Cartagena Reports

Transportation: LFT to IAH to PTY to CTG was on time at about 10:20 Thu pm. Customs was easy and quick as we were the only flight coming in at that hour (I think)! Got to Torre Centauro (thru JUAN Ventura) & checked in by 11:00 pm. Taxi from or to airport 20 k COP. No haggling, no bartering, no nothing! 20 k COP.

Either paid 6 k COP in and around BocaGrande & Laguito or 8 k COP to El Centro / Clock Tower (10 k COP once late night from Clock Tower to Laguito). Return trip was easy. Early am trip to airport before rush hour, customs was a breeze, even left 10 min early CTG- PTY. PTY to MIA left 40 late because they were having problems with getting the baggage loaded, whatever that means. Clearing customs in MIA was sooo easy with Global Entry!! Almost the last one off the plane and the 2nd passenger thru customs! Worth it at twice the price! MIA- IAH- LFT all on time. The 17 hour back journey was brutal!!

LODGING: Rented room 302 in Torre Centauro from JUAN Ventura. Great location almost directly across the street from El Conquistador & just before the Hilton in Laguito. Great $65/ night room & I will be back. If you rent from JUAN, be sure to ask for the daily or every other day maid service & pay the extra $10-12 USD / day for her. I didn't know about this & had to go buy toilet paper & soap, shampoo, dishwashing liquid & had only 3 towels for the 5 day trip. I asked the Potrero and he said there were no washing machines in the building and I could bring my clothes to a local lavandaria. I am definitely not a fancy boy & don't need to be catered to or pampered but I have never been to an apt, condo, hotel, any kind of rental where there was no soap, a spare roll of TP, or soap for the dishes. I called ADOLFO (Juan's assistant) & Whatsapped him but he never responded. I emailed Juan (he was out of town on vacation) & he responded a day later & said he would send someone over but nobody ever showed up!

Food: Whomever recommended Quebracho was spot on! I can't remember when I had a better steak. If any of you out there are vegetarians, go to Quebrachos and have a steak & you'll never eat another bean sprout again! My goodness!! Steak and a bottle of water con gas for 60 k COP & that's with propina included! Thank you whomever recommended Quebrachos. Best meal of the trip. Ate fried fresh Pargo Rojo on the beach at a couple of the local hangouts, one was named Costa Azul, at the east end of Laguito where the beach becomes either Playa Hollywood or Playa BocaGrande. Every person I asked gave me a different starting and ending point for all the beaches. Anyway, the Pargo came with the typical sides, the coconut rice & fried plantain patties. Very good but I have had better fried fish on the beach at other places. I had a cup of ceviche en el Centro just outside the wall & spent that night on the toilet every 30 min! Thanks, never again!!

Went to La Mulata Mon for Lunch. Very nice, quaint Restuarant en el Centro that nobody in El Centro knows where it is except the people that work there. I pulled up the map on TripAdvisor and took a screenshot while on wifi at the condo & showed it to the Taxista & we got there no problem! Food was average at best (I eat fresh seafood 2-3 x / week in S. Louisiana) but a nice experience nonetheless. 2 thumbs up to whomever recommended Arepas Pues. Excellent Arepas at anytime of the day. They open at 4 pm and are open till 6:30 am for the late night boozers! What a great meal after a night of partying! 13 k COP for an arepa & a brew! Excellent meal for less than $5. Went to Friggi-Friggi on the advice of a cabbie when I asked him about where he would go for the best Arepa in town. He said Arepas Pues was for the tourists but Friggi-Friggi had a more traditional arepa with just egg and carne in it. 1/2 the cost, 1/2 the menu options and 1/2 as good as Arepas Pues! Good, but Arepas Pues wins this competition!

In el Centro, there are some little stands that sell various sweets. One that I got was called a cocomani. Not sure about the spelling but man I couldn't stop eating them. They couldn't have been good for you as it was coconut, sugar & whatever the mani is formed into a little cookie shaped treat! Talk about good!!

CHICAS: I put a fairly detailed mid trip report about the chicas I met on mileroticos so most of this is a repeat for some of you. But here it is again:

Be wary of these 2 chicas / ads:

[URL]https://m.co.mileroticos.com/escorts...-mas/7080258/.[/URL] Be careful with these girls. I went to session with one of them got in bed she got in bed and I started thinking she looks awfully young. I asked her for her CEDULA and she could not produce one. She showed me some kind of paper, some document looking paper. It had no photo ID on it, so I got up and left. I don't want any trouble with anyone so I paid her and got up and left. There are three of them in an apartment in Laguito near El Conquistador. JUST BE CAREFUL with these 3!

Gisella:

[URL]https://m.co.mileroticos.com/escorts...64025/8119243/[/URL]

Gisel (l) a, Worst session of the trip, avoid at all cost! Wanted the money upfront, everything hurt, no enthusiasm whatsoever, do not session with this Chica!

Winner # 1, Valeria, seven or eight in the looks department, zero on the breasts department, from her breast down a perfect spinner body 10 out of 10 on the body below the breast! Attitude. 10 out of 10! Almost Anything you want, massage, Oral vaginal and anal, all with condom. And she enjoys the anal, very nice demeanor great attitude I had to go back again for seconds with this one 100 k COP for one hour, she asked for 10 K for the room, I gave it to her the first session but did not give it to her the second session but it would have been worth it. Very very nice Chica!

Valeria:

[URL]https://m.co.mileroticos.com/escorts...0-mil/6177060/[/URL]

This Venezuelan, Camila, wanted 150 K COP, great attitude, her face was a six, breasts six, the rest of her body was on point. Nine out of 10 on her body below the breast. 10 out of 10 on her attitude!

Camila:

[URL]https://m.co.mileroticos.com/escorts/camila/8075627/[/URL]

So the real winner of this trip was another Paisa named Camilla. She is from Medellin, flew back to Medellin from CTG Monday, and all of her ads on Mileroticos disappeared. Apparently if you don't keep paying for an ad your previous ads disappear. I guess it is kind of an ad purging system / mechanism that they have on Mileroticos. She has one daughter and said she was just up here for the weekend and does not work while she is at home in Medellin living with her mother, stepfather and daughter. She was very genuine so I kind of believe her! And guys believe me if her ad was still up there I would have posted the URL to it so why'all could enjoy her. I am not trying to keep a secret, it's just that she doesn't work in Medellin and her ad is gone! It probably wasn't much help however if I can keep just one guy from hooking up with those two bad service providers it will be worth it!

The pleasant suprise of the trip was Kelita, a 24 yo cutie whom I met on Playa BocaGrande Mon afternoon. I was going to Costa Azul to sit and drink a beer or 2 & watch el Puesto del Sol, but thought I'd go for just a 5 min stroll to see what I could see while finishing my beer from the condo. She looked at me and smiled so I waved and she waved back, so we started walking toward each other, chatted for 10 min, she asked Te ayudo? When I told her I was going back to my condo to pack for my flight the next day. I knew it was on then! We exchanged #rs, I finished my walk, had a beer at Costa Azul, went back to the condo, & she was there in about 30 min. We showered & had our fun for about 1 1/2 hrs. Freaking Awesome! I told her she made an old mans dreams come true tonight & she seemed pleased to hear that! She told me beforehand via WhatsApp that she charges, I told her I kinda thought she did & asked her how much. She said 200 k COP but quickly agreed to 100 k COP. I wound up giving her 105 k COP because I had the 5 & she really had a good attitude. She declined dinner at one of those little open air restaurants up the street, I think it was Pizza Iguana. There are 3 right next to each other. Anyway, very nice find on my last night in Paradise. I will definitely do a lot more hanging out at the beach next trip!!

Now back to Pussy Prison.

El Mechanico.

[QUOTE=ElMechanico;2033974]Transportation: LFT to IAH to PTY to CTG was on time at about 10:20 Thu pm. Customs was easy and quick as we were the only flight coming in at that hour (I think)! Got to Torre Centauro (thru JUAN Ventura) & checked in by 11:00 pm. Taxi from or to airport 20 k COP. No haggling, no bartering, no nothing! 20 k COP.
[/QUOTE]I'm actually looking for flights that don't involve going through Bogota for end of June and starting in July. How long was your layover?

I'm essentially looking for direct flights from the US to Cartagena. All I could find is Spirit and they suck. Even Viva Colombia does a layover in Bogota.

You can IAH-PTY, overnight in PTY (good reasons) and next day COPA direct PTY. CTG.

[QUOTE=YippieKayay;2033997]I'm actually looking for flights that don't involve going through Bogota for end of June and starting in July. How long was your layover?

I'm essentially looking for direct flights from the US to Cartagena. All I could find is Spirit and they suck. Even Viva Colombia does a layover in Bogota.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=YippieKayay;2033997]I'm actually looking for flights that don't involve going through Bogota for end of June and starting in July. How long was your layover?

I'm essentially looking for direct flights from the US to Cartagena. All I could find is Spirit and they suck. Even Viva Colombia does a layover in Bogota.[/QUOTE]From Cartagena, there are direct flights to Atlanta (Delta Air Lines) and Miami (Avianca) and Fort Lauderdale (Spirit and JetBlue).

[QUOTE=YippieKayay;2033997]I'm actually looking for flights that don't involve going through Bogota for end of June and starting in July. How long was your layover?

I'm essentially looking for direct flights from the US to Cartagena. All I could find is Spirit and they suck. Even Viva Colombia does a layover in Bogota.[/QUOTE]It was not long, maybe 1 1/2 hrs at the most. 7:45 pm- 9:25 pm according to the ticket & I seem to remember that was about correct.

El Mechanico.

[QUOTE=Frankfurt;2033925]Thanks for the excellent and detailed report. I have a question regarding short time motels. Which ones around Centro did you end up using and is it safe to hop in a taxi with a random chica to drive to a love motel esp if it's outside Centro such as J (H) aiba or Las Dunas, spelling? I whatsapp'd with couple of Chicas posting online in CTG classifieds and these two motels were mentioned by both chicas.[/QUOTE]I've taken a chica to both of those motels many a time, flagging down a random taxi in el centro, bocagrande or el laguito. I've never hopped into a taxi to join a random chica who was already using that particular driver if that's how you are asking the question. I prefer to get acquainted with the chica first, then we flag down the taxi to go to either of those motels you mentioned. I'm not hopping into a taxi with a chica I've never met and "her" driver friend, whom she already knows. Hope my response makes sense; not sure how you were posing the question.

Thanks for the response Hilltopper. My question was regarding the case you meet a chica in a bar and then together decide to go to motel or having an online girl meet you at a public place (clock tower for instance) and then hailing a cab. I am with you on the matter of hopping in a taxi if the chica is already in the cab to avoid any possible set up scenario. Your response did make sense, thank you.

[QUOTE=Hilltopper;2034356]I've taken a chica to both of those motels many a time, flagging down a random taxi in el centro, bocagrande or el laguito. I've never hopped into a taxi to join a random chica who was already using that particular driver if that's how you are asking the question. I prefer to get acquainted with the chica first, then we flag down the taxi to go to either of those motels you mentioned. I'm not hopping into a taxi with a chica I've never met and "her" driver friend, whom she already knows. Hope my response makes sense; not sure how you were posing the question.[/QUOTE]

Hey guys, g

Going to be there next weekend, my 3rd solo trip. I've been reading some mentioning of checking papers for those that aren't Colombian. Obviously we check to verify age, but is there something to be afraid of if your with a Venezuelan or some other nationality and happen to get stopped for a check or something by the police.

Also, haven't heard anything about Tony in a while. I mean, I feel he's an ass and scammer usually. But he does have access to a lot of girls. If read some other names lately but not more details like where or even a number. Any info is greatly appreciated.

[QUOTE=Rzrfl69;2034979]Hey guys, g

Going to be there next weekend, my 3rd solo trip. I've been reading some mentioning of checking papers for those that aren't Colombian. Obviously we check to verify age, but is there something to be afraid of if your with a Venezuelan or some other nationality and happen to get stopped for a check or something by the police.
[/QUOTE]I was trying to register a Venezuelan chica at my apartment and the admin at the reception refused because her entry stamp was two years old on her passport. I could only register her as a visitor. This was at a Palmetto building. I'm not staying at those buildings ever again.

[QUOTE]
Also, haven't heard anything about Tony in a while. I mean, I feel he's an ass and scammer usually. But he does have access to a lot of girls. If read some other names lately but not more details like where or even a number. Any info is greatly appreciated.[/QUOTE]Try Edgar. All the touts have access to chicas.

I suspect right now, being off season, you won't see many hookers in Cartagena. Most of the ones you'll get are locals or Venezuelan refugees.

[QUOTE=Rzrfl69;2034979]Also, haven't heard anything about Tony in a while. I mean, I feel he's an ass and scammer usually. But he does have access to a lot of girls. If read some other names lately but not more details like where or even a number. Any info is greatly appreciated.[/QUOTE]Maybe I just got lucky but I never once talked to a tout other than to tell them 'No Thanks, I'm good!' Between mileroticos & the beach, I was as occupied as I wanted to be. Why give these jackwagons a cut?

JMHO.

El Mechanico.

[QUOTE=ElMechanico;2035498]Maybe I just got lucky but I never once talked to a tout other than to tell them 'No Thanks, I'm good!' Between mileroticos & the beach, I was as occupied as I wanted to be. Why give these jackwagons a cut?
[/QUOTE]Every chica I took off that beach allowed bareback and took whatever I offered her. I think I'm up to 5 in the last year. One of them took a steady 400 k a day and I wifed up with. I don't think the tout was necessary but getting them outside of them element (the plaza, or one of the clubs) allows for more laid back introduction and the chicas tend to go with the flow.

Also Edgar isn't that bad. Maybe some of the other ones. I tried milerotic twice in Medellin and swore never again to use the backpages.

[QUOTE=ElMechanico;2033974]Whomever recommended Quebracho was spot on!
Went to La Mulata Mon for Lunch. Very nice, quaint Restuarant en el Centro that nobody in El Centro knows where it is except the people that work there.
2 thumbs up to whomever recommended Arepas Pues. [/QUOTE]I am the one (yet not the only one). You're welcome.
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If you ask me about food, you'll not be disappointed to listen to me, in whatever country I have been.

Quebracho: undisputably the best steak in CTG (yet not the only place to go).

La Mulata: extremely touristic, but good and with good ambience. Take there your girl for lunch. It's not true nobody knows it in Centro! Maybe you were very far? From Reloy, walk towards San Diego, after 2-3 blocks turn right and ask any local.

Arepas Pues: it's where to go with your chicas after clubbing and before going to bed. Open 23 h /24 h (no kidding, I thought it was 24/24 but it is not, or so I understood. I never tried it at 6 am-7 am however).

For the most sophisticated place with excellent food, I go to Cuzco. And look at the door girl! You will be transparent for her, but her legs are to die for.

[QUOTE=BlackPage;2035636]I am the one (yet not the only one). You're welcome.
Quebracho: undisputably the best steak in CTG (yet not the only place to go).


Arepas Pues: it's where to go with your chicas after clubbing and before going to bed. Open 23 h /24 h (no kidding, I thought it was 24/24 but it is not, or so I understood. I never tried it at 6 am-7 am however).
[/QUOTE]Maybe I was just hungry and have not had a steak in a while, but I think that is one of the best steaks I have ever eaten! I will definitely be back to CTG and Quebrachos is definitely on the list!

Thank you again BP!

I was told by an Arepas Pues Waiter their hours are 4 pm until 6:30 AM. I went by there one day looking for lunch and they will closed. This was an at about 11 or 12 during the day.

El Mechanico.

Just a heads up here guys, when in the CTG last week I brought mostly cash & exchanged at an exchange house near Torre Centaurio & got 2700:1. In El Centro I got 2750:1. I just checked my Schwab statement & got 3153:1 on a 200,000 COP withdrawal & 2965:1 on 2 seperate 300,000 COP withdrawals. Note to self, carry as little cash as possible, use the F-in Schwab card at the ATMs!

El Mechanico.

Guys,

Does anyone of you who have visited CTG, met or have come across this lady in the photo? I think she is using the name Francheska in her online ads. I haven't bargained or settled on anything but she is asking for 200 Mil COP + motel. Just wondering if any other member has first hand experience with her to say.

Thanks.