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I am coming boys! 😘 Little over three weeks and I will pay them a daily visit.

Mine was that he had to go to school early in the morning. On a saturday nonetheless. Obviously I thought he was full of it and told him that he could leave Immidiately. Somehow I did get to know him much better in the following weeks and the school story was 100% true. This was in Medellin but it did teach me a universal lesson.

Now I get where it is. Wow, that used to be crazy area. I have not been there in 10 years. Come to think of it, it would be great to get that part of Surawong going again. Drinks used to be much cheaper at that end. I remember they used to have afterparties there when Taksin decide have bars close at 12AM. But i remember that everything was concentrate with 100 meters from (Mango) street entrance.

Indeed. Medellin is full with boys from Venezuela. Many of them are still Illigaal and could not get a normal job. Those who work "normal" jobs are often underpaid and this affects the colombians who are looking for work too. Don't forget that many of the sex studios are in Medellin. Not saying that the webcamers are all prostitutes, but many are. Enjoy your trip!

Maybe this will make you even more convident. I logged on Grindr and Hornet in Bangkok and pattaya yesterday and got a few conections on Hornet and few dozen on grindr in 24 hours. In Medellin I had around 4 to 5 hundred in 24 hours. Shocking!

Me too! It was more or less instantly. Not different than in Novembar last year.

I've been to Medellin in December and in January. That place was saturated with boys.

I've spoken to 4 boys and one mamasan these last days that have just returned to repectivily Bangkok and Pattaya. Historically it is not the best time of the year for tourism in Thailand, but I wonder if we can see an influx of boys the coming weeks. Most have been away for 2 years now. anyone noticing some positive movement in that direction?

Funny you bring this up. My friend is joining me tomorrow from Medellin. We are going to travel through Mexico a few weeks together. He also suggested me to book an apartment in Laureles when I come back to Medellin.

Here, you don't notice anything more than we are (mostly) already used to. People are wearing masks but it is pretty loose. I got a booster vaccine two weeks ago and been tested twice the last 6 days. My holiday continues in Mexico and we are thinking about Cuba. No idea what was wrong with me but I feel great now. I'm (we) are not getting any younger and will not be able to keep taking holidays like this.

I have made it to Medellin and arrived last Wednesday. If you just follow the instruction given by the government, there is no problem coming in. There is not much to report because I have been sick since day two. On day one we went to bar Chiquita (or something like that) and some other bar at Parque Lleras. A few things that I noticed which I think are noteworthy: People in hospitality are nice. I've been to many countries around the world and I can honestly say that I have not been treated better in any other country. Last Friday we went to Industry. Before going there I've read some reviews online and people were pretty negative about the staff. I can honestly say that everyone we interacted with from doormen to bar staff and waiters were as nice and helpful as people can be. Another point: I have never been in a situation where I got a bill with tip pre-calculated on the bill, but not mandatory. That seems to be normal here. I don't have a problem with it but it was a bit of a culture shock. As I said, I was sick most of the time and I will be leaving tomorrow. But next month I'll be back and I know there will be many interesting things to write about. Ohh, it's also warmer than I had expected. 28c some days.

I'll be in Medellin Tuesday and I can't see myself worrying about Covid all that much. There is nothing wrong with taking precautions and finding the path with the least risk, of course. I'm more of a bar and club person, so that one dude that I am kissing will be the least of my worries. I had COVID, my 2 vaccinations and recently a boostershot. Now, I like to expereince things as normal as possible. Enojoy your trip!

You are also allowed entrance with a PCR test. They omitted this in the (earlier) news reports yesterday. https://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/colombia-introduces-new-entry-requirements-for-all-travelers/28778

The day that I arrive 🙂

It's is not possible (for me) to use the CoronApp as a foreigner unless I would have resident ties with Colombia. I cannot add a foreign passport number nor change the phone number input to a foreign prefix. The previous advice about the Check-mig app seems to be the correct one.

I just got back from Thailand and in two weeks I'm travelling to Colombia. I already made a lot of new interesting friends on Grindr, I'll keep you all posted.

Why would you post a link to the same article that I posted?

Yes, that's why I asked. I also heard and seen some videos about people that used Uber. The driver would ask them to sit at the front because then it would look like they were friends. But as I understand it now, Cabify is illegal as well. I know Cabify from Barcelona and the in Medellin they have an app "Easy Taxi." Here is a two-year-old thread from Tripadvisor: https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g297478-i6346-k12473130-Transportation_in_Medellin_Uber_Cabify_Easy_Taxi-Medellin_Antioquia_Department.html The agency from which we rent a house is sending a car for us. This service will cost us $80.000 pesos from Medellin's José María Córdova airport, which is equally priced as a regular taxi but I would gladly pay more, just for the safety aspect. https://medellinguru.com/get-to-medellin-from-the-airport/

Did you use Cabify?

Did you ever been to the altitude of Bogota? I've been and left after a few days because I couldn't handle the altitude. It's only 250 meters higher than CDMX, but that was a world of difference to me. Something to take into concideration.

It's pretty normal to make assumptions with limited information. This is how we make sense of things and navigate through life. I said what it proves to me based on my experience, not as a matter of fact.

You might be interested in a little experiment I just did. I basically tried to recreate my own experience on Grindr in Medellin but with a gay twink account. The only difference was that I didn't initiate chats. But this wouldn't account to many views. I still clicked on all the profiles I liked and let the computer run for 24 hours. Where got far into the 500 views, 25% messages and taps in 24 hours on my own account, this passive twink only got 136 views and 15% messages of which most were taps. That is a very big difference. Even though this isn't an exact science, it does prove to me that the "slim gay twinkies" are far less popular than in many European countries that I know of.

I started to think that I was the only one on the Latin board. The amount of boys that are looking for someone older is stunning, and unlike popular belief most are not money boys. I often discuss this with a friend, one thing they usually have incoming is the lack of a father figure in their life. I don't see this a lot in Europe. I also think it's about location. How many boys didn't I turn down when in Asia or Mexico...I would take them in a heartbeat back home. This more or less touches the point you are making, but would I pay that $150 in Bogota? Yes, if there was nothing else to be had, but there are so many to choose from that "overpaying" is not needed. Also, I assume that this guy you are talking about was an absolute 10 in your taste of men. Would he only charge $150 in the US? One thing that I love about Latin America, as opposed to many Asian countries that I frequent, is the boy's freedom of entry without a visa into Europe. I might have a week in November where I have a boy from Mexico come over. Sadly enough, this doesn't go for Cubans.

Why would stay somewhere where you have to register your boy when booking? You will be limiting yourself and better hope it works out with the person you registered. What I have read on airbnb, you could have problems with this. What I did was rent a house instead of an apartment. There is no doorman and you have your privacy. There is a section on Airbnb where each listing clearly writes those rules. When are you going?

I am not a star in writing trip reports. But, I was in Mexico last month and wrote some of my experiences on this forum.