Cartagena Colombia Night One. Carmen
What a fantastic town, Cartagena. First, thanks to all the posters who clued me in. Now here's my report.
My flights were screwed up and I arrived around 10:00 PM. The airport is small and newish. No problem. I had gotten pesos from an ATM on a layover in Medellin airport so I hopped a cab, agreeing the amount first (a little extra because of my bags. Fine).
As some veterans recommend, I stayed in a hotel in the old city, Centro Hotel. The room was about 80 USD a night (I'll leave more info in the lodging section of the forum). I recommend staying in the historic part of town. It's beautiful, interesting during the day, and in the middle of things at night.
It just took me a couple calls after searching the internet for a hotel that would allow guests. The hotel desk woman was a little shy but she said no problem, you can have a girl to your room. I took her name, and called back the day before my arrival to confirm my reservation, which they had lost. Anyway checking in I ask the clerk one more time about girls. He says I have to pay for an extra person in the room. WTF! I say I spoke with Tatiana on the phone."Well if you cleared it with Tatiana. No problem." Boy that was easy, but I was glad I knew her name. I continued to be nervous about bringing girls in the whole trip but never ran into any problem. It definitely wasn't a monger hotel, and I was moderately discreet.
By the way, I speak moderately good Spanish. It might be a little harder in Cartagena speaking only English. Obviously you can get what you want, but little glitches may be more irritating to work out.
So I set out on foot to check out Tu Candela, and the two pro spots, Queens and Isis. Tu Candela was rockin', great crowd and music, with a couple working girls with guys. (Isn't it funny how you can spot them immediately while non-mongers are oblivious? It's like we have special glasses)
Both Queens and Isis were boring, but there was a tall, dark local lurking outside of Isis that chatted me up and clued me in to the salida charge for a girl from either of those places (I don't remember the amount but it was steep).
So it's now after midnight and with nothing on offer I take a walk through the clock tower gate, down the long esplanade, and ran into Carmen. She was thin, about 20, and dressed in a short, tight skirt and heels. We chatted and walked while she ate some mango from a street cart. The coastal girls are dark, and less sophisticated (but still dressed pretty fucking hot). She was sweet.
I offered her 100, 000 (about 50 bucks) and she said ok fast enough that I knew I was overpaying. She later told me that if I asked her out again she'd take 70, 000, which probably tells you what the right price was. By the way, I always ask before talking money,"Te gusta besar?" (do you like to kiss) and "Por la boca sin condon?" (BBBJ). A less-than-enthusiastic response is usually a deal killer.
Carmen was plenty enthusiastic. It may have helped that I made her come first, but I think she just enjoys her work. I certainly did. She stayed a couple hours and would have stayed as long as I wanted.
I ran into Carmen every night of my stay, usually in the plaza between the clock gate and the Donde Fidel beer garden. We would have a nice chat, but by then I had moved on to the next.
Cartagena, Cali or Bogota
guys,
i'll be making my 5th trip to medellin in march and was looking at spending a few days at the end of my trip in one of the other colombian cities.
looking for some input on which ones might offer a better experience. cartagena, bogota or cali?
i like the idea of ldv in cartagena with freelancers hanging out & the beach. the cali thread gave me the impression p4p would be a little cheaper, but some reviewers stated of a lot of the girls being thicker & less attractive. the bogota thread seemed to be a lot of peeps unhappy with the clubs & drink prices & prices for p4p, although a lot of the girls were reported as being stunners, just asking us type prices.
thanks
