Medellin Reports

I'm completing trip number 20 to Medellin. While there are many on the board with more time on the ground, I feel comfortable to say I have knowledge of the lay of the land and a feel for trends. I'm not one for a blow by blow review. Rather, I'll just call out a few things people might find helpful.

I stayed at Hotel Dix. First time staying there. The accomodations are fair. It's clean. Convenient location if you hit up Lleras. It is very noisy. I'm not a particularly light sleeper but it was far from the most restful sleep I ever had. It is girl friendly. They have a security guard and a doorman. With so much focus on security lately, I was pleased with everyone I interacted with at Hotel Dix. I'd consider staying there again.

Overall feel: This is just my perception but there is a more on edge feel in MDE. I could be more influenced by the endless stream of bad news lately. But just an on the ground feel. It is different than even a few months ago. A friend that I will hang out with sometimes was pickpocketed in Lleras by a non-working girl. Took his phone. He didn't feel it, so she was good at her craft. He's really street smart. He reached for his phone, felt it wasn't there, looked up and saw the chica running. Though ill-advised, he chased her down and did retrieve it. The other difference is that the prices being asked are much higher. This has been widely reported on. I didn't pay more than 300 k for any girl. But there were some crazy asking prices. It really left me feeling very jaded. But then, you meet a true paisa that accepts the normal prices and MDE is back to being my favorite playground.

I rarely make recommendations but I'll offer up Geraldine at the Mansion. Really hot girl, in my opinion. All things considered, I'd rate her 8. 5 in looks. Granted, I had my beer goggles on but feel pretty confident in that score. Great personality. Amazing, amazing body. The BBBJ was unbelievable. I really can't find a bad word to say about her. No haggling. I would highly recommend.

The Mansion gets alot of bad press here. And I don't really stay at the hotel anymore. But that bar can be a great spot. The girls will try to milk you dry with drinks. But, if you tell one or two no, the chica network quickly relays that message. LOL But a great place to hang out with some good dudes. There are a couple annyoing regulars that seem to think they run the place. They are easily ignored and interesting conversation topics with the chicas. But last night, I counted about 5 girls that were near or above 8's. Probably 10 girls I would do. If you are less transactional, it's a great location to get to know the chica before pulling the trigger. Not a fan of the 50 k entrance fee. But overall, it's cost efficient. I went there with 600 k laat night. Had a blast. Hung out for a few hours. Had several drinks. Offered the standard mansion rate to the chica of my choice. Was a good night.

Gustos is usually fun to me. I was not impressed this trip. There are alot of sharks there. Obviously, someone is paying these prices. There are still some reasonable and nice girls there. But they are becoming a small minority. It was actually a fun place to people watch. You see some of these guys walk in. In 2 seconds, you can see what they are. It's actually funny to watch. The weekend warrior high rollers. The funny part is the sharks smell the blood in the water. I don't begrudge anyone with what they want to spend. But I'm amused by their actions.

Lleras: apart froym my amigo getting pickpocketed, I did pull 2 girls from Lleras and lived to tell about it. Both 250 k for whatever I wanted. Good experiences. And some decent looking girls available. But don't go before 10 pm.

Massage places: I love my massages. Still my favorite: Nuru massage at Happy Massage. I'd recommend Sofia or Lorena. FS not available but if you are into sensual massages, I haven't found one better, but you will shell out big dollars. Tried Aetnea Spa. Drew Andrea. Not a bad experience but I wouldn't return for her.

[QUOTE=GeorgeCarta22;2869821]So I was just curious. Since I've been back I wandered around parque lleras quite a few times. Literally all the clubs around the area were empty besides gustos and black diamond maybe.

Has any one been to any other club besides gustos?

I stood outside in front of black diamond and it didn't have good talent walking outside.[/QUOTE]Keep it Simple Stupid Weekend Warrior Guide to Medellin for those who don't use online apps.

Parque Lleras: Gustos and Black Diamond, which I assume used to be the Parque Lleras bar. Parque Lleras street walkers.

Strip Clubs: Fas Dos, La Isla, and Luna Lunera. These are your safest and best bets.

After party spot: El Faisan.

Daytime Massage: Loutron.

Take Uber everywhere. Rappi for food. Ibiza for a love motel.

For a weekend warrior this is how its done if you don't want to go the facebook or tinder route.

[QUOTE=Zeos1;2869880]Whaaaat? Submit blood work to the club. I highly doubt that. They come and go into that place just like any other bar or nightclub. No different than walking into a bar. They pay a cover charge I'm sure, and probably have to have their ID checked but that's it.[/QUOTE]Yeah no idea. Just what a friends family member whos from poblado area told me. He could def be bsing me I have no idea.

On the other hand though my friends protection ripped and the girl said she was getting her results the following week and sent it to him for peace of mind. No idea what to believe.

[QUOTE=Nounce;2869879]Like others have said, the gusto price is old news. The original post quoted is specifically about street girl. I was just there last night to pick up something I left at the restaurant the night before. One paisa came up to me and she did not quote in USD. She became stone cold and turned away without saying anything when I told her I had a cita waiting. Earlier this week, I was quoted in COP as well. I did see the type of girl you like in the park while they were changing into "work" cloth under those booths to get away from the rain. I guess these might open at 200 USD an hour because they are changing into more formal dress. Last time I was there in good weather, I saw at least one standing there wearing night gown too.[/QUOTE]The street girls that quoted me $200 usd per hour were NOTTTTT the girls I like. They were just some really young braced out. No plastic done GND looking girls.

THAT is why I was suprised. If the girl LOOKED pro like done up, nails, plastic top and braz lift then I can get why.

Tbh maybe it was just an off night. And I only have a random Thursday-Friday as a data point.

Ill just have to go to medellin again and again and collect more data.

[QUOTE=TexasPistol;2869882]I'd like a girl who is under 25, slim, pretty face, beautiful long hair. Who at least seems to like me. I am very polite, clean. I am 63 and look 63 but I look good for 63. Tall. I have blue eyes. I prefer no implants. We can just DFK kissing, cuddling, give each other oral sex. Chat a little on google translate. I'm fine with that. And pay a couple of hundred thousand pesos for a couple of hours.

I am alone. There is not door man. There are a lot of cameras.

Thank you for your advice. Maybe I'll make a foray into Gustos and see what happens.

What bothers me is that I've visited a lot places over these many decades and I have a creepy feeling that a certain percentage of Colombians. Maybe it's 5% or 10%, look at me as prey and they are predators. Maybe I'm being paranoid. However I don't like this feeling. Perhaps: Next year in Cebu? An average Colombian girl would be a really hot girl in the Philippines. And a hot Colombian girl does not exist in the Philippines. Which is why I am in Colombia. (Of course beauty is very subjective; just my personal taste.) However I don't feel too safe around here in El Poblado.[/QUOTE]DFK is hard to come by. But you can def work that into your negotiations.

You like the type of girl my friend likes. He was able to find more of the GND look at gustos but not that much.

I would check out loutrons too maybe even some other casas. You could get their whatsapp # from there.

Paisonprepago has a lot of girls you might like. But the internet website is tough to trust. I think a lot of people have used them though.

Hope you get what you're looking for. Gluck.

[QUOTE=Nounce;2869917]You can try the bar at Mansion or book a room there for a day. You can search the word Mansion here to find more info. DFK is very YMMV, not a service offered freely.

Judging by so many videos out there, many criminals don't seem to care about being caught on camera. There is a video showing a man gunned down on camera in front of a crowded club on Calle 10 last week.[/QUOTE]For some reason I thought mansion meant loutron is this not the case?

I went back to reading casa blanca posts and never saw a pool or an area where girls were hanging around. Wtf I think I messed up and didn't check this place out. What do I have to google to find the address of this place. Or does casa blanca= loutron?

[QUOTE=GeorgeCarta22;2870001]For some reason I thought mansion meant loutron is this not the case?

I went back to reading casa blanca posts and never saw a pool or an area where girls were hanging around. Wtf I think I messed up and didn't check this place out. What do I have to google to find the address of this place. Or does casa blanca= loutron?[/QUOTE]Or look for info here. I think the website may not be working.

[QUOTE=DiscoverFL;2838403][URL]http://hotelmedellinplaza.com/[/URL][/QUOTE]You can find it on Google, search for Hotel M. I would avoid Loutron. You don't hear often that experienced monger session there. I would not go to Gusto to look for your type of girls either but you could go check it out for yourself.. You paid a premium for being what they expect you to be. You can test drive 3 girls outside of Gusto vs just one in Gusto when they could all arrive in the same taxi from the same barrio.

I have observed that some girls I know started to put on more makeup after they reach their early 20s

[QUOTE=GeorgeCarta22;2870001]For some reason I thought mansion meant loutron is this not the case?

I went back to reading casa blanca posts and never saw a pool or an area where girls were hanging around. Wtf I think I messed up and didn't check this place out. What do I have to google to find the address of this place. Or does casa blanca= loutron?[/QUOTE]Plug this address into google maps and youll find its location.

Carrera 41 #2 Sur, Cl. 1a Sur #2 Sur-85, Medelln, Antioquia, Colombia

I tried plugging this address into Bing maps and it took me somewhere else. Same thing when I tried plugging it in to MapQuest. It only seems to work on Google maps. I do not understand how Google Maps comes up with this address. I don't completely understand Colombia's address system anyway LOL! I don't think Google does either.

It says Hotel Medellin Plaza on Bing maps

Here is an image of what the location and immediate surrounds looks like Google maps.

[QUOTE=Nounce;2870005] You can test drive 3 girls outside of Gusto vs just one in Gusto when they could all arrive in the same taxi from the same barrio.

I have observed that some girls I know started to put on more makeup after they reach their early 20s[/QUOTE]Can you rephrase this sentence? I'm not sure what you mean. Is "drive 3" a club or are you saying I could get 3 of the same type of girls for the price I paid?

I just don't know how an asian guy like myself would be able to pull that off safely. Would love some tips for my next visit though.

Also thanks for the google map info. Appreciate it!

[QUOTE=GeorgeCarta22;2870050]Can you rephrase this sentence? I'm not sure what you mean. Is "drive 3" a club or are you saying I could get 3 of the same type of girls for the price I paid?

I just don't know how an asian guy like myself would be able to pull that off safely. Would love some tips for my next visit though.

Also thanks for the google map info. Appreciate it![/QUOTE]"could get 3 of the same type of girls for the price I paid".

He is saying the same girls inside Gusto are the same quality as the ones walking around in the park but cost a third of the cost of the ones inside, they all come in the same taxis from the same ghetto. Probably a barrio in Bello, LOL. He says "test drive" because they are ST unlike the chicas inside who are charging for TLN. I did literally pull three chicas from parque llears one night. The last one I paid extra to stay TLN -.

[QUOTE=MojoBandit;2870046]Plug this address into google maps and youll find its location.

Carrera 41 #2 Sur, Cl. 1a Sur #2 Sur-85, Medelln, Antioquia, Colombia

I tried plugging this address into Bing maps and it took me somewhere else. Same thing when I tried plugging it in to MapQuest. It only seems to work on Google maps. I do not understand how Google Maps comes up with this address. I don't completely understand Colombia's address system anyway LOL! I don't think Google does either.

It says Hotel Medellin Plaza on Bing maps

Here is an image of what the location and immediate surrounds looks like Google maps.[/QUOTE]On my google maps shows as Hotel M (la mansion).

[QUOTE=GeorgeCarta22;2869998]Yeah no idea. Just what a friends family member whos from poblado area told me. He could def be bsing me I have no idea.

On the other hand though my friends protection ripped and the girl said she was getting her results the following week and sent it to him for peace of mind. No idea what to believe.[/QUOTE]I can see a casa asking the girls to get tested as there is a sort of employment aspect to their hours and who works there and who doesn't. But not so at Gustos. As I understand it the girls that go there are no different than you and I in the sense that they just decide to go there. And the bar may or may not care if they are propositioning other customers. Perhaps they facilitate some part of that but my understanding is that there is no direct connection between the business and the girls that show up there to try to get dates. So I don't see how they could even ask for any health information. Interesting story though. But I would not count on it reducing any risk.

As far as a particular chica getting tested, I'm sure if she was worried about pregnancy or disease she would or could do that on her own.

[QUOTE=MojoBandit;2870067]"could get 3 of the same type of girls for the price I paid".

He is saying the same girls inside Gusto are the same quality as the ones walking around in the park but cost a third of the cost of the ones inside, they all come in the same taxis from the same ghetto. Probably a barrio in Bello, LOL. He says "test drive" because they are ST unlike the chicas inside who are charging for TLN. I did literally pull three chicas from parque llears one night. The last one I paid extra to stay TLN -.[/QUOTE]Ahhh I see.

Maybe I just had an off night or looked super touristy. All the street girls I approached charged the $200/ hour rate and they werent pretty. I only asked to get an idea.

Again this is only 2 nights and maybe 5 girls total so. Not much of a sample size.

[QUOTE=Zeos1;2870076]I can see a casa asking the girls to get tested as there is a sort of employment aspect to their hours and who works there and who doesn't. But not so at Gustos. As I understand it the girls that go there are no different than you and I in the sense that they just decide to go there. And the bar may or may not care if they are propositioning other customers. Perhaps they facilitate some part of that but my understanding is that there is no direct connection between the business and the girls that show up there to try to get dates. So I don't see how they could even ask for any health information. Interesting story though. But I would not count on it reducing any risk.

As far as a particular chica getting tested, I'm sure if she was worried about pregnancy or disease she would or could do that on her own.[/QUOTE]True. One of the girls I picked out did say I needed to buy her a drink for club policy. I just went a long with it. Since it was my first night there.

[QUOTE=GeorgeCarta22;2870091]Ahhh I see.

Maybe I just had an off night or looked super touristy. All the street girls I approached charged the $200/ hour rate and they werent pretty. I only asked to get an idea.

Again this is only 2 nights and maybe 5 girls total so. Not much of a sample size.[/QUOTE]I am not sure that these girls did not mean 200 k pesos for an hour. I have not been down there in a while but that was the going rate for a long time. I have hard time seeing this go up to 200 USD for one hour.