Most Everybody Here Is In The Pay Pool
[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2679687]Depends. Many normal girls from Latin America have come to see me in the States and paid their own way. And many will not even go if they can not pay their share. Chicks have also taken me places and paid for everything. Each situation is different.[/QUOTE]I need to take some lessons from you, I haven't had much luck with "normal girls", and if I did, and they would come see me in the States on their nickel, I wouldn't be in Colombia much.
And chicks taking you places and paying for everything, that's amazing.
Unfortunately though, I'm in the "pay pool", because I'm old and wrinkled.
The days of getting laid for free are just a memory for me.
Can someone outline a relatively safe area at el centro?
I am back to states now, asking for next time. I went to some strip clubs at centro, but never went to casas at centro. Because the centro street just blow my mind. I was walking toward the centro from the university square area, from the north. And then near the centro, I see something like homeless people living near bus station, camps, drugheads around the bus hub. The noise, the smell, the scene, I can't describe, it is worse than the documentary in Africa, I means, I watch a lot of documentaries I thought I knew the world but hey I did not know enough, and they actually just live on the path where I have to walks thru. And motorcycles were speeding and not following the traffic signal. I was born in a third world country and before I went to centro I thought Medellin ain't that bad but I just blow my mind. And then I walked to the business area it was alright, not too bad. Acceptable, however I noticed people can instantly distinguish me as foreigner. I was wearing plain white T-shirt, khaki pants, no backpack, with a cap, mask. I thought nobody will notice me. But the young thugs stood around the corner instantly looked at me. Damn. He looked away when I look back, but he definitely senses my fear.
So, I was kind of afraid accidently walk to chaos area like near the bus hub. So, I didn't go to the casa. Going to casa means I need to walk to the area that I don't know and no guarantee.
Casas at laurels are difficult to find, worldtraveler69's map does not have the accurate address for the Laurels casas. And some of them are temporarily closed. So I walk to the map locations and miss two cases.
So, I think the best place to go to casas got to be at centro.
Also, it is because I calculated my cost. I spent too much time on commutes. Too much money on facebook girls. Casas girls are more economic option for me. So. I decided to plan my next trip as centro trip.
However, I don't want to accidently walk into unsafe blocks. I heard some people mentioned earlier that we don't want to go to vennies area. Shame, because vennies girls are hot. Anyway, I will take those advice but I couldn't find them anymore, I use the research tool and couldn't find those posts anymore.
Can someone outline a relatively safe area at el centro and post it on the photo gallery board? Thanks.
You have discovered one of the beauties of Medellin
[QUOTE=DriftClouds;2679765]Can someone outline a relatively safe area at el centro and post it on the photo gallery board?[/QUOTE]That is there are multiple different venues to monger and anyone can form their own mix or hybrid model of how they want to pay for play here.
I have walked thru the worst areas of El Centro at all hours sticking out like a sore thumb, dressed in an Adidas track suit and wearing a shoulder bag. Never had a problem. But by just feeling you are out-of-place is enough to make you a target and then you are rightly avoiding the area.
I take out and use my cellular all the time sitting in the middle of Ground Zero. Usually without about 2-3 minutes, I can sense a young fit Colombian male eyeballing from over one of my shoulders who looks like he could run the 100 meter dash in about 11 seconds. In other words no one is going to catch him after a snatch and grab. Then I put away my phone and or move to a new spot. Plus, I have been very lucky and I hope I don't jinx myself by writing this, jaja.
The point is, we call can be overly cautious or not cautious enough but you should not behave in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable because that is the first step of what makes you stand out as a target. Generally, it is a good idea to stay in your comfort range.