Awesome info for those staying at San Peters
[QUOTE=FunLuvr;2687825]Some of the information provided by the first guy is a little misleading. Yellow cabs are not authorized to make pickups at the airport unless it is a pre-arranged pickup. Only the white cabs are authorized for random pickups. The rate is set by the government. Currently, I think it is 90,000 COP to anywhere in Medellin. That includes Poblado and Laureles. Cities outside Medellin, such as Envigado and Sabaneta, are a little more. There should be a sticker inside the windshield with the rates. The price includes the tolls. I have heard some drivers try to charge extra for the tolls. Confirm with the driver the price before you leave the airport.
When you exit the baggage claim area, there will be a group of guys asking if you want a taxi. Those are renegade drivers. Just shake your head no, or say "No, gracias", and keep walking. Just a few steps outside the baggage claim area, to the right is a doorway to the sidewalk. Walk out and there should be white taxis waiting. If not, look for someone walking around who looks like they could be a dispatcher and ask for a taxi. That person may be standing against the wall to the left after you exit through the doorway.[/QUOTE]Thank you so much for the detailed and very helpful information. Much obliged.
Let's not turn this into a pissing contest
[QUOTE=Plan77;2687841]Thank you so much for the detailed and very helpful information. Much obliged.[/QUOTE]I think you have information overoad at this point jeje and can make an informed choice on your own.
My answers are based on actual experience. Anyone who has spent anytime in Colombia knows there is the official version which usually doesn't amount to a hill of frijoles and then there is the "real world" way of getting things done.
I have taken white, yellow, red, blue, green, black, and more "taxis" from the airport without a problem. The white ones get preferred access and for the others I walked over to the parking lot with these "renegade" drivers, LOL. Trust your instincts. One time I signed a waiver that said I was on a sightseeing tour for my ride to the airport, jajaj. There is more than one way to peel an onion.
Sounds like your best advice came from someone who also stayed at the Peter Principle who said they would send a vehicle out for you. Good luck and it is a good sign that so many people here are willing to help first-timers.
Question for the Centro Regulars
So how are you spending your time here in between? I mean I'll do a lap and not see anyone that piques my interest. Maybe I'll even head over to Radual and see what's there. But on the earlier side, when chicas are still arriving, how do you kill time in-between?
Please save me from getting too much sun again. I guess the altitude and latitude makes the sun a bit stronger than I expected.
Killing time in El Centro
[QUOTE=L00PY;2688109]Question for Centro Regulars So how are you spending your time here in between? I mean I'll do a lap and not see anyone that piques my interest. Maybe I'll even head over to Radual and see what's there. But on the earlier side, when chicas are still arriving, how do you kill time in-between? [/QUOTE]Although I don't qualify as a Centro Regular (aka: rat], I do have a few suggestions.
1. There is an OK restaurant on the second floor of the commercial buildings at the SE corner of the plaza fronting the museum, as one enters the pedestrian street (in effect a continuation of Avenida Carabodo) from Calle 52 to Calle 51 and the Veracruz church. From the restaurant's windows one has a good view of the portion of the Plaza where most of the working girls hangout, and can keep tabs on when new arrivals appear that might merit checking out. I've only had a coffee there, but a friend who was with me had a quite good soup and OK Plata Fuerte.
2. Duck into the Canejitos club for a brew or a gatorade. To my surprise, I've found two of my regulars there in the late afternoon (around 4 PM); like you I've struck out spying any of those oft-claimed, reputed "Hidden Gems" when making the walking (stalking?) tour from Radual to Ground Zero to the church, and back via Carrera 53.
3. Have a coffee in the Centro Commercial Palacio Nacional--a handsome historic building, now a shopping mall including a large atrium.
Also, if you have a touristic bent, you can of course check out the museum itself (Museo de Anitioquia) in the main plaza (pre-pandemic it had a cafe; I'm not sure if it has reopened) or the Palacio de la Cultura Rafael Uribe. The modernistic EPM Library might also provide a waiting place. Or (last resort) go to confession in the main cathedral or La Iglesia de la Veracruz to atone for your sinful mongering ways.
Exactly my brother in Hijinx, I feel you
[QUOTE=Caboteur;2687926]I visit MED only for 1 week every time, but almost every 2 month, I have same 4 girls that repeat every time, they are my top, 1 is seeking, 2 are facebook, and 1 is law student that I met random, basic Spanish but learning fast since French is my primary language. Why the repeat? I treat them with respect, pay good money, keep contact when I'm home, and you know what? I get everything I want with these girls. I love it![/QUOTE]I try (and often fail) to not tell others how to monger, because it is is soooo personal and IMO most of the stuff we do behind closed doors does not readily transfer over to other mongerers.
But when you can build trust with a girl, when she walks in the room and you don't have to discuss any sexual gymnastics because you know each other's body's so well, when you can leave your cash, credit cards, and passport lying around because you know it is safe, when she brings you other hawt girls that are may be new to P4 P because she genuinely likes you and trusts you and knows these girls will be safe, when she makes sure you have her most current phone number even though it changes every other week, when you can sit around and joke and watch TV and eat and have almost (almost) as much fun as exploring her wet holes, when you don't have to discuss terms or price, when she never watches the clock, when she invites you to stay over at her place, and possibly meet her family, when she brings you little gifts and home cooked food that are clearly from the heart, when she lets you do things to her body that no one else will, well some guys call that unnecessary emotional entanglement but for me that is Heaven-On-Earth.