Earthquake in Floridablanca
i was talking with the G/F today on yahoo messenger and she said that they had an earthquake last night. Does anyone have any information on the earthquake.She said it lasted at least five minutes.
You need Pros in Bucaramanga
Most of the girls in Bucaramanga are Universitarias. They are there most of the year, but leave for holidays. You don't have a chance of sleeping with one of these girls, unless you plan on dating them.
You'll need a Prepago. Nice girls in university about 18-23 years of age. Give my friend Angie a call 316 805 9626. Her girls start at $80,000 and up for the hour. She usually delivers them personally to your door. Only problem is she doesn't speak english.
Bucaramanga day-time places
Recently passed through Buca and visited the club where the girls dress like Playboy bunnies and had a nice little session with a hottie from Cali. Thing is, I don't like these places very much because they are expensive, and there is all this bullshit about drink minimums for you and the girl, there are only open late at night, etc. etc. I ended up having to spend something like 200,000 COP by the time you add everything up.
I much prefer the day-time massage places like those in Medellin (Energy, Blue Room, Abydos, etc) but there were no reports about any such places here in Bucaramanga. At first, I figured the town must not have this type of place for some inexplicable reason.
However, I am happy to say that with a bit more digging I was able to find a few by searching the site [url]www.planetacolombia.com[/url] (search terms "masajista bucaramanga"). Just this afternoon I visited a place which is a block from the Hotel Chicamocha, straight out the front door and across the street (Carrera 32, #33-67). Was quoted 70000 COP for the half hour, 100000 for the hour and was given a selection of 8 girls, 2 of whom were quite nice.
A few other places I turned up (though have not called or visited) are:
Dia y Noche
Calle 33, #18-10, P-2
7-652-2118
Imaginarium
33A, 30A-12, P-1 (oops, forgot to note if that was Calle or Carretera).
7-635-1136
Modelos Club
Calle 14, 24-70
7-645-4948
Hope some of ya'll find this useful.
SL
Bucaramanga / Restaurants / Bars / Gotchas!
Hello. I'm new to the Forum. I've been reading everybody's ideas and they seem complete and well rounded. I'd like to add a couple of things for the new mongers that may be going to Bucaramanga anytime soon. I've been there twice this year (once in March and then in May).
Restaurants:
There are a few places open 24 hours / day / 365. They're local favorites so any taxi driver will know how to get there even without an address and I believe you can get liquor there after 2am (Colombian quasi law-double standard doesn't want liquor sold after 2am).
TONY's is located right across the street from the local market El Guarin (Calle 33 / Carrerra 33). You can't get quality food, above average portions, good service anytime of the day, and it gets busy. Prices are above average for Colombians but not for Westerners ($20-40). The deals that all Bumangueses know and you should too are the Breakfast Plates-If you haven't eaten in the whole day you might finish their Breakfast Plate Special (Caldo with Egg, Arepa, Carne Asada, Yuca). They also sell it by the half. I've never ordered the complete plate, people would think you're being a glutton. Trust me, the portion you get just from the half breakfast is bigger or at least the same than anything Sizzler could offer in terms of the size of the steak. Outdoor feel, safe area, right down the road from the Zona Rosa, Hotel Chicamocha, across the street from Chiflas.
SENORA BUCARAMANGA is a mirror image of Tony's. Open 24/7/365. Sells / should sell liquor after 2am. Has the same breakfast deal combos. The address is Cra 27 # Avenida La Quebradaseca. Across the street is a long time establishment called EL MESON DE LOS BUCAROS. Nice place, open outdoor feel, the bar is basically a big circle with an upstairs. I don't know why anybody would want to sit upstairs when you can enjoy the cool breeze and see all the crazy commotion in your little gated circle establishment; unless you want to hide because your doing something naughty with somebody's wife. Hahaha. Great place to take anybody (date / gf / GFE / breezy) and put down some cold ones or a bottle of anything. Prices are within reason, taxis are so easy to get in Bucaramanga at any hour. No pros there, just a good place thats been for more than 20 years, just like Tony, Senora Bucaramanga.
CHIFLAS is a notch higher than both Tony and Senora Bucaramanga but they're not open 24/7/365 and IMHO you can't get pretty much the same stuff at either one of these establishments except one or two entrees. She'll be more impressed though at Chiflas, and I think there's also one in Medellin.
LA FONDA PAISA is way too expensive for locals, and everybody says they're just overrated. Right down the block from the Hotel Chicamocha on the same street as Tony is a restaurant called Changua why Arepa, this place is comparable to La Fonda Paisa.
DON LUIGIS is the place to go (located like a block away from El Parque San Pio going away from Cabecera on the highest Carrera (maybe Cra 35/36) , a must if you want a quality COLOMBIAN BURGER with all the trimmings and fries (10000 COP). The thing about burgers in Bucaramanga compared to the US and the rest of Colombia is that they come standard with arepa and PINEAPPLE SAUCE. You can't get that kind of quality in a non existent sauce in the US, pineapples are way too expensive and way too dry. That sauce changes the dynamic of the american burger since it makes it more sweet / sour because they also throw in Tartar Sauce, and QUAIL egg on top, interesting huh. My recommendation is to bring a poor Colombian there, I've done it, its pretty much "PANTIES IN HAND" my friends.
They're use to be a place when I was in High School there that sold burgers that included Salsa de Mora (Blackberry). Out of this world burger. Stuff you just can't get anywhere but there. It use to be called MAO PAO, until it got shut down, some mafia / paraco crap from the owner, always the same story.
HAMBURGUESAS AL CARBON. Located on the perimeter of the Club Union in Cabecera. A must as well if you want high end quality end burgers cooked with that flame broiled taste. Half a block down from the Cra 33. Everybody know where Club Union is. (15000 COP)
LOS TRES ELEFANTES. The three elephants is a major spot on Calle 56 Cra 27. They've been around for 20 years. The whole family is big like the title implies. A low key spot where the Double Carne Burger is crackin year round. Theyre open late. 1am / 2am. Good Service, Quality Burger (10000 COP). The lines for this place at one time were 20 deep, I've never seen anywhere put so much sauce on a burger in my life than this one. A must for locals if you're in the area and you want to keep it low key and reasonably cheap.
When I was there in March, I saw a few peculiar things going on in various bars. For starters, Colombia doesn't have Regulation E like in the United States, so miscellaneous charges that end up in your month end financial statement can get real complicated because the credit card companies will just say its on you, or your responsibility. It just doesn't get instantly reversed and investigated like in the States, so please be aware of how serious and complicated it can be to get any double charges on credit charges for locals there. So, I saw at several bars when someone is paying the bill by credit card, because so many places just don't take them unless its more high end, they actually bring the machine to the table and you watch them finalize the transaction and sign the final bill right there. U can't JUST LEAVE YOUR CREDIT CARD ON THE BAR AND GO TAKE A * IN THE BATHROOM, U HAVE TO WATCH THE TRANSACTION FROM START TO END. Someone may try to copy the numbers at the bar, and use it later, too many possibilities. It's funny because in Colombia when you use your credit card, their system will ask you how many payments. We don't have that here so the answer should always be ONE. When drinking with whomever, you must pay attention to the WAITERS discreetly, they sometimes like to forget to bring your change back when paying your bill. Trust me, they are paying attention to you, and they are monitoring your level of sobriety. For example, I was drinking with 2 breezies (California term for honeys) at this bar located in the Parque de las Palmas (PARK FULL OF TALL PALM TREES) at the establishment called SaxOp I think. They sometimes have live bands, like rock en espanol, you can see NBA games, the tables have little lit candles to set the mood. Nice, but anyways, we order a liter of Bacardi (76000 COP) , its real, not some knockoff, the waiter will show you the bottle before he opens it up, the problem is, when we ordered the second bottle, we all might've noticed that the cover might've been a different color. Hence the bait and switch move since we had already been drinking and were already starting to buzz and the waiter knows it. It was too late to say something since he had already opened it. SO BEWARE. ITS NOT JUST AT HIGH END JOINTS, its everywhere. I've heard of places where they will serve you a beer filled from the bottoms of all the other bottles that were consumed that day. NASTY and you can taste it instantly. To avoid this ALWAYS ask for the bottle and the glass, not just the glass unless its soda. Duh.
A word on the two high end spots.
ZONA ROSA.
STOP, cll 32 why 31-101 is cheaper than L'champagne, cll 32 why 32-80L Period. Champagne is the most expensive that I've seen. I haven't been to the Barra Dance Rubor in Cabecera so I couldn't say but UNIRII says that you can still negotiate something afterwards so it might be worth a try.
Comparing prices on bottles on liters from SaxOp a bar at the Parque de las Palmas (76000 COP) , STOP (110000) , Champagne (around 140. 150000 COP) but that includes the company and those are secure, doorman and in the Zona Rosa. The company is what makes it worthwhile, the bottle includes the girl, so I always had a LEECH that would tag along and get in on the action on my expense. One shot in STOP is 100000 COP. In Colombia from what I've seen use can always get BBBJ. They just don't care like in the US, they don't seem to be so preoccupied with STDs and HIV or whatever. Don Faustino, the owner of STOP, short middle aged dark guy will change dollars inside there at a small discount, I know I've done it. Let me tell you the girls eyes will lighten up like Las Vegas if they even see anything green come out of your pocket. You just can't get that kind of messing around (Kissing, Grabbing, Rubbing, Dancing) in the States. They are all trying to entice you to * them. It is full service so you can tax in the back room on the floor. If you want to take them out of the establishment, they charge you an extra 100000 COP and they're yours as long as you want them. Trust me, the average Colombian Cat doesn't have your bankroll, not even close so you're calling all of the shots PERIOD, you're KING!
BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE of the ULTIMATE GOTCHA in those spots. Since the girls get a commission on every bottle the customer / client consumes (10000 COP) , I know a girl was breaking it all down to me after we started getting more comfortable as the days went by, you have to be aware of them dumping the drink on the floor in the corner when you're not looking. So when you buy a bottle / liter of anything, I recommend finishing the whole bottle with her before you go to the bathroom, because they will try to dump their drink so the bottle goes faster. I know from personal experience. The owner I know seems to be OK to gringos, shitty to the girls, I've seen him making out with girls in the table, having orgies, gangbangs in his house, has been known to not pay the girls their dues, so he can be another guy taking advantage of a tough situation.
Champagne, as I've said, is more expensive, the girls look better and do sport the little playboy outfits with the bunny ears. It use to be called El Porton 33 back in the 90s. Everything is more expensive, they do have an upstairs so you can get more cozy with them, more private. I seen two girls sitting on a drunk guys lap one time a few years ago, he became a mark and he was local. I SEEN her pickpocketing him right there at the spot. She was taking out the money from his shirt pocket. I couldn't believe it, I lost respect for that place when I saw that. But as the saying goes, a working girl is a working girl is a working girl!
One time I was mongrelling in a spot off the main strip on the Cra 33 where the Mariachis hang out, by Calle 38. It was a place called Crazy Horse (Caballo Loco). I met a girl there that said to me one day,"If you're down to pimp me in the United States, and bring my daughter, I'm down, I'm in". I couldn't believe it, I was in shock, she looked good too, the finest one in that place, Llanera. She even suggested trading sex for English Lessons. It never happened but still, I know she was somewhat serious, I had been seeing her for awhile. Hence, my fellow mongrels, you have to call the shots all the time, casual or serious and everything in between. Because we got the money, and the locals mostly don't, and the accents stand out, and trust me my Spanish is damn good, but I still have one, and when they hear it, everybody starts paying attention and listening in. We are the marks, everybody wants our money, and everything thinks we have millions. And more importantly, most everybody wants to come to the US and will do just about anything. I think if I tried hard enough, and I'm no Bradd Pitt by any means, you could get people to even kill someone for you to get a VISA.
Does anybody know what's the deal with the online prepago websites in Bucaramanga? Has anybody used any and if so, which ones, and how did it go? Ill probably go back in a few months and wouldn't mind trying those if they are way hotter than the Zona Rosa chicas. Email me if you have any questions about any of it.
Bucaramanga San Gil Travel
Good day. I plan on going from Bogota to Bucaramanga overland in May. I have read some reports by Cyberdas with lots of info from his Aug 2010 visit also some 2009 reports on the 'Buca' site. Has anyone any more update to date info on casas in Buca, San Gil area? I will be telling my Medellin novia the reason I am going to the Buca area is to ride the cable car across the Rio Chicamocha Canyon.
