Just some thoughts/advice/trolling/my typical TL/DR post:
I love this place but it seems to be so romanticized by some, and then the fear-mongers on the other end. Medellin is not really a big party city, Bogota especially, then Cali, and Cartagena has alot more action for nightlife. Thurs-Saturday you will have plenty of options, but mid-week kinda sucks with there usually being only a handful of places you could go out.
long time expat buddy posted this tonight: So I know of no less than 5 robberies, a drugging and a one-night kidnapping among my circle of friends in just the last couple of weeks.
That being said, alot of it comes down to who you are. There is very very very little random violent crime, but plenty of robberies and secuestro express (kidnap for the night and take you to ATMs to empty your account). The majority is just getting a gun/knife pulled on you in Poblado while walking, no harm done and you lose some money and a cell phone
If you have the street smarts of a dude from Omaha, Nebraska, or stare at that girl's ass for too long, or walk funny, make eye contact when you shouldn't be (no sea sapo guevon!!), insist on dressing like a gringo, wear your nice watch and jewelry, are texting on your iPhone in public, walk home at night, or go to the wrong places for girls or drugs.....etc etc etc bad things can and most likely will happen, it's just a matter of time.
Poker players reaaaally have a wide range of 'street smarts' so really it just depends. Some people I know would get eaten alive in their first week. Others would prob be fine for years and really love it.
For girls, I def don't go out as hard as alot of the guys here, I'm just trying to get wasted... but yeah it can be a goldmine with a lot of psycho chicks thrown in. A decent amount of girls you think are cool but end up being prepagos (prepaid girls/whores). Cupid is cool. It has its pros and cons, but its easy enough to get laid, me and 2 roommates all had a cupid girl over tonight
For weather, i'm a spoiled southern california kid and this place is the nuts... but specifically October and May are rainy seasons as Mort alluded to. A decent amount of nightlife is centered around being out at parks and drinking on the streets, so rainy months can put a damper on the party scene for sure. I'd guess maybe 30-40% of days here it will rain at some point during the day, but generally doesn't last more than an hour. Summer can be pretty damn hot during the day, but nothing overwhelming.
and post/threadsavers: (sorry I like em younggg)
cute girl that had a bf with her when we went out:
1/ meh 2/ i love that girl 3/ meh and 17 anyways 4/ I had a black fetish last week, this one ended up dating me but got dumppped when she saw pics of me with another girl 5/fat 6/absolutely adorable and flirty and would sneak kisses in on my neck as I'm holding gf's hand watching concert omgggggg slut and I love it 7/ fat 8/ young. never got a chance to take a pic without the 2 fatties wanting to join in, but was a big concert/car show/festival hence girls wanting pic with muscle dudes
met left in a club, made out and im pretty sure she realized she was way too hot for me
random friend of current gf that I stalk on fb. freelancing whore I guess, as a huge % of girls seem to be. My roommates last girl was saying she dated a 60 year old dude before him, she's 20. wtffff.
cupid girl that nothing ever materialized with
hoodrat chick, friend of black girl above
anyways, most of my girls are fairly ugly by colombian standards, so don't really have much for ya. Thought about posting all the cupid girls that have been banged out so far but I'm sure eventually we'll get a google doc going soon enough with notes on how easy each one is and which psychos to avoid. Alot of guys have been pulling some amazing 8's and 9's, but you need to either be 7 feet tall, blond hair/blue eyes or speak spanish
Going solo to a different smaller city a few hours south for september to try and grind for once and get some chicasssss (rumored to be one of the sluttiest towns in colombia - I'll report here if anything interesting)
learn decent conversational spanish before you come, seriously. They talk pretty crazy in medellin, I didn't understand much the first 2-3 times I came here. learn to be proactive about wearing condoms, many girls here just don't care or have insisted not to wear one. sketch
bananas are readily available 24 hours/day. High quality and extremely cheap. I bought 20 large prerolled blunts and dude gave me 10 more for free. Cost $50, prob ~40 grams and I'm not getting any kind of great deal that a local would. Internet is fairly horrible, very hit or miss depending on the house, but plenty of backup is available so with a combo of backups you shouldn't have a problem
Jose upload more pics from the world cup games!! mannnn I've never seen lleras so packed and crazy