Medellin Reports

[Surfer500]

Where do you get your color copy of your passport with entry date done?

Just like in the US go anywhere they have Photocopy machines rhere's all kinds of places everywhere.

[PolloNegro]

For the record, Colombia hardly ranks, with only Palmyra and Cali making the list. You're more likely to be killed in Cancun than Medellin.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...te-per-capita/

You'll find the rankings change a little, but the cities are the same. Big cities are inherently dangerous, but you're in far more danger picking up a SW in Baltimore than in Medellin. Probably getting less for more, as well.

https://7news.com.au/travel/here-are...world-c-624230

I am 5'9" about 280 lbs and I can handle myself extremely well. Grew up all over the south, from Ft Lauderdale back to Atlanta, by way of Puerto Rico, still Nounce and I watched a girl nearly stabbed to death in Parque Botero in broad day. I have never been robbed in Botero and I once hung out in that park everyday for a minimum of 8 hours. You would never catch me anywhere near Parque Botero after 10 pm, and I try not to be in that park later than 8 pm or 9 pm. Its just something about being stabbed that is just way too different than being shot like they do in America. Being stabbed is very personal and I have seen many people stabbed in Parque Botero, but hey I guess you can handle it, but even I would not chance hanging in Parque Botero after 8 pm post quarantine. Pollo Negro is Out!

[PolloNegro]

Should you choose to become a Centro rat, this is the fate that awaits you. The photo shows real live providers at Ground Zero, unobscured faces and all. I did not bother to obscure their faces because they work the Botero / Veracruz stroll on a daily basis. No shame in their game.

So drinking game alert, take a shot for each time you reckon Pollo Negro or Surfer have been with any of them. But seriously, consider how dolled up these girls could be with the benefit of an hour or two with Slapshot's credit card. Full disclosure, confession of a Centro rat, I may have smashed in more than one case.

3 of the 5 chicas and this photo, with that being said, one of the girls in this photo is very special and the personal girlfriend of one of the biggest boss's in the area of Botero park. So be careful, others are just local girls trying to survive! Pollo Negro is out!

[IamLookin]

It is not whether you can speak spanish or not. I am fluent in spanish and have visited el Centro only a few times. It takes a certain type to enjoy mongering there and I am not one of them. Not saying mongers should avoid it because I know some really enjoy it. But beware it is not for everyone and certainly not a place I would be when it starts getting dark out. There are many mongers who stay in laureles and other areas and spend less than $30 dollars a day for an apartment with AC in a safe area with security. You don't have to stay in Poblado!! Too many times fans of el Centro make it sound like you are either an el Centro guy or a poblado fan. This is far from the truth and very misleading. Medellin is a large city that offers many different places to be.

You know, I'd take all this a step further. El Centro is no place for a newbie, period. If you don't have any Spanish and stick out like a fly in a bowl of buttermilk, stick to the Mansion and El Poblado. Mongering in El Centro IS dangerous. You could get knifed or mugged just as easily going upstairs at noon as you could at midnight. The real problem here isn't whether or not you should be in El Centro after dark, it's whether or not you've got the skills to monger there at all. Definitely visit Botero Plaza, the museum, and all that stuff, but newbies should stick to Gringoland for pussy.

[MarquisdeSade1]

For the record, Colombia hardly ranks, with only Palmyra and Cali making the list. You're more likely to be killed in Cancun than Medellin.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...te-per-capita/

You'll find the rankings change a little, but the cities are the same. Big cities are inherently dangerous, but you're in far more danger picking up a SW in Baltimore than in Medellin. Probably getting less for more, as well.

https://7news.com.au/travel/here-are...world-c-624230

Mexico and espec Tijuana usually have the highest murder rates in the world, period.

I've been studying Columbia and it appears that it is much more dangerous, why?

They seem to target gringos, I've been to Mexico and Tijuana 100 x some of the worst areas on the planet.

Zero issues, stats don't lie but, liars use stats.

Most of Mexico homicides are cartel violence.

The murder rate in Chicago is very very high, I feel it is one of the safest cities in the world.

Why?

I don't live where the killing is, they are not targeting me or tourists.

You have to learn the word nuance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lIunFoBzHM

Don't go out like this hombre.

[MarquisdeSade1]

You realize that LA 70 is a hell of a long way from El Centro, and there's no mongering there whatsoever? I stay in Laureles right off 70. It's just like any other stadium neighborhood (the Colombian national football stadium is on the other side of the Metro). I wish I had a dollar for everyone who gets mugged and knifed trying to find their car after a game at Wrigley Stadium, Yankee Stadium, or the Superdome. Don't compare apples to oranges. Laureles is a posh neighborhood in Medellin and the guy was three miles away from El Centro in a neighborhood much more similar to El Poblado.

I have lived in Chicago 53 yrs and have never ever heard of even 1 person getting robbed (let alone knifed) leaving Wrigley Field, I used to live 1/2 mile away.

[SubComm]

Should you choose to become a Centro rat, this is the fate that awaits you. The photo shows real live providers at Ground Zero, unobscured faces and all. I did not bother to obscure their faces because they work the Botero / Veracruz stroll on a daily basis. No shame in their game.

So drinking game alert, take a shot for each time you reckon Pollo Negro or Surfer have been with any of them. But seriously, consider how dolled up these girls could be with the benefit of an hour or two with Slapshot's credit card. Full disclosure, confession of a Centro rat, I may have smashed in more than one case.

Excellent! That's the kind of post and info I can use!

[RacShack]

Not arguing with this, just want to point out these articles are about homicides and murders.

It's starting out with one think I did not agree to but now it's a whole bunch of rambling going on, I speak no Spanish at all and have had many beers in el Centro with zero jam ups!

[RacShack]

You realize that LA 70 is a hell of a long way from El Centro, and there's no mongering there whatsoever? I stay in Laureles right off 70. It's just like any other stadium neighborhood (the Colombian national football stadium is on the other side of the Metro). I wish I had a dollar for everyone who gets mugged and knifed trying to find their car after a game at Wrigley Stadium, Yankee Stadium, or the Superdome. Don't compare apples to oranges. Laureles is a posh neighborhood in Medellin and the guy was three miles away from El Centro in a neighborhood much more similar to El Poblado.

Totally disagree on that statement, when staying in that area, it's definitely not a main bloodline but I've picked up few girls on the Main Street on way to supermarket once, just walking around another, and ended up in my apartment and had great time! So to make people believe no mongering whatsoever is stretching it, enjoy, stay safe, party on! Still waiting on information if no more test needed to land!

[Nounce]

For the record, Colombia hardly ranks, with only Palmyra and Cali making the list. You're more likely to be killed in Cancun than Medellin.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...te-per-capita/

You'll find the rankings change a little, but the cities are the same. Big cities are inherently dangerous, but you're in far more danger picking up a SW in Baltimore than in Medellin. Probably getting less for more, as well.

https://7news.com.au/travel/here-are...world-c-624230

Not arguing with this, just want to point out these articles are about homicides and murders.

[MiamiSammy]

For the record, Colombia hardly ranks, with only Palmyra and Cali making the list. You're more likely to be killed in Cancun than Medellin.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...te-per-capita/

You'll find the rankings change a little, but the cities are the same. Big cities are inherently dangerous, but you're in far more danger picking up a SW in Baltimore than in Medellin. Probably getting less for more, as well.

https://7news.com.au/travel/here-are...world-c-624230

[Nounce]

You realize that LA 70 is a hell of a long way from El Centro

My reply is not about El Centro and I quoted this in my reply.

I'm just saying that Medellin isn't nearly as dangerous as its made out to be- it's not Pablo and Narcos.

[MiamiSammy]

Very diplomatic of you Surfer, to compliment Sammy and analyze the pros and cons of his methods. However there's about as many pros to it as there are to jumping in a swamp full of aligators. "Yea the water's nice and warm, moonlight through the trees, lots of nice folk here if you know how to play the game. " LOL.

You know, I'd take all this a step further. El Centro is no place for a newbie, period. If you don't have any Spanish and stick out like a fly in a bowl of buttermilk, stick to the Mansion and El Poblado. Mongering in El Centro IS dangerous. You could get knifed or mugged just as easily going upstairs at noon as you could at midnight. The real problem here isn't whether or not you should be in El Centro after dark, it's whether or not you've got the skills to monger there at all. Definitely visit Botero Plaza, the museum, and all that stuff, but newbies should stick to Gringoland for pussy.

[SavePros321]

Additionally, your better off to carry a color copy of your Passport along with a photocopy of the date of entry into the Country.

Where do you get your color copy of your passport with entry date done?

[MiamiSammy]

Like Surfer mentioned, you are an exception. Buying drink or giving present can go both ways. What if someone see you buy drink and ask for a drink? And if they keep on asking? It is not just drink, one must weight the potential consequences when giving stuff to some people. If can go south pretty quick when you refuse.

That's true anywhere. Again, judgement and gauging the situation is all part of the deal.

I am not sure this is true. It is also about probability. Maybe there are less murders but I am not sure about robberies. I actually just read a report about it but I did not keep the report, otherwise I will point you to it.


Just yesterday, a Medellin gringo resident posted on FB his injury pictures from a knife when he was robbed on La 70. Someone followed up with 2 got robbed in Envigado, and another one got gun whipped. I think these are considered safer areas by most. The post was only there for a few hours before he deleted it.

You realize that LA 70 is a hell of a long way from El Centro, and there's no mongering there whatsoever? I stay in Laureles right off 70. It's just like any other stadium neighborhood (the Colombian national football stadium is on the other side of the Metro). I wish I had a dollar for everyone who gets mugged and knifed trying to find their car after a game at Wrigley Stadium, Yankee Stadium, or the Superdome. Don't compare apples to oranges. Laureles is a posh neighborhood in Medellin and the guy was three miles away from El Centro in a neighborhood much more similar to El Poblado.