Background
I am in my Late 20’s of mixed ethnicity, I have an athletic build, been told am good looking, dress well and can dance. Did a mini retirement last year of 6 months but got well and truly hooked by Colombia. Ended up spending 3 months here with a month in Medellin.
Getting here
Cheapest way in in to Colombia is via Miami. Return tickets to Bogota can be had for $350.
From their you can take a bus, which is about 45k pesos and about 10 hours to Medellin. I think the journey itself, unless you’re bussed out, is well worth it once, just for the views.
By plane, you’re looking at about 100k pesos. But be aware, the airport to town journey is a fixed fare of 55k pesos, which you have to account for. The plane journey takes an hour and the taxi ride as well. Route in is very very windy.
Visa
Normally stamped on entry for 60 days, with an allowance of 6 months per calendar year.
Please note that you are only allowed 180 consecutive days in the country before you have to exit the country, regardless of calendar year.
Weather
It rained every day except 2, while I was there, and this was in March. Bring wet wether clothes. However, it never gets cold, sunny most of the time and the temperature seems to hover about the mid-70, s.
Getting around
Taxis are all pretty cheap and metered. Bus’s only attempt if you know what your doing. The metro system is very clean and modern with a single journey less than $1.
Money
ATM,s everywhere, most have a limit of 300k to 400k pesos.
Accommodation
Hostels to fancy hotels, whatever takes your fancy. Was staying with a friend, so cant comment directly. But pit-stop, casa kiwi seemed pretty popular in terms of hostels. All are in the parquet lleras area. Dorm rooms average around 15 to 20k pesos. Hotels, again the sky’s the limit.
Safety
As long as you keep your wits about you, will be fine. Most of the violence is gang related here. No jewellery though, and always only take out as much as your prepared to lose.
Food
Pretty bad. My fathers a chef, so have high standards, but even so. Don’t come here expecting gourmet cuisine. Meat rice and potato’s everywhere. With the obligatory arepa.
The best I had was home cooked, and at a crepes and waffles chain. Exito and Carulla supermarkets are western prices and chicken is frozen.
Things to do
Erm, ride the metro cable, visit a few parks museums, go to church. Erm………………hit a shopping mall? Not really much to this place, very modern, very clean, but no real culture here. The touristy thing can easily be done in 2 or 3 days.
Vibe
Laid back, relaxed, friendly. People always have the time and are never rude. Losing your temper here will get you nowhere.
Cost of living
Again its up to you. Dorm rooms can be had for 15k peso’s club entry anything from around 10-30k pesos, drinks are about 3-5k peso’s. You can feed yourself for a day on about 20k pesos. All things being equal, I would say its about 50% cheaper than say new York.
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The girls
Very hot – These girls ake great pride in their appearance and plastic surgery is the norm here. The caveat being though, take away the plastic makeup and clothes, and no more beeter then anywhere else in Colombia
Very slutty – pretty much like anywhere in Colombia. Girls are just as much up for it as the boys, no false modesty, mind games or cock teasing. If they like you, they let you know.
(do not read that the wrong way, you need to game them, hence the word slutty rather then slut)
Incredibly mental – Seriously, having to go out with one would drive me crazy. Definition of emotionally led. No rhyme or reason to their logic at times.
cultural observations
No gringo love here-They have seen thousands coming through here, the most visible being the p4s sex crowd with the bumbag and mc hammer pants and the travellers with the shorts and sandals sarging clumsily. By default you are a sex tourist. It's a prejudice you are going to have to work against.
social status is everything - The people you know, the places you hang out, the way you dress, you are constantly being assessed. Woven into the fabric of the culture and would take too long to explain. Understand, status=pussy
25-35 is the golden ageAgain take this as a guideline. A 20 year old latin brad pitt double will have no trouble getting laid, just as much as a 40 year old james bond type would.
This is the golden age when males are at their physical peak, social standing and earning potential. Giirls know this.
The males are all beta,s Seriously, with the odd exception. It,s unbelievable. More hindrance then advantage.
Latino takes precedence- seriously, if you have any sort of game at all you will do above and beyond your norm.
the flip side- if you are a white gringo, understand the hotter girls are off limits, the girls are looking to protect their social status above and beyond anything.
Gaming
Shopping mall- Plent to choose from. The girls dress to shop . pretty dead during work hours, but come evenong and weekend, shoots up. Seems like one every 100 yards. Girls are open enough to approaches.
Gym No approaches on the floor, but most have a smoothie bar. Girls are hot and the blokes are fat and old. Not tried but great potential.
Was member of of bodytech cost $75 to join and $100 monthly membership, but is a national chain and the best equipeed.
Bar - people go out in groups and rarely mingle. Easy enough to approach though
Clubs - See above, girls love to dance most places play reggaetoone. Babylon the famed grino hunting site is now shut , blue seems popular hunting sight.
Tips
Learn to dance - The girls love it and can get very filthy at times with it.
Learn the language- Spanglish will only get you so far, the girls aren,t endeared by it at all.
Dress well- think gq and less street style. The girls take great pride in their appearance, do the same.
Have a local social circle- Not only will it make your trip more enjoyable, getting a local prerspective, but the act of being surrounded by Colombian,s will mean you have been peer-approved, and lessen the stigma of gringoness.
Get out of poblado- double whammy of being gringoville and being the wealthy area of medellin, full of girls seeking peer approval, means you will luck out. Even just a block away will yield so much higher dividend.
Closing thoughts
I love medellin, but the women is just a small part of it. The laid back vibe, good weather, fashion sense all appeal to me and i am lloking to move here hopefully at some point permanently.
But the place is very boring, not culturally attractive and you do have to keep your wits about you out of the poblado bubble.
If you are thinking of coming here specifically to chase girls, i would say give it a miss.
Why? You can bring your tightest game here and still the hottest girls will be out of reach or you will end up paying. Wy? As i alluded above, social status is everything, coupled with the stigma of being a gringo will mean the hot hotties won,t have anything to do with you, the exceptions being prepaos and gringo hunter.
I am in my Late 20’s of mixed ethnicity, I have an athletic build, been told am good looking, dress well and can dance. Did a mini retirement last year of 6 months but got well and truly hooked by Colombia. Ended up spending 3 months here with a month in Medellin.
Getting here
Cheapest way in in to Colombia is via Miami. Return tickets to Bogota can be had for $350.
From their you can take a bus, which is about 45k pesos and about 10 hours to Medellin. I think the journey itself, unless you’re bussed out, is well worth it once, just for the views.
By plane, you’re looking at about 100k pesos. But be aware, the airport to town journey is a fixed fare of 55k pesos, which you have to account for. The plane journey takes an hour and the taxi ride as well. Route in is very very windy.
Visa
Normally stamped on entry for 60 days, with an allowance of 6 months per calendar year.
Please note that you are only allowed 180 consecutive days in the country before you have to exit the country, regardless of calendar year.
Weather
It rained every day except 2, while I was there, and this was in March. Bring wet wether clothes. However, it never gets cold, sunny most of the time and the temperature seems to hover about the mid-70, s.
Getting around
Taxis are all pretty cheap and metered. Bus’s only attempt if you know what your doing. The metro system is very clean and modern with a single journey less than $1.
Money
ATM,s everywhere, most have a limit of 300k to 400k pesos.
Accommodation
Hostels to fancy hotels, whatever takes your fancy. Was staying with a friend, so cant comment directly. But pit-stop, casa kiwi seemed pretty popular in terms of hostels. All are in the parquet lleras area. Dorm rooms average around 15 to 20k pesos. Hotels, again the sky’s the limit.
Safety
As long as you keep your wits about you, will be fine. Most of the violence is gang related here. No jewellery though, and always only take out as much as your prepared to lose.
Food
Pretty bad. My fathers a chef, so have high standards, but even so. Don’t come here expecting gourmet cuisine. Meat rice and potato’s everywhere. With the obligatory arepa.
The best I had was home cooked, and at a crepes and waffles chain. Exito and Carulla supermarkets are western prices and chicken is frozen.
Things to do
Erm, ride the metro cable, visit a few parks museums, go to church. Erm………………hit a shopping mall? Not really much to this place, very modern, very clean, but no real culture here. The touristy thing can easily be done in 2 or 3 days.
Vibe
Laid back, relaxed, friendly. People always have the time and are never rude. Losing your temper here will get you nowhere.
Cost of living
Again its up to you. Dorm rooms can be had for 15k peso’s club entry anything from around 10-30k pesos, drinks are about 3-5k peso’s. You can feed yourself for a day on about 20k pesos. All things being equal, I would say its about 50% cheaper than say new York.
-----------------------------------------------------------
The girls
Very hot – These girls ake great pride in their appearance and plastic surgery is the norm here. The caveat being though, take away the plastic makeup and clothes, and no more beeter then anywhere else in Colombia
Very slutty – pretty much like anywhere in Colombia. Girls are just as much up for it as the boys, no false modesty, mind games or cock teasing. If they like you, they let you know.
(do not read that the wrong way, you need to game them, hence the word slutty rather then slut)
Incredibly mental – Seriously, having to go out with one would drive me crazy. Definition of emotionally led. No rhyme or reason to their logic at times.
cultural observations
No gringo love here-They have seen thousands coming through here, the most visible being the p4s sex crowd with the bumbag and mc hammer pants and the travellers with the shorts and sandals sarging clumsily. By default you are a sex tourist. It's a prejudice you are going to have to work against.
social status is everything - The people you know, the places you hang out, the way you dress, you are constantly being assessed. Woven into the fabric of the culture and would take too long to explain. Understand, status=pussy
25-35 is the golden ageAgain take this as a guideline. A 20 year old latin brad pitt double will have no trouble getting laid, just as much as a 40 year old james bond type would.
This is the golden age when males are at their physical peak, social standing and earning potential. Giirls know this.
The males are all beta,s Seriously, with the odd exception. It,s unbelievable. More hindrance then advantage.
Latino takes precedence- seriously, if you have any sort of game at all you will do above and beyond your norm.
the flip side- if you are a white gringo, understand the hotter girls are off limits, the girls are looking to protect their social status above and beyond anything.
Gaming
Shopping mall- Plent to choose from. The girls dress to shop . pretty dead during work hours, but come evenong and weekend, shoots up. Seems like one every 100 yards. Girls are open enough to approaches.
Gym No approaches on the floor, but most have a smoothie bar. Girls are hot and the blokes are fat and old. Not tried but great potential.
Was member of of bodytech cost $75 to join and $100 monthly membership, but is a national chain and the best equipeed.
Bar - people go out in groups and rarely mingle. Easy enough to approach though
Clubs - See above, girls love to dance most places play reggaetoone. Babylon the famed grino hunting site is now shut , blue seems popular hunting sight.
Tips
Learn to dance - The girls love it and can get very filthy at times with it.
Learn the language- Spanglish will only get you so far, the girls aren,t endeared by it at all.
Dress well- think gq and less street style. The girls take great pride in their appearance, do the same.
Have a local social circle- Not only will it make your trip more enjoyable, getting a local prerspective, but the act of being surrounded by Colombian,s will mean you have been peer-approved, and lessen the stigma of gringoness.
Get out of poblado- double whammy of being gringoville and being the wealthy area of medellin, full of girls seeking peer approval, means you will luck out. Even just a block away will yield so much higher dividend.
Closing thoughts
I love medellin, but the women is just a small part of it. The laid back vibe, good weather, fashion sense all appeal to me and i am lloking to move here hopefully at some point permanently.
But the place is very boring, not culturally attractive and you do have to keep your wits about you out of the poblado bubble.
If you are thinking of coming here specifically to chase girls, i would say give it a miss.
Why? You can bring your tightest game here and still the hottest girls will be out of reach or you will end up paying. Wy? As i alluded above, social status is everything, coupled with the stigma of being a gringo will mean the hot hotties won,t have anything to do with you, the exceptions being prepaos and gringo hunter.
I am no gentleman
