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I ask some simple questions, never seem to get answered, am I doing something wrong?

[QUOTE=RacShack; 1439795]Firt time to Medellin, best way to get cab at airport? And also how much is the ride going to cost? Any and all info on Medellin will be appreacated! I arrive sun June 30 staying at apt for 8 nights!

Thanks[/QUOTE]You asked a question about dress code under travel announcements so I will answer this first.

Dress Code: Never wear shorts. Imagine being in middle school and wearing shorts is not cool. Welcome to Medellin and Latin America in general. Jeans and Cargo Pants are fine. T-Shirts and collared shirts are fine. Regular sneakers are fine also.

Airport: Grabbing a cab off the curb at the airport is fine. Rate is 57k-60k. Either exchange a small amount at the airport or offer the cab $35 (65k). Since you are staying in an apartment, allow about 15 minutes extra to call a cab for your return trip to the airport. Cabs normal arrive to apartments in 5-10 minutes.

If you plan on coming back to Colombia, take $200+ in Pesos home with you so you don't have to rush to a cambio or the bank when you come back.

I hope this helps.

GL

[QUOTE=RacShack; 1439795]Firt time to Medellin, best way to get cab at airport? And also how much is the ride going to cost? Any and all info on Medellin will be appreacated! I arrive sun June 30 staying at apt for 8 nights!

Thanks[/QUOTE][QUOTE=RacShack;1440039]I ask some simple questions, never seem to get answered, am I doing something wrong?[/QUOTE]Yes, you should have posted this question in the Medellin forum instead of the General Info forum.

I do not know about taking a taxi at the airport because I always arrange to have a driver waiting for me at the airport via the people I book with. It costs me 72,000 pesos, or $42 dollars. I'm sure getting a regular taxi at the airport can be cheaper, but my driver is in a regular vehicle versus a yellow taxi which just screams "this person is just coming from the airport and very likely has a laptop, smart phone, and a ton of cash on him". Plus he knows where he is going (to drop me off). Taxi drivers at the airport may know how to get you to Poblado, but if they do not know where your hotel or apartment is (handing them a piece of paper with an address on it may only give them a general idea of the area you are trying to get to. You will find this out if you do any Casa runs), and if you cannot explain it to them in Spanish, vas a tener muchas problemas amigo.

Some people even take the bus!

[QUOTE=RacShack; 1439795]Firt time to Medellin, best way to get cab at airport? And also how much is the ride going to cost? Any and all info on Medellin will be appreacated! I arrive sun June 30 staying at apt for 8 nights!

Thanks[/QUOTE][url]Http://www.taxiaeropuertorionegro.com/files/TARIFAS2013.pdf[/url]

Get a fare printout based on area at a taxi stand, give it to a driver, later pass him your own printout with exact location.

[QUOTE=RacShack; 1439795]Firt time to Medellin, best way to get cab at airport? And also how much is the ride going to cost? Any and all info on Medellin will be appreacated! I arrive sun June 30 staying at apt for 8 nights!

Thanks[/QUOTE]I take the bus.

7, 000 pesos

You forgot the biggest of all. The silicone. Plastic surgeons must do big business in Colombia!

And Silicone. Plastic surgeons must do big business in Colombia!

For some reason my post (s) didn't pick up BayBoy's quote from 6-28. Sorry for the confusion.

Can anyone suggest the most economic way to travel to Colombia now? Air Fares have sky rocketed and I am

Willing to make stopovers if I can save some money.

Thanks to anyone that can help!

Depends on when you want to go?

Now it is high, but later like October it's $400-$500.

[url]http://www.kayak.com/[/url]

[QUOTE=IamLookin; 1443329]Can anyone suggest the most economic way to travel to Colombia now? Air Fares have sky rocketed and I am

Willing to make stopovers if I can save some money.

Thanks to anyone that can help![/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=IamLookin; 1443329]Can anyone suggest the most economic way to travel to Colombia now? Air Fares have sky rocketed and I am

Willing to make stopovers if I can save some money.

Thanks to anyone that can help![/QUOTE]Miles bro! I use my CC that is attached to an Airline for everything! Gas, eat, golf, bills, everything that using a CC isn't obnoxious. Most of these airlines x cc have other partnerships with merchants and you get bonus miles if you click via their wed site. For example I set $70 worth of flowers for a birthday and there was a bonus (just for flowers, not the candies, balloons, or shipping & handle) so I got a bonus 1000 miles! They have a 2 for $1 at home depot and other useful stores. You just have to click through the special web site. I needed some new gym clohes; Sports Authority had a 2 for $1 so I got my stuff and 160 bonus miles! This is the best way to do it IMO.

Gentlemen, this is a repost of a report that could just as well have been written in the Medellin / Rio de Janerio / whatever thread on this eminent forum.

And if this repost only save 1 of us to do the same misstake, then it was worth the repost.

Big thanks goes out to Skogis for the original report posted under Asia. Thailand. Bangkok Reports #23734.

Start of report:

Like at the zoo where you see signs "don't feed the animals" there should have been signs at immigrations, as I guess the majority of visitors into Thai and the Phils actually have to pass through here, saying "don't sponsor prostitutes" (I don't speak of normal compensation pre session).

I read in other forums as well and I feel so sorry for all the misleaded people out there thinking they found a special girl (in a bar, on the street, in a gogo, in a datingsite etc etc). Let her be special only when you are with her (atleast that is how I do it).

What surprises me by far the most is farangs (Farangs=thai expression for western men) actualy sponsering girls they meet online and have not even met. Laugh or cry I don't know what I pick. Normaly the glory midway I guess. The girls for sure laugh.

True story: Last time in Manila (1 month or so ago) I had this beautiful datingsitegirl coming over to my hotel. We started drinking and talking and as she got tipsy she spoke quite openly about her line of operation. She logged on my Ipad and showed me her communication (mail, skype etc) with a few guys.

OMG I laughed and cried at the same time. They had all only met her through internet and a few were based in Europe and one in Canada and they all start to send her quite decent ammount of money so she would clear her scheduel if they were to set foot in her vicinity.

From 4 punters she recieved 50000php (approx 40000bht) per month. I was so facinated so I read and read and almost forgot the girl. She actually told me she had other friends as well doing the same and she thought it was the easiest work in the world as they were not to fuck these guys no matter what (atleast so she claimed).

2 good question she raised (she was a eduacated girl).

1. Why I take normal job when I get this kind of money just chatting on internet (not even strip as she told me)?

And 2. Are all foreign guys this stupid?

The first question I told her I see your point and on the second I responded "atleast not me"Yeah I told her that to) but also I told her I simply could not explain why people would do such a thing as throwing money out the window. Then we got down to business.

End of report.

Happy hunting, Ken Apples

I read your report with interest Ken. My girlfriend in Thailand operates a similar "service" with her Internet clients and manages to earn quite a bit of money from them. However, I don't think the customers are dumb but are getting what they are unable to find in their own country. I am quite happy with her efforts to earn money like this (as she gets nothing from me when I am in UK) and if her services eventually find her a long term partner then good luck to her. There are plenty more Tilaks in LoS.

Ken Apple's very worthwhile post reminds me of an experience I had many, many years ago in Rio. I had just started going there and met a Garota that I got along with very well. She spoke English (so obviously a veteran pro) and IMO was very hot. We exchanged contacts and before my next visit, I told her I was coming down. She told me I could stay at her apartment, and I figured what the hell. If it doesn't work out, I can always move to a Hotel.

I stayed with this chick for over a week and paid nothing other than buying her food and drinks (and we generally ate very cheap). We fucked and partied like crazy (something I can no longer do!). Towards the end of my stay, we were sitting together on the couch and she was looking through her emails. She pointed out emails from foreign guys sending her money and saying they were in love with her. She was laughing hysterically about it and saying basically,"how could these guys be such losers?" The way she said it almost made me queasy. "Losers!" How could she be so mean to guys that were trying to be nice to her?

To this day, that was easily the best learning experience of my mongering career.

Combo and Compadre, your stories put together is a perfect view of the two sides of the coin.

And the p4p world vs nonpro really are not that different.

Each and everybody trying to get the "best deal" possible. Men and women.

I can't blame anyone for trying to get love / sex into their life, just point out the danger of wasting money for nothing.

Still "romantic hopes" has put many men thinking with the wrong head rather than making sure every hard earned buck counts for real.

Nothing has really changed since the stoneage, men keep trying to impress woman. (Some) Women take advantage of the situation.

And the same story keeps repeating, over and over, generation after generation.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85cNRQo1m3A[/url]

Good greetings, Ken Apples