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It's official. A taxista spoke. But seriously, I don't know that crime statistics back any of this up but I do know it's helpful to be reminded guys should not let their guard down because they are surrounded by things and people that feel familiar. This is a big city people, crime can happen at any time. You have to maintain, or develop, some situational awareness to reduce the risk.
[QUOTE=Maelstrom;2635859]Cab driver also told me the same about Laureles. Less safe than pre pandemic.[/QUOTE]
I can't make new life comparisons because I haven't been in the place in several years but providers at other Centro casas are comparable to Camila the smelly luggage burglar. The real point is you would have to explore beyond Poblado to discover any of this.
[QUOTE=Maelstrom;2635867]You can find better quality at New Life. Way cheaper hotel visits too.[/QUOTE]
Zeos,
The tour I took had families and young children. They took us to the large Botero's sculptures but avoided areas where girls hang out.
The 2 policias were laughing at the pics. They left those with the church and girls with no clear faces. Overall they were decent. It's interesting how Medellin government is so tolerant of prostitutes working in front of churches in a heavily touristic area. But later they found some causes to arrest the vocal puta. I just wanted to show how funny the situation was, not to harm them. People in Medellin are very nice, helpful, mellow.
[QUOTE=Zeos1;2635984]The picture thing in that area may be related to the zoning of it as a "zona de tolerencia". When we went on a bus tour by that area (behind the museum) we were told the same thing. Don't take pictures here out of respect for the sex workers. But they did not say it was a law.
There have been a lot of guys doing picture tours and putting it on Youtube and places like that, and I would not be surprised it the government wanted to quash some of that. They do not want to be seen as a sex tourism destination.[/QUOTE]Yes, and because of all the video's, Medellin is top on the charts as a go to venue.
With the invasion of the SEA guys, and now were getting a surge of Tijuana guys arriving, if you go back earlier this year, back in February, it was very different, and I have not noticed any shortage of girls, if anything seems likes the ratio of women increases weekly, even with the surge of new guys showing up.
The place will never be the same, but that's a given.
RacShack,
This is my first time in Medellin, staying at a small hotel next to Santa Fe mall, so I don't know much. Perhaps bros with more experiences can answer your questions.
Botero street girls all expected to go to my hotel, seems to happen a lot. The girls are young, nice and easy going, not hardened, so BBBJ and BBFS can potentially be negotiated for small propinas.
The ST hotel rooms near Botero were fairly nice, clean, well lighted, about 2* level, better than rooms in Bogota and much, much better than the tiny shitholes in Panama with toilets right next to the beds. I had no problems bagging street girls there for convenience.
A few bros also PM me about decent GF hotels near Botero Plaza. Would be very nice to take hot spinners for TLNs and touring MDE. Perhaps local bros can help us out.
I walked all over Medellin, mixing with locals. The average people in Medellin are very friendly, honest, kind, smiling, cheerful, patient, helpful, a tolerant and almost noble people. Medellin is nice, clean, lush green with beautiful landscapes, breath-taking sceneries and exotic culture. With so many hot spinners near Botero Pl, I would just skip Bogota and visit MDE again.
Knowledge,
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Would be very nice to find girls hotter than Camilla in casas. Any place outside Poblado would be less risky than P Lleras, markets in Centro, P Botero.
Please post pointers and addresses where to find casas. Can take UBER and visit a few. Thanks.
Found [URL]Doncolombia.com[/URL] which lists several casas in Ell Centro, New Life, Zandaly, Fantasia Energy, Shanti Spa. Prices about 90 K cops or $25 for an hour. Not a bad deal. They are all near P Botero, except Fantasia on the West side of city.
Also found a list of good restaurants around P Botero. This is a fun place to hang out for girls, food, shopping.
Information is power. No one should find out about these kinds of liabilities after the fact. As I said originally, it's helpful to shop around rather than base personal finance decisions on what most on a punter website say is the best way to go. If you decide to take on this kind of risk it's a good idea to keep track of your account status and read the fine print of the cardholder agreement. Before anyone asks, no I am not going to make specific recommendations for alternatives. As I stated, there are alternatives that are generally as good or better but how much better is going to vary according to personal circumstances so I'm not going to recommend because I don't know other guys' personal circumstances. I agree the advice about limiting exposure by isolating the card to an account with no links to other funding.
[QUOTE=Huacho;2635862]So I stuck my card in an ATM / cash machine / cajero in Nicaragua and then went immediately to Honduras. Someone in Nicaragua withdrew several thousand dollars over the weekend, even more than the balance in the account (because I had margin privileges). Schwab made good on the money after a brief investigation and sent me a new card to the small town in Honduras where I was staying, overnighting it. Now I don't know about a kidnapping type of situation but for unauthorized withdrawals, unless you gave someone your password, you're not liable as long as you report it promptly. They can hold you liable for the first $50 but typically they don't. It's $500 if you don't notify within two business days (but I did).[/QUOTE]
I think the youtube thing will eventually run its course. I honestly hope it doesn't take someone getting injured or worse. I'm hoping Google will cut or eliminate monetization payments to the growing hordes of gopro camera jockeys because civil legal judgments wreck the business model. Some of you may remember the early days of street view in Google maps when nothing was blurred in the images. Guys would be on the Internet with their faces visible as they walked in or out of casas. Now of course certain parts of the street view images are blurred. Building numbers, faces, license plates. It's only a matter of time until privacy laws catch up to youtube. I've had more than a few girls complain to me about being unwitting content on youtube.
[QUOTE=Surfer500;2636015]Yes, and because of all the video's, Medellin is top on the charts as a go to venue.
With the invasion of the SEA guys, and now were getting a surge of Tijuana guys arriving, if you go back earlier this year, back in February, it was very different, and I have not noticed any shortage of girls, if anything seems likes the ratio of women increases weekly, even with the surge of new guys showing up.
The place will never be the same, but that's a given.[/QUOTE]
Google search, made a list of casas and best restaurants near plaza Botero. One hour session costs 90 K cops or $22. If the girls are hot it would be very good deal.
Uber ride from Santa Fe mall only 12 K cops or $3. Will hit casas, fine dining, street girls, repeat.
Life is good and sexy.
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Last covid shot must be within 14 days of arrival for non Colombian citizens.
[QUOTE=CaptainSolo;2635819]Went sight seeing with Metro and cable cars. You can get to all major attractions quickly and cheaply. Came back to P Botero for food and girls. Its' the liveliest spot in MDE with thousands of shops and tens of thousand people milling around the blocks around Beerio Metro station.
Lots of girls were hanging out and front of the church. Policias with patrol cars were in the plaza but they did not bother the hos. I took a couple pics of policias with cars and putas next to them, looked hilarious. When I snapped the girl in black short, she protested loudly shouting. I told her I would call policia; 2 came over. I explained that I was snapping the church thinking policias would be on my side but they told me no pics. Did not know when MDE had that la win place. Meanwhile the puta was shouting and a crowd of 20 surrounded me. Policias shouted at puta to shut up.
I kept arguing but policias insisted no pics. He wanted me to go to the station and took out his cuff. Damn. I said OK, no pic, delete what you want. They went through the pics, laughing at those with putas surrounding patrol car. They deleted all girls pics, but left a few with the church. I took off...[/QUOTE]Is CBJ the normal? Or is BBJ the norm? Or must negotiate upfront? Thanks sounds like the place is heating up with hot new girls, also what's the cleanest st hotel around their with hot water would be great and what should that room cost! Thanks.
After viewing a dozen huge women in New Life, I walked to P Botero which is only 800 meters or 20 minutes away per Maps, but Maps is useful only if you can fix North, South headings, difficult any time of the day as Colombia is right next to the equator on the South side. My navigation skills went to shit. Fortunately people in Medellin is very nice and helpful. An old lady stuck half her body out of the moving bus' window to shout directions to me. This people has class. I really like them.
Got in Hato Viejo, one of the best rated rest in town for lunch. It was crowded with an upper class clientele. Seeing how hard they were cutting their steaks, I tried fried fish, which was good. They served chicharron, nuggets of fried pork bellies, as snack. They were hard as rock. 49 K for fish plus 12.5 K cops for a local beer, way too expensive and not as good as street food.
Walked to the old church at P Botero. Hundreds regular girls were scattered but none inside the church's courtyard. No policia cars were seen. Saw one of the sweetest-looking girl playing with her friend. She insisted on 50 K Cops, about $25, walked with her to the 10 K see hotel. Her face is pretty with pouty lips, her body is slim but filled out with all the curves and smoothest pinkish skin. No blemish, non tats, Her boobs were full b, real, global, perky and spongy like balloons. She speaks with a sweet accentuated and drawn out accent like Italians, very sweet, innocent, trusting. Very rarely have I seen such a sweet-looking girl.
Got her tel. May be taking her all night. P Botero is my favorite hunting ground. Will try to find decent hotels nearby for future visits.
[QUOTE=CaptainSolo;2635819]Lots of girls were hanging out and front of the church. Policias with patrol cars were in the plaza but they did not bother the hos. I took a couple pics of policias with cars and putas next to them, looked hilarious. When I snapped the girl in black short, she protested loudly shouting. I told her I would call policia; 2 came over. I explained that I was snapping the church thinking policias would be on my side but they told me no pics. Did not know when MDE had that la win place. Meanwhile the puta was shouting and a crowd of 20 surrounded me. Policias shouted at puta to shut up.
I kept arguing but policias insisted no pics. He wanted me to go to the station and took out his cuff. Damn. I said OK, no pic, delete what you want. They went through the pics, laughing at those with putas surrounding patrol car. They deleted all girls pics, but left a few with the church. I took off.
Later they arrested and put her in the back seat. Her friends followed and talked to her thorough the window. Looked like they told her to leave the front of the church and she acted up. After that no girls would stand at the front door of the church.[/QUOTE]Great story and intel CS. I think your reports are distinction worthy.
As far as the pic story, when I was on Woodman's tour, he said not to take pics and I think that Colombia not wanting to be known as a sex destination is the reason why. It also explains why customs is looking at the phones of some guys.
Someone said the Santa Fe clubs are no comparison to Hong Kong in Tijuana, but they are a different animal. There are some hotties in some SF clubs but on average HK is more expensive and the quality of the women is better.
I think La Isla in Medellin has a little higher quality than HK and is a little cheaper than HK. If you have time, I would check it out. I would be interested in what you think.
[QUOTE=Knowledge;2635739]As of December 14, 2021 there will be new testing and vaccination requirements to enter Colombia. You will have to be a resident to get in if you don't have at least one documented vaccination. The health ministry's announcement released last night was characteristically wish washy about the testing requirement. If you are a tourist or business visitor, you must have at least one vaccination. You must also have a PCR test nor more than 72 hours old. The wishy washy part is whether the PCR test will also be required for people who have two or more vaccines. Let the re-interpretation, "should I still come" and live free or die debates begin.[/QUOTE]They posted a list of acceptable vaccines and for the US, the list Pfizer. Moderna is listed but countries it says Canada and Switzerland. Does that mean that Moderna isn't accepted from the US? That seems like an oversight.