Heys guys is there someone staying on San Andres island?

I’ve seen a lot of people talk about how dangerous Medellin is-

Is this in general or for people with no clue and 0 street smarts…

I cannot get a general sense really

I’m also wondering how much of your day is spent thinking about safety (if you live there)

IE:

Anytime I leave the house I think of:

-bringing a fake wallet
-where my taxi/uber is going to pull up in case something happens
-where they will drop me off
-what I wear
-always looking around me to see what’s going on
-if it’s approaching sunset, I need to make sure I’m in an area where when the sun goes down I won’t be in danger
-etc etc

For reference, grew up in NYC/BOS so, some crime but not crazy.

Currently living in Bangkok and I feel spoiled how safe it is here. I think I’ve lost my edge a bit, I walk down the street with my headphones on at 3am drunk off my ass and have 0 worries about safety.

Walking at 3am drunk in Medellin is a recipe to get robbed obviously. Besides that the biggest risk for foreign men (they target mostly men) is to use dating apps, getting drugged, everything stolen and often getting bank accounts cleaned out.

Who's in Santa Marta?

Me!

what do you guys think of this free app I built. I made you guys a bogota Colombia map with only
Gluten free spots in like 10 seconds

Been running numbers on sending money out of Colombia lately. On roughly 3.6M COP (around $1,000 USD), the spread between the top-ranked app and a local bank transfer is about $37. Same amount sent, very different landing.
Curious what setup people here use for getting COP out internationally — Wise, Remitly, local bank, stablecoin route, some combo?
Happy to DM a full breakdown to anyone interested.

Hey everyone 👋

I’m Anouk from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 currently living in Medellín for my study abroad until June 16.

I’m into fitness, sports, entrepreneurship and meeting new people. Would love to meet some fellow nomads/remote workers here and maybe work together from a café sometime ☕💻

Feel free to message me here or on IG: rpvtuldbmmo

been using Plenti

Any coworking spaces in Bogota you can recommend? Looking for something with a good work set-up and community, ideally near Parque 93

Hey sexy peopleeeeeeee how's things in Colombia

Emprendu. Calle90/carrera 13.
It was around 700k cop monthly. They are very nice, very clean, and every morning they offer you some fruits or things. And there is a super nice cafe at the entrance of the building

last night in Medellin

Hey guys. Does customs ask for a return ticket when flying in from a visa on arrival country?

Immigration didn’t ask me the last few times I arrived.
The airline will often require an onward ticket to let you check in.
Expedia gives a full refund within 24 hours.

Thanks!

Anyone else in Bogota these days? There's Nick and I. Let's connect!

Yes, I am in Bogotá today

Im back in medellin! The energy here is crazy for the World cup

Yep tnx, they asked indeed

Hey guys! I created an event for digital nomads in Medellin this Friday in a really nice rooftop, let me know if you want to join 🙂

What are everyone's favourite areas to stay in Medellin that aren't El Poblado?

From my travel notes page on Colombia (same link in IG above, see there for more details):

Laureles - leafy gentrified suburb with many restaurants & cafes

Hey damn I missed out on this..how was it? Do you guys wanna meet up today?

I will watch England match

Laureles is great. I'm in between Laureles and Belen

Thanks!

Hey everyone! 👋
🍺 FREE BEER!
We are organizing a barbecue tomorrow at Vivus La Martina Rooftop at 6:30 PM. It’s a great opportunity to meet new people and then head to Gringo Tuesday together afterwards!
Spots are limited, so if you’d like to join, please let me know as soon as possible.

Im always in either Laureles, Estadio or Belen Rosales

Any WhatsApp groups for Cartagena?

Same for Medellin. Can anyone share any WA groups? Thanks

Hey Martin, how long will you and your girlfriend be around for?

im back in town next month!

We came with the idea of settling down. We need to go to Brazil in 2 months, but we'll be back ☺️

I’ll be in Medellin solo all September and around Cartagena/Santa Marta the first 2 weeks of October.

Let me know if anyone wants to explore the city, do side quests or grab a beer/coffee!

I will be 2 weeks or maybe more here. I stay in Manila, if anyone is around let me know!

In Medellin (Laureles) for the next few months, would love to grab coffee as well

in medellin with my finance for the next month also maybe we can do a meetup with a few people here?

Hi guy, I'm in Medellin too for at least one or two months in Poblado. Would love to grab coffee, gym or sauna 🙂

hey guys

Any padel / tennis groups in Medellin? would love to play 💪

I know a padel group in Medellin. I DM'ed you his contact.

thanks!

In El Poblado, going to the run club this weekend - if you’re also going, let’s say hi at the pool party!

Anyone in Manizales? Just looking for nomads to connect and my co-work 😊

I moved back from Austria 🇦🇹, it was lovely but a bit too expensive 😁

Hi! Me and my wife where supposed to go to Colombia from October 16 to the 31, she’s not gonna be able to so I’m re planning the whole trip, I land in Cartagena and have to fly off of Cali, I speak Spanish English and Portuguese, I’ll probably rent a car so really open for anything, probably gonna go to Bogota or Medellin at some point so if anyone is down for a roadtrip or hang let me know!

Hola! Anyone in Medellin?

Hi, we'll spend at least a month with my gf in Colombia probably around march and also visiting Medellin

Wow, you plan your nomad life German style 😅

How is Manizales now after the earthquake? Was thinking of heading there from Medellín where I am now, next week

Quite alright 😊 we only had 7 buildings down. Other cities have up hundreds I believe.

Commerce, turism, and everything else is operating as usual

Wow, that’s amazing - my ex employee in Pereira said that his life is still affected

Yeah, Pereira can be different. There it was quite too much

I was considering heading to Pereira next week, but maybe not a good idea?

Anyone in Medellín and down to meet up ?

Pereira is great - don’t stay in the center.
People need support from tourism the most now
Cocora Valley is really beautiful!

Salento in very recommended!

Yeah, Salento was nice. I had a beautiful view on the mountains from my place

Hey anyone in Medellin? In Colombia for a couple weeks mostly Medellin then maybe a few days in Bogotá at the end

just left a few days ago for bogota

Yeah first time I’ve got some friends who are staying in Medellin longer term

Poblado isn’t the only place to live as a gringo in Medellin 😅

You caught me 😂

Anyone in Cartagena?

You will love Laureles close to Primer Parque

It’s also a good area to stay? Was just outside of there today at Pueblito Pasa

Yes, much better than Poblado. Just stay away of the bar areas unless you don't mind loud noise. Windows are like paper in Colombia

yep

They are all very different.
Laureles much cleaner than parts of Estadio - also with smells near the river and a few drug addicts in some parts of Estadio.
Belen is great for the stadium (sports complex) but can be noisy from airport depending on how the apartment is facing,

This group seems like it's been pretty quiet, I'm guessing not enough people around to plan a meetup for Medellin?