Many thanks. 3 times in a month still too much
Many thanks for your report. Caracas sounds like a sex paradise and living hell.
Price is sooooooo good for sex. But three robbery in a month are too much for me with a weak heart.
[QUOTE=Vagabondito;1907597]As a new member, I would first like to thank everyone here for all the help and info.
I've been in Caracas now well over a month and I'm confident that all the times I've been robbed and threatened (3 times?) was my own fault. I go out after dark in streets without lights, I visit every metro station and explore the surroundings, and I barely speak Spanish: the So to sum the security up:
1. I'm a young man that likes to dress plainly so people often underestimate my wallet.
2. Robberies (in my experience) only get violent when there is resistance / panic.
As for sex, I've visited Estudio Beautiful and Estudio Bella Donna. Both of them always has at least 1 beautiful lady (lucky me?) and the prices are 3500-4000 BS. Sorry about the lackluster sex report, but I recommend clubs / social websites to meet regular girls (the real beauties that appreciate an orgasm), down here even Maduro will beg for your balls if you speak English and live in a decent hotel for 15-20 k.[/QUOTE]
Trip Report Caracas August 2016
Gentlemen,
I was in Caracas for a week recently. I had a great time. I practiced all the safe things as I would practice in any dodgy city of South America. I am a decent speaker of Spanish. I have been to Venezuela a few times before. Nothing bad or untoward happened to me during my stay.
Hotel. Eurobuilding. I booked it on a international website, online and got a rate of 65 usd a night without breakfast. The hotel itself offers 56000 Bolivars a night, which costs approximately the same. The stay was excellent. I had a great room. Noise free. Internet working fast. Hot water. Daily change of bed sheets and towels. In fact housekeeping was great. The hotel initially charged me 10,000 BS extra when I had the chica but I talked to senior managers and they removed those charges. Main reason being that the hotel was empty. I was probably the only non- South American in the whole hotel! The hotel needs business! Everyone was super polite / super- nice to me at the hotel! (Except one or two security guards who seemed irritated seeing me with different girls quite regularly).
Money Exchange. These days the usd= 1000 BS +/- 50 BS here or there. I got a rate of 950 at some places and a rate of 900 at other places. The more easy one is 900. The rate of 950 is tough to find. The concierge of hotel Eurobuilding offers a rate of 850.
Chica Costs. Most chicas are asking for 15000 BS. This is the median price. However, the chicas who have traveled abroad are asking for 40,000 BS or straightaway they say give me 40 usd! This year, I found many chicks asking for usd instead of BS. Which is good and bad. Its because its easy to do transaction in USD but chicas who ask for USD are usually the worse service providers. I found that by giving 15,000 BS and a propina of 5000 BS plus another 2-k for taxi. You get a excellent service of 2 hours. This amounts to approximately 25 usd! This is good value for money but nothing like a year ago when you could get the same value for 15-18 usd.
Non- pro Chicas. I felt that the opportunities for meeting non-pro is immense. I found lot of non pros checking me out / smiling at me, especially in the hotel (such as front desk girls or managers or even girls with other men). However I was always with a pro and had no time to interact with non-pros. I might make it a point on my next visit to avoid pros and concentrate on non pros.
State of the Country. Its horrible. Lot of starvation and lack of food. Everywhere I went, people asked me for food. So many times, I had to part with the food I was eating. However, the people as such, were super nice and very kind to me. I have no complaints.
Immigration. I entered via Maracaibo. Was easy. And departed via Caracas. Was easy. Only hassle being that when entering one has to fill up a lot of paperwork. When departing the airlines clerk hassled me helluva lot asking me 1 million questions about my personal life (trying to act like Sherlock Holmes). Till I got irritated and blasted him back.
Salaries in Venezuela. More or less 30,000 to 50000 BS a month which is 50 usd for a senior bank clerk or a front desk staff of Eurobuilding. So you can imagine the state of affairs. There is no soap, sugar etc in the country!
Highlight of the trip. I went to about 20 different banks (spent 3 days on the task) and finally managed to open a local bank account and get a debit card. This will be very helpful to me as for my future trips, I will be more flexible and can move around with just a local debit card in my pocket.
Conclusion. Venezuela is not a mongers paradise but if you need to go there for work. Do not hesitate. You will be fine!
Hope my trip report was helpful to you guys.