Medellin Reports

[QUOTE=Turgid;2423874]I will never tell the Immigration officer the true purpose of my travels, I'm not that stupid. I have learnt from my previous interactions with immigration officers. Always answer the questions of the officer never volunteer information and speak in your native language. Question: What was the purpose of your trip? Answer: Tourism. [/QUOTE]I agree. The less you volunteer the better. I also have the added benefit of being retired so I sometimes add I'm snow birding (if the season is appropriate). With the highlight on Human Trafficking you never know when you might get an over zealous idiot. Doesn't matter if 99 times you are waved through or even high-fived. Yes it is not illegal going into the US, but go ahead and try to prove that 19 year old you have a naked photo of on your phone is not under 18. It is good to have a non-sex tourism story available if pressed. If I'm asked if I saw a prostitute I won't lie, but why volunteer? Federal agents can lie to you but if you lie to them you have committed a felony. I have a few pictures of myself and one of my older favoritas in an easily accessible folder on my phone so if pushed I'll say I have a girlfriend there, I was once asked to show those going into Colombia. Was a snippy female immigration officer but once she saw the photos she waved me through. All my sexy pics are encrypted and backed up to the Web. I delete my fakebook account and Whatsapp from my phone before I go through customs. Takes two seconds to add back on. Two years ago I was detained questioned and searched for 3 hours entering New Zealand. They gave me a hard time about the emergency antibiotics I travel with and confiscated my benedryl and sudafed. They also gave me a hard time about one commercial porno movie that I had long forgotten was on my tablet. Fortunately it was commercial with the mandatory age notification at the beginning indicating all the actresses are over 18 and where the record holder an be contacted. I was given the choice of letting them examine my electronics (fortunately sanitized) or being denied entry. I had a very expensive 2 week escorted hiking tour paid for so I was not going to get back on a plane and leave. They were very suspicious because before arrive in NZ I had visited PI, Cambodia, Thailand and Indonesia. They asked me if I had sex with under aged girls and I honestly answered no. After sweating me for three hours (seemed longer) and having 3 different people interview me they allowed me enter. I left the airport at 11:30 PM, no taxis, no buses, no uber and had to walk 2 miles with my luggage to my airbnb. I am very sure if I volunteered my leisure activities in those other countries I would have at best been denied entry.

[QUOTE=Zeos1;2423722]Assume most Airbnb's don't want sex tourists. Nothing new. Just they are realizing they have to state it explicitly. Most Airbnb's are in peoples homes or in residential areas. Why would this be surprising.

Hotels. Sure, probably more than in the past. There is a movement to discourage or stop sex tourism. Little posters in some hotels, etc. Again. Not a big surprise due to so many stupid mongers. Sorry, I'm one of them.

So. Basically you have to ask. Airbnb, hotel, whatever. What is your guest policy.[/QUOTE]I would try and avoid places that openly state "No sex tourism" in their policy guidelines. But I have stayed with prepagos even when renting a room in a large penthouse that stated "no sex tourism" . I just added the prepago on to the reservation when I booked the room and the chick just stayed with me while I was there. Obviously guys that want a lot of short time prepagos or don't know many prepagos well enough to book them in your apartment can't do this. But I rented a three bedroom apartment on Airbnb that allowed six registered guests and I added five prepagos that I wanted to see to the reservation. The apartment said 'no sex tourism" but nobody questions registered guests.

[QUOTE=JjBee62;2423936]Redefine the purpose of your visit and you can be completely open and honest without telling anyone the purpose of your visit.
It's all about perception.[/QUOTE]Yep, it's all in the answers you give to the immigration officers questions, of which they have no way of verifying or checking the answers you give them when it comes to whether your seeing hookers. I am amazed at how "naive" or perhaps "foolish" some of are other posters have been on this subject. But this is just my opinion.

[QUOTE=CharmCityDave;2423952]I agree. The less you volunteer the better. I also have the added benefit of being retired so I sometimes add I'm snow birding (if the season is appropriate). With the highlight on Human Trafficking you never know when you might get an over zealous idiot. Doesn't matter if 99 times you are waved through or even high-fived. Yes it is not illegal going into the US, but go ahead and try to prove that 19 year old you have a naked photo of on your phone is not under 18. It is good to have a non-sex tourism story available if pressed. If I'm asked if I saw a prostitute I won't lie, but why volunteer? Federal agents can lie to you but if you lie to them you have committed a felony. I have a few pictures of myself and one of my older favoritas in an easily accessible folder on my phone so if pushed I'll say I have a girlfriend there, I was once asked to show those going into Colombia. Was a snippy female immigration officer but once she saw the photos she waved me through. All my sexy pics are encrypted and backed up to the Web. I delete my fakebook account and Whatsapp from my phone before I go through customs. Takes two seconds to add back on. Two years ago I was detained questioned and searched for 3 hours entering New Zealand..[/QUOTE]That's a different situation, but worth knowing about.

My attitude when coming back to the US is "it's my country." I can trace my roots back all the way to the Mayflower. Well, I can't. Genealogy bores me. I leave that crap to my cousin. It's more interesting listening to him talk about family history than listening to him talk about religion.

The point is, I belong here. I pay taxes, vote and open doors for little old ladies. I've broken no rules, no laws. The person I'm standing in front of is just doing their job. They aren't there to give me problems. They're like the greeter at Walmart. I give a cheerful greeting. I show interest. If they ask how I'm doing, I answer and ask how they are doing. When I walk away, I want them to be a little bit happier than when I arrived.

Think about it. Most of you have made dozens, if not hundreds of international trips. You've got a thousand stories to tell, on many different subjects. You're a walking encyclopedia and travel guide and you're standing in front of someone who has probably never left the US. If they even go on vacation, instead of sitting at home, they probably go to some place less than 2 hours from home and do the same crap with the same people, year after year. Have some confidence, some enthusiasm. Leave them thinking "that sounds like a great place. I want to go there."

You can control the situation. In your case, you had paid for an excursion in New Zealand. Bring it up. Be excited about it. Talk about similar excursions in the other countries you've visited. It doesn't matter if you've taken the excursions. Surely you know something about them. Be something more than a collection of passport stamps to them.

[QUOTE=Njoean197;2423938]I ll check it out during the day I guess and see what's up for myself.

When creating a fake FB profile, I just use a fake name but use real pictures correct? [/QUOTE]Do not use any photos that you have published online before. I have no idea what the capabilities of FB's confirmation abilities are but I would not underestimate them. You can not say there is "no chance" anyone from your local area will see it but you can certainly make the odds astronomical.

[QUOTE=Njoean197;2423938]When creating a fake FB profile, I just use a fake name but use real pictures correct? And theres no chance someone from my local area will see my profile or find out?[/QUOTE]Can 'real' pictures on FB be found on traced? Try here and see. [URL]https://tineye.com/[/URL].

[QUOTE=JjBee62;2423602]After doing all that and spending the 20 k, she has to figure out how to get back to Bello with no money? And what do I get out of it? The satisfaction of spitting on a poor person?

I'm on vacation. I'm drinking cheap beer, eating cheap food and fucking young, beautiful women for less than I spend on a good steak dinner. Why create stress with artificial deadlines? Why punish myself, to flex my muscles at someone? Sure. I taught her a lesson. Now I get to go pick out someone else, wait 2 hours and maybe turn her away too. I could end up wasting 6 hours before having to resort to a trip to a strip club to get what I had knocking at my door..[/QUOTE]I couldn't agree more. I use to get annoyed when they show up an hour late, and they know I'm not happy when it happens. But as long as they show up, I always pay for the taxi, for exactly the reason you have described. Sometimes the fucking taxi driver, probably their boyfriend, pimp or brother, asks for 50 k from Bello to Poblado, that's where I get pissed off. She is an hour late and her driver has the audacity to ask for more than double the fair. I use to reasonably explain to them that I'M not new, and I know how things work in Medellin; now I just tell them to fuck off and throw them a 20. For my regulars, they all know I hate when they show up late, and they almost always show up on time now, within 15 minutes of the promised time, and no one has the balls to over charge me on taxi now.

I agree. It's more about how you answer than what you answer. Unless of course you confess to illegal acts. The ICE guys look for signs of nervousness, deception, or irrational responses (E. G. A guy carrying only a small backpack and stating that he was away for six weeks). A common question is "you are a frequent visitor to country X, do you have friends or family there?" Any answer will do. Friends, family, work commitments, but if a guy goes deer in the headlights or is stumped, that's going to be a problem.

[QUOTE=Surfer500;2423987]Yep, it's all in the answers you give to the immigration officers questions, of which they have no way of verifying or checking the answers you give them when it comes to whether your seeing hookers. I am amazed at how "naive" or perhaps "foolish" some of are other posters have been on this subject. But this is just my opinion.[/QUOTE]

I started out today trying to get my cell phone a local SIM card and some data. That turned out to be kind of difficult with no Spanish knowledge. I got the card, but no internet. The guy pointed me up the street and indicated that I need to pay 3 mil. I needed to charge the phone. I wandered up the street but didn't see a cell phone store and asked another vender. After some sign language and pointing at my non-working phone they pointed me to a little stand that looked like they were providing financial services of some kind. First it was a no-go because I didn't remember which service provider my SIM card was for and then I didn't know my new phone number. So I was going back and forth down the street and working with the guy who sold me the SIM card to get the answers. After all that it still didn't work until a sequence of symbols and numbers was typed into the phone to activate an amount on the phone.

Now that I got. Working phone I used it to track down a Scotiabank Colapatria ATM to withdraw money. I have a Capital One checking account that doesn't charge international fees etc. And the Scotiabank doesn't charge fees either. Exchange rate: 3385.113.

So off I go looking for trouble and found it. Skinny Vinnie who quoted me 50 k and of course I didn't negotiate down to 30 k like I should have. And when we get to the room she asks for payment up front. Now I should have negotiated all this beforehand but didn't. So I get what is coming to me in spades. I tried the "if you do a great job you get a great tip, not good then no tip. " So she proceeds to ask for another 50 k. Wait, that's not the way this is supposed to go! Anyway that's two for two in Botero Plaza up selling me without Mersey.

After lunch and a rest I walked over to Yakusa. The ladies at reception were nice and asked me to sit down and wait for the introductions. Kind of to my surprise the lady behind the desk got up and introduced herself first. She was seriously pretty and she was flirting with me as the second lady came in to introduce herself. Then I was asked to choose. Yeah only two. Well I picked the receptionist of course. And let me tell you I made the right choice. We started out dancing together. She slowly stripped off her clothes as we continued to dance together. Well the rest of the time was spent not totally GFE but with great enthusiasm. We pretty much finished when I gave her the big O. After that I was too tired to do more although she was willing.

Lesson learned: unless you have great negotiating skills (which I don't) I now think it's better for me to go to the casas. For some reason I have worse luck in Medellin than in Tijuana with SWs.

[QUOTE=Surfer500;2423987]Yep, it's all in the answers you give to the immigration officers questions, of which they have no way of verifying or checking the answers you give them when it comes to whether your seeing hookers. I am amazed at how "naive" or perhaps "foolish" some of are other posters have been on this subject. But this is just my opinion.[/QUOTE]I think it's less "all in the answers" and more in judging how you deliver your answers. They are trained to look for deception. I'd say it's foolish to not be honest if you have nothing to hide.

Of course I start with "vacation" but when they ask me why I travel to Colombia so often I tell them I like the ladies in Medellin. At this point the questions end. I've never had an immigration officer ask me if I'm paying money to enjoy these ladies. They have no interest in that and they already know the answer anyhow. Same in my Global Entry interview. You are correct I would have been less forthright with a female officer as I am with my friends' wives. But out of respect. And for no other reason. But if hard questions are asked they will get accurate answers. No deception.

You sound like you feel you're doing something wrong. I don't feel that way. And I know US Immigration has no issue with it. Everyone should be aware that while it's ok to give vague responses to their questions be careful not to outright lie to an immigration officer. That can get you into some trouble.

[QUOTE=MedellinGringo;2423977]I would try and avoid places that openly state "No sex tourism" in their policy guidelines. But I have stayed with prepagos even when renting a room in a large penthouse that stated "no sex tourism" . I just added the prepago on to the reservation when I booked the room and the chick just stayed with me while I was there. Obviously guys that want a lot of short time prepagos or don't know many prepagos well enough to book them in your apartment can't do this. But I rented a three bedroom apartment on Airbnb that allowed six registered guests and I added five prepagos that I wanted to see to the reservation. The apartment said 'no sex tourism" but nobody questions registered guests.[/QUOTE]I'm at Energy Living this week because I changed travel plans at the last minute and my usual apartment building is sold out. After five years in Medellin first time I've ever stayed here. It's gringo and puta central here LOL. How funny that the sign in the elevator states " sex tourism is explicitly prohibited". This place was built for sex tourists. So worry less about the building's sex tourism policy and more about the airbnb host's "guest policy". The building I usually stay at some hosts allow guests and others do not. Same as Energy Living there is a "no prostitution" policy. Wink wink. Just make sure your airbnb host allows you to have guests visit. In other buildings some hosts do not allow guests. I'm guessing all Energy Living hosts allow guests. It's one big fukin' ***** house. Also the only place I've ever stayed where all the front desk employees speak english.

[QUOTE=LuckyNuts;2424050]I'm at Energy Living this week.[/QUOTE]You're living your best life. That is a nice building.

[QUOTE=Orgasmico;2424055]You're living your best life. That is a nice building.[/QUOTE]If you're here for a party week I agree. It's the place to stay. But I live in Medellin in the winters. This place is full of loud gringos. It's not for me. I prefer being in a quiet building.

[QUOTE=Surfer500;2423987]Yep, it's all in the answers you give to the immigration officers questions, of which they have no way of verifying or checking the answers you give them when it comes to whether your seeing hookers. I am amazed at how "naive" or perhaps "foolish" some of are other posters have been on this subject. But this is just my opinion.[/QUOTE]Great thoughts! Lots of truthful things to tell them and no reason to lie but why tell them everything? Seems like bragging about buying pussy?

I grew up in an area where silence was golden. Keeps everyone out of trouble.

[QUOTE=LuckyNuts;2424064]But I live in Medellin in the winters. [/QUOTE]Why only for there winter?