Quote: (01-02-2011 09:30 AM)Dash Global Wrote:
Quote: (01-02-2011 02:38 AM)Nacirema Wrote:
Last time I checked, this forum was created as a way for like minded men to help each other shorten their learning curves based on personal experiences.
Mixx and some other guys here helped me out with some information on living in Colombia, after I had already lived in another South American country and traveled in a couple more. I appreciate their help.
Now I myself have lived in Cali for 5 months.
When I got there, my Spanish was weak, I didn't know anybody and I didn't have a huge income.
I started in a dorm at a local university; early in month 2, I moved into a shiny new, 1 bedroom apartment in a middle class neighborhood near that university. The apartment was monthly and didn't require a lease or paper work.
The dorm was $100 a month and the apartment was $450 a month.
When I first came there, I sexed a couple fly girls, but things weren't always as easy as they would have been for me in the States, only because I had to learn the language and culture. Mixx actually met one of the girls I had sexed and gotten into a "misunderstanding" with, after the fact. We bumped into her working in her mall hair salon; him and I shared a little laugh after the akward conversation, I still didn't speak spanish too well yet at that time.
However, the point of this post is that my living situation was NEVER AN ISSUE WITH THE GIRLS!
Female visitors weren't allowed in that dorm, so I took these early chicks to a 25 peso love motel close by, some even on the first date. They weren't models, but they were above average girls.
Did it take a certain finesse? Yes. Impossible? Hardly.
By the time I was leaving (and several girls later), I had a decent grip on spanish and a social circle filled with people Im glad to know. I had also 3 ongoing, concurrent sexual relationships.
GF #1 was a model chick who lived in the same building as me. She had a rich fiance in the States who paid all her expenses (DUMB); she preferred to just have sex and stay indoors when together, so as not to get caught. That means I wasnt spending shit.
GF # 2 was another model chick who lived in a slightly nicer barrio close by. A jaw dropper who could also wax Gabriel Garcia. She also was with a novio wealthier than me, a Colombian cat working the "export business" out off Buenaventura, if you know what I mean. All of our quality time took place in my living room and bed room. No money spent.
GF# 3 was a cute college chick who lived in la zona cafeteria. We used to take weekend bus trips back and forth to link up and enjoy eachother. A few pesos spent.
I manged all of this in a living situation that cost $450 a month.
Pay $1000 a month if you can and want to.
where/how did you find the one bedroom apartment?
this would be more ideal. like i said im not really trying to drop a G on living arrangements. much rather spend that money on going out and traveling around colombia.
Some of these posts leave you with a lot more questions than answers don't they.
I'd be interesting in knowing the barrio of the apartment and some pics of the girls he was banging before I decided having a very nice pad is not all that important.
After living off and on in Cali for 14 years...I can tell you from experience that banging rich colombianos girlfriends can quickly lead to security issues. Aside from having a nice place to take women you'll most likely want a place that has armed guards 24/7.
Security can also come in very handy when you are dating a number of women at the same time because the guards will call up to your apartment before they let anyone in and if you are with another chick you can tell them to say you are not home.