Bored: Marriage agency culture.

[cabocancun]

... in response to Re: Re: Bored: Marriage agency culture. , posted by Serenade on Jan 6, 2005

Serendade,
You are right,meeting a Colombiana who does not belong to an agency is a great idea.
I have a few questions:
How did you meet your novia?
Will you continue to meet other women when you return?
How would you compare agency vs non agency girls?

Cabo

[Serenade]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Bored: Marriage agency cultu..., posted by cabocancun on Jan 7, 2005

Cabo,

I actually met Zayne through the translator that was recommended to me from a guy that had gone on a previous tour. She no longer worked for Sam (Sam Smith of I Love Latins), but since Sally came highly recommended I decided to pay her out of my own pocket. I am very glad I did - the other translators weren't bad or anything, but I felt very much at ease with Sally and trusted her and her opinions of different girls I was meeting, and her English was very good. Zayne was actually a friend of Sally's, or to be more accurate, an aquaintance. They had met at English classes they had taken two years earlier and had kept in touch. So when Sally asked me if I would like to meet Zayne (even though I was overwhelmed with the women I was already meeting) I said sure. I was very glad I did meet her, as I knew there was something special about her, for me, anyway. After I came back to the U.S. I kept in touch with her and a couple of other girls, and after a few weeks it became more and more clear to me that it was Zayne that I really wanted. I told the other women that I had decided to focus on one girl at this time, but I don't think I burned any bridges. So the plan now is to go back to Baq in March for about two weeks and see how things develop with Zayne. Although we feel very close already, we know that we have much to learn about each other, and I like the fact that we are on the same wavelenghth about taking our time with this. So March will be an interesting month for me - things will either take off with Zayne (which is what I am hoping for), or I will meet some other women while I am there, probably with Sally's help, but that will happen only if Zayne and I don't grow closer.

As far as the agency girl question, I would say that there were many pretty ones, some not so attractive. I noticed some of the other guys getting involved with agency girls right off the bat, which I'm not sure was always the smartest thing to do. I preferred to concentrate on the women I liked that I met at the "big event", most of which I don't think were in an agency, at least that's what they told me. I don't have anything against the agency girls, but I felt somehow that the women just attending the event were more genuine. Of course, in the end, I had something potentially great just fall into my lap, without the agency - time will tell.

[OkieMan]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Re: Bored: Marriage agency c..., posted by Serenade on Jan 8, 2005

Hi Serenade,
I noticed your post and thought that I would just ask you a little about I Love Latins, and Sam, etc.  I have not been to BAQ, nor have I used that agency.  But, I did talk to Sam once on the phone, and I have looked at his website several times. Recently, he sent me a postcard trying once again to get me to go on one of his tours. For one thing,  most of the women on his website are ugly.  But, he has some women with no info about them, like the "hotties" on this postcard.  I was concerned that they might be professional models, or something.  Now, that I have read your post, I am interested in hearing more about your opinion of that agency, and the women of BAQ in general.  I am 51 years old; so, I am not looking for some 21 year old.  I don't know your age, or what type of woman you consider attractive; but I am always interested in getting additional info from everyone on this message board.  So, if you can share some additional info, I would appreciate it. By the way, I am planning a trip to Medellin in March.

                              OkieMan

[Serenade]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bored: Marriage agen..., posted by OkieMan on Jan 8, 2005

Hi OkieMan,

Read my trip report in archive #000221, dated 11/03/04. It is titled "Belated trip report (but with pictures)". It will tell you most of my experience with Sam. I like Sam ok, and I liked the fact that he was accessable and would answer my questions, even after I had already paid him for the event. He's got a little bit of the salesmen in him, though. I agree, the agency girls weren't always the prettiest, but basically I didn't pay much attention to the girls on his website (although I did look thru it in detail), I decided to focus on the women I met at the "big events" and I must say there were probably 300 or so. My trip report and others go into detail what these things are like, and many of the women there are very beautiful. So with my limited experience of traveling to Colombia (one trip to BAQ), I was happy with the women I met there. Maybe the women are much more beautiful in Cali, I don't know. My pics are still up on picturetrail.com - type in Serenade1 in the member box, then you can see for yourself some of the women I met. The three I most liked are 25, 30, and 35 years old. BTW, I'm 45, and if you click on my name "Serenade" you can see my profile here, just in case you didn't know.