Meeting women in their mid 30s

[Cali vet]

... in response to Re: Meeting women in their mid 30s, posted by jim c on May 13, 2003

Maritza Bueno (many will remember her from Latin Internet) director of Hearts of Cali on the ground floor of the Hotel Valle Real in Cali also has some good looking women in that catagory.

[DOMINGUIN]

... in response to Re: Meeting women in their mid 30s, posted by jim c on May 13, 2003

Thanks for the recommendation of Luz Amparo and Latin Best from some of you.I will do some investigating of their web site. I seem to remember someone from a prior post complaining that other men waited at the agencies in Cali and tried to talk to ladies who walked in, when they had specifically been called by the agency to meet him (the complaining poster).  Is that an accurate reality?  Is the atmosphere in the agencies every man for himself" Comments, experiences and helpful advice would be helpful.  Thanks. Dominguin.

[DallasSteve2]

... in response to Agency behavior, posted by DOMINGUIN on May 13, 2003

I spent about 2 weeks in Cali agencies last year.  On average there was one other gringo in the agency at any time.  Sometimes 2 or 3.  Sometimes none.  I don't know of any cases where they hit on my interviews.  There were several cases where I wanted to hit on their interviews, but I didn't.  It seemed like the other guys were always getting the better looking women.

Anyway, I always enjoyed talking to the other men in the agencies.  It is very interesting to hear about their experiences and it made me feel more at home.  As I said in another post, my first day or two in Bogota I felt very unhappy because I was all alone in a city I didn't like.  If I had been in an agency dorm-type setting and there had been one or two other Americans there it would have made the first couple of days a lot easier.

Steve

[Hiker]

... in response to Agency behavior, posted by DOMINGUIN on May 13, 2003

I never experienced that problem, although keep in mind that girls are coming in and out of some agencies all day long to sign up.  The other guys may not know who is there for an appointment and who is just visiting.  Also the girl does not know what you look like and may think the guy is her appointment.  Luz is really good at handling that though.  The only downside to Luz is that she can get carried away and the next thing you know you are meeting more girls than you can keep track of.  For the quality of girls past 30, I was impressed with Latin Best.  As the other poster said, Luz does seem to know her girls.  One day a beauty came in and she was a dream.  She was about 32.  The girl gave me a fantistic look and I told Luz that I really wanted to meet her.  Luz asked me if I wanted a wife, and I said yes.  Then she said mmmm maybe you really want to meet another girl.  I didn't ask any questions but I appreciated her steering me away.  I can't really explain in so many words but I found the women at Latin Best to be of a different caliber.  I did not use Latin Encounters but I went in there with a friend who stayed there.  I also had a good feeling about that place.

I went to several agencies in Cali.  Some are mostly young girls.  Some are very poorly managed and the owners are of very poor moral character, and others are exactly what they say they are.  I met some really great girls in some agencies.  Two of them even came to my wedding in Cali at my wife's invitiation.  She does not know them at all but she knows that I consider them friends, and she wanted me to have some people there that knew me.

I know I say this often... but if you do go to Latin Best, be sure to go in Exito about a block away.  Walk around shopping and don't be afraid to approach a woman in there. (they wear their wedding ring on the right hand).  They are more willing to talk than their facial expression shows.

[DOMINGUIN]

... in response to Re: Agency behavior, posted by Hiker on May 13, 2003

For Hiker:

Thanks for your post.  I read your profile, and your comment in your profile about "waking up one day and not being distracted by the "eye candy" anymore spoke to me.  When you say "eye candy", I assume it means young girls with jaw dropping bodies. I would like to find a beautiful woman who has a refined but definitely sensual sense of style.  The kind of woman who would keep the first few buttons of a blouse unbuttoned to show a promising and inviting cleavage, as opposed to a younger woman with her belly and navel showing, breasts straining a halter top, hip hugging tight slacks, etc.  Putting the obvious differences of life experience, wisdom and maturity to one side, I guess for me, its one easy way to descbibe the difference between a woman and "eye candy".  

I assume your wife is the lady you went back to Columbia for in October 2002, if so, many, many congratulations.

You said you has visited some of the agencies in Cali.  Would you care to make any specific comments.  So far whom what I'm getting from all the friendly posters, Latin Best is definitely "the best", Latin Encounters may be good, Latin Internet is too far away from the center of town and has  too many no shows.

 

Thanks Dominguin

[Hiker]

... in response to Re: Re: Agency behavior, posted by DOMINGUIN on May 13, 2003

Someone's opinion of the best agency would vary a lot depending on his age and the experience he had.

If I had been 25 years of age in Cali I could easily see myself rating All Colombian Girls as my pick for the best.  Tons of young hot babes, but not one girl over 28 that I was interested in meeting.  Of course things change and today the age scale may be different there.  Ricardo the owner is a great guy but he is not going to work for you.  He also has a modeling agency that takes almost all his time.  The location of the agency is fantasitic and he gives you perfect freedom of having a guest in your room.  

Latin Encounters is very tightly managed (by the ex-wife of Ricardo).  It has some classy women and is a block or two from 6th avenue.  I chose Latin Best because I could buy a weeks membership without staying there.  Latin Encounters you have to stay at the agency for a week or purchase an annual membership.  I was very impressed with the place the few times I was there.  Very efficient operation.

Latin Women Connection... well I would suggest staying away from that place completely.  I say this for many reasons.  One reason is that a good friend of mine was working for the owner.  He made many unwanted advances toward her while he was engaged to another girl.  She eventually quit because of his behaviour.  He refused to pay her the back wages she had worked.  She told him if he would not pay her the money that she had worked for that she was going to speak to the girl he was engaged to, and tell her the things he had been doing.  He told her that if she did this, he would use his position as an attorney to ensure she never married an American by telling the INS that she had repeatedly used American men to get money from them.  I read the email he sent her.  I told her if he actually did something like this to call me so I could at least write a letter on her behalf.  Several guys here know her, Paola that used to be secretary of All Colombian Girls.  She has more class in her little finger than he will ever know.

Latin Best is a place you can meet many women.  Luz is great but she can be known for pushing a woman on you.  If you are looking through the books and you pause more than a few seconds on a photo, she will be on the phone calling the girl if you are not careful.  :-)  
I was very impressed with the place.  I would recommend her highly.  BUT if you should meet a girl in her agency or in Latin Encounters agency and marry her, the agency owner seems to take it personal if you do not use her "wedding planning services".  All in all you certainly want to check out Latin Best.  You should maybe explore other living arrangements though that offer more freedom.  You could stay at All Colombian Girls (master bedroom is great, air, private, nice view from balcony) and use his services and then buy a weeks membership from Latin Best.

Don't buy any memberships via internet.  Not as many guys are going down as once did.  If you are standing there with cash in hand all but Latin Encounters is going to cut you a weekly deal.

I hope this helps.

[cancunhound]

... in response to Agency behavior, posted by DOMINGUIN on May 13, 2003

Don't expect to gain much info browsing her website.  Luz Amparo runs a "get your ass down there quick" type of operation, very effective.  If you go I would suggest not to even bother looking at the albums prior to selecting a date - just sit down with Luz and then let her hook you up.  Photos are very misleading.  This is not some party tour - so it is very much every man for himself, but you won't find that to be a hindrance since, as Kit mentioned - you may be only one of a couple guys there at any given time.

[Kit]

... in response to Agency behavior, posted by DOMINGUIN on May 13, 2003

It is not that tough. There will probably be 1 or 2 more men there and they would come and go. If you are sitting there waiting for your date nobody is going to pounce at her. If she arrives and you are not there, another man (waiting for his respective date) may take a liberty fo talking to your date. But when you come, Luz will switch her to you. This never happened to me in over 50 dates and I go for very beautiful girls all the time. But I dont rule out possibility that it may happen. So be there waiting for your date as opposed to having her wait for you will prevent that from happening. You will also need to cover for girl's taxi fare (usually $2-$3) when she arrives.

[cancunhound]

... in response to Re: Meeting women in their mid 30s, posted by jim c on May 13, 2003

Luz Amparo will set you up in that age group - and speaking from someone who is in their 30's, I would not hesitate to date a calena who was in their 40's (assuming I wasn't married), because - that age calena will rival a gringa in her 20's in looks IMHO, and of course attitude is outstanding.

[Hiker]

... in response to Re: Re: Meeting women in their mid 30s, posted by cancunhound on May 13, 2003

That reminds me of something I have wanted to ask on here.

I agree that many 40 year old calenas look much better than some 25 year olds here, but did you ever compare the 30 or 40 age groups of Cali women to the women in Bogota?

It might just be me, but I think the Bogota women in their 40's are the most beautiful women in the world in this age group.  It seemed to me the women in Cali aged much more than the ones in Bogota.

[Celt]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Meeting women in their mid 3..., posted by Hiker on May 13, 2003

I noticed something similar. When I first went to Bogota,
it reminded me of leaving California for Texas or the East
Coast. My first thought was "everyone has suddenly gained
20 pounds." Bogota has a climate that requires alot more
calories and fat-storing to ensure general health. The ran-
dom sample of young women I saw in Bogota could not compare
with the perfect bodies I saw around Cali. But, later in
life, the Calenas who have never had to manage their weight
have to learn in a hurry, or simply choose not to bother.
For ladies who live in Bogota, I think weight management is
a process that begins in young adulthood and continues forever.

I think also that Bogota is a capitol city, one of high
business and governmental affairs. I think there is less of
a cult of the bomba there. I think women want to be taken
more seriously in that milieu, and dress and comport them-
selves appropriately, especially at the peak of their
careers after 35.

[DallasSteve2]

... in response to Meeting women in their mid 30s, posted by DOMINGUIN on May 13, 2003

Dominguin

I've been to Bogota and Cali (twice each).  My first time, in 1999, I fell for a 21 year old and married her.  That crashed and burned and when I went back I too wanted to meet a woman in her 30s.  I ended up marrying a 28 year old Calena.   Here's my take on the Colombian women in their 30s.

The agencies cater toward women in their early 20s who have never been married and have no children.  That is because that is what interests the men to join their agencies when looking at the profiles on the Internet and that is what the men invariably migrate towards when they arrive.

There are also a lot of women in their 30s in the catalogs.  In my opinion, generally they fall into two groups:

- Stunning women with children
- Average looking women with no children

There are a few stunning, older women with no children in the catalogs, but they are much more scarce in my opinion.  Probably because the more attractive women are going to land the men in their 20s and start making a family.

My wife has two children from a prior relationship.  There is good and bad in that.  The biggest drawback: Everything is 2 or 3 times more expensive.  Big advantages: She has an immediate family here to help her adjust and not be so lonely.  She doesn't want more children, and neither do I.

As far as specific agencies, I think they all have women ranging from 18 to early 40s.  I was at All Colombian Girls, Latin Internet, and Latin Best in Cali and they all 3 covered that range of ages.  

Steve

[wizard]

... in response to Re: Meeting women in their mid 30s, posted by DallasSteve2 on May 13, 2003

Yeah Steve,

I had the same experience in Cali... Either young and hot, or over 30 with children...

That's the one reason I went to Bogota... I think there is a greater number of over 30, single, never married, no children type ladies in Bogota than in Cali, or Cartgena... Ones that are in the agencies anyway...  

Just my opinion...

[Cali vet]

... in response to Re: Meeting women in their mid 30s, posted by DallasSteve2 on May 13, 2003

One warning, when going through the books be just a little leary of women in that age group who's photos were obviously done by a professional studio. Those guys are really good good at turning the ugly duckling into a swan!

[wizard]

... in response to Re: Re: Meeting women in their mid 30s, posted by Cali vet on May 13, 2003

I got bit by a couple of those in Cali myself... I like to call it the "Magic Photo" cita...

One cita was with an attorney in Cali whose photos we very good and her profile stated that her age was 37... When we met she was more like 47 and she looked nothing like her photos...

I met another lawyer in Cali whose photos were very, wery good... Proper age range, spoke excellent Ingles... When we met for our date she unfortunately had a butt as big as Baltimore...

You're right... Be careful of the "Magic Photos"...