Casas in Laureles near UPB
Are there any casas in Laureles area?
So where is your Trip Report?
[QUOTE=HowardHewett; 1120735]I was in town for a short time and wanted to see the casas but I had no idea where to find them. Found this web site colombiajake. Com and for me it was worth the money. Jake went with me and took the stress out of the whole thing so I could enjoy the experience. After the tour I had collected enough business cards to make my way back again with a taxi.
Howard[/QUOTE]Howard,
Interesting that you had no idea where to find casas. How did you know of them at all? How did you find this website?
I'm willing to bet that no one that reads this board does not know where the casas are. As well as knowing that if you go to the Medellin Lists, there is detailed info about addresses and pricing readily available FOR FREE. Even a newbie can copy and paste and print or just write down a few addresses.
I think Colombia Jake offers a decent service for a complete stranger to the scene. I do think that $35 for just 3 hours then $8 dollars each additional hour is a bit pricey though (a 5 hour tour will set you back $56 dollars!).
Boyd at the Casa Blanca 1&2 offers the same type of daytime casa tours for free but you do need to be a guest.
If there was no web info and you are totally clueless, then $39 room per night and at least one 3 hour tour is not a bad deal for the newbie or even for a guy on a budget.
In Rio there was a fella name Don who used to charge $200 a week to practically hand hold newbies. I thought at first that it was dumb to use such a service. Later after getting to know Don I could appreciate how much work it was to look out for what was sometimes a flock of clueless Gringos. Even took a few off his hands at times to attend a couple of my festinhas (orgies). He more than earned his costs in translations and keeping these guys from getting ripped off alone.
BTW- Howard I have to ask: Where is your report? Give us some details as to how the tour (s) went. Did you do only the day tour or the night tour as well? Did you stay at Jake's? If so how was the experience.
Lastly where and how did you find Colombia Jake's website on the internet? I tried several Google searches and unless you put in Colombia Jake in your search, his website does not come up.
Cheers,
Cubanut
Takin it easy in Medellin.
Just back from a week long visit to Medellin.
This trip reminded me of the Eagles song, Take it Easy, and the 7 Paisas on my mind. 4 that want to own me. 2 that want to stone me and 1 says she's a friend of mine hahaha.
Throw in a Superbowl Party at the Casa Blanca 2 and it was a pretty fun trip overall.
I'm just back in Miami, still tired from last night's after (super bowl) party, so a better report tomorrow and a few fotos to keep Cubanut off my back hahaha, just kidding amigo.