Cartagena Reports

Ok here is my take on exchange rate. As stated before, Divide by 2 then divide by 1000. You actually end up spending even less than estimated. This is a good thing. For instance.... 60,000 divided by 2 = 30,000. Then divide by 1000....This is about 30 bucks. Yeah!!! but if you take the actual exchange rate, lets say... 2280 to one, the the actual amount spent is really 26.31. You spent about 4 bucks less than estimated. So just divide by 2 then remove the three zeros and it is easy and in you favor. Cool huh?

Caroline is twenty years old. She comes from Bucaramanga. She is one of the more attractive girls who normally works in LDV, generally picking up customers faster and charging more for her time. She tends to attract Italians and sometimes earns serious tips - one seemingly rich Italian was moving a good bit of money to her in January. He had gone home after a couple of weeks in Cartagena, time spent almost entirely with Caroline. He started sending her money once he got home. "You're not working anymore are you?".

She is not the most honest person. She drinks a lot and does drugs. This is the hooker your mother warned you about.

I've talked with her a bit and she is the friend of a friend. It's funny the responses she gives me when I ask certain questions:

"What do you do with your money? "School, my kid brother, my mother....."

But when I talk with my friend about her, it sounds like nearly all her money is going into clothes, shoes, jewellery, perfumes, rent and so forth. She's vain and it's clear she does not value something unless there's a convincing brand stamped on it. No big surprises there. It explains how Studio F is able to stay in business in a town where clothes are basically cheap. We've gone out to eat a couple of times. She's very focused on where we eat, not so much on what we're eating.

Still, she does mind the shop. I've never slept with her, it would tick off my friend, but I know when she's in Cartagena she works the venues every night she can. The fact that guys repeat night-after-night with her is a strong endorsement; she's got to be doing something to keep these guys happy. Sometimes you'll see her during the day in the punto.com cafe trawling the internet dating prospects. She has boyfriends everywhere as far as I can tell.

When I was talking with her in January she was planning a repeat trip to Hong Kong. She had spent some time there last year; she works with a guy who creates false documentation for her. It's expensive, both the documentation and the trip itself. She flies Bogota, Paris and then Hong Kong. Still, according to her, she can make up her expenses with a couple of weeks in Hong Kong. It's pretty wild. I mean it's one thing to get on a bus from Bucaramanga to Cartagena. Hong Kong is a whole different thing. She doesn't really speak much English or French or, of course, any Chinese. I think she spent a few months working there last year. She hates it, but it's good money.

But I was recently talking with our common friend and it sounds like the Hong Kong plan fell through this year. Since the documentation is false and the ticket is so expensive, it's risky for her. If she pays for both and does not make it to Hong Kong she's lost a lot of money with no quick way of earning it back. So, I think she was not happy with the documentation this time, got nervous and bailed out of the China idea.

My friend thinks she is currently in Panama, where she can earn better money than in Cartagena.

[QUOTE=Jelly Donut]Caroline is twenty years old. She comes from Bucaramanga. .[/QUOTE]Ahh Caroline.

I saw that name then the tatto and I said to myself yep that's her.

Had the pleasure of her from Tony in August.

You describe her perfectly. She has been around the block a few times. I highly doubt she is only 20 but I could be wrong. She is always wearing a hat. She loves her hats.

Performance - excellent. You dudced well. For someone who works day after day after day she is a champ in bed.

Only had a short time afternoon session but I though it would be a hardened pro performance - not at all!! DFK-awesome body. Thumbs up.

I have pic but I do not know if she wants her face up here so I will refrain unless Jelly says no problem.

Hi Jelly Doughnut,

I am headed to CTG next week, this Milena sounds like the sort of girl who I would like to meet. I.E. not overtly mercinary

Can you describe her in more detail for me so I can identify her ? I.E. is she a flaca or does she have a Tattoo etc etc.

A picture would be great!

JN

[QUOTE=Steve 99]Ahh Caroline.

I saw that name then the tatto and I said to myself yep that's her.

Had the pleasure of her from Tony in August.

You describe her perfectly. She has been around the block a few times. I highly doubt she is only 20 but I could be wrong. She is always wearing a hat. She loves her hats.

Performance - excellent. You dudced well. For someone who works day after day after day she is a champ in bed.

Only had a short time afternoon session but I though it would be a hardened pro performance - not at all!! DFK-awesome body

I have pic but I do not know if she wants her face up here so I will refrain unless Jelly says no problem.[/QUOTE] Post the pic! She works for Tony she is hardcore and doesn't give a shit....probably wants it for business!

Milena is a thin girl - "flaca". No tattoos. She does have a kid, but it's not that obvious from the tight dresses she wears. She is coastena. In her case, that means she has somewhat brown skin without being African. Brown hair. She does not smoke. I don't think she drinks. I think, currently, there are only two flaca regulars outside the disco. The other is Angelina (Zidaho posted pics of Angelina on 11-10-06 in the Colombia Photo Gallery). Apparently, Angelina is no longer able to get into La Dolce Vita. I think she would be a good deal as well, inexpensive and willing.

After 3am, when LDV closes, Angelina moves business to a bar next to the Tu Candela bar. This might be a good option for guys looking for cheap late night entertainment.

Many of the other girls outside LDV, during club hours, are not my type.

I really should have a picture of Milena up against a wall in one of those dresses, but I don't. We had a conversation once about mixing photographs with this business. I like her and I was going on about how she should never do it, because it's something she would probably need to explain to her grandchild. I went on about how these photos aren't going to go away. Thousands and thousands of guys see these things, there going to be around forever and so on. She was nodding her head knowingly.....

So, I don't have any shots of her.

Still, she might help you out if that's your thing.

Also, feel free to use the informal "Donut" when addressing me, as we are all friends here.


[QUOTE=Jim Nelson]Hi Jelly Doughnut,

I am headed to CTG next week, this Milena sounds like the sort of girl who I would like to meet. I.E. not overtly mercinary

Can you describe her in more detail for me so I can identify her ? I.E. is she a flaca or does she have a Tattoo etc etc.

A picture would be great!

JN[/QUOTE]

That's funny. I was thinking when I typed out "Caroline is twenty years old" that what I ought to say is "Caroline says she is twenty." I don't think that is too far off, the way she lives is hard and fast, but she will always lie if she thinks it's good for business.

My understanding is the cut-off age for girls in LDV is 26; you should not find girls over 26 in that disco. I don't know how true that is, but thinking about it, it seems to fit with reality.

In terms of photos, the stuff I took of her was for some internet boyfriend(s). I was doing a favor for her and for my friend. So, I never ask if she would mind having them posted here. I feel like I can post a relatively anonymous photograph, but never got the word on more explicit stuff.


[QUOTE=Steve 99]Ahh Caroline.

I saw that name then the tatto and I said to myself yep that's her.

Had the pleasure of her from Tony in August.

You describe her perfectly. She has been around the block a few times. I highly doubt she is only 20 but I could be wrong. She is always wearing a hat. She loves her hats.

Performance - excellent. You dudced well. For someone who works day after day after day she is a champ in bed.

Only had a short time afternoon session but I though it would be a hardened pro performance - not at all!! DFK-awesome body. Thumbs up.

I have pic but I do not know if she wants her face up here so I will refrain unless Jelly says no problem.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Mule69]Post the pic! She works for Tony she is hardcore and doesn't give a shit....probably wants it for business![/QUOTE]You're right mule69, be careful with this Santanderiana as she can become 'sticky'. I had a few good, not super, sessions with her. Once I asked for a treesome she agreed and proposed me a couple of girls with whom she wanted to make it. Once it bedroom she started making problems as she felt emontionally undervalued. Can you imagine, the *****? She left the bedroom and thanks god, the second girl performed so good I didn't regret for not having a treesome. Afterwards Caroline felt guilty on her behaviour and to apologise she fucked me as hell till the morning. She insisted not to pay her. After that night that she tried to hook me at LDV again, sometimes sweet, sometimes agressively. I never had her again.

I wouldn't recommend her and if you choose her, don't treat her too well.

Last Sunday I was up at 4:30am and decided to head over to Electra. The pronunciation is somewhat different in Spanish, so with minor difficulties, I was able to make the trip from Laguito over to the club by 5:00am. A quick trip; I think it cost me 10.000 COP (a little over $4) to get over there, but I'm not sure.

Electra is tighter quarters than La Dolce Vita. More smoke. The girls there are, in subjective terms, not as nice on average as the girls in LDV, although there is a lot of cross-over. Electra opens around the time LDV closes. I think there was a group of four regular hotties from LDV working a corner of the place.

One of them was Alexandra - she has very large fake breasts, 'blonde' hair and can often be seen during the day around Loco Gringo and punto.com cafe. The girls with her were cute paisa-like, brunettes with light skin, but I think they are locals. They left Electra around 5:30am without any business. I've dealt with some of them in the past, one of them wanted money up-front. No joy there. I think they may hit up gringos for big money, short-term stuff, and they stick to that game plan. I don't know.

I left with Esther a 23 year old nursing student from Barranquilla. Short and classic coastal brown, a non-smoker with no plastic surgery. The trip back to Laguito cost 5.000 COP. The normal rate. She pointed out Esther is a "bad" girl in the Bible, but for better and worse, this Esther could use a few pointers on bad behavior. Unremarkable sex - not bad, but nothing to write home about. I really wanted her to go directly after screwing her, but she "kind of" slept a bit, so I took the attached photo and did her again.

She stayed until 8:30am. It turns out she is living in the building "Los Angeles" which is the building Riquisimo BBQ is located in, the default dining location for many gringos in Laguito. She pays 15.000 COP (shy of $8) daily in a space she shares with two other women. Pretty decent for Laguito, eh?

Interestingly and pleasantly, she did not want to go back to her apartment dressed for night work. A signal that she is a regular girl, still holding onto some shame over her work. She called one of her roomates who brought over some street clothes. They left together.

I overpaid her. 200.000 COP since we had no discussion of money beforehand and I did not want to discuss it after. I wanted her to leave happy, which she did. Not the least expensive way to go though, which one key reason why you would go to Electra in the early morning.

As far as I could tell, there were little or no gringos at Electra and many Colombians. From a negotiating point-of-view, it's ripe territory. Esther made a point of underscoring she was a pro when we left; this was obvious to me; I had talked with her for maybe five minutes and did not dance with her at all before telling her I was going and she should come along. I sort of think, if I had spent more time romancing the situation we could have pretended the whole thing was not P4P. I do think that could have happened, but honestly in the end it was nice to kick her out and get on with my day.

Since then I've seen her once in LDV at night and once in front of Riquisimo, with some friends, in the mid-afternoon.

[QUOTE=Mule69]Post the pic! She works for Tony she is hardcore and doesn't give a shit....probably wants it for business![/QUOTE]For Mule:

Caroline with her many hats!

[QUOTE=Steve 99]For Mule:

Caroline with her many hats![/QUOTE]
Thanks for the pic!I guess you have to go thru Tony to see her?

Here's a questions for all you lucky Cartagena regulars. Where exactly is the infamous Tony the tout on the beach (i.e. in front of what building or store)? If I sit down in one of his chairs during my May visit to CTG, how many chicas will he be able to show me? Are they all the same quality as Caroline, who is pictured in recent posts? Thanks.

[QUOTE=Jelly Donut]Last Sunday I was up at 4:30am and decided to head over to Electra. The pronunciation is somewhat different in Spanish, so with minor difficulties, I was able to make the trip from Laguito over to the club by 5:00am. A quick trip; I think it cost me 10.000 COP (a little over $4) to get over there, but I'm not sure.

Electra is tighter quarters than La Dolce Vita. More smoke. The girls there are, in subjective terms, not as nice on average as the girls in LDV, although there is a lot of cross-over. Electra opens around the time LDV closes. I think there was a group of four regular hotties from LDV working a corner of the place.

One of them was Alexandra - she has very large fake breasts, 'blonde' hair and can often be seen during the day around Loco Gringo and punto.com cafe. The girls with her were cute paisa-like, brunettes with light skin, but I think they are locals. They left Electra around 5:30am without any business. I've dealt with some of them in the past, one of them wanted money up-front. No joy there. I think they may hit up gringos for big money, short-term stuff, and they stick to that game plan. I don't know.

I left with Esther a 23 year old nursing student from Barranquilla. Short and classic coastal brown, a non-smoker with no plastic surgery. The trip back to Laguito cost 5.000 COP. The normal rate. She pointed out Esther is a "bad" girl in the Bible, but for better and worse, this Esther could use a few pointers on bad behavior. Unremarkable sex - not bad, but nothing to write home about. I really wanted her to go directly after screwing her, but she "kind of" slept a bit, so I took the attached photo and did her again.

She stayed until 8:30am. It turns out she is living in the building "Los Angeles" which is the building Riquisimo BBQ is located in, the default dining location for many gringos in Laguito. She pays 15.000 COP (shy of $8) daily in a space she shares with two other women. Pretty decent for Laguito, eh?

Interestingly and pleasantly, she did not want to go back to her apartment dressed for night work. A signal that she is a regular girl, still holding onto some shame over her work. She called one of her roomates who brought over some street clothes. They left together.

I overpaid her. 200.000 COP since we had no discussion of money beforehand and I did not want to discuss it after. I wanted her to leave happy, which she did. Not the least expensive way to go though, which one key reason why you would go to Electra in the early morning.

As far as I could tell, there were little or no gringos at Electra and many Colombians. From a negotiating point-of-view, it's ripe territory. Esther made a point of underscoring she was a pro when we left; this was obvious to me; I had talked with her for maybe five minutes and did not dance with her at all before telling her I was going and she should come along. I sort of think, if I had spent more time romancing the situation we could have pretended the whole thing was not P4P. I do think that could have happened, but honestly in the end it was nice to kick her out and get on with my day.

Since then I've seen her once in LDV at night and once in front of Riquisimo, with some friends, in the mid-afternoon.[/QUOTE]I had the same experience with Esther back in february, Picked her up in Electra as well.

Tony is on the section of beach called Hollywood. Hollywood is the only section of beach in Laguito facing open water. He will find you, if you look at all foriegn he will see you before you see him - unless he's on his cell, or working another client - those are the only times I've been able to slip past him. He speaks some English and he is very aggressive in terms of wanting to help you.

In my opinion, any girl Tony can get for you, you can get for yourself. There are a handful of chicas that can generally be found from mid-day and on into the early evening either near the front the building "Atlantis" or across the street near the store in the "Mariaare" building. This is toward the Hilton side of town. Of course, they do move around a bit, but they seem to hang out the most in front of those places. This is more true toward evening.

One of these girls, Tatyana, has nice breasts, great eyes and gives authentic deep-throat head. Some of these girls are "officially" barred from some of the apartment buildings. If you talk with Tony, and need a girl quick, these are often the first girls he calls.

Girls like Caroline, Alejandra and such are not as aggressive during the day. You can find them at LDV at night, but if you just sit down at one of the tables in the Loco Gringo/punto.com section of town for lunch you might end up in a conversation with a girl like that. As I mentioned earlier, I think Caroline is in Panama right now. So, I don't think Tony can get her for you anyway.

In my opinion, it's nicer to sit at the restaurante "El Muelle" on Playa Laguito. This beach is around the corner from Hollywood, the restaurante with two floors and big yellow Aguilla umbrellas. Or if you are feeling more mellow, the less obvious "Genova" is less costly and gives you a great vantage point for people coming and going off Playa Laguito. Your chances with any of the girls you see hanging out at any tables are better than you might think, but of course you may end up talking with regular folks.

For instance, I had an interesting conversation last year with a woman and her niece in El Muelle. The woman spoke English and our entire conversation was in English; she lives in the United States. Her niece is Colombian and only spoke Spanish. We talked for a while, just a normal everyday pleasant coversation. The niece did not really participate. After a time, they got up and left. After a few minutes, the niece came back alone and invited me to join them on a bus tour of the city that night. Bus tours are just drinking parties on wheels.

The niece was cute, but I could not join them since I was scheduled with a hot chica that night. The invitation was nice. This is one type of interaction you can expect in a spot like that during the day. It's a nice thing, it's a nice thing about Colombia and Colombians, but not straight sex tourism. No clear quid-pro-quo, but I believe it is a much better way to spend your day than dealing with Tony. If nothing comes of it, you still have a sure thing waiting for you in one of the clubs at night.

Still, Tony is worth experiencing, I guess. If you need a quick fix, don't speak any Spanish and don't mind paying a little more for some quality BS he's an option.

[QUOTE=Acuerpado]Here's a questions for all you lucky Cartagena regulars. Where exactly is the infamous Tony the tout on the beach (i.e. in front of what building or store)? If I sit down in one of his chairs during my May visit to CTG, how many chicas will he be able to show me? Are they all the same quality as Caroline, who is pictured in recent posts? Thanks.[/QUOTE]

p.s. Here's a picture of a couple of girls who turned up while I was talking with Tony in mid-January. These girls work the streets of Laguito. Not all the girls he's got in his rolodex are like Caroline.

Sorry if this info is already known by many, But I Hadn't seen it mentioned for a while, but I've been told by Big J___ In CR last month, and he sold his property in El Laguito, and has given up on any plans there!
Many fearfull may relax.
Later, or Pronto??