Just wanted to comment on the spanish thing, since it seems like a ton of people feel like they'll get by fine with english or confident they will learn spanish in like their first month here by taking a class, which is just so lol. (not singling out dc at all, you seem dedicated and I think you will pick things up much quicker than me or most people)

Live in spanish until it hurts your brain. I guess it's the same as physical muscle growth, but for a long time my brain would literally be sore and I would be insanely tired at the end of the day when I lived in spanish.

Fwiw I took 5-6 semesters of spanish classes when I was younger (kept moving and repeated spanish 1 for 3 years, lol), and seriously learned wayyyy more in hanging out with buddies for 2 weekends going snowboarding in Spain, because not a single person knew a single word of english. God it hurt so much at the end of each of those weekends, but I'm not kidding when I say I learned more in those like 6-7 days than I did in 5 semesters, but each day was like 16 hours of classes and having to figure things out bit by bit.

The classes helped for learning stuff like verb conjugation, a bit of vocab words... but for me it was just memorizing 'x' list of words, taking a test, getting a good grade, and forgetting it.

If you guys want to learn spanish seriously I would suggest living with Colombians and not putting yourself in an environment where its even possible to speak english. When I first moved here I lived with a guy from Spain for 6 months and far and away that's where I learned the most. It's just 100% different than going to a class for 2 hours a day. Compartoapto.com is a great site where normal people, students, professionals...are looking for roommates.

anyways, I ramble and I've beat that horse enough.

enjoy locombia gents

Boliver! Thumbs up for this man!

wholeheartedly agree with boliver. taking classes is no substitution for emerging yourself in the language on your own. it does however force yourself to get more reps. and provides a solid foundation. if money ain't a factor i would consider supplementing with classes.

also, anyone here watch NFL?! i think there's an Irish/English pub in Lleras that shows games. anyone know about it? looking to catch some games every Thursday/Sunday, if anyone's interested. if you're a Pats fan even better

a bunch of the restaurants around the park had the monday night game on last week

Hi all,

Heading down to Medellin on Thursday with a pal were both English and just travelling around colombia looking to stay a bit longer in either Medellin or bogota. Need to find a gringo job or something to keep the trip going. Not played poker for a while now but thinking Of getting a laptop and trying to fund myself that way but obviously no guarantee and I Havnt played for a while. Can anyone suggest a good area for an apartment that is both cheap and not to far from poblado? And any suggestions on work would be appreciated too.

Also The Best place to buy a cheap laptop to get me going out here?

if u are looking to buy a cheap laptop. i would suggest craiglist, or ebay or something. but in stores. i would recommend going to centro commercial monterrey its a mall specializing in electronics and computers,. its in poblado. they sell refurbished laptops.

u can get a decent spot in envigado or laureles, or sabaneta, or itagui, the more roommates u have the more bang for your buck you will get, you can get a nice spot 3bedroom rent 400 each in a zone 5 zone 6 area.
http://www.firstamericanrealtymedellin.com/
http://www.paradiserealtymedellin.com/
https://www.airbnb.com
http://pobladorentals.com/

horveech nfl is tough for us mtt grinders i got to grind my ass off on sundays
i recommend any non spanish players to just emerge yourself on your own. lots of words in spanish sounds similar to there english counterpart alrdy. have apps on your phone. try to listen to music in spanish and pick out words you know and piece it together, watch movies with subtitles in spanish. def recommend a private tutor if u have the cash its about 12-25 dollars a class

hey where are you at in medellin ? we all should chill and i got to add you on the medellin chat group

1. the live action in the casinos the biggest games i seen is about 1/2 usd.the tournnaments they usally have run from 20 usd to about 60 usd. the biggest daily tournaments i seen was in casino rio and it had about 50 runners was a 50 dollar buyin,. there is also the ace of spades poker club. where you can play as high as u want if u have the people that want to play there. the biggest i seen there was 1/2 usd they also run small field small buyin tournaments about 2-4 times a week . https://www.facebook.com/asde.espadas.37?fref=ts

thats there facebook

2. guatape is a peaceful mountaneous area its beautiful. its about a 3 hour drive. around medellin all over. is rural farm land with lakes, they have places called fincas. its basically a ranch. you can rent a finca for the weekend. most of them have pools and you can enjoy the forest, pools lakes and whatnot. its pretty cheap if you have all the friends to chip in. they are some fincas that are like 45 min drive from the city. also there is a resort area ( http://www.skicolombia.com/ski-colombia.php ) where you can jetski . wakeboard , bike . rock climb. enjoy the scenary. if we can get enough people i would be down to go and hang out for the weekeed.

wcoop grind this month gl to all !! so far quick poker update. surviving wcoop so far. cashed in a couple wcoops. bubbled the 200r zoom with kk losing to a6 was a $600 bubble got 9th in the big109 got like 20th in the 888 main and a couple other deep runs. overall up around 6k this month cant complain.. gl to all !!

I basically did the same as you, was travelling around and bought a laptop out here to stay a few extra months and hope i could make money playing poker still having not really played much for a few years. Bought my laptop in a big exito supermarket by Poblado metro station that has a massive electronics section and is pretty decent.

im in the chat group already. im the guy who moved here so henri didnt end up moving in with you a couple of months ago

Thanks for the replies il check it out. If any of you guys want to meet up when I'm in town just let me know.

hey guys there is an mma gym super close to santa fe cenntro commercial. it has muythai, boxing jiu jitsu, wrestling, capoeira . theres a promotion right now 2 people for 40 usd each. if your in medellin right now lemme know if your interested if your thinkign of coming to medellin . you have me as a person to go with along with another poker player. more will be signing up to. women here love a man that is fit and athletic. !! and its great to learn self defense. and build your confidence. highly recommend anyone who is here to sign up pm me for details. http://www.mmacolombia.com.co/ thats link to the mma gym

Where abouts is good to go out on a Saturday? Went out in parque lleras last night and couldn't find 1 place that was busy and went on til late?

Are you sure you were in Parque llares? It was a Friday...

Yea i was very disappointed. I was told the rain may have kept a few people away but I'm hoping for an improvement. As Iv heard such good things. Maybe it was just a quiet night.

medellin isn't so much of a late night city in the least bit...bogota has normal clubs and then a whole slew of after-hours places that open at 3am till 6 or 7am. Still tho lleras on a friday rarely dissapoints...and if it does there's always chupitos!!!

The only late night spot I know of in medellin is all Palmaira (sp?), couple miles south of poblado that has a bunch of bigger concert venues/clubs and is where we usually end up if I'm out past 2am or so.

All the grimey stuff is going on till sunrise as well in more hood parts of the city

rain kills everything in medellin. people barely go out when it rains. there are barely any taxis. its super hard to get a taxi. on a friday or saturday parque lerras is always popping.

Went to río sur Saturday night and then Fahrenheit after. And tonight a club in barrio colombia ... This is the medellin I'm talking about much better . I guess the rain kills all. Really need to get hold of a laptop and start playing though as I'm eating through my funds

Rainy season is coming up from what I hear. October/November. Rio Sur is a great spot to go if it rains as it's indoor with 5 clubs and a few bars inside the 7 story building.

Hey guys, rooms available in a nice place in Poblado my buddy just rented for a year. Disclaimer: I went to middle school with this guy, we were best friends wayyyy back and we've kept in touch off and on, he's in Medellin now and he fell in love with the city and is a real estate guy - so this is his first venture into medellin real estate, renting something for a year before buying. I'm not getting anything out of this but I'm sure he'd let me stay for free or something sometime in the future. He's not a poker player, just looking for people to fill the place as he'll only be living there half the time. He's asking 1.5 million per month per room, his description:

21 st floor commanding views of medillin. Situated in the heart of poblado. Each room is fully furnished, with on suite bathrooms and walk in closets. Utilities split between roommates. Strong internet connection. 3 month minimum.






















Both rooms available are the same...location is one of the best I've seen if you're staying in Poblado, I think a biiit closer to lleras than Henri, Luke, and Morton's place.

Carrera 38 and Calle 11. Parque lleras is Carrera 38 and calle 9...so very close to the action if you want to stay in Poblado, which imo is one of the worst things about Poblado is 'most' places are so damn far from everything and you need to order a taxi if you want to grab a cup of coffee.

Feel free to contact him at venerinvestments@gmail.com
513-551-9030 is his US number. Or drop me a line with any general questions.

He owns a property management property in the states, so is well versed in taking care of tenants and making sure everything runs smoothly

moving to Medellin for most of Oct-Nov, if any friends there pm me

- WhiteWhale0928

How many guys are in the city?

Enough for a 2+2-dinner?