[QUOTE=Nyezhov;2519072]I don't go to Thai places in the states, unless they are small town local refugee places. The fancier the decor the whiter the food.
Years in Bangkok taught me what food is.
Food I'm looking for in Cart would be the same the girls eat.[/QUOTE]Apologies for not replying sooner but I wrote a reply yesterday but must have got distracted and then closed my browser before hitting post.
I am not so sure you want to eat what the chicas eat in Colombia. I mean its okay to try and if you are really really hungry it will hit the spot but Colombian food is notoriously bland to us gringos. If you want to try it what you want to look for if you are looking for typical Colombian food is basically a sign that say its typical food but will say "typical dishes" in Spanish is "Platos Tipicos" this is mostly grilled meats and rice dishes with chicken, fried fish or whatever, coconut rice is a favorite. Bandeja Paisa is the national dish. I have eaten it just to try it out but not something I am in a hurry to eat again, though I imagine if one was really really hungry it would be very satisfying. I will post a photo below, the meat is grilled skirt steak and sausage, the beans are like red beans, the thing that looks like its notched and cut in section is bacon that is mostly fat, the bread is arepa which is similar to a cross between a corn tortilla and American corn bread (there used to be a walk up place on the main drag of Bocagrande that served stuffed arepas, ground meat and spices with cheese. Those arepas are good late at night when you have a drinking buzz on).
Cartagena has typical Colombian food but is also a Caribbean coastal city with a Colombian Coastal culture, know as Costenos, their cuisine is going to have more seafood mixed in.
Like anyplace there are regional differences in food. Colombia has 7 regions and each of these has a people from that region that refer to themselves according to their region with pride, Cartagena is in the Caribbean region where they call themselves Costenos, in the Andean mountains area that includes Medellin they call themselves Paisas, Pacific coast includes Buenaventura: Afro Colombians, Andean Valleys which includes Cali call themselves Calenos, the Eastern grasslands which is where the city of Yopal is they call themselves LLaneros, the people of the Andean Savannah region which includes Bogota are called Cachaco and / or Rolo.
You may not care about these things now but flying between cities in Colombia is inexpensive between some cities can be like $50 or less so maybe later you and / or other members reading this may want to explore more.
I like going between Cartagena and Medellin, I love both places. Cartagena for its historic architecture and being right on the sea and the central availability of gorgeous chicas of the night being so centrally located in the old city by the clock tower and the clubs.
Medellin probably has 100 times more chicas but not a place where hot chicas of the night gather, the system is different and in my case I have my list of chicas there already so I can get room service all day long. I just call them on WhatsApp and set up an appointment. In contrast to Cartagena's coastal Caribbean heat and high humidity the short flight to Medellin takes you to what may be the most consistently pleasant climate in the world. Medellin is known as the city of Eternal Spring, a goldilocks microclimate where its never too hot and never too cold its high 70's or low 80's Fahrenheit everyday all year round. There are also thriving neighborhoods with international cuisine styles to be found and areas like La 70 which is a strip with bars and restaurants that goes on for 3/4's of a mile. Then there is the legendary Lleras Park which is a city park surrounded by bars and restaurants that fan out from the park for blocks but the high concentration of people is right in the immediate vicinity of the park and it is thousands of people on a Saturday night and few hookers mixed in also.
I highly recommend having WhatsApp when you are on the ground in Colombia, the system is different there, here in the USA we enjoy the luxury of being able to call anyone with a different carrier without getting charged and we enjoy unlimited call time minutes and text messages but the business model is different in Colombia so they fall back on WhatsApp to avoid all this. I always get chicas numbers for instances when I may want to hook up with them during the day or just meet a chica I want to hook up with later,
