Cartagena Reports

From the old city to Laguito there are basically 2 roads taxi drivers choose to drive on. CRA 1 is the single lane beach road prone to traffic jams.

CRA 2 is the parallel, wide, comm'l road many drivers use instead.
If the pageant bottlenecks traffic, just get out by Hotel Caribe and walk the last 200 meters to LDV. LDV to H. Hilton is another 300 meters approx.

In July one Saturday morning, there was a graduation ceremony at the Hilton. The traffic jam was nasty for 30 min. both before and after the ceremony. If you're staying in Laguito, it's better to walk to the Caribe/CRA 2 corner and quickly get a taxi to the old city.

If you're leaving LDV in the early AM hrs. there shouldn't be trf. jams.

Mahku,
First, let me say that if you find a good diving/mongering location among those you listed, please make sure to let me know where it is!
I'm also always looking for that combination.
Some info:
Cartagena does have 2 dive shops as tomtom mentioned. I have been to CTG twice and never bothered to dive, based on others experiences diving (internet message boards, my Colombian doctor who is an avid diver, etc.) Also, I snorkeled around the Rosario Islands and saw virtually nothing that would indicate good diving there, although granted this is not always foolproof.
The two dive shops wall pictures also were weak.
Costa Rica is beautiful, but check the diving message boards. From what I recall, the only good diving is way offshore and would not fit in to your schedule. I was there before I was certified, so once again this is anecdotal.
Roaton from what I hear is great diving, but on the verge of being "dived out". I think there is another island right by it that is more unspoiled. Mongering possibilities are better on the mainland of Honduras, but the quality of the chicas from pictures I've seen pales in comparison to Colombia.
Dominican Republic: Tons of women and mongering, with maybe a little lower overall quality than Colombia. Tons of dive shops, but really only one or two good locations to dive, and wouldn't you know it, those locations are not near the mongering locations. But always possibilities for local non pros I guess.
Seems from my research that combining good diving with good mongering is difficult in the Caribbean. One possible location for you is San Andres Colombia. Good diving, good chicas. But hard to get to...
The other idea is to take the 24 hour flight to Bali or Thailand or similar. Great diving, tons of ladies....
Let me know if you find the place that works for both hobbies, I'll go with you :-)

Mahku,

I have been to both Curacao and Roatan, within the last year. Both are still excellent dive spots. Roatan is starting to develop, but is not even close to being "dived out". The other island is Utila, which has more of a "backpacker" feel to it. No organized P4P action that I am aware of.

Curacao has Campo Alegre, which you can read about in that forum. I can provide detailed info. on these islands if you need it, but won't waste everyone's time here. Send me a PM, if I can help.

Luego

I've never been to Roatan, so I was just going by what I'd read somewhere, (hence the quotation marks around the phrase "dived out").
Also real sorry if I wasted everyones time by posting.

Can anyone tell me, where on the net I can find a good map of Cartagena?

Gracias

Few would argue that the best diving option is San Andres/Provedencia (Isla Gorgona off Buenaventura on the Pacific coast is also highly regarded but VERY remote). San Andres is less than 90 minutes via nonstoip flight from CTG (on Aerorepublica or Inter) or about 2 hours from BOG (on Avianca).

I would bring a chica from elsewhere rather than trying to find one on the islands, but that is me.

The PI, Thailand and Indonesia all offer better diving in closer proximity to p4p action. One reef in SE Asia will have as much biodiversity as exists in the ENTIRE Carib!

Has anyone hung out around the university in Cartagena for local chicas? If so, where on campus is a good place to make contact?

Gracias

Shadow,

No problems, and your post isn't a waste of time. Roatan & Utila just happen to be my favorite dive spots, and I have been twice in the last year. The reef is quite healhty and the diving is very easy & accesible. How long before development will change this is anybody's guess.

I believe the original question was "where is the best COMBINATION of diving & P4P?" As such, Roatan fails the test. Curacao has Campo Alegre, but that's about it for organized P4P. St. Maarten has numerous brothels, but don't know about the diving. The primary location for diving in Costa Rica is the northern Pacific Coast. This would most likely require that you "bring your own" from San Jose.

I am leaving in a few weeks for a two week trip to Thailand. We all know about the availablilty of P4P in the LOS. I will let you know about the quality of the diving once I get back.

Luego

Scotty Monger,
Take me with you man!!!!!
Alright then, looking forward to the report on both mongering and diving.... :-)

Roatan Island is a great dive spot but falls very short on "chica-hunting" - all true! However, if you ever have the chance to move into the interior of Honduras and visit San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa. Wowee! The opportunity for GFE and beautiful Hondureanas in these two primary cities is incredible.

I don't think I ever posted my collection of Honduran chicas that I spread on my two trips there. I have got to dig them out!

Don't sell Curacao short either. On my 3 trips to this island I always found the quality to be "top shelf" as well.

Cheers.

Gorgeous Angelica Torres! Perky and ready for a night of fun.

(Another trophy from the Pleyboy Club of Cartagena.)

***** ANGELICA *****

A night with me tends to leave girls a bit disheveled! ;)

(Angelica recovering and catching her breath)

***** ANGELICA *****

Ford: I've heard the EXACT opposite about San Pedro Sula (i.e. nothing event remotely attractive). Be interested to see your pics to refute that.

Angelica is certainly hot; are there chicas of that quality on the game in San Pedro Sula (Or Tegichigalpa)? Post those pics, please.

Surfer,

Be careful of what you "hear", first hand experience is always more valuable.

The "look" of the typical Hondoreana is very attractive but different than Colombianas. If you go to SPS or Tegus you will see literally hundreds of girls with light to medium tans, long black hair, beautiful faces, full breasts and cute curvy backsides all on 104 lb frames! They are all over the place!

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here's 1,000 words to support my case.

(she's not the ugliest girl you've ever seen, is she?);)

Cheers.

Not crazy about the quality of that last photo, see if this comes out better.

Last off-topic stuff I promise. This should be on the SPS, Honduras board.

Cheers.