Pedestrians are Road Kill in MDE, and in the cult classic Death Race 2000
[QUOTE=Surfer500;2570511]Probably the biggest difference between driving in Medellin is drivers don't stop for pedestrians 95% of the time, in essence meaning they are "road kill"[/QUOTE]Pedestrians are Road Kill in MDE, and in the 1975 cult classic movie Death Race 2000 starring David Carradine (the Kung Fu guy) with Sylvester Stallone before Rocky, and directed by gore king, Roger Gorman.
Set in the "future" year 2000, it is a coast to coast race while the drivers try to run over as many pedestrians as the can. Women with baby carriages score the most points. In one scene, a nursing home puts a bunch of residents in wheelchairs out on the highway for easy road kill points.
One of my favorite movies, cult or not. Check it out if you like sick humor.
Colosal was a colossal disappointment
[QUOTE=RiceRocket99;2571001]Colossal is def a nice and fancy restaurant. I took a chica and her friend there for her bday earlier this year and on a weekend they had a live band. There was even salsa performances while the band was singing. We ordered the tomahawk, an appetizer, and a bottle of wine. Dessert was a wonderful and memorable 3 some back at the Bello apt.[/QUOTE]Great view that's about it.
Ordered the Tomahawk also, big mistake, mostly fat, bone and other inedible material.
Would be a great place for a non puta wedding, I'm guessing the puta sitting across from us was a major distraction, she looked like a 25 yo Donatella Versace.
Swollen lips and face, but that's the kind of people those places typically attract, the food was not very good, not unlike the Signature room in Chicago.
[URL]https://www.signatureroom.com/[/URL] great ambiance but that's about it just another "empty suit" don't expect Michelin starred haute cuisine.
You're paying for the view, superficial crap, for mostly superficial people.
If you want a great meal go to Lucio Carbon y Vino, and order the Ribeye and the strawberry and blackberry soda wowwww, killer meal, great people, if you get a chance to chat with Fillipe the mgr sooper cool guy!
BTW we drove around Bello looking for new high rise bldgs, Bello looks cool I didn't see any nightlife.
But much too hilly for me, I want to walk or ride a bicycle to the store.
I guess a bldg with good security would be OK.
We saw several high rise, most looked kinda old, 1 new construction, but didn't look like it had 80 k usd condos.
I'm guessing we drove around 90% of Bello including all the way to the dead end at the top, did we miss your place?
I could live there, but I would want some place flatter, maybe Envigado?
Any place but El Poblado LOL.
Evigado is my favorite.
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I assume you mean when you pay the double occupany rate
[QUOTE=JustTK;2571388]Was thinking of trying a stay in downtown soon. Is Hotel Nutibara chica-friendly if you book for 2?[/QUOTE]I assume you mean when you pay the double occupancy rate, and don't mean if and when you bring two chicas to your room.
When I stayed there pre-Covid, then answer was yes, definitely. The desk guy would even compliment my girls. I was running thru an exceptional batch of nines then. I'll look for a couple of photos of my Pinky from that time. The foto of her laying in the bed is at the Nutibara room, the other three fotos are from Hotel Boterro around the corner. Slapshot's Pinky still rules the roost now because my Pinky left for Ecuador, but when whe was in MDE, she was as good as Pinkies get, jajaja and it's obvious where she gets her name. I say that in the spirit of friendly competition of this "game" we all play. She was the prepago with whom I invented the "working girl's bet" which you cannot lose. Too good to post here now and for everyone to get there hands on it. For a select few perhaps. And oh, Surfer, the bet only works if you do anal so would not be interested, but you are missing out, jajaja. It also helps if you do drugs during sex, jajajaja, I am a deviant.
Also, I divide my time in Medellin, really the whole world, as pre-Covid and after. A lot has changed so I would verify any pre-Covid info. The desk guy I just mentioned spoke English and worked the evening shift. Try phoning and simply ask, Do you allow guests?
Public service announcement
For those thinking of visiting Medellin and for those already here, be warned that an annoying holdover from the demonstrations is random holes in the streets and along sidewalks. The demonstrators removed water meter covers, manhole covers, and paving stones all over the city, especially along main thoroughfares. The demonstrators used the objects as projectile weapons in some cases and in other cases it was random vandalism like the graffiti and paint bombs tossed at public buildings. The sidewalk hazards are reminiscent of Mexico, the Dominican Republic and other less developed countries. You have to be really careful. Some of the holes are genuine leg breakers.
[QUOTE=JjBee62;2571176]I said years ago that the most dangerous activity in Medellin is crossing the street. In Bogota it's just walking on the sidewalk. Not because of motos, because of the random, deep holes that are all over the place.
Any moto driver who can hop the curbs to drive on the sidewalk in Bogota is definitely crazy. Most of the curbs are 8-10 inches high. You would destroy most scooters trying to get onto the sidewalk.[/QUOTE]
