Comments on: A Woman’s Guide to the Medellin Look

By: sandra

sandra — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:03:47 +0000

I wish I’d read this before I went to Medellin! I was there for 2 mos and while I would love to go back, I wouldn’t move there. I was there with my boyfriend, I’m 5’8, he’s 5’10ish, we were considered an appropriate couple in the states, looks wise. When we got there he was swarmed by tiny, really attractive, smart, cool women who wondered if he was married, and a lot of very nice, smart, cool guys who were anywhere from 6 inches shorter than me to my height exactly and gay wanted to be my friend. Eventually a woman who didn’t know he had a girlfriend kinda jumped him and he went for it, and a month later I made out with a genius musician who obviously was looking for the exotica factor. Simply put: guys there are much shorter than in America, and the culture is macho enough (cool! forward thinking! but macho) to where if you are considered a tall drink of water in the states you kinda won’t be able to get a date there. wah. Still not a good reason not to go though.

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By: Ashlyn Gaiter

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By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:25:19 +0000

Hi Amanda, nice to see you over here at Medellin Living!

I hope to feature more from the female perspective over at GoBackpacking too.

By: Traveling Wedding Photographer, Amanda

Traveling Wedding Photographer, Amanda — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:13:02 +0000

Interesting. I’d be fine there! I’m always in dark jeans/sparkly tops/skirts and I rarely wear heels ( I’m already tall at 5’8” ).

Tips like this are great for lady travelers. Based on the info …Medellin must just have a ton of attractive women.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:49:55 +0000

Ivy – I returned back to the USA with little desire to wear shorts ever again!

By: ivy

ivy — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:30:23 +0000

hi!!
i really like this report about medellin. And by the way, im also from here…and I agree with you that is logic that in all places you can find prostitues and all that, but is like you say…is obvious to see that case, much with the old man around the young girl.

Thanks also for noticing how we dress!! jeejej and your suggestions as a foreign…is not that complicate, just more like jeans, blouses…and yeah, not too many skirts..
and as for boys, you guys are just used to shorts. On that case, thats how we know the guy is not from here, besides the look, of course. (is not the latin-colombian one)

(:
thanks for loving my cityy!!!

i´l keep cheking your blog.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:27:36 +0000

Will do Brian. I removed your email address from the comments in case of spam.

By: Brian M

Brian M — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:50:18 +0000

Dave,
Can you shoot me an email. I am an American thinking about moving to Medellin.

Thanks

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:03:47 +0000

Holly,

I tell you what, I read a couple of your entries and they are really cool, guess what kept me interesred? That great picture on your home page of the RXN that adorns your page, Medellin kicks ass!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:43:21 +0000

Holly –

I noticed many of these fashion do’s and don’s, however I’m so glad you wrote about it. I wouldn’t have been nearly so eloquent.

It has taken awhile to get back to the American fashion sense, but two months in, I’m still dressing in my Medellin style vs. how I use to dress before leaving home.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:37:07 +0000

Hi Aune,

Thanks for stopping by. I was in Medellin for almost 6 months, going out several times a week to clubs and the main nightlife areas, and while I did see the obvious 50-year old white guys with diminutive Colombian women, it was not as often as your friends might make it sound*nothing* compared to the hordes of prostitutes in Thailand, many of whom will aggressively try to solicit their male customers on the streets of every pretty beach and island, let alone Bangkok and Chiang Mai.

Yes, there is a sex tourism thing happening in Medellin, but the reports I got were that it was much worse in the bars of Cartagena, which makes sense as that is where the cruise ships dock, and the worlds’ tourists go because they deem it the safe city in Colombia.

I can assure you the average Colombian women doesn’t think positively of the sex trade happening – who would? I’m not convinced that is the reason female backpackers don’t stop there to the same degree the guys do. I’d be curious to hear Holly’s take now that she’s been there a few months.

By: Aune

Aune — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:41:24 +0000

I have a few older single male friends that have been to Medellin and decided to stay.
From what they say Medellin has a LOT of prostitutes, they are young and they are cheap. And pretty.
Maybe thats why it is harder to find a female traveller that has settled down there?
I have been in South America for a few years and thats just what Ive came to know Medellin as; A beautiful place filled with cheap prostitutes.