Medellin Reports

[Knowledge]

3 am? What time were they closing to begin with? It's a serious question, I've never been in the park later than 10 PM or so and then only years ago.

I have a friend who works at one of the clubs near Parque Lleras. She said the clubs now stay open until 3 am.

[ChickySat]

Get a proxy. Problem solved. I have been working "remote" in different countries for 10+ years and have a full paid proxy subscription so all my traffic (phone included) route back through the US.

I get the proxy part for laptop but how do you route company phone? Do you turn of cellular network and just use phone via proxy VPN WiFi?

[Exoticspirit]

Oh I have had a problem drinking the tap water in the past, in Medellin. Water outages will certainly result in contamination.

The tolerance in tap water could be quite different between travellers and locals too. Just because locals could drink the tap water doesn't always mean that we could since the stomach flora inside could be quite different from living in different regions for most of our lives.

[Fun Luvr]

I'm positive. Clubs are staying open past 1am. I'm here now.

I have a friend who works at one of the clubs near Parque Lleras. She said the clubs now stay open until 3 am.

[Knowledge]

I am anti plastic contamination. I use refillable 5 gallon jugs. I feel awful when I'm in Miami and see people buying pallets of small plastic water bottles for home use.

You misunderstand me. I am saying that if you are eating food, you will have the local bugs in your system whether you drink the water or not. I'm not saying that eating local food will "help" with water contamination. If people are worried about this (I live in MDE and SJO and drank the tap water from day one in both places), please use sustainable methods vs. Buying bottled water. Filtration, etc. You can buy water bottles with filters. I just get real tired of seeing plastic bottles everywhere.

[Knowledge]

You still the man. Check this out, standard practice is Colombian pedo suspects have their faces obscured and their names withheld when the cases are reported in the media. This includes the ones literally caught with their dicks in illegal (under 14 in Colombia) girls like the guy who picked up two in San Diego and took them to a motel La Estrella. I think everybody saw the passport of Livingston plastered all over the Internet after he was released because the girls wouldn't accuse him of anything and he wasn't caught in the act doing anything. His life is pretty much fucked at this point and it's his own fault but I don't get the kid glove treatment of the locals.

Right? I haven't seen any signs telling the indigenous men to go back to their land, or saying grandpas aren't wanted here, or pamphlets being handed out to dance school owners telling them grooming is discouraged. There is a systemic problem in this country, along with many others, and a few dumb-F gringos are just a drop in the bucket. Keystone cops don't help, but if you ask me, a grandpa R-ing his granddaughter sends you to a real special place compared to some foreign slob being an idiot in what would certainly seem like an illegal agreement between parties type situation (based on the elevator video). Certain people will take to the streets for whatever the topic of the day is, but it boggles my mind on how locals can hear half a story from their neighbor's grandma's maid's friend on whatsapp, Day 1, and never think for a second there could be more to the story. Gentrification is my other hot button issue. Zimbabwe is at 130%, pretty sure there aren't many gringos buying apartments and bottles of alcohol there. Gas is up 50% in the US and I don't hear too many people blaming it on the Colombians in Miami or NYC. Ok, that's my rant for the day. All this greenery and peace at The Masters got me in the mood to pick a fight with my laptop LOL. In case anyone is worried, this has nothing to do with being sexually frustrated!

Enjoy the weekend. Cheers!

[Zeos1]

Yes, confirmation bias aside, the fact is Colombia is in a period of drought right now. It hasn't affected Medellin yet but the risk is there. It's so bad that Bogota is about to impose water rationing. Scheduled and unscheduled water outages are not unusual in Medellin. That's why most high rises have water tanks. It's not fair that only poor people in the barrios are affected by the water outages. You are probably not going to have a problem drinking the tap water. People here do it all their lives and gastritis is not the sort of problem it on the coast. I personally don't plan to cancel my Postobon deliveries any time soon. Three five gallon bottles cost about 44,000 pesos. It's not a big expense.

Oh I have had a problem drinking the tap water in the past, in Medellin. Water outages will certainly result in contamination. And more so right now in San Jose where one part of the city had tens of thousands of people sick from bad water as they are shutting it off every day leading to all sorts of water born problems. Alajeulita and Hatillo, parts of Desamperados and into Escazu. With thousands of cases each day. They are advised to not drink the water but happens anyway.

[Rahsta]

I am looking for a Girl-Friendly Hotel or Airbnb. I am happy to pay the extra fees. I am looking for a hotel or Airbnb with security that will keep the girl's ID and only give it after making sure that I am not drugged. Thanks.

Llares Green hotel just makes a copy of the girl ID. I'm at the Dix hotel now, I will see if they hold the girl ID until she comes back.

[MoonShot]

A strong Second the Motion to Moonshot encouraging Board Members, when responding to a post, to refrain from copying it in its entirety. But a correction with which he would probably (I hope) agree. . . ..

I did not know that technique. That is very good advice on how to reply to a long post without repeating the long post.

I am not in Medellin now so I can't comment on the current situation in Poblado with the mayor's new rule. But if you are seeing online girls that are over the legal age, you probably will not be affected in any manner.

[Nil Admirari]

Stop Replying to Long Posts! This is the fourth time the long post has been repeated.......Lets try a little harder not to reply to the long post. You can post a comment about it without replying to it.........

A strong Second the Motion to Moonshot encouraging Board Members, when responding to a post, to refrain from copying it in its entirety. But a correction with which he would probably (I hope) agree.

When doing so there is no reason not to start by hitting the "REPLY WITH QUOTE" option at the bottom of the prior post. But, unless the quoted post is a very short one, be sure to delete all of the text inside the QUOTE except a sentence or two. You can insert dots "...... ", as I have done, above, in the Quote from Moonshot's post, to indicate where you have deleted language. And be sure to retain the ISG QUOTE brackets, themselves, at the beginning and the end, or else the ISG system will abort your reply.

It's actually useful for other readers to have this link back to the prior post on which you are commenting in case they want to go back and check it out for themselves. This link is lost if (as Moonshot suggested) you just comment by drafting a new post (instead of hitting Reply to get started). Often Board Members are responding to a post a day or two after it's original appearance, so it may already be a page or two back on the thread.

[SlapShot10]

Daily reports of Colombian pedos continue to appear in the local media but there are no demonstrations or political speeches about them.

Right? I haven't seen any signs telling the indigenous men to go back to their land, or saying grandpas aren't wanted here, or pamphlets being handed out to dance school owners telling them grooming is discouraged. There is a systemic problem in this country, along with many others, and a few dumb-F gringos are just a drop in the bucket. Keystone cops don't help, but if you ask me, a grandpa R-ing his granddaughter sends you to a real special place compared to some foreign slob being an idiot in what would certainly seem like an illegal agreement between parties type situation (based on the elevator video). Certain people will take to the streets for whatever the topic of the day is, but it boggles my mind on how locals can hear half a story from their neighbor's grandma's maid's friend on whatsapp, Day 1, and never think for a second there could be more to the story. Gentrification is my other hot button issue. Zimbabwe is at 130%, pretty sure there aren't many gringos buying apartments and bottles of alcohol there. Gas is up 50% in the US and I don't hear too many people blaming it on the Colombians in Miami or NYC. Ok, that's my rant for the day. All this greenery and peace at The Masters got me in the mood to pick a fight with my laptop LOL. In case anyone is worried, this has nothing to do with being sexually frustrated!

Enjoy the weekend. Cheers!

[YyzTravel]

This might be the best post I ever read on any forum in 30+ years of mongering all over the world. It ought to be pinned to the top of this thread. Just about everything written could be applied to nearly every other country in SA, CA and Asia. I'm (very) HO. Thanks for a great read in a sea of blathering minutia!

Cheers man, appreciate the kind words.

[Rahsta]

According Colombian news they extending the closing time to 2 am.

Clubs start shutting down around 2:30, but I stil heard music blasting until 4 am. Don't know where it was coming from.

I'm staying at Lleras Green hotel, the hotel is ok. There wi-fi sucks.

They charge 100,000 person for guess. You first guess is free, you can bring the same guess as many times as you like. But if you bring in a different guess they will charge you. That sucks.

Nothing really to do in the Lleras parque area during the day. No girls walking around. Things pop off at night.

[ObjJay]

I am looking for a Girl-Friendly Hotel or Airbnb. I am happy to pay the extra fees. I am looking for a hotel or Airbnb with security that will keep the girl's ID and only give it after making sure that I am not drugged. Thanks.

[Knowledge]

Yes, confirmation bias aside, the fact is Colombia is in a period of drought right now. It hasn't affected Medellin yet but the risk is there. It's so bad that Bogota is about to impose water rationing. Scheduled and unscheduled water outages are not unusual in Medellin. That's why most high rises have water tanks. It's not fair that only poor people in the barrios are affected by the water outages. You are probably not going to have a problem drinking the tap water. People here do it all their lives and gastritis is not the sort of problem it on the coast. I personally don't plan to cancel my Postobon deliveries any time soon. Three five gallon bottles cost about 44,000 pesos. It's not a big expense.

Tap water is probably safe until it isn't. Safe if there have been no "low pressure" events in the system. But as soon as the water pressure is off there can be infiltration and then without super chlorination and pipe flushing you can have issues for some time. Eventually the chlorine will clean that up, but my rule is that if there are frequent events of the water being turned off then the tap water is not safe. That is true everywhere, but more true in places where you can see frequent leaks from water supply. Which is the case in Medellin, and certainly in San Jose Costa Rica.

And equating unsafe water with food and talking of them as being local bugs. That is not useful in my opinion. Eating local food will not help you with water contamination.