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[QUOTE=Zeos1;2494447]Cali and Medellin are also different. Last I heard Cali was more dangerous.[/QUOTE]This is not a competition. LOL. The point I was trying to make is people who give advice are sharing real experience because they have actually been there and often. Just take that into consideration and do whatever one pleases. It is an unique sight and experience.
[QUOTE=Incrociatore;2494386]I have been "en el centro" at from 20:30 to 21:40 on Sunday. I don't know if it's because it was Sunday, but all the chicas were gone. Only the few working in front of the bars were still there. Some of them. I can say I have seen just 10% of the girls I have seen Saturday afternoon. I think the best time is between 16 and 19, after most of the chicas leave.
I have seen a monger there, speaking with two girls, maybe around 9 PM? He had a small backpack. One of you guys?
I didn't let anyone near me. I have been really careful to change path when two guys or a group was 30 meters away from me. Police was there, not many policemen, but it was there. And to be honest "el centro" was empty. No girls in Veracruz, no girls in Plaza Botero, I mean just 5. A few zombies around, real zombies, like in The Walking Dead. One was walking dragging his leg, he was like in the tv series.
Well, that's my last night visit there, but I will return between 16 and 19.[/QUOTE]You learn fast. You can also try go in the morning. You may find different girls working. This is only the outskirt of where the zombies show up.
[QUOTE=Knowledge;2494340]That is a fair question. You can add these destinations to the list: Curacao, St. Maarten, Aruba, Spain.[/QUOTE]I know my Conejitas girl wen to St Maarten to work at at the strip club there, they import Colombian girls for a few months at a time.
[QUOTE=Incrociatore;2494299]So your point is that I should carry my phone and 1 million so if they rob me, they are going to be happy and they leave me alone? Because this is what you have just said. Instead I'm doing the exact opposite. I'm not carrying my phone and I'm carrying what I'm going to need for the hours I'm in el centro. Carrying 6 millions is not really smart, isn't it? There is no reason for that. Credit and debit card are accepted everywhere. And if I'm carrying such an amount, which is not going to happen, I take a taxi. It's not even smart doing your errands "en el centro" with your $1000 phone. If you know you can get robbed, you go around with nothing, so that's what they are going to rob, just the cash you have with you. If you don't have an expensive watch, you don't have to worry when your arm is outside the window of car, because no one will try to take it from you. People are not shooting at you because you don't have nothing. It happened, but it's not the rule for sure. It might happen if you are opposing resistance that you get stabbed or shot, and I don't even think it's going to happen all the time. Most the time, if there are people around, they will just walk away. Yours are just fantasies. You should do some days in a prison here in Colombia to understand why people don't get stabbed any minute. If you hand over what you have and you show you don't have nothing else, there is no reason they should hurt you. If it happens, then it was your destiny. They take what you have, as fast as they can and they run away. Please get back to reality.[/QUOTE]You're going to have to dig up some old memories. You seem to have forgotten what you posted which started all of this.
You suggested you were going to go walk around the deserted streets of El Centro after midnight with only enough money for a taxi, just to prove it's not dangerous. Do you remember? Everything I've said is based upon that claim. It's not based on walking around conducting your business at noon or 6 pm. It's based upon walking around, with no purpose, in empty streets after midnight. Can you remain focused on that for about 3 minutes.
If you have absolutely no purpose to be in El Centro, particularly after midnight, particularly away from where the people are, you should not be there. There is absolutely nothing to gain from the excursion. The same is true anywhere in the city. If you're just going to a part of the city to prove crime never happens, and if it does, the thieves are basically decent fellows who are always 100% reasonable and polite, head up to Paris, Manrique or Milagro for your midnight stroll.
If you decide to take such a stroll, for no purpose other than to validate your opinion about the thieves in El Centro, you're being foolish. However, if there were laws against foolishness we would all be in jail. You don't need to take 1 million pesos and your phone. 150 k, especially if you include your small bills, should be enough for them to grab and run away.
Because, grab it and run away is what you want them to do in the event someone does rob you.
You know what, you do it your way. I'm absolutely certain the nice guy with the gun will be very understanding.
Could you do us all one favor? Before you take your "after midnight nothing dangerous here stroll", put a piece of paper in your pocket that says "Apparently I was wrong. " That way when they find the body, we'll be able to identify you from the news report.
[QUOTE=Osteoknot;2494333]Up, not down.
Jajajaja, couldn't resist.[/QUOTE]Thank you.
Depending on who took them. Some of it is trafficking. They get the girls to agree to go to Mexico to work, but then only give the girls enough to live on and not what was promised, stranding them there for months.
Some are legitimate pimping situations. Some are taken solo by guys. Some go on their own because they can make more money in Mexico.
[QUOTE=Incrociatore;2494386]I have been "en el centro" at from 20:30 to 21:40 on Sunday. I don't know if it's because it was Sunday, but all the chicas were gone. Only the few working in front of the bars were still there. Some of them. I can say I have seen just 10% of the girls I have seen Saturday afternoon. I think the best time is between 16 and 19, after most of the chicas leave.
I have seen a monger there, speaking with two girls, maybe around 9 PM? He had a small backpack. One of you guys?
I didn't let anyone near me. I have been really careful to change path when two guys or a group was 30 meters away from me. Police was there, not many policemen, but it was there. And to be honest "el centro" was empty. No girls in Veracruz, no girls in Plaza Botero, I mean just 5. A few zombies around, real zombies, like in The Walking Dead. One was walking dragging his leg, he was like in the tv series.
Well, that's my last night visit there, but I will return between 16 and 19.[/QUOTE]Best time is between 4 and 7 as you have surmised. There basically is a shift change, a sort of overlap between the daytime Chicas and nighttime Chicas. Sunday's are the worst days to monger in El Centro, albeit there are some part time Chicas that do come out during the daytime that have normal jobs during the week to make some extra money. As far as avoiding people, well it sounds as though your an obvious gringo and probably smart to do this, especially during the evening, however during prime time, 4-7 PM it will be harder for you to avoid people.
You are better off utilizing tinder or exploring casas. They are all over.
[QUOTE=Nounce;2494519]You learn fast. You can also try go in the morning. You may find different girls working. This is only the outskirt of where the zombies show up.[/QUOTE].
No arm dune. I will sik my stanford university daughtar on yu LOL.
[QUOTE=Osteoknot;2494333]Up, not down.
Jajajaja, couldn't resist.[/QUOTE].
I think they stayed a week and half. Just was only able to see edited girls having fun video on status. Want to make sure I am not dealing with a cartel girl LOL.
[QUOTE=MMHikeus;2494360]I know a few Medellin girls who went to Mexico. They went to "work" there. They mostly see Mexican men. Apparently, the pay is better. They get moved to different cities. I know of a girl stuck in Mexico after the covid shutdown, but was able to return after the Colombian government allowed their citizens bank in.[/QUOTE].
Talking to a Facebook chick, I countered her with a much lower offer (more in line with what a local would pay). Her response was "Eres un gringo why. Pagas tan. Poco y tu tienes dinero". I laughed so hard at that, first time a chica admitted that to me. If more of us banded together and stopped paying these ridiculous prices we can get Facebook chicas for local pricing but I doubt that happens. They all band together on pricing but we can't do that.
Just wanted to recommend this video of el centro. If you're planning to visit its a great view.
It's from this week, made by a "paisa" with good humor and information, the language is Spanish.
[URL]https://youtu.be/6TGWJJPaDCM[/URL]
I'm Off.
[QUOTE=Blakman;2494547]You are better off utilizing tinder or exploring casas. They are all over..[/QUOTE]Not everyone is going to agree with you that utilizing Tinder or exploring casa's is better than El Centro. Just because you don't like El Centro doesn't mean it's better or worse than Tinder, Casa's, or Fayboo Chicas. And I am surprised quite frankly that El Centro doesn't appeal to you in that it's the cheapest option available for sex in Medellin, and is a "cheap charlie's" paradise.
But for most guys on this board there are numerous reasons it's a no go for them, and understandably so, but at the end of the day it all depends on how guys like to monger. So telling other members not to waste their time should be prefaced with specific reasons for not going there. Such as it's dangerous being an obvious foreigner there, you have no Spanish speaking skills, the quality of the girls can be very poor, too many weird people walking around, it's filthy and dirty. These in essence are the reasons it's a no go for most members, yet for some these are not an impediment. Some guys want things served to them on a platter, kind of like going to a casa and making a selection. Or calling room service, aka having a Tinder / Fayboo Chica come over. While others like to go on the hunt, lurk, and cruise the streets looking for Chicas.
How much is the dues LOL.
[QUOTE=KillaCam11;2494565]Talking to a Facebook chick, I countered her with a much lower offer (more in line with what a local would pay). Her response was "Eres un gringo why. Pagas tan. Poco y tu tienes dinero". I laughed so hard at that, first time a chica admitted that to me. If more of us banded together and stopped paying these ridiculous prices we can get Facebook chicas for local pricing but I doubt that happens. They all band together on pricing but we can't do that.[/QUOTE].
St maarten has a nice little strip with bars where girls do there thing. Real close to cruise stop.
[QUOTE=Wolf662;2494527]I know my Conejitas girl wen to St Maarten to work at at the strip club there, they import Colombian girls for a few months at a time.[/QUOTE].
[QUOTE=Incrociatore;2494480]
I usually go for the best restaurants in the city, doesn't matter if I have to take a taxi. They are cheap, even the best. I take a taxi usually when the ETA is more than 15/20 minutes, otherwise I walk. In Laureles there are many restaurants, and most of them are concentrated in a couple of areas. I have been to Carmen the other day, which is considered one of the best restaurant in the city. I spent less than 40 dollars for a starter, a main course and postres. Other places I recommend are Barbaro Cocina Primitiva, and if you want to try a peculiar, very thin pizza, made with high quality ingredients, there is this restaurant called Ammazza, which is great IMHO. Also worth a check Saludpan. It's a good place for an alternative lunch. Mondongo offer huge portions, but the quality is not great. I have been there once and I will not repeat.[/QUOTE]La Causa, El Correo, and Cambria are favorites of mine.