Hi Cash works,
I was in Cartagena too last year in october for 4 weeks.
Due to circumstances (I was at that time engaged with a colombian girl) I could NOT monger. (she never let me out of sight for more then 30min..!!) HOWEVER the streetvendors in Cartagena are a MAYOR PAIN IN THE AZZ!!!!!GEE I hated them....:-(
I found also Cartagena very relaxing and never I felt unsafe or threatend by locals. (but then again I speak spanish and travel low profile)
Sure Forta has to offer many great things....the food was indeed very cheap but compared to the variaty of the colombian cuisine it was rather average. (I like the idea of the socalled "kilo-restaurants"in Forta...!!)
Lodging was far cheaper in Forta then it was in Cartagena..!!!!
But on the "fiesta"side...I realy doubt that fortaleza can beat this. I found many Brasil girls quite agressive...in Cartagena they are more relaxed.
However the beach was far better in Fortaleza then in Cartagena...but this is IMHO.
However in Fortaleza I saw more hoorehouses,...which I like more then pick up a girl from the street.
If you stay in the coties in Colombia it is "safe"....however I made a busride (to sobral) in Brasil...which lasted 4.5 hours.(one trip) In Colombia I would never have done this. The "travel-by-land_ situation is just too unsure and too dangerous for gringos. (and even sometimes for colombians too!!)
One backdraw must be made to Rio (and also SP)....those places are MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE!!! Lodging,food...and certainly the hooks are far more costly. And yes...the women there TEND to be more picky then in Fortaleza...;-)
Did you ever try DR for ST sex holiday????? I think girls there are far more pretty then in Fortaleza...and the prices are only a little higher. Besides that you can have girls from pich black...up untill neary as white as I am...and all in between!!
Johan.
