The answer to your question Hilltopper is no
[QUOTE=Hilltopper;1649515]Did Aunsa ever answer the question that was asked about the address and name of building for the apartment in Cartagena? What is the name of the building and the address? Pretty simple, straight forward question. Then, the follow-up question: who has stayed there and can give a first hand account?
Has anyone ever provided a clear, concise answer to the above?[/QUOTE][QUOTE=Concarne;1622901]i would only advice extreme caution if you ever consider renting from aunsa.
i ended not renting from him but he was asking for deposit to a personal bank account prior to me checking apartment. we arranged for meeting in mde to check out apartment and arrange stay and was never heard from again. luckily i never sent money.
i got pm from another guy who had similar sketchy interactions.
his place (was temporily listed in airnbnb but quickly removed after a few days. same address, map. in a stroke of luck i had just look at it prior to his posting for rental here, when i questioned him about it and requested photos and such he ignored requests.
i could be wrong i supposse. i am only recommending extreme caution.
cc.[/QUOTE][QUOTE=IMissMillenium;1643771]I have been traveling to Bogota for about a month now on business. I had read through forum posts and PM'ed Aunsa to meet up for some beers per one of his posts. We hung out a few times, he showed me around the spots in Sante Fe and some other areas. He seemed to know the areas well, spoke both Spanish and English, and was about the same age as me, and all seemed cool.
After a week or so, he asked me if I was interested in attending a "playboy mansion-style" party at a house outside of Bogota that would include food, drinks and 25 girls, for which he needed a payment + deposit of $400 USD. We had some back and forth discussion, and I agreed to attend (and paid him the $400 in cash. See "receipt" he gave me attached. Does not include the $100 deposit he requested afterwards), and I even cancelled a weekend trip to Peru to attend the "party"..[/QUOTE]The answer to your question is no Hilltopper. As you can see from the copied and pasted posts above his reputation here on the forum is not very good. Also keep in mind that not one established member has posted a positive review that I am aware of. He is also offering apartment rentals in Rio de Janiero on the Brazil forum here on the ISG. There is one more critical review but I cannot seem to locate it.
I want to make it perfectly clear that I have had no first hand experience dealing with him, and I am only posting what others here on the board have previously posted.