Cerebro´s trip in Bucaramanga
I just concluded a small business trip to Bucaramanga. This city is called La Ciudad Bonita "The pretty City". I could say that it is a pretty and a relaxed city. It is like a smaller Medellin and a more cooler Barranquilla weather wise. I was on a business trip for three nights. This was not a mongering trip, therefore did not have much opportunity to explore and find chicas and can not comment much about P4P action. Also, a co-worker of mine was traveling with me and was not into this lifestyle and prevented me from doing my typical exploration. I could not get rid of him for most of the time as we were working together on the project that my company sent us. There is some information, however, that could be useful which gathered while I was there:
AIRPORT, ATM, AND TAXIES.
The airport in Bucaramanga is small. You can find ATMs there to get your money. I got a great exchange from the ATM. I used my capital one 360 Debit credit which charges no fee. Got 600,000 COP which came to be 192 USD, not bad. The yellow taxies are outside the terminal waiting for you. Those are not airport taxies, so there is a high risk of getting scammed or worse. I had no choice of taking the taxies because my flight got there late at night. I believe there are public buses that come to the airport but not late at night. There was no incident with the yellow taxie for me. The taxi cost me 32 k or about 10 USD for a 30 minutes ride to my hotel.
HOTEL AND TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL.
Hotel Palmera Real [URL]http://www.hotelpalmerareal.com/[/URL] located at the Terminal de Transporte, Modulo 1, Bucaramanga.
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I booked at hotel Palmera Real located inside the main transportation terminal in Bucaramanga. The terminal have buses that go to most main cities of Colombia. The Hotel Palmera Real is also a short term motel. The terminal is pretty safe and notice a small police station inside the terminal as I walked inside. The Hotel Palmera Real turned to be a great affordable hotel. One bedroom with a very comfortable bed for 100 K or 33 USD for the night. It is 140 K for two people. I found out that with the 140 K rate you could bring a girl no charge. If you pay the 100 k single rate, they add 42 k if you bring a chica. The place is chica friendly. On hotel receptionist told me that you just have to be discreet or not to bring odvious street girls If you call a girl from a escort or mileroticos, she just have to check in the reception area and they would send her to your room. The Hotel also gave me of a number of a escort service to call that they know and is authorized to come and that customers use for girls to come to the hotel. I was not able to use it cause I was working most of the time. The hotel was excellent. For $33 USD, you can't beat that price. It has a Jacuzzy, Sauna and steam (bano turco) it is super clean, quiet place, the beds are great, the vibe is superb, there is a restaurant outside the Hotel and a small bar inside, and breakfast is included.
Zona Rosa.
The only negative I could think of the Hotel Palmera Real is no way near the Zona Rosa. If you want to be close to the Zona Rosa, you should book at the hotel Chicamocho [URL]http://www.hotelchicamocha.com/location.htm[/URL] at Calle 34 and Cra 31 which is a block away from the Zona Rosa. The chicamocha charges 200-250 K or 65-80 USD via [URL]booking.com[/URL] for one person. I was happy paying 30 USD at the Palmera Real, therefore did not make the switch. The Chicamocha is a famous landmark that most people know. Palmera real is a 20 minutes ride to the chicamocha and Zona Rosa and the taxies charge about 8 K-10 k for that ride. There are also public buses from the Palmera Real to the Zona Rosa for less than 2 K. I was only able to check the Zona Rosa on a small break from work. I noticed a few bars and discotecas all cosed because I there in the afternoon. The bars and discotecas were in the same area of the Hotel Chicamocha, or a block away. I cannot comment about the bars and discotecas because I did not go back at night time when they were opening.
WEATHER, CITY AND DELINCUENCY.
The weather is similar to Medellin, Spring like all year according to what the local people told me and also my three nights there were Spring like. It is a city located in the mountain with beautiful scenery all over, very pretty city, very clean, people are very nice and friendly. Some locals told me to watch my back because there is a lot of delincuency and told me to be careful with the taxies and the moto taxies. One Colombian local I met at the restaurant in the Hotel told me as we ate breakfast together told me that his car windows were broken and a briefcase with his legal documents and phone was taken from the car two days earlier. The items that were stolen from him were located in a black market and he was trying to negotiate paying a high amount to get the items back. So the local guy was pretty much getting rob twice. I had no incident of delincuency and felt pretty safe walking on my own during the day and night time in this city. Its a bi city with some neighborhood designed like in medellin but not as big as Medellin. It is not as modern as Medellin and not as big as Medellin. Some poor neighborhood have similar designed and populated houses / fabelas within the mountains like in Medellin and Rio. The women, I did not find them as pretty as Medellin, but youcan find some good lookers here and there among the local population.
P4 P ACTION, BARS AND MPS.
The places to get some action are way less and more difficult to find than Medellin and Barranquilla. Seems to be a extremely discreet city when it comes to P4P action. Even the MP places in Mileroticos don't advertise their addresses. A taxi driver told me that there was some action at night at the places located at the Zona Rosa. Another one told me thatthere was day MP action at a block at Cr 27 and El parque de LOS ninos [URL]https://www.google.com/maps/place/Parque[/URL]+de+LOS+Ninos / at 7. 1252037,-73.1191015,15 z / data=!4 m2!3 m1!1 s0 x0:0 x38 c26305 febf6326 Because of my limited time and situation, I did not get the time to check the Zona Rosa bars or the area near the parque de LOS ninos that the taxie driver told me. One local person I met also told me also to check a place at Calle 69 A #27-59 and another place called:
1) Dubai Club [URL]https://www.facebook.com/Dubai-Night-Club-1440718259496452/timeline/[/URL] at Km 4 Via Giróand Bucaramanga [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHjSHO42Nl0[/URL] but I did not have the time to check it out.
Here are some other places, I found doing some research while walking during my small break and researching but they were closed during the day / afternoon:
2) Lchampagne Club-Near Zona Rosa and Chicamocha hotel.
CL. 33 #32-70.
Bucaramanga, Santander.
Colombia.
3) Santa Locura Bar Rock Café-Near Zona Rosa and Chicamocha hotel.
CL. 34 #32-17.
Bucaramanga, Santander.
Colombia.
Open today.
6:30 pm – 3:00 am.
4) Dejavú-Near Zona Rosa and Chicamocha hotel Think this place is an LGBT place [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJGU4DWw1no[/URL] Zona Rosa and Chicamocha.
Cra. 33 #33-30.
Bucaramanga, Santander.
Colombia.
5) Roxie Barra Dance [URL]Roxiebarradance.com[/URL].
Cra. 31 #33-18.
Bucaramanga, Santander.
Colombia.
Open today.
7:00 pm – 3:00 am.
6) Divino Club.
Cra. 34 #51-118.
Bucaramanga, Santander.
Colombia.
7) El Escondite.
Cra. 35 #48-106.
Bucaramanga, Santander.
Colombia.
Open today.
8:00 pm – 2:00 am.
8) Discoteca La Calera, Cr 27 Calle 48.
Bucaramanga, Santander.
CONCLUSIONS.
Overall, I like this city and the people there. The city is a pretty city as they called La Ciudad Bonita. Bucaramange is not a mongering destination and with the limited MP places to look for and the limited Zona Rosa bars and discotecas, I don't think it will become a mongering destination. You also need Spanish in this City as most local don't speak English. The city has great weather just like Medellin and la Ciudad es bien bonita.
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