[QUOTE=Doubt98]Anyone have any experience with the Holiday Inn Express at Calle 94-11? Is it girl friendly?[/QUOTE]Yes - Chica friendly but 50K will be added to your bill. nice hotel and very b'fast buffet. The ladies like the place.
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[QUOTE=Doubt98]Anyone have any experience with the Holiday Inn Express at Calle 94-11? Is it girl friendly?[/QUOTE]Yes - Chica friendly but 50K will be added to your bill. nice hotel and very b'fast buffet. The ladies like the place.
[QUOTE=Johntodd]Went to the Mezzane on Carrea 15, Calle 104, there were two doors open for business the first door had eight ladies, I choose a very pretty well built lady, fee was 70,000 for about 45 minutes. Began with a massage, then bbj, then cowgirl. The lady was a definate head turner. This was my 4th visit to this Mezzine, i will return[/QUOTE]This place sounds interesting! Were the girls young and pretty overall? Can you describe the front of the place so I have some idea of what to look for? I'm thinking of going back in Jan/Feb.
Thanks for the report
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[QUOTE=Not Old]Short layover in Bogata in mid dec. At Mariott. Have just a few hours. Anything close to hotel or recommendations for escort?
Thanks[/QUOTE]
It is on the NW corner of 15 and calle 104. You cant miss it.
Up a dozen stairs and there is a walk around with Suite numbers. As you walk by you will notice some doors are open just a crack for the mamasan to look out. They windows are blanked out with paper with the suite number on it.
Just walk up to the door and the mamasan will open it.
It is very easy to acces.
Mel
Does anyone know anything about buying an emerald while in Bogota? I'm not looking for investment grade. I thought I might be able to pick up a loose stone for a big discount of what it would cost in the US. Ideas? Suggestions? Or have any connections?
[QUOTE=Doubt98]Does anyone know anything about buying an emerald while in Bogota? I'm not looking for investment grade. I thought I might be able to pick up a loose stone for a big discount of what it would cost in the US. Ideas? Suggestions? Or have any connections?[/QUOTE]
Go to Av Jimenez and cra 7....
[QUOTE=Doubt98]Does anyone know anything about buying an emerald while in Bogota? I'm not looking for investment grade. I thought I might be able to pick up a loose stone for a big discount of what it would cost in the US. Ideas? Suggestions? Or have any connections?[/QUOTE]
Not to discourage you from checking out a very fun hobby but; a big discount on one or two or a few loose stones?
Forget it. Aint gonna happen. You have to buy in lots to get good per carat rates, regardless of color, clarity, cut.
Go to:
The Emerald Trade Center, Avenida Jiménez No. 5- 43, and walk through the bottom floors where you can freely rome until you feel comfortable striking up a conversation with someone. Not to the retail jewelry shops nearby. It's near the Museo de Oro stop for the Transmilenio. Google it. You'll find plenty of info online.
Also while you're down there, you might want to tour the Museo de la Esmeralda in the same area but a block or two or three away in the Avianca Building. A very interesting and educational tour. Google it. You'll find it.
Have fun. It's a great hobby. But IMO, even if you know what you're doing and, if you're not an expert negotiator with lots of time, you can only realistically "hope" to achieve a decent dollar value buy but much personal satisfaction knowing that you found it yourself close to the source in Colombia. Well, not THE source in Boyaca, but at the main trading area in Bogota.
Sorry I really can't go on about this, you'll have to take it from there.
Have fun, I find it another fascinating aspect of Colombia.
Schwmm
[QUOTE=Schwmmr]Not to discourage you from checking out a very fun hobby but; a big discount on one or two or a few loose stones?
Forget it. Aint gonna happen. You have to buy in lots to get good per carat rates, regardless of color, clarity, cut.
Go to:
The Emerald Trade Center, Avenida Jiménez No. 5- 43, and walk through the bottom floors where you can freely rome until you feel comfortable striking up a conversation with someone. Not to the retail jewelry shops nearby. It's near the Museo de Oro stop for the Transmilenio. Google it. You'll find plenty of info online.
Also while you're down there, you might want to tour the Museo de la Esmeralda in the same area but a block or two or three away in the Avianca Building. A very interesting and educational tour. Google it. You'll find it.
Have fun. It's a great hobby. But IMO, even if you know what you're doing and, if you're not an expert negotiator with lots of time, you can only realistically "hope" to achieve a decent dollar value buy but much personal satisfaction knowing that you found it yourself close to the source in Colombia. Well, not THE source in Boyaca, but at the main trading area in Bogota.
Sorry I really can't go on about this, you'll have to take it from there.
Have fun, I find it another fascinating aspect of Colombia.
Schwmm[/QUOTE]
I agree with S. I looked at this a while back, and emerald grading turns out to be much more difficult than diamond grading, and much easier to falsify.
Reputable jewelers won't touch stones from unestablished contacts for fear of getting sued. And even then occasionally get burnt.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a true "love hotel" around the Santa Fe area? Or one around Caracas and Calle 63 that may have a jacuzzi and other features?
[QUOTE=Doubt98;1102160]Does anyone have any recommendations for a true "love hotel" around the Santa Fe area? Or one around Caracas and Calle 63 that may have a jacuzzi and other features?[/QUOTE]If you want listings of "love hotels" in Bogota and Medellin you should try.
[url]http://www.guimot.com[/url]
Or.
[url]http://www.guiacereza.com.[/url]
Maidenkj
As my name implies, I gravitate to the cheap and dirty mongering bars, houses etc. My last trip was to Lima and then North with DownUnderMonger for 5$ fun. Can you point me to the lowly of the lowly in Bogota? I've been mongering in 22 countries and speak ok espanole. Danger is not a problem as I ain't got much time left and want to maximize my memories! I'll be in Bogota in Jan for two weeks. Also I would like to find a cheap and dirty hotel. I'll post my adventures.
[QUOTE=Bottom Feeder;1103306]As my name implies, I gravitate to the cheap and dirty mongering bars, houses etc. My last trip was to Lima and then North with DownUnderMonger for 5$ fun. Can you point me to the lowly of the lowly in Bogota? I've been mongering in 22 countries and speak ok espanole. Danger is not a problem as I ain't got much time left and want to maximize my memories! I'll be in Bogota in Jan for two weeks. Also I would like to find a cheap and dirty hotel. I'll post my adventures.[/QUOTE]Downtown all the way. South of 19th street east of Av Caracas west of cra7, also a LITTLE bit north of 19 but if you go too far it's all trannies. There are hotels all around there too.
I took a walk round Santa Fe today just for a look. During the day time the risk is high but manageable as a quick sprint would bring you to some relatively busy streets with normal people in them. It is absolutely crytsal clear though that the risk at night would be extremely high. It should be said though that I look 100% gringo and am too clean cut. I stand out like a monkey in the arctic. I was there around midday and there were plenty of girls around but they were mostly very average looking and some were outright rough. In my opinion the risk reward ratio is far too low. High danger for below average looking girls, just not worth it. This place is not really for mongers its more for thrill seekers! It is quite a thrill walking round but I didn't have the balls to take a girl and wanted to get out pretty quickly on acount f my total gringo appearance (and not a word of Spanish either!).
So then I went on up to the Casa's listed in the Bogota lists (again just incredibley helpful and thanks so much for all the work that has gon into that / those lists. I stayed in the casa's around Chapinero Norte and this area is (or certainly seemed) 100% safe. It is just across the avenue from Zona G and is just like any normal residential neighborhood. To be clear here I am talking about Chapinero NORTE as being safe. Chapinero proper looked ok but was definitely more dodgy than Chapinero Norte and again I am talking about daytime hours here.
All the casa's in that area had some decent girls and I went with a lovely black girl from Chicas Milenio which wa 30, 000 for half an hour. In summary if you just want some good safe fun then head for the casa's in Chapinero Norte (girls much better looking and prices same as Santa Fe). If you are a thrill seeker and want to get your heart thumping then head for Santa Fe.
Happy hunting and leaving Bogota for Peru tomorrow.
[QUOTE=Bowerboy; 1106414]I took a walk round Santa Fe today just for a look. During the day time the risk is high but manageable as a quick sprint would bring you to some relatively busy streets with normal people in them. It is absolutely crytsal clear though that the risk at night would be extremely high. It should be said though that I look 100% gringo and am too clean cut. I stand out like a monkey in the arctic.
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If you are a thrill seeker and want to get your heart thumping then head for Santa Fe.
[/QUOTE]If you look 100% gringo as you say, I would not recommend you to go to Santa Fe or Centro of Medellin at night.
The streets where there are the clubs are ok, but if you venture 1-2 blocks away your safety becomes questionable. Particularly dangerous are:
- the Cr. Caracas (W border of the SF district);
- the blocks South of Cl. 19th (the only people there are ladrones);
- the blocks W of Caracas along SF (not so bad as South of Cl. 19th, but if you see anybody there at night in a group larger than 1 you better run away).
Said this, the Centro Medellin is, in my impression, much more dangerous than Santa Fe in Bogota.
If you stay in biggest clubs, Santa Fe is ok at night (at least if you don't look gringo <grin>).
However, the only time I took a clearly unnecessary risk and I did something I would not repeat was in Santa Fe, trusting my istinct (wrong thing to do here):
[url]http://www.internationalsexguide.info/forum/showthread.php?580-Bogota-Reports&p=1070487&viewfull=1#post1070487[/url]
I would not repeat, I dont recommend to do it.
[QUOTE=Bottom Feeder;1103306]As my name implies, I gravitate to the cheap and dirty mongering bars, houses etc. My last trip was to Lima and then North with DownUnderMonger for 5$ fun. Can you point me to the lowly of the lowly in Bogota? I've been mongering in 22 countries and speak ok espanole. Danger is not a problem as I ain't got much time left and want to maximize my memories! I'll be in Bogota in Jan for two weeks. Also I would like to find a cheap and dirty hotel. I'll post my adventures.[/QUOTE]If you want the lowly of the lowly in Bogota and you appreciate the risk of being murdered (seriously) , no doubt your place is El Bronx, near Plaza de Los Martires, that is the worst place in Bogota. Any unaccompanied foreigner will be robbered, at best, day or night. Risk of death is significant (a drug addict handling a gun is not someone I'd like to meet, considered his control on his actions). Access streets to the block are even closed by barriers, because police does not enter and leaves it as a no-land zone, administered by local gangs.
Google Street view shows 3 photos (no, no Google cars there, but a few photos taken by some hero).
[url]http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&expIds=17259.18168%2024472%2027147&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=parque+de+los+martires+Bogota&CP=29&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl[/url].
If you want the very low-end girls, you can ask a taxi driver to make a tour at late night OUTSIDE El Bronx. Drug addicted girls come out and look for some plata. I did such a tour with a friend taxi driver, because I like to see places, and a couple of ghost girls asked me 10-20k (no, I did not try them). Considering that I am a foreigner, I guess the price for a local would be less than 10k.