. The ladies were charging anywhere from 30k-80k pesos for short-time. You can definitely negotiate here and you will find some real stunners. My standards are pretty high having spent a significant amount of time in Brazil--but I would say there were at least four 10's here. Boob jobs were pretty common amongst the chicas. To sit around the pool you have to buy a bottle (or half a bottle). Since I was alone I didn't bother and was content standing around with my 3k pesos cerveza (~US$1.25). No cover charge.

My advice would be to check out the four/five blocks around this area as you will find quite a few gems. I'll warn you guys now--if you come out of La Piscina and make a right, at the end of the block you'll find a few transsexuals. They aren't as aggressive as some of the ones in Brazil are--so just take this as a light-hearted warning in case you're stoned or drunk. They are pretty obvious to spot though--not super-passable like the ones in Brazil who can pretty much fool damn near anyone. Speaking of stoned, if you are into perico, you can acquire this from any of the vendors selling gum/cigs for 'un pase'. 4-5k pesos will get you a baggie (~1 gram) which should be enough to wild out for the night.

My favorite place was also the most racous. Its around the block (or two blocks away) and called La Casona in the area of Conrrado. The girls here are not as hot as La Piscina, but you will have fun here. To put this in context, patrons, including the ladies were doing lines in the open on the tables--this might be way to crazy for most here, but I had a BLAST! I met this one guy who calls himself John and can speak broken spanish. He hooked me up with one of his girls, a sexy, petite 19 year old named Xiomara for $55 all night long. Feel free to give him a call at either 3103058652, or 3103058663--just tell him that he hooked up one of your friends with that girl Xiomara. She was pretty cool--we had one long 2 hour session after we got back to my place around 1am, she left at 7am--I was too tired for morning action.

Other action--there are three chica houses within several feet of each other at the corner of Calle 67-18 (I think this is in the Zona Norte area, but it might be right on the border).

Hope this helps some of you.

Never heard of Conrrado but will DEFINITELY check it out next time I visit La Ciudad de Los Rollos. I assume it is in the Zona Sur. Thanks for a great report.

Posted this elsewhere, figured I'd share it here as well

I just got back from Bogota....again. The working chicas will rival any city in the country, including trumping CTG, esp. on sheer volume alone. Can't speak for MDE or CLO, as I've never been to either city...yet.

It being the capital of the country, there are way more spots to hit than the average Colombian city. Stumbling around Zona Rosa alone at night, I hit quite a few spots that I didn't even know existed. Just had the casa-commisioned touts easily found on Calle 82, point you in the right direction for 10.000-20.000COP max. for the tour. Never had an issue with them being dangerous or anything.

Stumbled out of one place in Zona Rosa at 6:00 in the morning that I'm assuming is the exact one another monger mentioned to me, around the corner from Lancaster on Cra. 15. Talent-level, was 4-7.5, cost was like 100.000-200.000COP for TLN, depending on your negotiation. I only went to check it out for future notice. I was two sheets to the wind, loaded up on Ron Caldas rum.

Not sure where all the fear about it not being safe on the streets of Bogota is coming from. In my experiences (4x) in Bogota, haven't experienced anything negative, except a taxi driver who wanted to over-charge me. This includes being in the red-light district around La Piscina at night, like 2-3 in the morning solo. Maybe I'm tempting fate, but never felt in harm's way. Even spotted a chica I met in LDV last Nov. working in La Paisa Bar (across from Atunes), now getting boned at 27.000COP for 30 mins. TLN was negotiable, but she was trying to keep it high (150.000-200.000COP).

I can also speak for La Casona. There are now two locations, one further north. I went to the one on the same block as Atunes & La Paisa, along with about 5 other spots. It's a hole-in-the-wall!!!! Many of the other chicas from this area come through La Casona when their other working spots close, before heading elsewhere (Fortaleza). They can be had for cheap (80.000-100.000COP for TLN). Many of these chicas have no idea where Zona Rosa or El Norte is. Can be a wild place to hang (open coke-snorting, interactive stripshow etc.), but the people are generally pretty cool, into their own thing for the nite. Every now and then, a decent-looking chica (maybe a 7) passes thru, but the average chica there would be a 5, on a scale of 10. On-site sessions cost 27.000 COP for 30 mins.

This past trip, with a local monger, we went to Fortaleza, the after hours spot frequented primarily by the locals and the chicas who work in those spots around Piscina. I had been there before solo, never had a problem. You can probably get those same chicas from La Piscina or the spots around them for less than 100.000COP for TLN. I forget the drink prices, but there is no salida for the chica and there's no entrance fee.

However, if you're a nervous person, or speak no Spanish, I wouldn't advise you going to Fortaleza. If those two warnings don't apply, just mind your business, ignore the coke being openly snorted around you, the dudes falling out from being too drunk, and concentrate on the chicas and your drinks, you'll have no problems.

- When you when you get mixed up in somebody's business, you'll find what you were searching for. Trouble.

- If you don't go looking for trouble, going to areas you are not familiar with, esp. without a local, you will be fine.

- If you decide to save a few bucks on the hotel cost, and stay in a shitty area, guess what, you're asking for it. We met a dude from Australia who'd just bailed out a German dude who had gotten robbed on the street of everything he owned. Not sure how it happened, but it did happen in a rough area where there are cheap hostels and hotels. The Aussie dude was really cool, but spoke no Spanish. He seemed okay when we left him in Fortaleza, but it's definitely not advisable if you speak no Spanish and have a curious mind.

- Ask your taxi upfront if he knows where your destination is, and how much he'll charge you. Most taxis use the meter at night in Zona Rosa. From Fortaleza or La Piscina at night, give them 12.000COP and they'll be happy, if the meters off. With a meter, it'll cost about 8.000COP during the day, 9.000COP during the night.

- Final piece of advice, generally use the taxis in front of the clubs, as the security dudes generally will be looking out for you, if something shady is going down. They want you to return to their establishment. Grabbing a taxi off the street in a rough neighborhood at night, you are asking for it.

Just my two cents on Bogota. YMMV. Hope it helps.

Gidday guys,

Been en Bogota with Bob the last semana, been here a few times over the years and never liked the place before and it is still the same.

The first night visited The Mansion y Lido, never seen one good looking girl in the place, all seem like they are worn out *****s that have done their tour of duty overseas and come home to retire !!!!, 20,000 p for beers ( what a rip off )

Visited La Pisina, it seems the most happening place en BOG, all the good looking chickies here are Paisas´s ( from MDE, MANS, PER )
Around the corner is The Castle, again all the good lookers are from MDE region.

As for the security, it seemed the taxi drivers are mas worried than Bob and I, Pisina and Castle are down town and their are some weired things around but ( maybe Bob and I are big and ugly !! ) we didnt have any problems.

Thats all for now, regards.

Aussie Greg.

if you speak some Spanish I find the vast majority of taxistas easy to befriend and grab them anytime, anywhere. NEVER felt sketchy at all. I'd feel a HELL of a lot safer in 99% of the taxis than on the street in many areas of BOG at night so if in question I'd hop in the cab in a heartbeat.

Greg: Go try La 49.

O.K, will try next time in BOG at 49, hope it is not soon !!

Como estas !!!, wheres your next dest !!, regards.

Aussie.

But I like La 49 MUCH better than the other places I've been to in BOG.

I know this is sacrilege, but I have opted to go to Argentina on Tuesday (instead of making my 8th trip to Colombia). 8th trip to Colombia must wait. Until Apri. l

Surfer,

He runs The Mansion with Jackson, Ill send you the address tomorrow.
You probley have some where to stay but they have a Pool Party on a Sunday and its great, anybody can go, barbie ect, have a few beers with him ( no dont, hell start saying untruths about me !! )

Dave knows the girls I was with for 5 weeks in Dec, Jan. Ill tey to send you their pic´s, telephones tomorrow to, their was only 3 of them but they were the best *****s you would want, like GFE y mas !!

Ask Dave, Greg said its O.K. to see the video he made with me and Jackson with 2 *****s one night !!

Regards,

Aussie Greg

[QUOTE=Surfer]But I like La 49 MUCH better than the other places I've been to in BOG.

I know this is sacrilege, but I have opted to go to Argentina on Tuesday (instead of making my 8th trip to Colombia). 8th trip to Colombia must wait. Until Apri. l[/QUOTE]

Hey Aussie,

I saw the dynamic duo the night after you had them. Both in Excedra. Only one walking with a limp. Better luck with the other next time...

I'm going to Bogota tomorrow for a VERY quick night. Staying by the airport, but could be persuaded to go downtown. La 49 the place to go, huh? Is it worth it, or should I just rest up for Sao Paulo next week?

See Ya' Mate (up here, pretty soon, I think),

Mav'

Gentlemen!

During the end of March i'll be heading down to Bogota and do some mongering. Ill most likely stay in my hotel and use escort services, is there any sort of precaution i have to take? Is the airport safe?I'll arrive in the evening and i am bit worried whether i'll be safe since i'm a tall young European, well better leave my Rolex at home, thanks in advance, what a great forum this is, greetz,

Ewald