They're desperate in the casas as well
Vp, what you say about Mayorista seems to hold true about the casas as well. I have never been to Mayorista, and prefer the casas, partly because I am not into street girls, also because I am no longer a real night owl. But in the casas, el centro and the suburbs, the last time I was there (May 2010), I never encountered a single other male customer, local or gringo. And when I made the choice, once she seemed to glom on that I wasn't a complete lunatic, and could speak reasonable Spanish, she would latch on pretty good.
I think there are a couple of reasons, first, as has been mentioned here, the euro is in the tank, so that whole section of tourists is gone, the local market isn't the greatest, and, certainly since I started going to MDE, there has been a huge influx of new money. This was most noticeable the last time I was there, the obvious problem being that virtually all the money is concentrated in Poblado and Envigado, with some in Laurales. The cost of living in MDE has soared, and they (the chicas) see the new centro commercials (eg Santa Fe), and the old ones like Tesoro, and want to latch on hard. So they are hit on all sides, higher cost of living, less tourists, locals not having the money to shell out for them, and it leads to a more desperate girl. I am not sure if this is +ve or.ve for us, but I'll take a positive approach to it.
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A Brief Rundown on La Mayorista
A brief rundown on La Mayorista as it took me 4 weeks to go there, and I really missed out.
If you are in MDE and do not know where it is, all the Taxi drivers I have ridden with seem to know it well. "La Mayorista Por favor" should do it. From the back side of Poblado it is about 8k pesos to get there.
You can also take the Metro to Ayura Station (maps are on the walls of the train) and head West across the river. At the bottom of the stairs head west again on a main road and 10 minutes walking will get you there. This is certainly an option during the day, and at night I did not feel any trepidation either. Metro is 1550 pesos each way and the last train is at 10: 45 at night.
Mayorista is only about a 1/4 mile long on one side of the street. It is a rather raucus, Colombian strip of bars and small eateries that caters to a perdominantly Colombian male clientel. Although it seems rough and a touch out of control by US standards, I have yet to see any trouble there, and enjoy the rather seedy aspect of it immensely.
I took an informal census there Thursday night at about 10: 30 and counted 85 women either standing against the wall or sitting just inside one of the bars. Now I am certain this under represents the working population by 30 or more girls. I did not look inside the bars or make assumtions as to how many were doing the wild humpty-monkey at the time of my count.
Quality of tthe girls is wildly variable. Honestly 60% of them are 2 baggers (One bag over her head and the other over yours in case hers falls off). But there are 100 or more on patrol there, and finding an acceptable ride is possible almost any night.
I have included photos of 4 of the ladies I have entertained from Mayorista. Three were a lot of fun, Ledis was like screwing a dead Carp. You can't win 'them all I guess.