[QUOTE=JustTK;2621360]Agree with the first 2 comments. The strip of bars / clubs with Conejitas etc is fine in the day and night. Also worth noting that Mercado de La Playa is also quite a cool place at night. Plaza with about 20-30 restaurants and bars. And full of normal people. Its on La Playa - 10 min walk from Botero area. 5 k in a taxi.
As for passing as a local, we have had this discussion 100's of times and I think it is total garbage. Hehe. Every local will tell you a story of them being mugged in Centro. Its exactly the same risk to them. Muggers look for easy targets. That's all there is to it. Being a foeigner or being local doesn't come in to their thinking.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Surfer500;2621384]All due respect, but your not giving the Ladrones, Rateros, aka muggers enough credit. The easier targets for them are the foreigners hand down because they are not locals, probably won't have a knife on them and will be more reluctant not to put up a fight, and are known to have more things of value on them in terms of cash and other items of value on them than the locals.
So put yourself in a muggers shoes. Two men of the same size are walking on a deserted street. One on one side of the street is local, and on the other side is an obvious foreigner. So you don't think that will factor into a muggers decision as to which one to jack up.
I'm not disagreeing with the premise that everyone is at risk whether a local or a foreigner, but just am saying that the smarter muggers will be selective if and when they have the opportunity.
As far as passing as a local, well it does make a difference in many ways, especially in El Centro.
You have to ask yourself whether you would rather not stick out like a sore thumb with everyone checking you out and looking at you, versus nobody giving you a second look.
For some guys in Centro who are obvious foreigners, they garner a lot of attention with the Chicas as they like the attention.[/QUOTE]Lets stay on point boys, these punks always look for the easy target, these are pussies, they hunt the small, the weak of the bunch, the stray who looks lost, it does not matter if your Colombian or a gringo or from Mars.
I have no issues with staring these punks straight in the eyes and tell them "fuck you punk just try it, make my day" and they whimper away. I have spent the last 3 weeks on the coast including Santa Marta, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Rodadero, Cienaga and other cities and my attitude with them is if you want to try to fuck with me it will not end up well for you.
A few days back I was walking in centro Barranquilla, not so late at night, and 3 early 20's fucks costenos threw me some comments, I walk by them and stared each one down and they whimper away.
They don't know how to react when they are called on their shit, why? Because most Colombians and gringos don't like confrontation so these punks think that they can get away with this.
They know that when The Tall Man is around you going to keep your mouths shut, don't stare him down, don't disrespect him as he will get mideveil on your ass.
I wish more gringos would learn from my behavior so they will come to know that you don't mess with gringo.
Again they look for the timid, the easy, the lost stray of the bunch. They don't know how to act with a person who has confidence, walks with respect, and walks like "if you try fucking with this gringo" it is will not end well for you because I don't give a shit.
Some of you will have heartburn with my advice, don't care, you can and will continue with being disrespected as they will think that you are their bit*h, not the Tall Man.
I am from centro Los Angeles and let me tell you, I know if you take just a handful of the Black and Mexican homies from south centro Los Angeles and plant them in Botero Plaza these scummy fucks will learn what respect is as these homies, whom I respect, would make all these ladrones their bitches in a few days.
You don't fuck with the black and Mexican homies from south centro LA, I don't, they earned my respect in this regards. Many of you give the centro punks too much credit as if their some scary people, not me. Let me take you to south centro LA and these home boys are the real thing.
And not one Gringo can pass for a local, not one, the moment you walk into centro Medellin you look and walk and mannerisms are completely different and they instantly know that your a foreigner, instantly. You are instantly marked as a gringo from somewhere, instantly as within seconds so don't think that you can ever fit in or blend in. Like you have some kind of stealth powers, hehehehe.
Much love and respect for all, just not the ladrones.
The Tall Man.
