Medellin Reports

[QUOTE=Dcfan77;2746805]I've been stopped and harassed by immigration twice coming from MDE. The best is to give them as few details as possible because they will interrogate you based on the answer you give them.[/QUOTE]Would you mind elaborating on this?

I've never been stopped and questioned by immigration in the USA when returning from Colombia.

Which airport did this occur in? Do you have Global Entry as I have it and perhaps it makes a difference.

And your correct about not saying much.

Were you taken to "secondary" away from the immigration booths, or just questioned by the officer at the booth?

And why do you feel immigration was harassing you?

Perhaps maybe you've been flagged in the system. For guys that leave the Country to wherever, if they have some type of restraining order on them in the USA, even if it's a benign thing, they will get sent to secondary.

Regardless, getting hassled is not fun, and unfortunately a lot of times people don't know why.

I guess a lot of us here may fit a profile they are looking for, so perhaps immigration is looking to trip someone up while questioning.

Kind of begs the question, what is a middle aged or older male travelling to Colombia for all the time?

And the answer is, "pussy", try telling an immigration officer that and see what happens. LOL.

This is not correct. You can get roaming working on Claro post paid or pre paid accounts. Device settings are among the things that can interfere. Devices can be set to disable voice / data / SMS roaming, or the device may have a network preference set (it should be set for "auto" detection rather than preferred.

[QUOTE=Balimassage;2746619]I don't think you can get roaming working. Going to have to wait till you land, or have someone get you a new SIM and activate it and send you the new code.

I see you got a new phone. Sorry the activation doesn't work. When I get a new iphone and migrate I haven't had a problem.

Why not just use your USA number? That way you are assured of keeping your number forever so your contacts can find you later (haha or is that what you're avoiding? If you'd still like a local whatsapp, you can get Whatsapp Business and add a colombian number there and then you'll have 2 accounts. I use the second one for local numbers as needed.[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE=Runner787;2746609]Went to New Life today. Pulled out only to realize the condom was a ring. Chich immediately freaked out.[/QUOTE]I was told by my fav chica, they are frequently being tested for any deases. However watch out for mamasans who don't.

[QUOTE=Dcfan77;2746795]Thank you! A perfect example is Sosua! It's those "Make It Rain" fools that fuck it up. They don't consider the economic eco-system in the country they are in.[/QUOTE]Yes. Comparing a town of 50,000 to a city of 4 million is definitely the way to go.

[QUOTE=ManuelRamirez;2746774]... but on FB I sent a few requests but not as many as I was expecting. Accepted, sent DM but almost no answers. I was wondering if FB might have some alghoritm that block this and that. ...[/QUOTE]You need to keep doing it. That is the advice I was given. Think about 5% response rate.

[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2746270]He mentioned that he originally met her at a venue. After that she would come over without him going to the venue she frequented. Just send a message and say baby I am in town come over. So he did not go up to Poblado and see her thinking he would get his same price. He called her to come for the same price as always, but since dudes at the new venue were giving her more, she wanted more from him. Another example of them not being your friends as some mongers want to make them out to be. They are with you for the work and your money. Don't get it twisted.[/QUOTE]Let's put it another way. Assume she charges the same higher price to all new and existing customers. How much do you think she should charge in this case? I personally think friendship goes both ways.

If you have an arrangement with a woman that comes to clean your place once a week, will she be allowed to increase her rate? A different scenario is the woman comes to clean your place on demand without arrangement, can she raise her rate or does she need to stick with the same rate from the very beginning?

I have a regular in BA, she increased her rate 150% within a year while the currency has depreciated about 50% during the same period. I made my decision based on whether the increased price represents a good value or not. I am not too hung up on the price in the past. She said now she has a group of regular customers and she no longer goes out to the clubs.

It happened to me three times, first in Atlanta and twice in Orlando. The questions were, are you married? Does your family know about your trip? Why do you go to the same place if you are a tourist? I answered that my friend owns a BNB and I am a sleeping partner. I also said Medellin is our common meeting place for all my friends all over the USA. The officer questioned me with attitude and visibly in an unfriendly manner. Honestly, I am still scrambling for a solid answer since I visit MDE three times a year. Any suggestion? And sorry, I can't tell "for pussy".

[QUOTE=PseudoGene;2746879]Any suggestion? And sorry, I can't tell "for pussy".[/QUOTE]Why can't you? I have done it before and was told welcome back.

[QUOTE=PseudoGene;2746879]It happened to me three times, first in Atlanta and twice in Orlando. The questions were, are you married? Does your family know about your trip? Why do you go to the same place if you are a tourist? I answered that my friend owns a BNB and I am a sleeping partner. I also said Medellin is our common meeting place for all my friends all over the USA. The officer questioned me with attitude and visibly in an unfriendly manner. Honestly, I am still scrambling for a solid answer since I visit MDE three times a year. Any suggestion? And sorry, I can't tell "for pussy".[/QUOTE]Simple answer. "I have friends and / or family in Medellin".

Either that or transit via a 3rd country.

I'm glad I never get this, no-one really cares where I'm going when I leave the UK. However when questioned by customs / immigration they're often looking at how you answer, rather than what you answer with. Evasive language, hesitation, et al. Just practice answering with confidence.

"I'm going to see a friend".

"what friend".

"Steve, driller from Nebroma, met him back in 72". Go full Grandpa Simpson and they'll be begging you to stop.

[QUOTE=PseudoGene;2746879]It happened to me three times, first in Atlanta and twice in Orlando. The questions were, are you married? Does your family know about your trip? Why do you go to the same place if you are a tourist? I answered that my friend owns a BNB and I am a sleeping partner. I also said Medellin is our common meeting place for all my friends all over the USA. The officer questioned me with attitude and visibly in an unfriendly manner. Honestly, I am still scrambling for a solid answer since I visit MDE three times a year. Any suggestion? And sorry, I can't tell "for pussy".[/QUOTE]A good chance that it is drugs they are questioning. That is the other reason for frequent trips back and forth to the same place in Colombia.

[QUOTE=Zeos1;2746898]A good chance that it is drugs they are questioning. That is the other reason for frequent trips back and forth to the same place in Colombia.[/QUOTE]Exactly. Why do mongers think they care that they are fucking consenting adults?

[QUOTE=Nounce;2746862]You need to keep doing it. That is the advice I was given. Think about 5% response rate.[/QUOTE]My Facebook account recently got disabled for doing that. I would friend every girl in my recommended from medellin and send a few girls messages every day to keep the prepagos and delete the girls who weren't interested. Sent in an appeal a few days ago, hopefully reinstate my account. I had over 500 confirmed prepagos.

[QUOTE=PseudoGene;2746879]It happened to me three times, first in Atlanta and twice in Orlando. The questions were, are you married? Does your family know about your trip? Why do you go to the same place if you are a tourist? I answered that my friend owns a BNB and I am a sleeping partner. I also said Medellin is our common meeting place for all my friends all over the USA. The officer questioned me with attitude and visibly in an unfriendly manner. Honestly, I am still scrambling for a solid answer since I visit MDE three times a year. Any suggestion? And sorry, I can't tell "for pussy".[/QUOTE]With Montreal I would just say I was visiting my favorite place in the world and also a special bar that I liked to hang out at and meet people and that I needed a little vacation from home. And it was actually true. I didn't bring up the women I also planned to meet. I was only going for 3-4 days at a time though and it was driving. Enough specifics but also vauge enough. I would let them ask the bar name and for any more info if they wanted. They rarely did. Way over thinking it, but if things ever got to searching me they would have found receipts for said bar.

Maybe consider something cultural like learning salsa, immersing yourself in Spanish. Etc. Connecting with friends is valid too. When they ask why you can't learn salsa at home, you mention that you are fortunate to have the means to go to the experts and the weather is good for you. Or that you keep going back to explore more and more before deciding to do an investment and / you decide that you might want to start living there for part of the year.

Now I thought of those things because they happen to be true, just like my Montreal example.

For Colombia, I have always just said business when coming and going and I get an immediate stamp. But yet again that happens to be true. I leave out all the other true cultural and social things in this case because it might just muddy the waters.

[QUOTE=PseudoGene;2746879]It happened to me three times, first in Atlanta and twice in Orlando. The questions were, are you married? Does your family know about your trip? Why do you go to the same place if you are a tourist? I answered that my friend owns a BNB and I am a sleeping partner. I also said Medellin is our common meeting place for all my friends all over the USA. The officer questioned me with attitude and visibly in an unfriendly manner. Honestly, I am still scrambling for a solid answer since I visit MDE three times a year. Any suggestion? And sorry, I can't tell "for pussy".[/QUOTE]I'm wondering why the heck they ask personal trip related questions? None of their business. I understand if those questions were asked once you enter Colombia, by Colombian authorities, but entering USA? Wtf. Of course, they can search my luggage, ask me if I need to declare anything, etc. But going through my phone / laptop, asking what I did in Colombia, etc makes no sense. What happens in Colombia stays in Colombia.