Medellin Reports

[QUOTE=MoonShot;2757802]I had the same good experience with Davivienda. I declined the conversion, got a good rate and was not charged a transaction fee. LIke I posted before, I was able to take out $450 US worth of pesos in one transaction, the most of all the ATMs I visited in Medellin. Seems like a good deal to me.

I remember looking at the exchange rate I got at the ATM and looking at the money exchange rates on the same day and the ATM rate was much higher. So I recommend the ATM option if you want more bang for your buck.[/QUOTE]OK, this has been discussed ad nauseum many times. You don't understand how the ATMs work. You are getting the Visa Exchange Rate. So, if you go to Davienda and draw out 100 mil (for example) and then go to Colpatria and take out 100 mil and then you go to Banco Pichincha and take out 100 mil all on the same day and of course, if you are offered a bank rate or guaranteed rate or anything of that ilk, you just decline it. You will get 100 mil without a bank charge and it will be the exact same cost in US dollars at each bank.

If you do the same thing at Servibanca, Bancolombia or BBVA you will get the same exchange rate as above except these banks charge a fee. If you adjust the fee out it will the same cost in US dollars.

What you didn't understand is that you took out money at Davienda on one day and money from a different bank the next day etc. The exchange rate varies each day. Except for Saturday, Sunday and Monday where the exchange rate will be the same because the Visa Exchange rate set for Saturday doesn't get updated until Tuesday. There is a one day lag between what you see on XE as the mid-market rate and what you will receive at the ATM.

Here is the good and the bad about Davienda. The good is that at most Davienda cajeros (ATMs) you will be able to take out 2 million pesos in a single transaction. Colpatria only 900 mil pesos at one time. (Although you can make multiple draws). The bad thing is that sometimes Davienda will give you 100 mil notes instead of 50 mil notes. 100 mil notes are hard to use. Many smaller restaurants won't be able to change them, taxis won't be able to change them, some stores depending on their business won't either. They are a pain to use.

Sorry, I don't mean to criticize you but people here who don't bother to read the forum, should know how the ATMs work relative to the exchange rates. Your explanation simply isn't correct.

[QUOTE=MiamiSammy;2757768]Strip clubs are not only a ripoff, but dangerous as well. Best place in Medellin to have something slipped in your drink. The real value in Medellin mongering is the casas and classifieds like Locanto. If you want to go to a strip club, enjoy yourself but be careful, especially with what you drink. Have a good time, but get a girl elsewhere.[/QUOTE]Gustos is not a Strip Club.

And your statement about strips clubs is generally not true either.

Your comment about the real value in Medellin mongering depends on each particular guy and what he considers of value in the game.

Have you been to Medellin?

[QUOTE=MiamiSammy;2757768]Strip clubs are not only a ripoff, but dangerous as well. Best place in Medellin to have something slipped in your drink. The real value in Medellin mongering is the casas and classifieds like Locanto. If you want to go to a strip club, enjoy yourself but be careful, especially with what you drink. Have a good time, but get a girl elsewhere.[/QUOTE]This is false. Link us to one credible account where someone was drugged in a Medellin strip club. And in such a case where it was clearly done by staff. These are stationary, not hit and run operations, and do not thrive by posioning the customers. You are right about the casas but they are in the same class of places as the strip clubs.

P.S. I just did a youtube search on this, found nothing. But in the process did find one of some morons "making it rain" in Colombia. Word up guys, you aren't a playa, you aren't Floyd Mayweather, you are a regular guy like everyone else here so no one is impressed. Save it for the states, but next time man up and do 20's or 100's.

About 2 weeks before arriving I set up an account on Whatsapp, Tinder, and Facebook and mentioned I was going to be in Medellin for a few days and wanted to meet some women to party with. In about a week I had begun getting a lot of responses on Tinder and Facebook in Spanish of girls saying they wanted to meet. I asked for photos and all of them sent sexy photos back. The conversation basically suggested they were DTF. Great so far.

After I arrived in Medellin I started contacting these girls over messenger and whatsapp that I'm here and ready to meet. I got hardly any responses back. I'm like. This is crazy. I'm here, I'm ready to party and have fun, but none of these chicas are responding. WTF? I remembered another ISG guy said he was in town recently and told him what was happening. He said "yeah, there are a bunch of scammers online especially on tinder. You got to watch out. " More about that later. Good news is that he hooked me up with a couple facebook profiles and said "yeah, hit up any of these girls and they'll take care of you. " Cool!

Day 2 I contacted one of the girls he put me in touch with that he said gave an amazing blowjob. After all the stress of day 1 I really needed a soft, warm, wet mouth to help me relax. He was not lying at all. She had a great body, super friendly and was a blowjob queen. After we did our thing, I asked her if she had any friends because I wanted to have some fun with two girls at the same time. She said she had a friend she could bring tomorrow. Cool.

Day 3 she and the friend showed up. The friend had a fit spinner body. Face was cute not stunning. That said, she was definitely fuckable. Had a good time with them. Did my usual routine of getting a sloppy blowjob from one while the other stripped. They switched places and then repeated the same performance. Then a blowbang which was enjoyable. Then I made out with the friend like we were on our honeymoon. Let me tell you. The eroticism of passionate DFK with one woman while another woman is slurping on on your genitals is a truly special experience. I would highly recommend it.

Day 4 one of the Tinder chicas contacted me over whatsapp and asked if I still wanted to meet up with her and her friend. By this time I had forgotten the advice from 3 days earlier and said sure. I arrived at a club around 9 pm and had several drinks before the two chicas showed up. I went outside to meet them. They were pretty average looking but as I didn't have anything else lined up, I thought I would see where this would lead. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed some dude looking at me real hard. I figured he was salty because I was a gringo chatting up a couple of local women and ignored him. Continued my small talk with the chicas. I asked them to come inside the club. They said they did not want to go inside and just wanted to go back to my place. I'm thinking. Whoa - these girls want to get right to it! Great. So I called an uber. Uber drops us off at my apartment. When we got out the girls said "hey, let's get some drinks before we go inside. There's a bar down the street we can go to. " Yes, I know what you're thinking. But in my defense I was drunk and horny. I said OK and we started walking and talking. After about 3-4 minutes, a car screeches to a stop right next to us. Two guys hop out. One points a gun directly at me, doesn't say anything, and just stares at me like he would absolutely love to pull the trigger. I put my hands up and said "hay no problema. " The girls that were giggling and chatting with me only seconds ago worked with the driver to shake me down. Seconds later they all hopped in the car and sped off. The stuff they stole was all easily replaceable and the money was pocket change. The thing I really didn't like was having a gun pointed at me. I later saw that the tinder profile was cancelled so the whole thing was a scam. Who knows how many of the other tinder or facebook accounts are also scams.

Hope this helps others. Good luck and stay safe.

[QUOTE=JamesPearle;2757991]About 2 weeks before arriving I set up an account on Whatsapp, Tinder, and Facebook and mentioned I was going to be in Medellin for a few days and wanted to meet some women to party with. In about a week I had begun getting a lot of responses on Tinder and Facebook in Spanish of girls saying they wanted to meet. I asked for photos and all of them sent sexy photos back. The conversation basically suggested they were DTF. Great so far.

After I arrived in Medellin I started contacting these girls over messenger and whatsapp that I'm here and ready to meet. I got hardly any responses back. I'm like. This is crazy. I'm here, I'm ready to party and have fun, but none of these chicas are responding. WTF? I remembered another ISG guy said he was in town recently and told him what was happening. He said "yeah, there are a bunch of scammers online especially on tinder. You got to watch out. " More about that later. Good news is that he hooked me up with a couple facebook profiles and said "yeah, hit up any of these girls and they'll take care of you. " Cool!

Day 2 I contacted one of the girls he put me in touch with that he said gave an amazing blowjob. After all the stress of day 1 I really needed a soft, warm, wet mouth to help me relax. He was not lying at all. She had a great body, super friendly and was a blowjob queen. After we did our thing, I asked her if she had any friends because I wanted to have some fun with two girls at the same time. She said she had a friend she could bring tomorrow. Cool.

Day 3 she and the friend showed up. The friend had a fit spinner body. Face was cute not stunning. That said, she was definitely fuckable. Had a good time with them. Did my usual routine of getting a sloppy blowjob from one while the other stripped. They switched places and then repeated the same performance. Then a blowbang which was enjoyable. Then I made out with the friend like we were on our honeymoon. Let me tell you. The eroticism of passionate DFK with one woman while another woman is slurping on on your genitals is a truly special experience. I would highly recommend it.

Day 4 one of the Tinder chicas contacted me over whatsapp and asked if I still wanted to meet up with her and her friend. By this time I had forgotten the advice from 3 days earlier and said sure. I arrived at a club around 9 pm and had several drinks before the two chicas showed up. I went outside to meet them. They were pretty average looking but as I didn't have anything else lined up, I thought I would see where this would lead. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed some dude looking at me real hard. I figured he was salty because I was a gringo chatting up a couple of local women and ignored him. Continued my small talk with the chicas. I asked them to come inside the club. They said they did not want to go inside and just wanted to go back to my place. I'm thinking. Whoa - these girls want to get right to it! Great. So I called an uber. Uber drops us off at my apartment. When we got out the girls said "hey, let's get some drinks before we go inside. There's a bar down the street we can go to. " Yes, I know what you're thinking. But in my defense I was drunk and horny. I said OK and we started walking and talking. After about 3-4 minutes, a car screeches to a stop right next to us. Two guys hop out. One points a gun directly at me, doesn't say anything, and just stares at me like he would absolutely love to pull the trigger. I put my hands up and said "hay no problema. " The girls that were giggling and chatting with me only seconds ago worked with the driver to shake me down. Seconds later they all hopped in the car and sped off. The stuff they stole was all easily replaceable and the money was pocket change. The thing I really didn't like was having a gun pointed at me. I later saw that the tinder profile was cancelled so the whole thing was a scam. Who knows how many of the other tinder or facebook accounts are also scams.

Hope this helps others. Good luck and stay safe.[/QUOTE]What part of Medellin were you in? I'm glad you didn't get hurt.

[QUOTE=Jay0940;2757865]Just got back from my 6th trip to Medellin and, as usual, I can't wait to get back. As is my usual, I did not venture to El Centro. But I managed to see my usual FB girls and found a couple new ones that I will definitely add to my rotation. As my Spanish is ever improving, it's easier and easier to enjoy a few hours with each chica and the performance seemed to improve as well. Also did a day trip with an overnight in Guatupe which I would recommend if you're looking to get away for a day and really relax. Guatupe itself is tiny, but numerous hotels and fincas are around it. Also met up with another board member for a trip to La Isla which was fun.

Lodging: I primarily stay at Airbnbs in Medellin. Stayed at a cheaper one for the first 2 nights prior to Guatupe, then stayed at Energy Living for the last 3 nights. I'll just say the chicas loved the view from Energy. I was on the 16th floor. The pool had some sights as well, although the weather didn't cooperate much. I don't know if Energy is worth the price they're charging, but I enjoyed staying there.

Food: Stuck mostly to Poblado. Would recommend Puro Peru for a nice sit down place. The restaurant at Energy was good, but pricey. Plenty of places to choose from if you want to have dinner / drinks with company outside of Lleras. I also liked d'Andre for breakfast. Although the service there continues to be terrible.[/QUOTE]I'm headed to Medellin from the US for my first visit mid December for 5 nights.

How do you find these women on FB?

If I search for Medellin, FB is looking for names that contain Medellin.

My plan is to just find some street action in el center or parquet Llera but having FB to find a dinner companion would be nice.

BBJCIM / BBFS is what I'm after.

[QUOTE=JamesPearle;2757991]About 2 weeks before arriving I set up an account on Whatsapp, Tinder, and Facebook and mentioned I was going to be in Medellin for a few days and wanted to meet some women to party with. In about a week I had begun getting a lot of responses on Tinder and Facebook in Spanish of girls saying they wanted to meet. I asked for photos and all of them sent sexy photos back. The conversation basically suggested they were DTF. Great so far.

After I arrived in Medellin I started contacting these girls over messenger and whatsapp that I'm here and ready to meet. I got hardly any responses back. I'm like. This is crazy. I'm here, I'm ready to party and have fun, but none of these chicas are responding. WTF? I remembered another ISG guy said he was in town recently and told him what was happening. He said "yeah, there are a bunch of scammers online especially on tinder. You got to watch out. " More about that later. Good news is that he hooked me up with a couple facebook profiles and said "yeah, hit up any of these girls and they'll take care of you. " Cool!

Day 2 I contacted one of the girls he put me in touch with that he said gave an amazing blowjob. After all the stress of day 1 I really needed a soft, warm, wet mouth to help me relax. He was not lying at all. She had a great body, super friendly and was a blowjob queen. After we did our thing, I asked her if she had any friends because I wanted to have some fun with two girls at the same time. She said she had a friend she could bring tomorrow. Cool...[/QUOTE]Thanks for sharing. I'm from the US. Heading to Medellin mid December for my first visit.

I'm going to avoid tinder.

Stick to street action and Clubs.

Trying to figure out how to find girls on FB.

[QUOTE=JamesPearle;2757991]Out of the corner of my eye I noticed some dude looking at me real hard. I figured he was salty because I was a gringo chatting up a couple of local women.[/QUOTE]Why do you guys think this is actually a thing? And it was not like he would have figured you were talking to the cream of Colombia's crop. Local people know hookers when they see them; it appears gringos not so much. Nobody is jealous of you talking to hookers!

[QUOTE=JamesPearle;2757991]Continued my small talk with the chicas. I asked them to come inside the club. They said they did not want to go inside and just wanted to go back to my place. I'm thinking. Whoa - these girls want to get right to it! When we got out the girls said "hey, let's get some drinks before we go inside. [/QUOTE]Yeah I was definitely thinking they did not want to go in a bar when it was offered, but suggested getting drinks before going into your place. How long did the chicks say they would stay and how much were you supposed to pay them? I am still waiting on one of these "chicks set me up" stories that does not involve alcohol.

Setup: I stay in a coliving place, can't really have the ferris wheel effect I want, so I booked 5 days at Orange Travelers Suites (pros and cons in the Medellin Apartments and Hotels Thread).

First night: Friday, I went to a Halloween Party thrown by one of the schools and hung out with another board member and the crew he brought from his hostel. They were party animals. We stayed up pretty late! I'm glad I got the Medellin club experience.

Saturday:

Seeking Woman 1 - 500 k BBFS.

This was the woman of my dreams. Her instagram and TikTok, unghh. Having her over was amazing and even more amazing in the morning we had a video call from our respective beds, she named her price, I named my requirements. She came over (hour late), we drank, smoked on the balcony, and went up to the hot tub. Oh she took like 20 minutes taking photos in the bathroom, influencers got to influence I guess. Influence this dick in her mouth! Anways, super fun vibe. I also bought her a gift, it was a necklace from a department store. I thought it matched her style, she said she loved it. I gave it to her after our session (experimenting with timing on this. Before session = better experience? Or no?) I had a great time with her, and watching her play with my toys.

Facebook Transexual - 200 k+taxis.

WHOOPS! I didn't look at her pictures too much, she looked like a woman, but she could shake her ass, had long hair and a cute face so. I could tell like 20 minutes in when we were having a beer and she started burping lmao. Some manly goddamn burps. I tried to tell her I was fine with trans women and see if she would open up about it, but she didn't. The session was weird, we didn't end up actually having sex which was fine with me, the blowjob and BLS were good enough. Gave her a croissant and sent her on her way. This was unfortunate if she just opened up about it, it would've been fine, but I imagine she's had really bad experiences in the past. Probably also way harder to get attention as a trans woman.

Sunday.

Facebook Girl - 350 k 250+propina+taxis CIM.

I gifted this one a bathing suit before our session (cause she said she didn't have a good one), but she still asked for a tip for CIM. Fun time, ok kissing, BJ was good enough. Even though I gave her a bathing suit, she still didn't have enough time for the Jacuzzi.

Seeking Repeat - 300 k.

I've seen her a few times, she's sweet, soft spoken, very athletic / has energy. I got her some VS panties and lotions / scents. We made out and I fingered her in the Turkish bath. That was fun. Having her quiver on my lap there. We sessioned then had our date (dinner + activity). I wanted her to stay over, but she had work early the next day. Gave her a gift at the beginning of our date, didn't seem to affect the level of service. She's usually pretty good so I stick with it. We're getting comfortable now, and I need to start throatfucking her properly.

Monday.

I took a rest day today. Went and got some shopping done for my Facebook girl tomorrow. I guess Halloween is at the mall as kids and their parents go from store to store hoping they have candy for the kids, some do, some don't.

Tuesday.

Mileroticos - 240 k + 30 k propina.

Man I really liked this woman. She was a lot of fun and totally there for me. I was unfortunately distracted with work but she just went with the flow rubbing my shoulders while I was answering messages. Sucking my dick in between calls. Then when I had a break being my slutty secretary exposing herself on my desk while I had her pussy as a snack and then fucked her. Everything covered, but she kissed amazingly, and like I said was up for whatever I wanted. Older woman, fiery hair, cool blue eyes. But still has that energy that just screams sex.

Facebook Girl. Gifts BBFS BBBJCIMWS.

So we chatted and video chatted and she's young and cute and when I asked what she wanted. She said clothes and shoes. I didn't want to buy her shoes, cause I wanted her to try those on first, but I was fine with getting her XS everything else. So here's how I laid it out, I put 4 of the gifts on the table. I gave her the first one and said, "as the night goes on, you can unlock more gifts. " She said "Que?? No entiendo". But after we made out for a bit and I gave her the second gift, she understood. We went to the weird jacuzzi on the roof, hung out in the Turkish bath, I took pictures of her flirting with the camera. Came back to the place, more drinks, sex, a couple more gifts, etc. I coaxed her into swallowing with the promise of a secret 5th gift. I didn't even let her see the bag. But she said ok fine I will. And she did it right man, kept sucking until she got every drop and then swallow. Amazing.

Gift 1 - 32 k blouse.

Gift 2 - 80 k top and bottom leapord print.

Gift 3 - 60 k blouse.

Gift 4 - 90 k Top and bottom sweatpants and matching t-shirt.

Gift 5 - 130 k Victoria's Secret Painties.

+50 k for taxis +30 k because apparently I had said I would (I meant to say, I already gave you, not I would give you more, Spanish so hawd).

Here's what I want to do next time. Less gifts? 5 is pretty good number, it meant the pacing was nice, but you could probably get away with 4. DEFINITELY cheaper places. Need to find the good quality stuff on the cheap. I think keeping the special gift hidden is key, and using it as leverage if I need to, or as a surprise in the end because the chica did me right or not at all because she wasn't good to you. Also, I need to work on presentation a bit. The VS stuff comes wrapped up nice but the other stuff didn't.

I liked the tension of the gifts and the pull and tug that came with that. I liked shopping for her based on the pictures she posted of herself and the clothes she wears. I liked that they landed, she liked what I bought her, mostly. The shittiest way to end this is by her nicking one of my portable charging batteries. I've asked her about it saying "I can't find it do you remember where I put it? Oh silly me", but we'll see if she's will fess up or not. She took an interest in it and I know she had the opportunity because I kept all the charging cables stupidly close to my electronics. We'll see if she even replies.

I'm not sure if I'll get another hotel for my last week or not. I want to focus on seeing more of the city authentically and not just as a dirty ***** monger. I still need to do comuna 13 and ride a motorcycle.

[QUOTE=Knowledge;2757909]I'm glad that worked out for you. I think the ATM vs casa de cambio question was settled at long last a good 5 years ago. That's the last time I remember a back-and-forth thread with guys rationalizing the always worse deal the cambios give. There is a reason after all that you have to pass the airport cambio windows before you get to ATMs. They are sort of a litmus test for who is a first time visitor.

I have another public service announcement. Rappi has begun hedging the peso devaluation. Twice this week when I submitted a foreign issued credit card for payment Rappi returned a foreign currency amount with a note saying "we notify you the foreign currency amount of your transaction is XX. XX. " When I checked the conversion rate it was about 4500. You have to decline that rate by paying cash or using a Colombian issued card. It pisses me off because Rappi already assess a delivery fee and a service fee with every transaction.[/QUOTE]4 years ago I did a test. Besides the ATMs, I used a money exchange and I sent 1 million pesos to my old roommate to hold for me, through Western Union. She ended up taking a long trip out of the country 4 days before I arrived. However, she left me the keys to her apartment and left the money in a safe place.

As everyone probably knows, Western Union has the worst rate, except for the airport money exchange. Shopping around at the money exchange places I got a slightly better rate than I got from my debit card at the ATM. However, that card at that time added about 7% in fees for out of network and foreign currency.

If your bank charges those fees you might get a better rate at the Casa de Cambio. I now have 2 banks, no fees on either and 1 refunds ATM fees (although there is a monthly limit).

[QUOTE=KenAllen;2758210]Thanks for sharing. I'm from the US. Heading to Medellin mid December for my first visit.

I'm going to avoid tinder.

Stick to street action and Clubs.

Trying to figure out how to find girls on FB.[/QUOTE]I had a lot of success in the past with Tinder but it appears I might have to give it up. I keep hearing more and more about people getting robbed off that platform.

[QUOTE=Villainy;2757943]OK, this has been discussed ad nauseum many times....

...,,,Here is the good and the bad about Davienda. The good is that at most Davienda cajeros (ATMs) you will be able to take out 2 million pesos in a single transaction. Colpatria only 900 mil pesos at one time. (Although you can make multiple draws). The bad thing is that sometimes Davienda will give you 100 mil notes instead of 50 mil notes. 100 mil notes are hard to use. Many smaller restaurants won't be able to change them, taxis won't be able to change them, some stores depending on their business won't either. They are a pain to use.....

Sorry, I don't mean to criticize you but people here who don't bother to read the forum, should know how the ATMs work relative to the exchange rates. Your explanation simply isn't correct.[/QUOTE]

I agree with everything on the exchange rate, but note that the amount you can withdraw often depends on ATM location, and maybe time of month, as much as bank. Those in Poblado for example tend to allow more. Case in point, I was just in the Laureles Unicentro and 3 different banks (Davienda, Banco Social, and BBVA) gave me a limit of 300 k. ServiBank and another didn't have money and I finally was able to get 600 k at BancoColombia (their max at that location). Simultaneously a buddy I was texting with got 2 mil from a Colpatria in El Centro. Over the years I have personally had more luck with Colpatria. They have a closer connection to the American banks (Citibank, now Chase) and Canadian banks (Scotiabank) than others. I have found their charges to be less (although I have Schwab and don't really care).

One other note, BancoColombia almost without fail will give you the 100k notes. As noted, it's a pain in the ass using those. I pawn them off on the chicas lol.

As always, YMMV.

[QUOTE=JamesPearle;2757991]About 2 weeks before arriving I set up an account on Whatsapp, Tinder, and Facebook and mentioned I was going to be in Medellin for a few days and wanted to meet some women to party with. In about a week I had begun getting a lot of responses on Tinder and Facebook in Spanish of girls saying they wanted to meet. I asked for photos and all of them sent sexy photos back. The conversation basically suggested they were DTF. Great so far.

After I arrived in Medellin I started contacting these girls over messenger and whatsapp that I'm here and ready to meet. I got hardly any responses back. I'm like. This is crazy. I'm here, I'm ready to party and have fun, but none of these chicas are responding. WTF? I remembered another ISG guy said he was in town recently and told him what was happening. He said "yeah, there are a bunch of scammers online especially on tinder. You got to watch out. " More about that later. Good news is that he hooked me up with a couple facebook profiles and said "yeah, hit up any of these girls and they'll take care of you. " Cool!

Day 2 I contacted one of the girls he put me in touch with that he said gave an amazing blowjob. After all the stress of day 1 I really needed a soft, warm, wet mouth to help me relax. He was not lying at all. She had a great body, super friendly and was a blowjob queen. After we did our thing, I asked her if she had any friends because I wanted to have some fun with two girls at the same time. She said she had a friend she could bring tomorrow. Cool.

Day 3 she and the friend showed up. The friend had a fit spinner body. Face was cute not stunning. That said, she was definitely fuckable. Had a good time with them. Did my usual routine of getting a sloppy blowjob from one while the other stripped. They switched places and then repeated the same performance. Then a blowbang which was enjoyable. Then I made out with the friend like we were on our honeymoon. Let me tell you. The eroticism of passionate DFK with one woman while another woman is slurping on on your genitals is a truly special experience. I would highly recommend it.

Day 4 one of the Tinder chicas contacted me over whatsapp and asked if I still wanted to meet up with her and her friend. By this time I had forgotten the advice from 3 days earlier and said sure. I arrived at a club around 9 pm and had several drinks before the two chicas showed up. I went outside to meet them. They were pretty average looking but as I didn't have anything else lined up, I thought I would see where this would lead. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed some dude looking at me real hard. I figured he was salty because I was a gringo chatting up a couple of local women and ignored him. Continued my small talk with the chicas. I asked them to come inside the club. They said they did not want to go inside and just wanted to go back to my place. I'm thinking. Whoa - these girls want to get right to it! Great. So I called an uber. Uber drops us off at my apartment. When we got out the girls said "hey, let's get some drinks before we go inside. There's a bar down the street we can go to. " Yes, I know what you're thinking. But in my defense I was drunk and horny. I said OK and we started walking and talking. After about 3-4 minutes, a car screeches to a stop right next to us. Two guys hop out. One points a gun directly at me, doesn't say anything, and just stares at me like he would absolutely love to pull the trigger. I put my hands up and said "hay no problema. " The girls that were giggling and chatting with me only seconds ago worked with the driver to shake me down. Seconds later they all hopped in the car and sped off. The stuff they stole was all easily replaceable and the money was pocket change. The thing I really didn't like was having a gun pointed at me. I later saw that the tinder profile was cancelled so the whole thing was a scam. Who knows how many of the other tinder or facebook accounts are also scams.

Hope this helps others. Good luck and stay safe.[/QUOTE]Because it's important and nobody seems to get it until after they've been robbed:

1. Stay away from Tinder. There are no secret hidden princesses there. It's either the same girls you can find elsewhere, or it's gangs setting up gringos to get robbed. Getting laid in Medellin is easier than getting fresh, hot fries from a fast food burger joint. Why greatly increase your risk of being robbed without improving your chances of getting laid?

2. Never session with 2 strangers. You're paying double to find out if the first girl is worth half the price. You also have someone to distract you while someone else can steal your stuff.

3. There's not an honest hooker in Medellin who will refuse to go into a bar or restaurant to eat or drink. If a girl refuses, or tries to steer you somewhere else, assume her intentions are not good.

4. Make your plans, stick to your plans. Be suspicious of anyone trying to change your plans. You can still be flexible, but consider the risks.

5. Drunk people don't notice important things. Drunk people also make bad decisions. If you're planning on visiting another country in order to get drunk expect outcomes which aren't in your favor.

6. When faced with a gun or knife, hand over everything and hopefully live another day.

It's terrible you were robbed. I'm glad you shared it so maybe someone else won't get robbed.

[QUOTE=Chicago85;2758248]I agree with everything on the exchange rate, but note that the amount you can withdraw often depends on ATM location, and maybe time of month, as much as bank. Those in Poblado for example tend to allow more. Case in point, I was just in the Laureles Unicentro and 3 different banks (Davienda, Banco Social, and BBVA) gave me a limit of 300 k. ServiBank and another didn't have money and I finally was able to get 600 k at BancoColombia (their max at that location). Simultaneously a buddy I was texting with got 2 mil from a Colpatria in El Centro. Over the years I have personally had more luck with Colpatria. They have a closer connection to the American banks (Citibank, now Chase) and Canadian banks (Scotiabank) than others. I have found their charges to be less (although I have Schwab and don't really care).

One other note, BancoColombia almost without fail will give you the 100k notes. As noted, it's a pain in the ass using those. I pawn them off on the chicas lol.

As always, YMMV.[/QUOTE]That is true about Davienda. I took out the max and got all 100 mil notes. I didn't like it but those 100 mil notes go away like hotcakes when you are seeing FB girls. I thought I would have problems with those 100 mil notes but they disappeared very quickly as I saw my girls. Ha ha ha. Relatively easy to get change when you go to the supermarket and convenience stores.

[QUOTE=KenAllen;2758207]I'm headed to Medellin from the US for my first visit mid December for 5 nights.

How do you find these women on FB?

If I search for Medellin, FB is looking for names that contain Medellin.

My plan is to just find some street action in el center or parquet Llera but having FB to find a dinner companion would be nice.

BBJCIM / BBFS is what I'm after.[/QUOTE]Finding women on FB in Medellin and setting up your account has been address ad nauseum on the forum. Just search for FB or Facebook in the Colombia forum and you'll find profiles that have been posted by other members. Request them as friends. If their friends' list is unlocked. Request some of their friends as well. It takes some time at first, but once you post you're coming down (like a week or so out), you'll start getting friend requests from random chicas. My advice. Don't try and set up dates or schedule anything until you get there. Once you're there, post that you're in Medellin and you'll get a flurry of message requests. Pick a few and you just tell them what you want. BBFS and BBJCIM should not be hard to find.

Am I going to post the FB pages for my regulars? No. Because they'll kill me when they get all the friend / message requests. I'the like to be able to see them again when I go back. I also don't bother these girls when I'm not in Medellin or arriving in the near future. Good luck!

I don't pick up chicas in Parque Lleras or on the streets so I have nothing to offer regarding that.