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Cartagena mini report

Just back from 5 days in Cartagena, 7 in Manizales. Was a nice trip. Wanted to share a few items with you all.

1. UTOPIA/MANTRA CLUB
Went one Saturday night to see for myself if the club was empty, as a few of our Cartagena experts had claimed, or packed, as the owner Brad had claimed. Have to give this one to Brad.We arrived at around 2:30-3 AM. We had left "Fragma" which is supposedly the shit, because believe it or not the music just pretty much sucked.
Anyway, we were met at the door by the doorman, who informed us that it was 20,000 pesos to get in. We told him to tell Brad that Miguel Clavo was here with the chief of police. The doorman left and quickly returned telling us that under the circumstances we could come in for free as guests of Brad. I love this name dropping shit :-)
Anyway, there were not that many people for the first 15- 20 minutes, then it just started filling up. It was like a bus pulled up out front, by 4AM the place was entirely packed, upstairs and down. Music was good, prices reasonable. ( Peroni was 10,000 pesos, my novia had a Smirnoff ICE for 12,000.) Good time had by all.

2. VENDEDORES ON THE BEACH
Went to the beach one afternoon from about 3:30 to 5:30. I know you won't believe this, but was hardly bothered at all by vendors. I'd estimate in this 2 hour span, 15-20 approached us at most. None lingered after a "no gracias". Only one massage girl tried to persist, rubbing my shoulders after I had told her twice no gracias. I just told her quizas mas tarde, and that if/when I wanted a massage, I would only get one from her. She left after that re-assurance.
Is this the kind of vendor harrassment that drives people crazy? One every 5-10 minutes or so? Maybe the fact that there were a lot of people there matters, i.e. if you're one of the few people there on a slow day they've got no other prospects...? Because the beach was packed that day.Or maybe they know my tacano ass by now...
Three young guys did approach and do like a freestyle rap, they had a boombox that played a generic reggaeton/rap track and they took turns rapping. Not really my thing, but the guys weren't bad. Gave them 10,000 pesos for originality and they were pretty happy with it.

3. UNDERAGE PROSTITUTION
Ok, I'm always the guy saying I've never seen this in my beloved Cartagena, but I can't say that anymore. Was walking down the street in Laguito in front of Torres Del Lago edificio.
Two young women/girls were sitting on the wall and both gave me that puta come hither look. Did a triple take because one of them looked to be 14-16? years old. Maybe she was a young looking 18? But I doubt it. There was some old guy 60-65? sitting there with them hitting on the young looking one. I don't know his nationality, he had lighter complexion and gray hair, so sorry to say odds were he was a gringo. Sure he could have been colombian or italian or who knows, I'm doing a lot of assuming here but just telling you what I saw. I was kind of in shock and just kept walking. After it sunk in, I thought I should go back and say something to the guy if he was a fellow gringo about the laws, etc. I turned to go back but in that minute- minute and a half or so they were all three gone. My bad. Will be better prepared next time.

By Saltador on Jun 24, 2009, 16:24 in Friendly Talkzone.


Miguel_Clavo says on Jun 24, 2009, 18:58:

Club EEE until 4:00am, just like i said......once all the other clubs are closed..jajajaj....sort of like a captive audience for anyone who wants to get/stay drunk and partying after everything else is closed....that is the only attraction, unfortunately..........the place is so small one Chiva full of people would make it looked packed...so how many people were inside after 4 am, as you dont post a number?

btw, aren't you one of the Bradley Buttmonkeys? hardly a non-biased OP....jajajjajaj

also, per Bradski, he sold the joint as of June 15, no?

Round 2.....BIO..jajajja...

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Saltador says on Jun 24, 2009, 19:37:

Miguel you disappoint me. A buttmonkey of Brads? Just because I report the facts about him and his club?
Pure and simple, you lost the arguement. Your response here just kind of ices the cake for Brad.
BTW. I did invite you to come out with me to check out the clubs (including UTOPIA) while I was in Cartagena. You declined.
I would estimate the number of people there to be 100-120, but then it's just a guess. Not sure why it matters, you'll just come back with more negativity. I've got a feeling you've never lost an argument (at least not in your mind.)

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jun 24, 2009, 19:50:

Yup, you posted previously that you hung out with him and he treated you to free drinks.....which makes you obligated to him in a way? returning an act of kindness with kindness? plus you get in free that night? wow, 40 mil must be tough to pay.....

and where did i say i needed the POC to assist me??? ....your OP just confirmed what i posted previously about the place....Empty until 4 am, then he gets a crowd....i guess you missed reading that part of my post..must have been downing some freebies.....ices the cake? jajaja....it was Club Empty Empty Empty like i posted until all the other clubs close...when i went there, it was empty the whole time i was there...i reported what i witnessed....if you or Bradley dont like what i posted, then tough shit...get over it....i know what i saw.....i remember the invite, but i never responded and had simply forgotten about it...but quite frankly, i have yet to enter my second childhood where i want to party until 8am like some people....plus, i am not on vacation here, as i work 6 days a week......once i get around to going there i will post my experience in great detail, be sure of that.....i have no bone to pick with Bradski...but i am going to post my opinion and my experience on any club i go to, including his.....if it is a negative experience like the 1st time at Mantra, i will post a negative report....if it is a positive experience, i will post a positive report...i owe him nothing and i dont owe you anything either for that matter....but i am not going to post a bullshit story just to make you or him happy so we all can be "positive" in all of our lives.........

damn you are right, i have never lost an argument, in my mind or outside of it...how did you know? you are simply amazing.....

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jun 24, 2009, 19:59:

So, i guess from reading the OP, Utopia is the **happening place** after 4 am and also seems to be the **only** place open as well....Aaron21, let me know when you are up for a visit to Utopia, and i am not talking about Utopia Texas....jajajaj....

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jun 24, 2009, 20:09:

ok, guess i will have to fly solo on this one, old man.....jajajajja....but he mentioned that it was under new ownership as of June 15, so who knows if that was true or not.....i really dont blame him for being upset with criticism of his club, but that is all part of the game...

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jun 24, 2009, 20:17:

In all fairness, Mongo, the club decor is cool, the sound systems rocks, music is good, but the cover is even higher than Mr Babillas at 10 mil......the vendors dont bother me at all......i know that they are simply trying to earn a living in a city where it sucks to be broke.......El Laguito has street and beach hookers working all during the day in front of almost all of the apartments, so they are kind of hard to miss....the same with the sex tourists who stay there.....however, EL is quite small in size....in fact, several of night hookers even stay at the Torres del Lago...they come out during the day to eat at Riquissimos......

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el flaco says on Jun 25, 2009, 03:25:

And Manizales?

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Saltador says on Jun 25, 2009, 05:06:

Miguel, as usual, you're wrong about a lot of things. I never said Brad gave me free drinks. He was nice enough to let us in free a few times, and as per your m.o., you tried turn that into a negative. Note I said tried.
The whole theme of the original post was you guys ripping Brad as a person, a club owner, etc. I just posted my experiences with him and his club, which were positive. I guess the positive nature of my comments just rubbed you the wrong way.
And I like the second childhood comment. If you can't hang, that's cool, I won't put you down for it, to each his own. But why bother jumping in with comments on a post about the electronica clubs in Cartagena? If you go to bed before they get going, just comment on other topics that you might know something about. No one expects you to be an expert on all things cartagena just because you live there. Which by the way you also just proved you really don't know all that much about El Laguito and the hookers (and I quote)
"El Laguito has street and beach hookers working all during the day in front of almost all of the apartments"
Bullshit has been called. Total fabrication. How many apartment buildings are there in Lagutio, 30? So at any point in time during the day there are hookers in front of 25 of those buildings? Keep dreaming Miguel. Come out from behind your keyboard some day and look around, you might learn something.
And hookers staying at Torres Del Lago? Doubtful. Those are high end apartments. The hookers who actually live in Laguito are going to be living in the lower end buidlings like Conquistador, etc. Unless you meant as overnight guests of the sex tourists, that I would believe.
Anyway, keep up the negativity my friend. Maybe you and Mongo and Aaron can get together and just entertain each other bitching about things all day....

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jun 25, 2009, 05:42:

Sorry, i lived in El Laguito for three months..in fact, in the same building as Brad....=)...i have eyes, salty....with good vision btw.....yup, there are street hookers walking up and down the street, parking themselves in front of the apts, and many cafes, ministores, etc......really hard to miss unless one is really clueless as to what they look like.....i never said that each individual apt has its own street hookers parked permanently in front....hmm...you are clueless and probably for the same reason you say never saw under 18 year old hookers there as well...so call bullshit and total fabrication all you want....it provides us with much needed entertainment....that whole little strip is mostly sex tourists and hookers like the old man you spoke of.. .that you were so valiantly going to remind of local laws....jajjaja.and what building were these young girls parked in front of?..and i am going to learn something from you? jajaja...right....again, clueless....i lived on that same street for three month, and walked around all the time.......

and yes, ohsoclueless,,,,,go have lunch at Riquissimos some time during the week or weekend, and pay attention to how many of them walk directly from your apartment building to eat lunch at Riquisimos.....young hot looking females, you know the type, i hope......or if you spent any amount of time in EL, you would be able to recognize the "regulars" there, unless you have el mente de pollo...jajaja.....watch how many of them walk out from this so called "high end" apartment building....these girls must have regular daily customers since the same ones walk in and out of that building quite frequently.....or, shazamm, they live there as renters...

btw, some of those hookers make $$$$ every week, and to rent out an apt in your cherished high end apt complex between 4 hookers or so it easy to do.....lots of abesentee owners in that building and rental properties...stick around, and i can school you for free.......

"let us in a few times?"....ok, at 20 mil per person, how many persons in your group? how many times? = $$$ saved in your pocket my friend.....same thing...drinks or not.....i agree, maybe buttmonkey was a little harsh....groupie is more appropriate.

you conveniently never addressed my point about confirming my posts of Utopia being Empty Empty Empty until all the other clubs are closed...? interesting......and in the original post, i was posting in general about the reasons why many clubs in cartagena fail......was not directing my comments to Bradski at all......i did however, post comments about him not paying some of his employees on time.....i went with two of the employees to pick up their salary, and they were told to come back later.....again........i said that is a sign that the club is not doing well and is cash-short....all well known information to people who are not clueless....

your assumptions display your ignorance....i am free to basically do whatever i feel like here in Cartagena....if i choose to party like a rockstar i can....if i dont want to, i dont.....has nothing to do with being able to hang......i am not a casual visitor to Cartagena....i live here and work here....do you hang out with the kiddies listening to electronica til 8am in the morning where you live in the US? i certainly hope not..i guess you found paradise here in Colombia......

and i never claimed to be an expert here on allthings in Cartagena...but i do have eyes, and i post what i see.....nothing more, nothing less......

and who is "you guys"?...like i said, for me personally, when i head out there i will post my own report, whether positive or negative depends on the club at the time i go.....i invited Aaron21, but you read his response....you must think we live to bitch and moan...jajajja...again, talking out the wrong blowhole.......

i really appreciate those guys who see positive things in everything and everybody......makes it easier for the rest of us.......jajajja..........thanks for bringing this topic up again.....such a positive experience.......lets continue this......

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Saltador says on Jun 25, 2009, 07:48:

Moron 21,
Both you guys are just talking out your ass, so in that regard, yes, I'll lump you guys together. Believe me, I know a street hooker when I see one, it's just that you guys are totally exaggerating their numbers and don't like to be called out on it.
Your idiotic statement that "most of the single girls at clubs and in the streets of Cartagena are working girls" speaks for itself. You're an idiot.
What's "weird" is the fact that you both keep talking shit about the posts I've made and it's just more exaggeration. I found Brad to be an ok guy in my dealings with him. That's not an attack on Miguel, you, or anyone else. Just a report of the facts.
Hope my goofy comments don't offend you. LOL!
And Miguel, you're still full of shit about the number of hookers in the streets of Laguito. I've got less time on my hands and better things to do obviously than you do, but the next time I'm in Cartagena (September) we can meet up and take a tour together. If you can show me more than 5 hookers on one daytime trip through Laguito, I'll buy you a beer.(Or maybe you should pick the number...how many will be there...20, 30, 40?) And then we post a report here on PBH so everyone will know exactly who is "clueless". Unless you don't have the balls to come out from behind your keyboard.

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jun 25, 2009, 08:08:

Please show me the post where i mentioned the number of street hookers? good luck. I said they are out there almost everyday, the same ones over and over and over again...if you dont see them it is probably because your head is stuck where the sun dont shine and you cant see..or you have no clue as to what they look like...go out and get some life experiences, please...definitely in need of some....=) ..and who said 20, 30, 40?...those are YOUR numbers...i never gave numbers, so yes, out the wrong blowhole again, and again....christ, dude, grab a mitt and get back in the ball game!

Hooker denial in El Laguito??? what fockkin next.....incredible............ dude, they walk up and down the street all day long when they are there....how can you miss them? oh, wait, no sunshine..now i understand....

We can meet anytime you like, clueless internet tough guy....and if that is a threat, you can stuff it up your a$$.....btw, .you can bring your beau Brad as well ......... take a number, .......bobo

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jun 25, 2009, 08:11:

btw, so you had a **postive** experience with Brad....i am happy for you two...my experience with his club was not **positive** at all.......and i am posting as such.....i guess you cant handle that for some reason......hmmmm..oh wait, i forgot...everything is **peachy keen** in your eyes....i bet you are a BIG fan of Tiny Tim, and you know the words to Tiptoe Through The Tulips by heart...???

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Saltador says on Jun 25, 2009, 08:32:

Miguel,
Here are your exact words from one of your posts above:
"El Laguito has street and beach hookers working all during the day in front of almost all of the apartments,"
Can you read? You said they were in front of almost all of the apartments. It's your words. Not mine. Now you want to get all excited and argue about it? What a loser.
You are the one that took everything to this level, everyone can see that. You made the personal attacks, I didn't.
I don't need to make threats. It's just that you're the classic internet message board writer. You sit there and make personal attacks from the security of whatever hole it is you live in, knowing damn good and well if we were ever to meet, your tone would change dramatically. I'll be there in September if you want to prove me wrong.

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jun 25, 2009, 08:38:

The Salivator spends what, 5 days in Cartagena this trip, Aaron?....how many days have you spent here in Cartagena this year, Salivator? all of your time here in El Laguito? or have you stayed elsewhere? and i fyou party like a champ until 8am, then you sleep during the day...no wonder you dont see any street hookers walking around, .........btw, they like to walk around in 2 and 3's.....its safer that way for them.......no charge for the tip.......

other than slamming Aaron and I, why dont you address the points we make?

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Saltador says on Jun 25, 2009, 08:45:

Because you didn't make any.

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Saltador says on Jun 25, 2009, 08:47:

Oh, and the invitation to meet is open to you too Moron 21.

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jun 25, 2009, 08:47:

"El Laguito has street and beach hookers working all during the day in front of almost all of the apartments,"

what part of that is not true? no numbers mentioned. They do exactly that. god, you are blind...your originally post even mentions 3 of them with the old geezer..so at that time, there is 3 of the 5 i guess you need to buy me a beer....jajjaja..but, please tell us which apt that occurred at? oh, wait, in front of the UPSCALE AND HIGHEND (jajajja) Torres del Lago!!!!!!!!!!! ImagĂ­nate!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i have met everyone here on PBH who has wanted to meet me...in Colombia and outside of it...i have met many..most are cool, and some were idiots........i dont need to hide from anyone.....why should i?? what are you going to do to me, beat me up?? jajajjajaja.......good luck.........i will say in person anything i post.......some of us are like that......=)....WYSISWG...................

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jun 25, 2009, 08:49:

btw, excited? not at all, dude. This is how i talk in person as well...ask anyone who has met me.......when i have free time i occupy it on PBH....there is nothing you or anyone here can say to get me upset.....this is the internet and is for entertainment only.....

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jun 25, 2009, 08:58:

i forgot something......i only responded to this:

" We told him to tell Brad that Miguel Clavo was here with the chief of police. The doorman left and quickly returned telling us that under the circumstances we could come in for free as guests of Brad. I love this name dropping shit :-)"

dont fire the first round if you cant handle return fire......another life experience fo you.....totally free, too!

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Saltador says on Jun 25, 2009, 09:00:

Miguel,
You just keep sticking your foot in your mouth. I keep telling myself to just let this drop, but it's just so easy to make you look like the idiot you are, and so much fun.
Here is what I said in my post:
"Two young women/girls were sitting on the wall"
From where in that line, do you get three hookers?
Just keep on talking my friend, it's possible that not everyone on this message board knows what an idiot you are.

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jun 25, 2009, 09:01:

Aaron21 too? ...oh boy....better quit while you are behind...he is bigger than i am....good luck with him....**i** wouldnt even mess with him....unless i went stealth mode and blind sided him.......jajajajjajaja

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jun 25, 2009, 10:07:

sorry my bad...ONLY 2 in front of your HIGHEND apartment....that means 3 to go for a free beer......

dude, get back in the ballgame..you are being clowned bigtime, and you dont even know it...how sad!!!!!!!

C.L.U.E.L.E.S.S.

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Saltador says on Jun 25, 2009, 10:10:

*yawn*

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jun 25, 2009, 10:14:

shall we agree to disagree and leave it like that?

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Saltador says on Jun 25, 2009, 10:37:

Agreed.

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Saltador says on Jun 25, 2009, 12:33:

*more yawning*

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Paisa/Calena/Luver says on Jun 25, 2009, 12:47:

This whole thread should be demoted to the new "ISG" section! ji ji lol

"PAY ATTENTION! I wonder if that person knows that when we push the FUNNY button, its because we are reading something outrageous, trying to be cynical, derogatory, sarcastic and/or obnoxious!"

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jun 25, 2009, 14:48:

there ya go, GL...i will have you know i am one of the few coppers who wasnt into donuts nor coffee....give me a beer and BBQ beef ribs with blues music then we are talking.....i worked nights just about all of my career so staying up late has never been a problem..still isnt...i just cant be a spontaneous as i used to be...jajajajja....getting up for work is not as easy as it used to be...jajjajaja...not sure why either??? =)

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Saltador says on Jun 25, 2009, 18:04:

Another tough guy hiding behind his keyboard. No surprise you don't care to meet in person on my next trip to Cartagena.
The invitation is still there if you'd care to make those comments to me in person.

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Saltador says on Jun 25, 2009, 18:11:

Just as I thought, all talk, no balls. Case closed.

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Saltador says on Jun 29, 2009, 04:35:

Actually El Laguito started sucking a lot less about, oh three years ago. You leaving was kind of a turning point.

And Mongo, let's analyze this. You say I was negative in my original post? I reported on three distinct topics. Topic 1 was me and my novia going to a club, getting in free, dancing with a packed house to good music, and not overpaying for drinks. So that was a positive. Topic 2 had me writing about the vendors that everyone exaggerates about, not being bothered by them at all. So that was a positive.
Topic 3 was about underage prostitutes. Definately a negative.
So, overall, a logical person would say you're grasping at straws that my report was negative.
But this is a dead horse.

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