[wolfer]

Hey Guys,

i am happy that i found this forum, even though i know pickup since the good old days of 2006, i just stumbled upon here, crazy how i didnt know it, but it is exactly what i love, traveling and approaching.

I am born Eastern European, but i moved as a small kid to germany.
Like most of you guys, i prefer real woman, and no hipster bullshit women.
I was last year backpacking(banging) in SEA and this year after reading some reports here and on the german forum, i decided to learn spanish and go to southamerica, since i like exotique women.


So my plan was in the beginning of November going to Medellin for 2 Months and going to take a spanish course, get an apartment between the 2 universitys with some internationals or mixed with columbians, since you have a social circle and can practice a lot of spanish.

Whats the best neighberhood for it and where do i find shared apartments or are shared apartments not going to work out?

After that i am also undecided whether goign straight to a friend to curitiba, its more visiting less gaming in curitiba, or going to lima for 1-2 weeks and after that to curitiba, since on tinder i was already checking out and had on the first sight good responses. Flights from medellin to Lima or Curitiba are about 400-500€/$ WTF, but i saved some money for the trip.

around the 25th of january till beginning of february i was thinking going to buenos aires and santiago to see some more city and staying in the hostel. and after that going for 2-3 days for carneval to rio. Is carneval worth it, or is it like new year only expensive and not really something special? if i am to far away from the parade and dangerous i can skip it.
heading back in the middle of february to germany from rio.

Did i forget some nice citys, does 2 months makes sense to focus on studying on spanish and gaming chicks in colombia?

Any other tipps to get the most out of this trip?

I am 27, brunette, blue eyes, 5,11, working out in the gym looking like a athlet not a bodybuilder...

[Merenguero]

This guy may very well be serious or may very well be screwing around. I'm really not sure. If you are a complete newbie to Latin America, going to Buenos Aires would be a big mistake. If you like Argentines as I do, try Mendoza then maybe Playa del Carmen to meet Argentines on vacation or transplants. I'm in no way a fan of Colombia, but I actually think it's your best bet in South America when you take all things into consideration such as quality of women, easiness of women, cost, weather, etc. Medellin is not your best bet there. Bogota and Cali are probably your best bets if your language skills are not on point. If you have the language skills, those two cities are still good choices as are Pereira and Manizales.

[NovaVirtu]

What's your total budget for this trip?

Flights within South America are frustratingly expensive, I don't know why. It might be worth spending more time in fewer places, but if you have the money, do what you want.

Lima might be a great introduction to South America for you, it certainly was for me. Check the link to the Peru thread in my sig for more information.

[wolfer]

no i am very serious, thats why i am asking for advice. Buenos Aires and Santiago are not to far away from Curitiba and the flights are only 150-200€ and i got the timespot to go there or i skip it and go to lima for at least 2 weeks.
Budget would be 5000-7000€, but like everyone else, i dont wanna spend it all.
First i saw there are a lot if spanish classes at cuzco, but after reading more, cuzco isnt as good as medellin. I will probably take a privat teacher for about 10$ an hour, is it ok? Till then i am practicing with pimsleur and duolingo.
Yeah the flights are a joke, i am paying for 5 Flights in europe in total 350€.

I would be very thankfull, since i think it will be game winning, about the accommodation in medellin. Own apartment for 2 months or shared apartment, and how to find a shared apartment with other students ?!? I was an exchange student in the us, and stayed at a hostfamily and i made good experience in short time learning a language living with native speaker. bringing girls back to your home shouldnt be a problem right?

[Tigre]

(09-13-2015 07:08 PM)wolfer Wrote:  

Flights from medellin to Lima or Curitiba are about 400-500€/$ WTF, but i saved some money for the trip.

VivaColombia has a Bogota-Lima flight with cheaper prices.

Book the Medellin-Bogota connection on Avianca or VivaColombia. Internal flights in Colombia are best purchased locally in Colombia.

[NovaVirtu]

Don't live in Cusco. Visit it, but don't live there.

There are some nice historical things and the nightlife is decent but 90% of the city is a dump.

[LINUX]

For first time Colombia visitors, I would recommend Medellin or Bogota but not Cali.

Also, going from Colombia to Lima is like going from a Lamborghini to a Ford Pinto. I would only go there if you want to go for other reasons, like falling into a pit of depression or chilling at parque kennedy with all the stray cats who can't see. The number one Lima attraction for me was the plane leaving the airport.

[mntrsx]

why not Brazil instead of Colombia?

[wolfer]

Hey Guys my trip is coming closer, i still struggle to find me an apartment or a room. i will probably do airbnb the first few days to find there an apartment. also i will take spanish lesson with a private teacher, since i am stayin there for 2 full months. my plan will be after that to stay 2-3 weeks in lima since i saw some talent on tinder in lima and the lays will be what i read her easier. headin then to a friend who is living in curitiba (10 days) and then to rio before going back to germany.

how did you guys find an furnished apartment in medellin and how much is in poblado?

[newgame]

For Medellin there are huge ranges of prices in different parts of the city, different sizes, furnishings, amenities, etc. For a very nice apartment in a good location of Poblado, I'd expect to spend around 2 to 2.5 million per month. If it's less than a month it's going to limit your choices and increase your costs due to Medellin's short-term rental law restricting renting in most buildings for less than a month.

PM me if you want a local contact for a rental.

[atlantis974]

2.5M per month is weird, was looking around here:
http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/com...rto+Alegre
I'm actually in the most expansive place in POA and the rent index is perfect (1100R$).
595 R$ for Medellin centre, I thought that this would be kind of good too.
Where did you get this number?
2.5M is around 500£ thats 5 times more than the data.

[Tigre]

Numbeo is wrong on rents, and poorly designed.

It doesn't mention if the rent should be for a furnished or unfurnished place. Respondents have given figures for unfurnished. We are talking about furnished. The figures Numbeo gives for unfurnished are about 20% too low.

City center Medellin is a dump. That's why rents for outside of city center came out more expensive than El Centro. Even though "outside of city center" includes a range of properties from slums up to El Poblado luxury apartments.

Furnished apartments have a turn key price, including all utilities. Numbeo will tell you that utilities including internet, cable TV and home phone will run you around 300k, which is about right.

[atlantis974]

Indeed, I'm so used to have the centre of the city has the most expensive place, didn't see that.

[newgame]

(11-07-2015 11:53 PM)atlantis974 Wrote:  

2.5M per month is weird, was looking around here:
http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/com...rto+Alegre
I'm actually in the most expansive place in POA and the rent index is perfect (1100R$).
595 R$ for Medellin centre, I thought that this would be kind of good too.
Where did you get this number?
2.5M is around 500£ thats 5 times more than the data.

If you don't believe the value I gave, head over to airbnb to confirm it. You will see that many of the apartments are 3 million or more for a 1 bedroom (using December as a test), although you can find cheaper than airbnb through a local agency.

[tomtud]

Newgame is 100% correct.... If you don't believe him, check out local websites... For example espaciourbano has many listings, metrocuadrado, etc etc. Mind you renting a place in Colombia isn't so straight forward....I will let you research a bit about it

To rent in central Medellin may be cheap , but it isn't the safest place to be. Heck, in poblado by industriales and San Diego neighbourhoods/ sections it is dodgy.

For the gringo tourist ( that means everybody who isn't Spanish, stick to poblado IMHO... You can do laureles or Envigado etc, and you will be fine as well.

Furnished rentals vs un furnished,,, versus brand new (para estrenar). Enjoy your search.

[tomtud]

Newgame is 100% correct.... If you don't believe him, check out local websites... For example espaciourbano has many listings, metrocuadrado, etc etc. Mind you renting a place in Colombia isn't so straight forward....I will let you research a bit about it

To rent in central Medellin may be cheap , but it isn't the safest place to be. Heck, in poblado by industriales and San Diego neighbourhoods/ sections it is dodgy.

For the gringo tourist ( that means everybody who isn't Spanish, stick to poblado IMHO... You can do laureles or Envigado etc, and you will be fine as well.

Furnished rentals vs un furnished,,, versus brand new (para estrenar). Enjoy your search.

[atlantis974]

I'm going to create a thread for that because renting is quite important .