Medellin Reports

[QUOTE=Norbert61;2636469]I was here about 5 years ago and I didn't worry about it much and there were times my bare legs did make me a bit uncomfortable. Any thoughts comments?[/QUOTE]My suggestion is to get those legs bared as often as possible and work on your tan. Then they won't look so pasty and ugly. Hehe.

I wear shorts all the time, usually loud ones. I also wear flip flops, and I don't give a fck if I stand out like a sore thumb. Which if you knew my height, I really can't avoid. I think the extra attention works in my favour. I have never experienced a disadvantage of not dressing or looking like a local in Colombia. Quite the opposite. For example, the police tend to give you a wide berth.

I understand, people need to do what they feel comfortable with. I just don't understand why people would want to dress like sheeple. But by all means, go buy urself a baggy jacket like the coke dealers wear, and a gorda that 90% of Colombian men wear. You will look. Really. Cool. Hehe.

[QUOTE=CaptainSolo;2636437]It's in a semi residential area with a blue front door. Went through 3 layers of locked steel doors and headed upstairs.

A few couches and booths surround a small lobby. Signs on the walls say 55 M Cops or $14 half hour, 90 M or $23 full hour, beers 5 M. The woman manager said, will bring up girls, remember their names or numbers.

I sat in a booth drinking a beer. A dozen girls climbed up the stairs, went in the booth, said Hi and their names. They were older, like mid 30's, all huge with big butts, big boobs, tattoos looking crude, a few blacks. They looked like the huge bulbous Botero's sculptures. The selection was the worst in Colombia to my taste. A couple guys went in next and they repeated the process of walking up the stairs to introduce themselves, lots of climbing. Guys looked happy taking big girls for banging.

I paid for the beer and walked down through 3 buzzed steel door, felt like I was in a prison. Walked out to the nice, clean streets towards Plaza Botero, tried to erase the images of huge, bulbous women from my memory.[/QUOTE]Wow. Your experience is very different than anything I have had. I've sat in the waiting area and the chicas are paraded in from the back, and there were a complete variety to suit anyone's taste. I've seen as many as 30 in the morning around 11 or 11:30, with lots that do not come anywhere near to fitting your description. Perhaps Covid has removed all the 19 and 20 year olds.

[QUOTE=Knowledge;2636481]Crikey, you are a full on Centro rat.[/QUOTE]I feel I have to applaud your eloquence.

[QUOTE=JustTK;2636549]My suggestion is to get those legs bared as often as possible and work on your tan. Then they won't look so pasty and ugly. Hehe.[/QUOTE]I thank you for your opinion and for the record. My drumsticks are not too pasty or ugly.

Hit up Barrio Obrero and it'll change your mind about nightlife and chica quality in Bello.

[QUOTE=CaptainSolo;2636537]RiceRocket.

Allegedly a few bars cater to truckers near the wholesale market, but not too many girls and not too attractive.[/QUOTE]

Rice rocket.

Is that area and the southern end of metro line A dangerous at night?

Too late this time but may be next.

[QUOTE=JjBee62;2636529]Much too early. I would say after 1 am is probably the peak time. In my opinion, La Isla isn't really a good destination if you're going solo. Go with a group of friends, get a bottle, enjoy the show and spend 3 or 4 hours, before picking a girl, or don't pick one at all.

If you're going early, or going solo, Club Maracaibo in El Centro is a better option, although it will also have a limited selection if you're too early.[/QUOTE]JjBee62, club Maricaibo has been closed since the beginning of this year but right next door is Barra Executiva, probably the one your thinking about.

TTM.

[QUOTE=ChuchoLoco;2636528]Perfect answer. Thanks FL. Hopefully the one across the street will be fine. Bancolombia I think. 3 machines available.[/QUOTE]Bancolombia now charges an ATM fee. Davivienda and Scotiabank Colpatria do not charge fees. BBVA bank may not charge fees. I haven't used their ATM's for a while. There was no fee the times I used them, but the max withdrawal was low, I think 400 mil.

Arrived from Manizales with bus it takes around 5. 5 hours with all road works on the way. Take a taxi from bus terminal to hotel nutibara it was fully booked no rooms walk to hotel Normandia this hotel is gone for now they doing some construction works inside (pity I would be happy to stay close to Botero plaza) check on booking and see hotel ayenda 1246 3 h close to centro comercial el punto have some rooms decided to walk here. When I come around 3 pm many people was inside waiting for check in. I ask do they have the rooms the guy ask me do I have reservation I said no. He told me to sit and wait till other people finish check in. When all people finish check in its almost one hour gone. I went to reception and ask do they have rooms again the girl told me they don't have only with reservation. She makes me angry I start to shout and said so why you didn't tell me before I was waiting here almost one hour for nothing. I said this guy told me to wait here and now you telling me its no room. They start to talk something between each other and start to look into computer and ask for how long I want stay? I said for 3 days (I was thinking its will be hard to find another better hotel on weekend if I check out tomorrow better stay till Monday). They give me room with jacuzzi inside the room for 85 k per night, but this hotel is noisy all sides of hotels faces main street with a lot of traffic even I am at 11 floor still plenty of noise, also WIFI not secured and weak, so I have 3 days to find something better as I plan to stay el centro 2 weeks or up to 1 month if I like and not get bored. At 6 pm walk to see how is street life in plaza Botero was plenty girls around I like at least 2 or 3 of them after make my way to Veracruz also was busy with girls see few cute ones. As I was tired after bus trip so didn't take any girls nowhere to rush will have time for all of them.

P. S Anyone can recommend me a quiet hotel with fast WIFI between 60-100 k per night or some Airbnb at all centro or close to it like up to 1 km around from plaza Botero? Or anyone for a meeting to check some casas or street girls or have some beer give me a shout.

[QUOTE=FunLuvr;2636590]Bancolombia now charges an ATM fee. Davivienda and Scotiabank Colpatria do not charge fees. BBVA bank may not charge fees. I haven't used their ATM's for a while. There was no fee the times I used them, but the max withdrawal was low, I think 400 mil.[/QUOTE]Bancolombia has been charging an ATM fee for quite a while now. I think it is 16 mil irrespective of the amount withdrawn but their max is 600 mil. BBVA doesn't charge a fee but the max withdrawal is 300,000 but you can go at it for several iterations it just takes time.

Colpatria (Scotiabank) doesn't charge a fee and the max withdrawal is 900,000 in one transaction. Sometimes you can do multiples and sometimes not.

Davienda doesn't charge a fee. Can't tell you about max withdrawals because it seems to vary. The La 70 and Unicentro branches allow a 2 million withdrawal in a single transaction but other locations have different limits.

Servibanca charges a fee but I can't recal what it is. Something like 12 mil with a 1 million max withdrawal.

Banco Pinchincha doesn't charge a fee with an 800 mil max withdrawal.

Things change so if anyone sees something different, please keep the world updated.

[QUOTE=JustTK;2636549]My suggestion is to get those legs bared as often as possible and work on your tan. Then they won't look so pasty and ugly. Hehe.

I wear shorts all the time, usually loud ones. I also wear flip flops, and I don't give a fck if I stand out like a sore thumb. Which if you knew my height, I really can't avoid. I think the extra attention works in my favour. I have never experienced a disadvantage of not dressing or looking like a local in Colombia. Quite the opposite. For example, the police tend to give you a wide berth.

I understand, people need to do what they feel comfortable with. I just don't understand why people would want to dress like sheeple. But by all means, go buy urself a baggy jacket like the coke dealers wear, and a gorda that 90% of Colombian men wear. You will look. Really. Cool. Hehe.[/QUOTE]What is a 'gorda' ?

[QUOTE=RiceRocket99;2636532]Medellin is no longer a secret haha. Even if Medellin gets overrun by gringos, which has been discussed for years now in pre pandemic times, there's still lots of surrounding areas that will probably never be on any gringo's list. I'm sure you guys know what area I'm talking about. Yup, Bello! Just take that metro on the Niquia line, get off at Madera, Bello, or Niquia and you'll have a blast! Everything is calmer and cheaper and more authentic and more dangerous (wink, wink). And hot non pros can be had if you have some game, speak decent Spanish, can make them laugh, and not an old fart (no offense).[/QUOTE]Yeah and better to keep quiet about new paradises found, because they may become overrun as well.

Our buddy Surfer went on and on about "ground zero" and now it's "ground gringo".

Not his fault, he was reporting as we do, however, that's what happens.

The You Tube morons show up. LOL.

I've found a few new places, though in Brazil, I'm keeping mum.

[QUOTE=RiceRocket99;2636532]Medellin is no longer a secret haha. Even if Medellin gets overrun by gringos, which has been discussed for years now in pre pandemic times, there's still lots of surrounding areas that will probably never be on any gringo's list. I'm sure you guys know what area I'm talking about. Yup, Bello! Just take that metro on the Niquia line, get off at Madera, Bello, or Niquia and you'll have a blast! Everything is calmer and cheaper and more authentic and more dangerous (wink, wink). And hot non pros can be had if you have some game, speak decent Spanish, can make them laugh, and not an old fart (no offense).[/QUOTE]I have a "companion" that I see in Bello with frequency. Parts of Bello are not a good place to be alone. Other parts are quite nice. My companion must moved into an apartment and the surroundings look a heck of a lot like Laureles. Niquia is very nice. It's where the Puerta del Norte Centro Commercial and Parque Bello are located. Very upscale area. Not Poblado nice but definitely not slums either.

I have made dates with girls there and I am an old fart. But luckily I've been working on my Spanish and I am passable but certainly not really fluent. This is Antioquia and paisas smell money and sex isn't the be all and end all to them. Money, however, is. So just offering to take them to a nice restaurant or to help out with some bills will get you places you never thought existed. Start by getting their WhatsApp and gently guide the conversation in that direction.

Credit to RiceRocket for bring this area to people's attention. Bello=opportunity.

Yeah, you're right. But it's holiday season, so sharing is caring. When I'm in Medellin, I go where the gringos don't, it's much better and funner that way. Shit, the last couple yrs all these YouTubers hyping up Medellin like it's paradise (which it is), and enticing these newbies that don't appreciate the culture or try to learn the language, but it's all good. They do them, I do me. We most likely won't cross paths.

Man, I do miss Brazil. So Paulo was my favorite, I hit up all the high end clubs and made Scandallo my second home for straight up a week. I def went over budget and loved it.

[QUOTE=Balboa;2636598]Yeah and better to keep quiet about new paradises found, because they may become overrun as well.

Our buddy Surfer went on and on about "ground zero" and now it's "ground gringo".

Not his fault, he was reporting as we do, however, that's what happens.

The You Tube morons show up. LOL.

I've found a few new places, though in Brazil, I'm keeping mum.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=RiceRocket99;2636608]Yeah, you're right. But it's holiday season, so sharing is caring. When I'm in Medellin, I go where the gringos don't,[/QUOTE]Yepp, and that used to be Centro in Medellin as well.

It happens brotha.

Nothing against my fellow gringos, it's just better when it's not overrun.