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[QUOTE=Nypher;2570586]The girls usually pay attention to the type of wristbands the guy at the door puts on you as it lets the girls know if you are a baller or not. I usually tell them give me the regular band to avoid the gringo prices from the chicas.[/QUOTE]What do the different colors mean? I got a white wristband after I was leaving, does that make me a gringo?
[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kj2Tw8EB1s[/URL]
Curfew.
I heard that all of Colombia will have Curfew starting tonight.
The latest this morning from Jesus: "Hello, good morning, today.
Monday everything is normal, there are many police in the streets.
Many cities on alert, tomorrow there will be marches and protests.
There is a curfew and alcohol consumption is prohibited. ".
Contact Jesus, he will let you know what's going on, our man in the streets.
He is in Cali, WhatsApp: 57-323-586-6627.
[QUOTE=WorldTravel69;2582014]Curfew.
I heard that all of Colombia will have Curfew starting tonight.
The latest this morning from Jesus: "Hello, good morning, today.
Monday everything is normal, there are many police in the streets.
Many cities on alert, tomorrow there will be marches and protests.
There is a curfew and alcohol consumption is prohibited. ".
Contact Jesus, he will let you know what's going on, our man in the streets.
He is in Cali, WhatsApp: 57-323-586-6627.[/QUOTE]Here is an article that explains the route of the protest March and shows the route in Cartagena. Looks like the areas they are going into are Manga and Getsemani and the edge of Bocagrande. I have yet to hear of any protests in Cartagena turning into a riot or getting violent the way they do in other major cities (especially Cali) but one never knows. There are reports that fringe groups are going to try to turn the demonstrations violent in some cities.
Regardless of that it is definitely not good for traffic. Especially disrupting is going to be that the March is ending at the space at the neck of the peninsula where Bocagrande starts, and there is for all practical purposes only one road leading from Bocagrande to the Old City (Carrera 1 along the coast is one way) so that is going to be a hassle for anyone making there way between the Old City and either El Laguito, Bocagrande, or Castillo Grande.
[URL]https://www.eluniversal.com.co/cartagena/paro-nacional-este-es-el-recorrido-de-la-marcha-del-20-de-julio-en-cartagena-FD5027351[/URL]
So it sounds like this curfew is just a reaction to some protests going on now? I have a trip scheduled July 30th!
Well after a quick google, I am a bit confused. Just read they are limiting to 30% capacity and limiting alcohol sales after 10 pm. But the article says it does not include bars and clubs? It does say it's due to a rapid increase in cases from 15-29 yr old.
[URL]https://murciatoday.com/murcia_reduces_internal_bar_and_restaurant_capacity_to_30_per_cent_in_31_municipalities_1618880-a.html[/URL]
[QUOTE=Rzrfl69;2582138]Well after a quick google, I am a bit confused. Just read they are limiting to 30% capacity and limiting alcohol sales after 10 pm. But the article says it does not include bars and clubs? It does say it's due to a rapid increase in cases from 15-29 yr old.
[URL]https://murciatoday.com/murcia_reduces_internal_bar_and_restaurant_capacity_to_30_per_cent_in_31_municipalities_1618880-a.html[/URL][/QUOTE]You are mixing up Cartagena, Murcia region, Spain and Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
[QUOTE=Questner;2582193]You are mixing up Cartagena, Murcia region, Spain and Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.[/QUOTE]Did you read that a group of French football supporters was found wandering around in Bucarest few weeks ago. They planned to go supporting the French team playing in Budapest for the European Championship, but they bought the wrong flight ticket. They found the hard way that 1) Bucarest is not Budapest 2) studying some basic Geography at school is still a good thing, and it did not become pointless just because there is Google on the phone.
Well my bad. But glad to be wrong on this occasion!
[QUOTE=Adinga;2581775]Does anyone have a Gymnasium they can recommend in El Loquito? I need a place that offers daily / weekly plans at reasonable rates.[/QUOTE]I tried to Google "el loquito gymnasium" but I am not sure if what comes out is what you are looking for.
[QUOTE=Rzrfl69;2582330]Well my bad. But glad to be wrong on this occasion![/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=BlackPage;2582485]I tried to Google "el loquito gymnasium" but I am not sure if what comes out is what you are looking for.[/QUOTE]El Laguito is a pretty small place too be looking for a gym I think, Bocagrande is just next to El Laguito and would be big enough to maybe have something like that. I don't know that there's not one in Laguito, I just know that Laguito is pretty damn small. Its like the equivalence of three average city blocks long, you can walk from one end to the other in like less than 10 minutes, Bocagrande is five to ten times the size.
I saw where somebody on a Facebook page called Expats In Cartagena mentioned the possibility of getting a day pass at a place called BodyTech that has a location in Bocagrande. The location is on a shopping commercial building that fronts up on the ocean just south of Calle 13. I am posting some photos I clipped from Google Maps. One is from the beach so you can see most of the whole building, the other is up closer so you can see the Gym name.
[URL]https://bodytech.com.co/sedes/bocagrande[/URL]
This is the phone number on their website (scroll to bottom and click 'contacto") - which I admit I do not understand. It is a lot of digits.
01 8000 182 639.
[QUOTE=MSanchez;2581823]What do the different colors mean? I got a white wristband after I was leaving, does that make me a gringo?[/QUOTE]Its more of an observation of whose wearing what bands, perhaps I'm wrong and I would like to be wrong on this. If so, someone tell me its all in my head and correct me.
My group and I have never had to pay a cover charge to get in for years, so why the wrist bands at all? Then once you get in you realize some guys are wearing wrist bands and some aren't and the ones who are not wearing them looks like local guys who live there as opposed to those who are visiting. I've seen them give yellow bands to one set of guys and blue to another group. Or red band to one group and white to another group. Then I notice depending on the bands color the girls will flirt harder or try to get your attention harder.
I love the place though, all flavors and I have met some of the most fun girls in there I still see years after.
I'm getting ready to head back to CTG and started talking to my chicas. They are telling me the price might be different when I get there because allot of guys are asking the chicas TLN the prices in dollars and the girls are telling them $300 or $400 they are paying it and the girls are laughing at them. Now I know where they come from $300 for the night may seem like a bargain when they are accustom to pay $300 for the hour but paying $300 for the night is more than twice the price in COP.
This is aimed to the newer mongers.
[QUOTE=MojoBandit;2582574]El Laguito is a pretty small place too be looking for a gym I think,[/QUOTE]ROFL. I think you did not catch my humour, or if you prefer my humour was not that good or not clear enough.
This person asked about a gym at "El Loquito" not at Laguito. He repeated the same in the post title, so he must be sure that the place is Loquito and not Laguito.
If you Google "El Loquito gymnasium", first photos are about gay places and people.
[QUOTE=BlackPage;2582743]ROFL. I think you did not catch my humour, or if you prefer my humour was not that good or not clear enough.
This person asked about a gym at "El Loquito" not at Laguito. He repeated the same in the post title, so he must be sure that the place is Loquito and not Laguito.
If you Google "El Loquito gymnasium", first photos are about gay places and people.[/QUOTE]Sorry, but yes I did miss it. I did not see the q in laquito in your post but now I see the humor in it.