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[QUOTE=Nypher;2631065]Walled through the plaza tonight, Police are basically keeping all girls away from there, both outside and inside. All the girls are now inside the clubs or walking around outside the clubs.
Those who know how to use the apps or have a solid list of chicas in their contacts will not be affected.[/QUOTE]Everything's going back indoors like in the other cities. I notice that [URL]skokka.com[/URL] has a lot of one chica casas.
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Trip.
[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2630869]If the president wants to clean things up, the easiest area to do so will be the clock tower. If you are trying to bring in tourists with families, it is a no-brainer to clean that area up but then it gets a lot harder.
Cancun generates $20 billion a year and oil generates $10 to $15 billion for Colombia. Does Cartagena have the infrastructure Cancun does? Nah. The beaches? Nah. The fun things to do like the Xcaret parks? Nah. Las Vegas style shows? Nah. Easy 2 or 3 hours flights from Mexico and the USA? Nah. A sane Covid policy for tourists like Mexico? Nah.
Mexico cracked down on prostitution. They did not want the image of being ho to the USA sex tourist and outside of Tijuana, a big city in and of itself, the Boystown areas in the border towns like Laredo, Reynosa, and Juarez became virtual hoing ghost towns. However if you traveled to Guadalajara, Mexico City, or Monterrey inside of Mexico, you could find Western style strip clubs, escorts, and sugar babies galore and for not very much. So if you were to follow the Mexico model, that is what you should do. Keep the hos but keep them away from the families and not so out in the open..[/QUOTE]Cancun's climate is more accommodating. Cartagena is brutally oppressive outside of winter months.
[QUOTE=Nypher;2631065]Walled through the plaza tonight, Police are basically keeping all girls away from there, both outside and inside. All the girls are now inside the clubs or walking around outside the clubs.
Those who know how to use the apps or have a solid list of chicas in their contacts will not be affected.[/QUOTE]Now that's a sad photo. I loved hunting at the Clocktower Plaza last April. Cartagena, I can take or leave but the Clocktower was fun.
Here's an interesting article on the impending crackdown.
[URL]https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2021/11/21/extranjeros-que-sean-descubiertos-buscando-turismo-sexual-seran-deportados-y-declarados-personas-no-gratas/[/URL]
[QUOTE=Nypher;2631065]Walled through the plaza tonight, Police are basically keeping all girls away from there, both outside and inside. All the girls are now inside the clubs or walking around outside the clubs.
Those who know how to use the apps or have a solid list of chicas in their contacts will not be affected.[/QUOTE]Damn, what a shame. I'm scared to even go to Cartagena now. I'd be scared to even approach a girl in the clubs and ask for services. They probably would do stings or something idk. Any idea about that? Are we able to approach them in the side streets and in clubs or is that an issue too? This is crazy. I really need to know otherwise I'm just going to stick to Medellin and Bogota for my trip in January.
[QUOTE=Kafka;2631332]Cancun's climate is more accommodating. Cartagena is brutally oppressive outside of winter months.[/QUOTE]Kafka,
That is interesting take. Honestly, though, I had to pass on going to Cancun in the summer months because of the amount of rain. In the fall, there were hurricanes and tropical storms. I thought the Mexican Pacific was hurricane free, but then they had a small one while I was in Acapulco. I was told Cartagena is hurricane free.
The one place I saw that always had sun and good weather was Cabo San Lucas. Thing is that when you get into the depths of winter, it can get pretty cold there.
Anyone has seen [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXATfZKoJ1Y[/URL] ?
What are the chances of finding a cute girl like this who can speak English like her in Cartagena?
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Speaking of back and forth from el Laguito to Centro, cab drivers here are trying to charge 20 mil for that trip when it's usually 8 mil.[/QUOTE]I notice this trend among taxi drivers when dealing with foreigners has changed to be more aggressive and deceptive. Many of them want to get in on the overcharging of tourists.
One taxi driver told me that I have to pay 20,000 pesos instead of 8 because it was raining. We argued in the taxi but he had home-field advantage and I had already given him the 20,000 expecting my change. It's not the money. It was how he try to handle me.
I noticed their overall attitudes were far more deceptive from when I first came. It's like being back in a DR where you have to ask them how much before you conduct any business.
[QUOTE=GrownMan1;2631536]I notice this trend among taxi drivers when dealing with foreigners has changed to be more aggressive and deceptive. Many of them want to get in on the overcharging of tourists.
One taxi driver told me that I have to pay 20,000 pesos instead of 8 because it was raining. We argued in the taxi but he had home-field advantage and I had already given him the 20,000 expecting my change. It's not the money. It was how he try to handle me.
I noticed their overall attitudes were far more deceptive from when I first came. It's like being back in a DR where you have to ask them how much before you conduct any business.[/QUOTE]Thats exactly how there were getting us. They would say its raining and streets are flooded so it cost more. But to be fair we did have to drive very slow through some foul smelling water every night in Bocagrande and EL Laguito. After the first 2 time they got me with the 20 mil on this trip I just tell them "10 mil a Centro" or 10 mil a El Laguito" then when they say no I start walking to another taxi and it quickly changes to yes jajaja.
Same shit the motoconchos use to do to me in Sosua. I know its 50 pesos to get from where we were to the beach or Anvee but they wants to charge 100 or 200 pesos.
Every day haggling jajaja.
[QUOTE=GrownMan1;2631536]I notice this trend among taxi drivers when dealing with foreigners has changed to be more aggressive and deceptive. Many of them want to get in on the overcharging of tourists.
One taxi driver told me that I have to pay 20,000 pesos instead of 8 because it was raining. We argued in the taxi but he had home-field advantage and I had already given him the 20,000 expecting my change. It's not the money. It was how he try to handle me.
I noticed their overall attitudes were far more deceptive from when I first came. It's like being back in a DR where you have to ask them how much before you conduct any business.[/QUOTE]If you go from the airport terminal, they add an airport fee for airport pickup. Often I have walked a couple of blocks away, onto the main street, by the drug store and hail my cab from there. Also they have a rate chart. Normally 8 mil sounds like the regular rate. But the rate is higher after certain hours and possibly on weekends. Ask for the rate chart if you feel they are taking advantage of you.
[QUOTE=GrownMan1;2631536]I notice this trend among taxi drivers when dealing with foreigners has changed to be more aggressive and deceptive. Many of them want to get in on the overcharging of tourists.
One taxi driver told me that I have to pay 20,000 pesos instead of 8 because it was raining. We argued in the taxi but he had home-field advantage and I had already given him the 20,000 expecting my change. It's not the money. It was how he try to handle me.
I noticed their overall attitudes were far more deceptive from when I first came. It's like being back in a DR where you have to ask them how much before you conduct any business.[/QUOTE]Bro if you hopped in a taxi without first agreeing on the price then that's all on you.
So this is just a little piece of what's happening over my first week here.
Keep in mind these girls were inside the club, female to male ratio was 10 to 1 and they were sitting being blocked by a wall of other girls standing so mongers couldn't see them. We only saw them because they were sitting at the table behind us.
So I got both the numbers and and told one of them 400 K each for the night for my friend and I, dos palvos. It was a simple deal, my friend gets one girl and I get the other, no sharing girls or any thing crazy like that. Both girls demanded 1. 1 mil or $100 for the hour or $300 for the night each.
My friend an I are not about to drop $600 combined on some average looking chicas when we have endless options.
Needless to say, instant delete and we just went with girls that were already know. Prices already set based on our history of knowing them over the years and zero bullshit haggling from being over charged.
[QUOTE=Mtljay;2631449]Anyone has seen [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXATfZKoJ1Y[/URL] ?
What are the chances of finding a cute girl like this who can speak English like her in Cartagena?[/QUOTE]Slim to none.
[QUOTE=GrownMan1;2631536]I notice this trend among taxi drivers when dealing with foreigners has changed to be more aggressive and deceptive. Many of them want to get in on the overcharging of tourists.
One taxi driver told me that I have to pay 20,000 pesos instead of 8 because it was raining. We argued in the taxi but he had home-field advantage and I had already given him the 20,000 expecting my change. It's not the money. It was how he try to handle me.
I noticed their overall attitudes were far more deceptive from when I first came. It's like being back in a DR where you have to ask them how much before you conduct any business.[/QUOTE]I find the same thing to be true. In general it feels like the whole country is kind of become more disrespectful of foreigners. If the president really wants to make Cartagena more hospitable for travelers he needs to crack down on all the hustlers that are pushing a hard sale on tourists no matter where they're from. Sure the clock tower has become something of an eyesore and that's understandable but targeting foreigners is not the answer. To me sex tourism is people on sex tours, groups that are specifically marketed as providing sexual experiences. Bit I heve mo idea what Duque means, and I don't know about you but I don't want to be the test case.
[QUOTE=Mtljay;2631449]Anyone has seen [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXATfZKoJ1Y[/URL] ?
What are the chances of finding a cute girl like this who can speak English like her in Cartagena?[/QUOTE]Like Kafka says it is hard to find chicas in Cartagena or any of Colombia that speak good English. As per her ;looks I also point out that it said at the beginning of the video that the girl was from Bucaramanga. There was one scene where it looked like Cartagena but the rest looks like it was shot in Bucaramanga. This explains something about her looks. Average chica from Cartagena is going to be darker skinned becuase they are Costena but a chica from Bucaramanga is more fair skinned becuase like chicas from Medellin they are essentially Paisa from the Andes region. That goes without saying that plenty of chicas from the Andes region do visit Cartagena to work. But as far as her speaking Englsih so well I wonder if he or the producers of this TV show did not shop around on a website like Colombian cupid or even seeking arrangements to find her. That would explain how he snagged one who speaks English so well.
Some of the most gorgeous women (in my opinion) I have met in Cartagena were from Bucaramanga. There is an old photo attached of one I met years ago. You can see by her cell phone how long ago.