The dollar is taking a hit today
The dollar is currently trading at 3762 COP /$1. Two weeks ago it was over 4100. For anyone in Colombia now, you can still get about 3930 at the ATM's. That rate should be good until 7 pm tomorrow.
They are hawtness, those chicas in your fotos
[QUOTE=Nounce;2703160]These ask for 400 based on my experience. It is for your reference, it does not mean I have sessioned with them. I am doing this in hope others will do the same, and not just talk about prices which is not that important without a face IMO.[/QUOTE]Understood your point. The fotos are heavily foto-chopped, and these chicas are experts at lighting and angles. Don't be too surprised when you open the door if what you see is not what you thought you were going to get, jeje.
Run-Off Election For President
[QUOTE=FunLuvr;2703190]The dollar is currently trading at 3762 COP /$1. Two weeks ago it was over 4100. For anyone in Colombia now, you can still get about 3930 at the ATM's. That rate should be good until 7 pm tomorrow.[/QUOTE]Two weeks ago when the rate was around 4162 COP to the USD, I pulled out 5 million COP, and recommended to others to hit the ATM's and am glad I did. A drop of about 400 COP to the USD is almost 10%.
It's so unpredictable, as this same thing happened a few months back when the rate hit 4,000 COP to the USD, and then dropped down to 3,600 COP, and then rose back up to over 4,100 COP, and now is in retreat.
I told some friends here when it peaked at over 4100 COP to hit the ATM's, but they were reluctant and didn't.
If it goes up to over 4,200 COP, and I'm around, I will be hitting the ATM's again.
I'm wondering what's going to happen when the new President is elected on the 19th of this month, and what type of impact that will have on the exchange rate.
Especially concerning is if the leftist candidate Petro is elected.
If he is elected, I'm sure the Colombian "wealth tax", which expired a few years back will be re-initiated, and wealthy Colombians and foreigners who file taxes in Colombia will get hammered big time, and more so than before.
God forbid if Colombia goes the way of Venezuela.
Towel Tips, Shower Heads, and Toilet Seats in Centro
[QUOTE=Knowledge;2703031]You are allowed to bring a towel of your own. You don't even have to plan ahead. There are shops within a few doors of the hotels where you can buy a towel for 10,000 pesos or so. A wad of toilet paper after you wash your dick wors too. In a pinch once in Bogota I used my boxer shorts to dry my dick. [/QUOTE]Why would anyone spend 10,000 Pesos to buy a towel to use in a Love Motel in Centro. Granted the 5,000 Peso hotels don't have towels in them to begin with, and your looking at a toilet paper wipe, like In Tijuana, but for 13,000 Pesos you can get into a place that will have towels, so why buy one, and who would want to carry the towel around with them afterwards.
And yes, some of the Hotels that have towels can be stingy with them, only providing one towel.
So instead of bringing your own, just grease the skids and take out a 2,000 Peso bill, smile at the attendant at the desk, or the girls cleaning the rooms and ask for another one if there is only one and you want two towels.
Sometimes the issues of towels is when they run out because all of their towels haven't dried out yet after being washed.
That's why sometimes places that typically provide two towels, will only have one out on the bed.
The true sign of a first class Love Motel in Centro is when there is hot water, two bars of soap, two towels, a shower head on the shower, and the biggest item of all is a toilet seat.
It still amazes me why the majority of the Love Motels in Centro don't have shower heads or toilet seats. Perhaps there's quite a market for used showerheads and toilet seats like cell phones, yet I haven't seen a lot of vendors selling used toilet seats in Centro.
I can remember many years ago when I used to stay at the Premier Plaza Hotel that I would bring my own showerhead with me.