Colombian Neighborhood Tour: Belén, Medellín, the Next Digital Nomad Hotspot
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Good stuff. When you cross 33rd to the North into Unicentro's Exito market you are no longer "here in Belen". You've entered the world of Laureles Conquistadores. Your Belen hostel appears to be in the Malibu section. In my experience Malibu is the best part of the immense Belen. Great vegetation. Kudos.
The place where I was at was the Rosales part of Belen. It's a cool neighborhood. I'll never return to Medellin but if I did it would be to stay in that area for sure.
@@FollowBrando I'm coming down in a couple months... LA native here... 818 valley .... just subscribed... would like to get some advice before going... Lived with a Colombian novia por tres anos back in the day in Woodland Hills. good stuff bro
@@hardstyle8184 my advice would be to avoid Medellin altogether. If you visit to meet women, just sport f*** h**kers at la Isla or order prepagados and stay in a building with a security guard. Way too many gringos are getting drugged and robbed of all of their s**t. I went for a new passport at the embassy the other day and there were a dozen people who had their passports stolen in Medellin. Several who were drugged on tinder dates. Medellin is a beautiful place but a cultural cesspool. Try Bogota and some of the smaller cities. Don't trust anyone you meet and memorize phone numbers of friends who can western union you money or bail you out of trouble if you get robbed. And I can't say it enough.... Avoid Medellin it's a shithole of humanity.
Well....I've lived full time in Medellin since 2016 and have never had a single thing stolen, never been drugged, and never felt myself in a cultural cesspool. I don't drive. I walk all over Laureles every day so everybody has their own experiences. Mine has been real, real good.@@FollowBrando
@@gnolan4281 I found a few role models like you that have had good experiences in Medellin. Some friends from LA who married Colombianas or bought property. But a lot of passport bros and inexperienced tourists have been watching the Medellin content on my channel and just want to go for the women. I think the place would be better for you long-term expats if a lot of the sex tourism attention went away from Medellin. But I spent time with guys like you there and I admire the life you've put together.
I’m from Culver City and I’m going to Belen, wow
Haha. Small world. I got into a fistfight with one of the homeless dudes that lives along the Balona Creek where I used to walk my dog. That's what I was referring to in the video.
This is an excellent video; very informative… thank you so much!
Belen is worth considering if you're coming to Medellin. Thanks for commenting.
Laureles and Belen is great! I have lived in Laureles and Belen for 5 years. But It's not for everyone. If you don't speak Spanish there's a 80% chance you will go home disappointed. Food is an acquired taste. They butcher beef way differently here it's super lean. But less tasty. I would recommend coming down for a month or 2 first. Most people don't return. I love it here and only know a handful of long-termers here! Saw both neighborhoods I lived in and where the office I work out of is. If you don't like city life of people living on top of people this is not your place either.
I did find a great butcher shop with dry aged rib eye. La Cava del Brangus on 33. I searched the whole city and all the butchers at plaza minorista before I found it. They had to go in the back for it tho like a special request.
You the Man 💪😎👊 Great Video 👌
thanks for Showing God Blessings 👏👏👏
Peace from Auckland New Zealand 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Thanks for watching. A few more Colombia videos then I'm off to Vietnam...
$3 blow and $6 haircut, sounds like Heaven
It sure is heaven I love it I've been here for four months and can't see myself living in America again.
@@geegee8051 The US is a pretty tough sell these days with the politics and prices. This place is a pretty great alternative.
Plus free beer and Aguardiente!
We are seeing the real Colombia. The guy is not gringo 🇨🇴🧂
I'm from Los Angeles... 818. I'm coming down in a few months... would love to get some advice... obviously I have done my homework... I just subscribed... good stuff brother
I may still be in Bogota in a few months. If you still see me posting videos from here let me know and come and hang out here with me. Bogota is colder but a way better place than Medellin.
good video, would be nice if you named the streets you are walking on, that way we can look them up on google map, after watching, I had a bit of a walk around in Belen in January.....looked like the type of place I would like to live
Good point. I shot similar videos in Bogota and will add google maps shots. FYI though I began the walk at Unidad Deportivo at the corner of Calle 32b and Carerra 66b and walked down 66 through Centro Comercial Unicentro Medellin shopping mall.
Would you recommend that coliving place ?
Thinking of staying there cause of that Belen park across the street
Or somewhere in Laureles by the 2 parks
I would definitely recommend it - International House Co-Living. Unidad Deportiva (the fitness park) is awesome and the neighborhood is great as far as Medellin goes. Most of us in the house went out at night in Laureles so you might try a place there as well.
@@FollowBrando thanks man. I was already looking into it and your video gave me a good inside look. What’s the cost of getting to Laureles? Just a couple dollars in Uber ?
@@matiasrodriguez3155 yeah exactly - cheap Uber ride. Cheaper on a motorbike or the bus.
The neighborhoods and cities where the "The Next Digital Nomad" are...is the neighborhoods and cities where I "never" travel to or move to
That's a pretty good rule of thumb. I think I learned that lesson with Medellin. I'm back in Saigon where I plan to stay. It's a city I like regardless of it's place on any nomad hot list.
How do you manage the visa issues (90 day max as a tourist, might be able to extend another 90 days). Is there a defined visa category covering digital nomads that allows for a longer stay than that of a tourist? And, as a USA citizen, how do you deal with Colombian income taxes if you stay longer than six months?
There's a digital nomad visa that lasts for 2 years. There's also an airport that will make for an easy exit for me very soon.
do you know buenos aires area in medellin well?
I have not been up there yet. Are you planning to visit?
@@FollowBrando my friend’s here is the states invested part of a property in that neighborhood, to his local friend. I can stay there for free but after I watch your kidnap video I am not sure if I should trust his Colombian friend…I am not rich but I don’t know what they are thinking because his local Colombian friend managed to convinced him invested 60k usd to that house…
I would come here for sure. Just bring a bit of extra skepticism. Watch your phone and your money and who you meet. It's a fun place with a small but dangerous criminal element.
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I'll be back for a haircut soon homie!
What's Blow?
A movie with Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz with terrible hair and makeup but awesome Rolling Stones music.
"all the western ideas like you find back in the states".... errr... have you looked on a map? Medellín is west of New York and east of California. Or maybe he thinks Spanish culture means non-western. From someone who was living in California. LOL.
American stereotypes about geography ignorance are not without reason.
"Western" has no connection to geography in the sense of a way of life.
Australia is a Western country, and so is Japan.
I prefer the term first world. And when needed I also use east asian first world to distinguish cultures like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore from the rest of the first world. Or sometimes I saw Anglosphere and first world to refer to that "rest of the first world"
For sometime I played a MMORG that due to limited game time slots was heavily limited to those living in Europe or East Asia and those players in Europe would use the west because they didn't think about half the world... much the same as they did not 500+ years ago. ;-) @@duncansmith7562