Medellin Reports

If I remember correctly, the police station barriers went up during the tax reform riots just after the pandemic. Those crowds got pretty squirrely at times. Alpujarra and the surrounding area was heavily paint bombed. I'm glad the barriers are gone and I'm glad the riots died down. I reckon Fico will bring down the Poblado barriers as well in order to officially declare the end of the Pinturita era.

[QUOTE=AdamWl;2882490]The barriers over there made little sense to me tbh, like what's the point of even gating the police headquarters in the first place.

I wonder if they removed the barriers in Poblado as well.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=AdamWl;2882496]Last week I saw a lardon on a bike.[/QUOTE]Huh? "A lardon, also spelled lardoon, is a small strip or cube of fatty bacon, or pork fat (usually subcutaneous fat), used in a wide variety of cuisines".

[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2882506]Huh? "A lardon, also spelled lardoon, is a small strip or cube of fatty bacon, or pork fat (usually subcutaneous fat), used in a wide variety of cuisines".[/QUOTE]He's obviously meant to write the Spanish word "ladrón" which means a thief, robber, or bandit in English.

"Lardon" is also a typo for "ladron" -- which makes a lot more sense in Spanish.

[QUOTE=LoveItHere69;2882393]Leaving within the week to another city for a week or so before I have to return to Medellin to catch my flight out of here. I stayed a few weeks too long and owe Immigration which will be paid by credit card. I can not remember. Is there any money I need to pay at the airport on my way out? I am leaving with no COP because I have no plans to return and time soon.[/QUOTE]There are no fees to be paid on exit if you don't have any fines.

[QUOTE=FunLuvr;2882529]There are no fees to be paid on exit if you don't have any fines.[/QUOTE]He's talking about a salvaconducto which carries a fine for staying longer than 90 days without getting a prorrogar extension. Depending on how long a person stays past their 90 days allowed by the entry stamp, the fines can be as much as $400 usd.

[QUOTE=LoveItHere69;2882395]I am not TjBrazil but OMG! I am racist. Guess what? Everyone is. Many Asians wear so much white makeup and use whitening creams and soaps. The darker you are in many African, Asian, and Latin countries puts you at a severe disadvantage in jobs, housing, and dating.

The funniest thing is that blacks in the USA are the ones that cry about it the most, but are the biggest racists of all.[/QUOTE]LOL. Yeah, I remember someone laughing on TV at Toyota fighting racism. A commentator said, "Toyota? Racism? Japan is the most racist country in the world. " It is just that American racism was made out to be mostly about whites and blacks.

[QUOTE=LoveItHere69;2882393]
I called it and saw it less than 12 hours after The Wall came down. Not a minute was wasted. 6:15 pm and dark. I walked the side of the museum, turned left past the bars, then turned left to go to the church. POS thieves and drug dealers out in force. First night with the police gone. Sorry police cruising past and around every half hour (maybe). I sat on the side of the church. 6:45 pm something happens on the dark alleyway on the side of the church. I think it was a robbery that did not pan out. 10 minutes later a robbery. The guys hand the phone or wallet to the girl and she walks quickly in front of the church to get away. The victim chases the girl and the bad guys chase after the victim. She gets away. The 2 or 3 police trainees at the corner near the Mor Dis because do nothing.[/QUOTE]Another good post. Yeah, you have gotten to the core issue with a lot of crime, the police allowing it to happen. There was a list of most violent cities listed here, and most are in Mexico, but it misses the point. On the list, you see Juarez and Tijuana, but El Paso and San Diego, on the other side of the border, are among American's safest cities. Given how many people cross the border every day, it is naive to think the USA keeps out all the criminals.

What was going on was the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico, which is the biggest, made sure that tourists and businesses, which they get protection money from or run, were spared in the cartel wars. Even though these were violent cities, I felt fairly safe in both.

Now you have the Jalisco cartel, and they have no such limits and will kill or kidnap anyone anywhere. I suspect it was one of their operatives who killed a man in the Hyatt in the Cancun area and scared the shit out of everyone. One hopes that the no killing boundaries in Mexico that the Sinaloa cartel established are restored, but it is up in the air right now. Apparently, Jalisco is getting stronger.

Still, you can see in part what causes crime is the attitude of law enforcement. We just saw in San Francisco pols address the homeless problem when Xi came to town. The single worst area I have ever seen in my life for muggings was in Rio de Janeiro Brazil in the early 2000's. Brazil got the World Cup and Olympics and are told they need to clean up their streets and apparently they did. All of a sudden the government started to care if tourists got mugged.

The ultimate test for me and women is if I had to hide my wallet or put it into a safe versus trusting the woman and leaving it out in the open. You would think leaving your wallet out is a sure sign you are going to get burned, but I only misjudged one woman in Colombia on this. What I found was this huge gap in trust. Some Colombian women were so trusting of me they fucked me without asking for a penny and there were others who would rob me blind in a second. Colombia was so binary.

If the police do not care if people get mugged, then Medellin, Colombia is in that early Rio 2000's period IMO. What is sad is that Venezuela used to be the country with property rights and prosperity and Colombia was the black sheep of the family. The roles reversed, and Colombia has come a long way, but IMO I just wonder if they are slipping back to their old ways. It sure seems like it. IMO Colombia really is at a crossroads right now.

The barriers with police monitoring the entrance / exit were a very good thing. I felt much safer inside them than outside. Now all the mongers who were complaining about them for some dumb reason can start complaining about the increased crime in those areas. I hope they leave them up in Provenza because I will be there this month.

Hello,

I have a trip planned soon and I'm a man in my early 30's decent looking, decent spanish, wanted to know what would be the best option for me if I wanted to find the thick busty colombians I see online?

Better to hit the strip club, massage places or just go in the street bars and try to get a chat with them?

I have looked online and ngl every girl I've seen on those dating website was below 5/10, (the escort websites too) so where can I find the real baddies? I have read other people posts but it just seems its always a hit or miss situation. Can anybody show where to hang? The type of girls I really look like her [URL]https://twitter.com/honeyybeebby?lang=en.[/URL].

Thanks!

Thanks for the tips! I'm totally fine with adequate lodging since it comes with the benefit of quick / convenient access to the ladies (which is my main focus). Do you have any recommendations on specific casa's to visit? I do prefer the more personal touch rather than the business oriented approach. In Europe (specifically Scotland / UK and Germany) I've enjoyed the spa experience of walking in and being greeted by the ladies and having my pick so to speak. I assume that is what the casa experience is like. If I am wrong, please correct me.

[QUOTE=Dcrist0527;2882382]For two nights, Hotel Dix will be fine. In my opinion, the rooms are just adequate. Nothing spectacular. 2 or 2. 5 star in comparison to US hotels, in my opinion.

As for maximizing time, that all depends on where you are hunting. If you are looking in Lleras and surrounding bars, it's hard to beat the location. It's within walking distance of most everything around there. To me, that's the selling point of Hotel Dix. But if you're visiting casas and strip clubs primarily, you have better options at that price point.

You mention safety. I enjoy Lleras and the surroundings but that's one of the places you need to be very careful. Casas are safe. Strip clubs are safe but I've never been a big fan of Medellin's strip clubs. Way overpriced, in my opinion. The girls are pretty and nice enough. But every experience I've had in them has been far more business oriented than meeting girls at bars. But again, much safer.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=JoeZakary;2882597]Hello,

I have a trip planned soon and I'm a man in my early 30's decent looking, decent spanish, wanted to know what would be the best option for me if I wanted to find the thick busty colombians I see online?

Better to hit the strip club, massage places or just go in the street bars and try to get a chat with them?

I have looked online and ngl every girl I've seen on those dating website was below 5/10, (the escort websites too) so where can I find the real baddies? I have read other people posts but it just seems its always a hit or miss situation. Can anybody show where to hang? The type of girls I really look like her [URL]https://twitter.com/honeyybeebby?lang=en.[/URL].

Thanks![/QUOTE]You could read this forum.

P.S. If you don't do your research, I'll be looking forward to your post-wakeup without any belongings report.

P.S.S. Yes, I get the sarcasm... ;-)

[QUOTE=AmorPorFavor;2882567]The barriers with police monitoring the entrance / exit were a very good thing. I felt much safer inside them than outside. Now all the mongers who were complaining about them for some dumb reason can start complaining about the increased crime in those areas. I hope they leave them up in Provenza because I will be there this month.[/QUOTE]The barriers were what I considered "mongering interference. " They didn't make the area any safer, just pushed all the criminal element outside of the perimeter of the barricades, along with the majority of the working girls (the ones that aren't fucking 40 years old atleast) as well. Which meant that instead of having a big open plaza to look for chicas, you were crammed up in between the church and hotel Botero Real in that pedestrian walkway along with the chicas and the ladrones all crammed in there with hardly any space to walk. Making it easier for the ladrones to do a snatch and run.

As someone who has been mongering in the plaza for several years before the barricades and during the 11 months with the barricades, I can assure you that it was much better before the barricades.

I remember chicas used to line the area from the tostao to the church on both sides by the entrance to the CC Veracruz and on the side by Premier Plaza (or whatever the FK they call it now). There also used to be alot of chicas around the horse statue and several other statues too and it was much easier doing laps around the church and the bar street and come back down again to see who might have been missed on the first go around.

And all the stupid tourists with their families weren't there to get in the way. And if you wanted a single cigarette you didn't have to walk outside the barriers to buy one from a vendor.

I'll be heading down there tomorrow to check it out, I look forward to Botero Plaza getting back to normal. God knows it's about time.

-Gabacho.

I doubt they will be left up anywhere in the city. As best I could tell, when the barriers were up the crime was concentrated against their exterior. I agree that now that they are gone it will again be necessary to remain alert and aware of your surroundings while in the park. I prefer it that way because it was super inconvenient to have to double back behind the church to get into the plaza after a quick run past the bars. The barriers were never sustainable. They were an unsuccessful political stunt aimed at propping up the doomed re-election campaign of the last mayor. I should not delve too deeply into local politics but it is a big part of the barrier story. Ex mayor Quintero may face jail time once Petro is out of office and no longer able to protect him. We can meanwhile expect to see a firmer law enforcement hand by the incoming mayor Fico.

[QUOTE=AmorPorFavor;2882567]The barriers with police monitoring the entrance / exit were a very good thing. I felt much safer inside them than outside. Now all the mongers who were complaining about them for some dumb reason can start complaining about the increased crime in those areas. I hope they leave them up in Provenza because I will be there this month.[/QUOTE]

Watch this guy's story that happened recently in Cali, Colombia. Same scenario can happen in Medelland. He's very lucky to be alive. Let this be a learning lesson to everyone.

[URL]https://youtu.be/Uz25FyOKqjE?si=iE30bRmwHvAerfwC[/URL]

[QUOTE=JoeZakary;2882597]The type of girls I really look like her [URL]https://twitter.com/honeyybeebby?lang=en.[/URL]. Thanks![/QUOTE]For Medellin I am an erotic massage spa believer. However according to that photo which is your goal, I'm not sure that girl is real. Maybe you need to visit some high end gentleman's clubs in the US, maybe London or Berlin, someplace where Anna Nicole Smith would have worked back in the day. Possibly high end London escort agencies. If you have a big enough budget I'm sure that your fantasy is out there someplace.