Medellin Reports

[Reggie1980]

I just got back recently from an 7 night stay in Medellin. Overall it was a good learning experience. Before going, I read the board but didn't take detailed notes (like I did for a prior trip to Bangkok). I felt like things have changed quite a bit since covid and I arrived a few days after all restrictions had been lifted, so some of the information didn't apply.

Background: 40 ish, African American, very limited Spanish, frequent traveler, from the States. About 2-3 weeks before traveling I signed up for SA and I began using Tinder. I had about 5-6 contacts lined up before I touched down.

Day 1.

I land in Medellin. Immigration was hell. Apparently 3 planes landed at the same time. It took 2-3 hours to get through the lines. I secure a taxi to my apartment in El Poblado. I went through airbnb and made sure I knew the rules for visitors before booking. Very secure building with a guard downstairs 24 hours. A few hours after getting settled in, it begins to rain. It's late, dark, I don't know my way around yet, so I take the safe route and just order food in and relax alone.

Day 2.

I had a few of my SA contacts wanting to meet up ASAP. So I set up a lunch date with one of them and a dinner date with the other. That morning I go walk around, go to the grocery store, stock up. I meet a candy girl outside of the grocery store. Despite her limited English and my limited Spanish we chat for about 5-10 minutes. She helps me get a taxi back to my place. For lunch I meet my SA chica at some small shopping center across from Santa Fe mall. We have lunch and then walk over to the mall to walk around. She's walking close and holding my arm. We make plans to spend the next day together as it's getting close to my dinner plans. Dinner plans I meet the 2nd chica from SA. She comes over, we go take a taxi to LLeras. We have dinner, go to a bar and then to club Gusto. Gusto didn't have many single girls in there. A lot of guys and couples. After Gusto she asks me if I want her to come back to my place. So we go back to my place, she tells me I can have all of her for 325. I laugh out loud. We negotiate to 225 plus cost of uber. She was young, very cute. But under the covers it was terrible. I rate it a 2/10. She has experience but we were out of rhythm. Finished off and sent her on her way. Before she left she was trying to secure plans for us to meet again the next day. I blew her off.

Day 3.

I meet my lunch chica from yesterday. We go on a tour together. I forgot to mention, the day before, at lunch, she said she needed help. She was embarrassed to ask but she needed 300 to help pay rent. We have lunch, do a tour and then back to my place. Gave her 250 and knocked her down. She was much better than the chica from the night before. I'd say a 6/10. I sent her on her way and of course it started raining again. I was tired from the tours so I ordered in and ate alone.

Day 4.

My first trip to Centro. What a site. Like a scene from a movie. All of the locals selling any and everything. Chicas lined up everywhere. Now, here's where my limited Spanish was an issue. I couldn't just walk up and talk to a chica. Because I was in public and didn't want to pull out my phone to assist, for fear of being an easy target. I saw many non-appealing women but there were a few nice ones. So after making a couple of laps and seeing the talent, smiling, winking, making eye contact, I post up. An older Venezuelan approaches and she knows a little English. We chat for about 30 minutes. She gives me a tutorial on the hotels and the girls. We exchange whatsapp and I give her a propina (tip) for assisting me. With the knowledge in hand, I start back walking. After getting another chica's whatsapp I see this beautiful little chica standing alone. She is gorgeous! I break all the rules, approach and pull my phone out to translate. We talk for about 10 minutes and I'm making her laugh. We finally go to the nearby hotel. It's 10 for the hotel for 45 minutes. And the chica is 40. She showers, takes off her clothes and we handle business. She's a 8/10 under the covers. I get her whatsapp and then head out. That night I stay in because I have to work the next two days. Thought about some of the online options but all the posts were so filtered that I didn't want to take the risk.

Day 5.

I have to work during the day. I'm still working my SA and Tinder contacts. Communicated with a lot of chicas and made a couple of plans that fell through. But I meet a Venezuelan on Tinder and she sends me pics of 4 girls and asks me which one I want. I set something up for that evening. Because she didn't have ID or passport we had to meet at a nearby hotel. It was a struggle checking in as my Spanish hindered me. Meet the chica, she's cute, nice body. Paid 200, she was a 6/10 under the covers. Finished and went back to the apartment. She was trying to secure plans for a future meet but I blew her off.

Day 6.

Had to work during the day. The day before, I was becoming a bit bored. One of my SA chicas who lived in Bogota told me she wanted to introduce me to a friend of hers. She said the friend needed help. She said the friend would come and stay with me for the rest of my stay. Sent pics and the girl was beautiful. I said what the hell, she can come and stay for two days. So I set it up and she arrived after I finished working. She looked like her pics. Beautiful, model quality, a true head turner. We went out to eat, went to the mall. Later went to Lleras to a few bars. Finally back to my place. First night she was shy, a 5/10 under the covers. No money exchanged.

Day 7.

I'm still with my beautiful chica. I book a tour and we spend the day seeing the sights. That night we go out and watch Colombia vs Venezuela at a bar in Lleras. What a great experience. Afterwards we go back to my place. This time she's care free. She's a 8/10 that night. In the morning I take her to the airport and send her on her way, no money exchanged at that time, but finally when she gets back home, she asks for help. She says she needs 200 for various needs. She was a nice girl and it was a reasonable request so I sent it to her.

Day 7 continued.

It's my last day / night and I'm tired. My uber driver, who I met the day before and begged to be my friend, suggested that he'd take me anywhere I wanted to go. I told him I was tired but I'd think about it. I go back to the apartment, rest and pack up. I get a message from the uber guy. He tells me that If I wanted girls he could take me out that night. So at 11 pm We head to Lleras. We walk around and he's basically my mouthpiece. We talk to many beautiful women. He's negotiating for me. Telling me what's good and what's not. I get a couple of numbers and we head to a strip club in El Centro. We sit, drink, talk to many chicas. There was this one young beautiful girl that I regret not seeing. After an hour I tell him to take me back to Lleras. It's raining, just a & hitty night. We get to Lleras, make a couple of rounds and I point out which one I want. Nice looking chica, probably 32, nice body. My driver negotiates and takes us to my apartment. We get out, he tells me to only giver her 150 and do not pay for her a taxi. I thank him, he tells me that he's my friend and that anytime I come, he will help me. I give him 50 for all of his help. He is delighted. Take the young lady to my room, do the deed, she's a 6/10. Give her the 150 and send her on her way.

Day 8.

2 hours a sleep then it's off to the airport with plans in mind to return.

My observations / insight.

After I secured plans for the chica to stay with me two days, that's when all of the Tinder contacts started making themselves available. At one point, I couldn't keep up. There were so many beautiful women wanting to meet up. I had to turn away at least 4-5 women. I will try the facebook route for my next trip. I think I got an equal amount of women off SA and Tinder. I can't really say I prefer one over the other.

I used uber for everything and didn't have any issues. It's linked to my paypal and I used that as the paying option. In the beginning I used a couple of taxis but I found them to be ripoffs. They would pre-set the meter when I got in. The chica from the second night cursed the driver out and refused to give him what it said on the meter. After that, I used uber without any issues.

I see the posts about whether Spanish is necessary. It's like jumping in an ocean, not knowing how to swim but having a life jacket on. Yes, the life jacket will keep you afloat, and yes, you'll be able to make it, slowly to where you need to go. But if you can swim, the ocean is yours. My limited Spanish helped me stay afloat (google translate was my friend). BUT had I known Spanish, I could have gone and talked to anyone I wanted. For my next trip, I will know Spanish. There's so many places I didn't explore, casas, clubs, online, etc. But I'd feel more comfortable exploring if I knew Spanish.

I broke some rules, went with my gut and I'm sure I could have negotiated in some instances, but it was a learning experience. I had so many other encounters that I left out because this is long enough. Candygirls, One legged women in Centro, the thug in Centro that was looking for trouble. It was a wild time but definitely worth it.

Ohhh and when I landed back in the states I had messages from the Lleras chica from the night before. Accusing me of giving her 2 counterfeit bills. I'm like, wtf, I got all of my money from the ATM. She tells me that I know her job and it's difficult for her and why would I do such a thing. I proceed to tell her no one else complained of money being counterfeit and that I found it ironic she got the only 2 counterfeit bills. She sent me a pic of two bills. Then she sent her information and told me to send her the money. I did a quick google search and saw where a guy from a few years ago stated that a Medellin ATM did give him counterfeit bills. But there was no way to tell if this chica was being honest. I told her I wasn't doing it but that when I came back, we could possibly see each other again.

[MaddTraveler]

Could someone please recommend a nice comfortable girl friendly hotel in Medellin? Close to the action and nice property. I am fluent in Spanish so the language is no issue.

This will be my first time in Colombia but am a seasoned traveler. Please give me the top 5 hotels.

Gracias.

This is just my list but there are be others: (incl some nice airbnbs).

Mansion (Google search Hotel Medellin Plaza), not on booking.com (putas on site).

Hotel Dorado La 70 (in Laureles, 4-5 stars, great breakfast and my fav, chica friendly).

Hotel Haven (in the heart of Poblado, can walk to parque lleras. Didn't stay there yet but chica friendly, free breakfast, my next to try).

San Peters Apartment (in laureles, chica friendly apt near la 70, good rep, no free breakfast).

Hotel Nutibara (in Centro / Downtown, not near cheesy tourist craps. Heavy traffic, loud noises, cheap and chica friendly, 100's of putas within steps, and free desayuno).

Enjoy. I'm going to make landfall this Sat, will be there nearly a Month, PM to hang cause I'll be a lonely lone soldier in puta land LOL.

[Surfer500]

If tequila is sold at this discount store then it is more common than you think. The convenience store "D1" which is everywhere sells cheap Tequila 750 ML for 40,000 COP / 3600 = $11.11. I buy Irish Cream Whiskey 750 ML at Justin and Bueno convenience store for 25,000 COP / 3600 = $6. 94.

I have a Tienda D1 store around the corner from where I live, and I tried the brand of Tequilla they sell, and it actually is a lower proof at 35% versus 40% and tastes terrible.

[Mojo Bandit]

App is DIDI-Rider?

DiDi. I'm pretty sure it's just DiDi and its stylized like this when you look for the app.

[KillArmy]

Hello community!

I might come back (4th time) in Medellin to spend the next winter (basically from November to March at least). Always spent at least 3 months previous times, thus I know quite well the country.

But this time, I might come back with my horny Asian GF as it's easy for her to get 3 months tourist VISA (renewable for 3 months).

Questions are:

- What about the actual vibes in Medellin with the crisis / covid-19/ etc. In brief, what should I expect most different from last time I was around? (Mid-2017).

- Is there a good swinger community in Medellin? Never been into it before (although attracted for sure). I would imagine so. Any popular apps? Is there actual legal clubs for this?

- Last but not least, she probably might try some web caming while in Colombia. As long as done cleverly and discreetly, there is no risks in doing that, right? Illegal in theory but everyone does it?

Feedback appreciated. Cheers!

[HotelAl]

Could someone please recommend a nice comfortable girl friendly hotel in Medellin? Close to the action and nice property. I am fluent in Spanish so the language is no issue.

This will be my first time in Colombia but am a seasoned traveler. Please give me the top 5 hotels.

Gracias.

[Chicafan]

Yeah I never use taxi's, didi is my go to, there's two other similar apps. Uber is a little more expensive and not as common to find drivers as the drivers generally want to get paid in cash and have money now opposed to get payment later. If you're in parque lleras, start calling your app before the clubs close and put it down to pay in cash. In peak times they will cancel on you, taxis will ask off the bat 30 k for a 5 k ride, they understand the demand so be prepared.

App is DIDI-Rider?

[Errol Flynn]

I too have done the tour with Jimmy Giraldo. Speaks fantastic english, has his own car to drive you.

Jimmy's a cool guy. A number of years ago he took me out to Finca Napoli along with a hottie from the Mansion. We all had a thoroughly great time and Jimmy's English is excellent (he was a gypsy driver in NYC if I remember correctly) His car at that time knid of suckedd, but hopefully he has upgraded. Good family man, but no juefgrmernt. In other words, Colombian, but seaks English.

[BlackThought]

Everyone I know in Colombia has didi and nobody has ever had any problems with malware, etc.

Strange.

Yup. Not sure what he's talking about, probably some more misinformation. Apps with malware etc would never get approved and make it to the App Store.

[JjBee62]

I don't really pay attention on the drives from airport but I don't think so.

For reference, it's the restaurant just past the entrance to Loutron.

[LoveItHere69]

And for most Colombians, just getting to drink Tequila is a luxury for them, and as far as Jose Cuervo, I use it in my Tequila Sunrises and Margaritas because it is cheap, however I would never do shots of it. And because I'm cheap, I would never use Patron to make a mixed Tequila drink.

If tequila is sold at this discount store then it is more common than you think. The convenience store "D1" which is everywhere sells cheap Tequila 750 ML for 40,000 COP / 3600 = $11.11. I buy Irish Cream Whiskey 750 ML at Justin and Bueno convenience store for 25,000 COP / 3600 = $6. 94.

[Fun Luvr]

Hey,

Just wanted to give my pre Medellin experience. So I've been reading the posts for a couple weeks now, and got some good advice from you guys. I couldn't locate anything on Facebook, so I downloaded Tinder and spent a couple hours swiping and after the first day I got a bunch hits back and the women are beautiful.

The Good and the Bad.

I spent a couple Days speaking to some women most wants a real relationship and a couple will just drag you alone. I managed to speak with a couple that provides services, and I have 2 woman setup the first and second night. I even have a date with a sexy woman. I will be stating at Hotel Medellin Plaza since it's my first trip. I'm going to update you guys after my trip and maybe a couple days in if I have time.

I'm accepting any advice to keep my head on straight.

There will be women at your hotel to take care of your wants and desires, and get you started on Facebook.

[DeepXliv]

Taxis, Uber, and DiDi run 24/7. Be careful getting a taxi on the street, especially around Parque Llerus. There are some dishonest drivers. Make sure the meter is on and reset. It should start at 3600, I think. There is also a minimum fare. I think it is now 5800. It's best to use an app to hail a ride. Cabify is an app for the regular taxis. All taxis operating in and around Medellin are yellow. There are white taxis that go between the airport and Medellin. All that being said, I have found most drivers are honest. Prices are cheap, but prices of Uber and Didi go up at night and when it is raining.

Yeah I never use taxi's, didi is my go to, there's two other similar apps. Uber is a little more expensive and not as common to find drivers as the drivers generally want to get paid in cash and have money now opposed to get payment later. If you're in parque lleras, start calling your app before the clubs close and put it down to pay in cash. In peak times they will cancel on you, taxis will ask off the bat 30 k for a 5 k ride, they understand the demand so be prepared.

[Fun Luvr]

It fucked up my fone, I lost count of how many apps it put on my fone, many games etc.

I'm guessing they are malware / spyware etc.

If I had to guess I would say I deleted over 50 apps and they kept popping back up.

I had to do a factory reset.

On my previous phone, the app would run the battery down in a few hours. I learned to stop the app after I started the trip. I got a new phone and haven't had any problems with the app. Both phones are Android. So far, no extra apps have been loaded. I used the app on my new phone for a month during my previous trip and have been using it for the past week.

[DeepXliv]

Hey,

Just wanted to give my pre Medellin experience. So I've been reading the posts for a couple weeks now, and got some good advice from you guys. I couldn't locate anything on Facebook, so I downloaded Tinder and spent a couple hours swiping and after the first day I got a bunch hits back and the women are beautiful.

The Good and the Bad.

I spent a couple Days speaking to some women most wants a real relationship and a couple will just drag you alone. I managed to speak with a couple that provides services, and I have 2 woman setup the first and second night. I even have a date with a sexy woman. I will be stating at Hotel Medellin Plaza since it's my first trip. I'm going to update you guys after my trip and maybe a couple days in if I have time.

I'm accepting any advice to keep my head on straight.

If you're not going for more than two weeks or you have absolutely nothing, and I mean nothing to do right now I would abandon tinder. Read back posts about facebook, go to Parque Lleras, La Isla, Centro, Photoprepagos and post your dates and I'm sure someone can meet up with you from here. I think there was a guy here a few months ago that posted he couldn't get laid, that's really fucking hard to do here.